Nicholson Tops Nationals in RBIs and Homers in Two Years
Bill Nicholson of Chicago led the National League in runs batted in RRBI with 122 and homers 33 for two straight years, while Stan Musial of St. Louis won a slugging title. The Reds and Cardinals set team marks as St Louis posted strong home and road records and led in slugging.
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New York
Billy Nicholson
Chicago
Brooklyners
Vince DiMaggio
Pittsburgh
Ernie Lambardi
New York Giants
Nicholson
Mel Ott
Pride of Cow Country to Race Thoroughbred at Gulfstream
In Miami Florida on December 22 1944 a quarter mile race pits Joe Palooka a famed quarter horse against Tiger Calf a nervous two year old thoroughbred. Joe Palooka ridden by Clarence Lewis carries 85 pounds while Tiger Calf carries 103 under Ted Atkinson. The event caps Gulfstreams 20 day meet and draws local supporters including Joe B Hendry Jr. as promoter. Gulfstream plans a 20 day winter meet starting Christmas day with Tropical Park opening later.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cow Country
Gulfstream Park
Joe Palooks
Louisiana Farm
Joe Palooka
Puett
Call
Ted Atkinson
Tiger Call
Clarence Lewis
Joe Lajooka
Joe B. Hendry, Jr
la Belle
Gulfstream
James Donn
Tropical Park
VOLS AND TROJANS GO THROUGH DRILLS IN RAIN
In light rain on December 22 at Pasadena California the Tennessee Volunteers and the Southern California Trojans held strenuous pre Christmas drills for their Rose Bowl New Year game. Barnhill emphasized pass defense against the Trojan aerial attack while Brown simulated ace passer Jim Hardy.
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Pasadena
Calif
Southern California
Tennessee
Trojan
John Barnhill
Bo Brown
Jim Hardy
Barnhill
Duke Blue Devils Cut Practice For Defense Scrimmage
Durham December 22 Coach Eddie Cameron shortened Duke football practice due to cold damp weather to a brief defensive scrimmage. The crippled list was reported mending fast and Cameron expected all injured players ready for Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day except Gene Wilhoite who broke his ankle earlier.
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Durham
N. C
Cameron
Duke Blue Devils
Alabama
Gene Wilhoite
Ameche and Ward Try to Push Westward NFL Franchise
Don Ameche backed by Arch Ward presses for a Los Angeles National League franchise with Lt. Col. George Halas resisting westward expansion. Ward, influential Chicago editor, lobbies amid attempts to appoint Ward as commissioner. Ameche’s bid rejected.
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Don Ameche
Los Angeles
Ameche
Arch Ward
Chicago
Ward
Condr
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Halas
National League
Campanyt of Notre Dame ties to All America Conference plans
The article notes Elmer Layden, just released as athletic director and coach, and reports on the rise of the All-America Conference with clubs planned in New York to Los Angeles. It discusses promoters and rival leagues amid wartime sports expansion and critics the venture as a money racket.
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Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
New York
Buffalo
Baltimore
Miami
Cleveland
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Don Ameche
Ward
Trans-America
United States
Sleepy Jim Crowley
Chick Meehan
Red Grange
Sellout Orange Bowl crowd reflects growing ticket crunch
Miami, Dec. 22 The Orange Bowl committee laments demand for non existent tickets for the Georgia Tech Tulsa New Year game. President War C Kussrow says only 25 000 seats are paid for while 15 000 more could be sold after the war ends. Plans call for a larger stadium with 75 000 to 100 000 seats but priorities block expansion.
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Miami
Fla
War C Kussrow
Tulsa
Georgia Tech
Annapolis Field
Kussrow
Publicity Gaffes Highlight Reds Baseball Figures
The column relays a Reds publicity release by Lee Allen noting 122 players used by Bill McKechnie since 1938, averaging 182 pounds, with end-to-end length of 731 feet 5 inches if lined up. It lists batting orientation, origin sites led by California, and jokes about head sizes and hat measurements.
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New York
Lee Allen
Cincinnati Reds
McKechnie
Boulder Dam
Bill McKechnie
Mr. Allen
MecKechine
Reds
California
Allen
Nelson to miss Blue Gray game in Montgomery
Jimmy Nelson the former Alabama halfback will not play for the South in the Blue Gray game on December 30 due to base obligations at March Field California. He is the third backfield man lost to the South with Glenn Dobbs and Shorty McWilliams also sidelined. Carl Russ of Rice will replace Nelson joining Bobby Long and Davey Eldridge as backfield substitutes for the South.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jimmy Nelson
Alabama University
Nelson
March Field
Calif
Alabama
Glenn Dobbs
Air Force
Tulsa
Randolph Field
New York
Tom
Shorty) McWilliams
Mississippi State
Big Carl Russ
Rice University
Bobby Long
Tennessee
Davey Eldridge
Georgia Tech
Long
Eldridge
Maxwell Field Marauders
Joe DiMaggio Ordered to Atlantic City Army Rehab
Sgt. Joe DiMaggio former Yankees centerfielder was ordered to report to the army rehabilitation center in Atlantic City on December 27. He was recently brought from Honolulu for treatment of a stomach condition.
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New York
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
Club
Ed Barrow
Army
Atlantic City
DiMaggio
Honolulu
Train Wreck Blocks B and O Main Lines at Eagle
A freight derailment blocks the Baltimore and Ohio main lines near Eagle West Virginia. Fourteen cars derailed in the eastbound 46 car freight, an express train plowed into the wreckage, no injuries reported, and officials expected clearance by nightfall. Six coal cars and eight oil cars derailed but did not catch fire. Cause under investigation.
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Eagle
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Maryland and
Pennsylvania Railroad
WFA considers steps to boost hog production during war
The War Food Administration cites marketing difficulties low hog prices and reduced feed as factors lowering hog output. It may push for higher sow farrowings as a longer European conflict looms, with officials noting an organized campaign could lift farrowings to or beyond spring 1944 levels.
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WFA
Europe
Greater Shortage Of Pork Next Year Seen
The agriculture department reports a potential larger pork shortage for 1945 than earlier forecasts. If farmers follow Dec 1 intentions, the spring pig crop could shrink by 7 percent from this year, against a 2 percent increase urged by the War Food Administration.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
War Food Administration
Ten Glamorous Women of 1944 Named by Artists Institute
The Artists and Sculptors Institute selected ten glamorous women for 1944 including Mme Chiang Kai-Shek, Mrs Winston Churchill, Rep Clare Boothe Luce, Lily Pons, Mrs Harry Hopkins, Queen Elizabeth II, Mrs Gardner Cowles Jr, Ian Della Chiesa, Ann Miller, and Mrs Educardo Villa Senor. The group said the test of clamor measured beauty and a paintable quality, not clothes.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
Winston Churchill
Clare Boothe Luce
Artists’ and Sculptors’ Institute
Lily Pons
Harry Hopkins
Advier
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Virginia Military Institute Awards Football Monograms
Virginia Military Institute awards varsity monograms to 24 cadets many freshmen or sophomores. Ma lachi chi of New Orleans receives award before leaving for active duty. Two lettermen Harold Reet and Walter Vanno report for basketball as other gridmen practice. Preseason win over Lynchburg College 47 to 10 highlighted by Cadet starters amid January February schedule.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
V. M. I. Athletic Council
Malachi “Chi” Is
New Orleans
J. J. Reynolds
Waynesboro
Caper
Buckhannon
Reynolds
Navy
Harold Reet
Walter Vanno
Joe Daher
Jack Dille
Daher
Lynchburg College
Hopewell
C. L. Ellis
Waynes
Boro
C. Fawley
Covington
D. Florence
Birmingham
Ala
J. B Gorman
Lynchburne
W. Grimenstein
Clairton
J. H. Hodnett
Bluefield
L. B Howard
Nashville Tenn
A. G Hutton
H. C. Johnson
Atlanta
W. M. Vanney
Lynchburg
C. Woodard
Wilson
N.C
Virginia
Maryland
College Park
Hampden-Sydney
Wiliam and Mary
Williamsburg
Richmond
West Virginia
Huntington
W. Va
Charlottesville
Blacksburg
William and Mary
Major Leagues Face Fourth Wartime Season With Plenty
Major leagues start a fourth wartime season with more players than since World War II began. 572 players on the majors reserve list for 1945 split as 293 in the National League and 279 in the American League, up from 1944. The Chicago Cubs lead with 41 on their roster, while the Cardinals have the smallest at 29. armed service losses total 471, Detroit worst with 37. The season faces changes as draft rulings may alter the balance before opening.
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New York
Associated Press
Chicago Cuubs
Harry Lowrey
Thompson Livingston
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Washington
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia
Barridge Loop
Detroit
Cubs
Uncle Sam
Midwestern Cage Powers to Clash in Big Ten Warm Up
Chicago December 22 Notre Dame with a 75 point pace and Vince Boryla a 17 year old center lead a showdown against Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City. Iowa and Ohio State top contenders in the forthcoming Big Ten race. De Paul meets Long Island at Madison Square Garden and De Pauw plays Holy Cross in Boston tomorrow.
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Chicago
Iowa City
Big Ten
Notre Dame
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Vince
Bullets
Iowa Five
Ohio State
Midwest
de Paul
Long Island
Madison Square Garden
de Pauw
Holy Cross
Boston
Fast-Thinking Nurse Credited With Saving Wounded Man
Washington December 22 The army credited a fast thinking flight nurse with saving the life of a crewman on a hospital plane after his craft was hit in a ship crash. Second Lt Mary Louise was praised for her quick actions in a tense emergency.
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Washington
T Ealy
Army
Mary Louise
Fort Belvoir Beats Marshall in Stiff Naval Clinic
Fort Belvoir's basketball powerhouse, led by Corp John Townsend, defeated Marshall 60 to 45 as the Engineers dominated the Nye arena. Morris of Marshall scored 19 points on six field goals and seven free throws, with Tankovich and Glass each adding 13. The Belvoir lineup used 15 players and held a halftime edge of four points.
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Fort Belvoir
Sea College
Corp
John Townsend
Indianapolis
Michigan
Engineers
Nye Agen
Townsend
Marshall
Slim
Morris
Tankovich
Glass
Tunney to devote more time with fleet
Former heavyweight champion James J. Tunney is assigned to the navy to oversee physical training. He is named special assistant to Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, with complete charge of the navy's physical training program, leaving behind his prior role as officer in charge of physical train.
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Washington
James J
Gene” Tunney
Navy
Tunney Haseen
Randall Jacobs
Naval
Spaghetti Bowl Set For New Year Showdown In Italy
Spaghetti Bowl Headquarters Italy Dec 22 This feature game on New Year’s Day pits a 5th Army team against a 12th Air Force squad in a stadium seating 25 000. Army coach Capt Low Buch led by Maj Sparky Miller air force boss Sgt Cecil Sturgeon and Set Dwight Reed face air force stars Cpl Arthur Fairecloth and Robert Geier along with Ward Schultz Walter Delv and others in a competitive football clash.
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Italy
5Th Army
12Th Air Force
Jerry
Army
Low Buch
Massachusetts
Boston
Asheville
Columbus
Rochester
Memphis
Sam
George A. Sparky Miller
Indiana
Hoosiers
Bo McMillin
Air Force
Bush
Cecil Sturgeon
North Dakota State
Philadel Eagles
Dwight Reed
Minnesota
Aire Force
Cpl
Arthur Fairecloth
North Carolina State
Robert Geier
Exuniversity
Joan D. Ramsey
Bam Houston State
Heinie
Miller
Air Force Bridgebusters
Ward A Schultz
Pittsburgh
Walter Delv
Penn
Rod White
Tndiena
Arthur Nea
Charley Henke
Texas Aegies Sugar
Fair Grounds Opens 75 Day Race Meeting
New Orleans opening day features a 2500 dollar added six furlong handicap with three fillies among the nominations including Faff Halcyon Night and Lovely Trace. More than 1 000 horses are stabled as arrivals continue for the long meeting.
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New Orleans
Fair Grounds
W. H. Bishop
J. Tabbelerio
Mrs. L. L. Laguyade
Ner
J. W. Brown
Four Cake
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