Byrnes Cracks Down on 4-F Athletes Affects College Football
Washington reports a Byrnes policy linking selective service reviews to 4-F athletes in both college and professional sports. The move targets athletes in bowl games and future seasons, with government say ing the action applies to all, though college football sanctions on big games are not currently planned.
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Selective Service
Washington
Jimmy Byrnes
War Mobilization Director
Byrnes
Selec
Hershey
White House
Ofice
Sterling Young Ups Two Longshots at Tropical Park
Veteran jockey Sterling Young rode two longshots to victory at Tropical Park on December 26 as racing resumed before the January 3 government ban. He first won on Shaw after a ruling disqualified a previous horse, then captured the seventh race on a three year old chestnut. Crowd reached 5,543 with $432,631 wagered across nine races.
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Miami
Fla
Sterling Young S Wen
Tropical Park
Tropical
Young
Shaw
Eddie Arcaro
Good
Young Goth
Ugh
Ed Broad Grin
Albaldo
Jacked Guild
Smoke Puff
Assailant
Darby Dimout
Georgia Tech Rambling Wreck Reserve Seats for Two Trains
Georgia Techs Ramblins Wreck reserve seats on two trains to Miami for the Orange Bowl on New Years Day against Tulsa. Coach Bill Alexander leads a 34 man squad with plans to resume practice in Miami Thursday through Sunday. Bowens injury status improves and he is expected to start against Tulsa.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Miami
Tulsa
Golden Hurricane
W. A
Bill) Alexander
Alexander
Allen
Dinkey
North-South Coaches Get Break in Weather
Montgomery Alabama December 26 weather today gave Blue and Gray football coaches a respite from the past week’s heat and sped prep for Saturdays North South game. Grays stress aerial and deceptive maneuvers while northern coaches hint at a passing attack in the sixth Blue Gray renewal. Blues with a 200 pound line had been expected to rely on power but both sides show readiness for a balanced defensive effort.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grays
Theankee
Bama Gridmen Hustle Through a Scrimmage
Alabama football players begin two day holiday break after a scrimmage in Tuscaloosa. The squad plans to depart Wednesday by bus for Baton Rouge to face LSU in the Sugar Bowl, with reserve halfback from Kingsport reported to be injured and absent from camp.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Iete
Sugar Bowl
Baton Rouge
LSU
Crim
Thomas
Kinsport
Tne
Beavers Face Matoaka and Grads This Week
Beavers high school basketball schedule includes two home games this week. Alumni led by Gene Studebaker meet here Thursday, while Matoaka visits Beaver gym Friday. Studebaker gathered former Beaver stars including Ducky Sarver and Bill Ledgerwood. Lotito notes Matoaka’s strong lineup and missing Buzzy Suiter who will be away for holidays.
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Beavers High School
Basketeers
Tony Lotito
Matoaka
Beaver Gym
Gene Studebaker
Beaver
Roanoke College
Studebaker
Ducky Sarver
Bill Ledgerwood
Bill Christian
Bus
Vern Kirk
D. T. Whitlock
New York
Lotito
Bramwell
Byrd
Northfork
Beavers
McDowell
Matoaks
Leland Byrd
West Virginia University
Ross Byrd
Indians
Buzzy Suiter
Buzzy
Aggies Favor Favorites In All College Tourney
Oklahoma A and M Rice and Arkansas enter as favorites in the all college basketball tournament opening tomorrow. Teams arrive tonight and workouts are planned at the municipal auditorium before tipping off. Texas and Kansas are among the others in the afternoon session.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma A
Rice
Arkansas
Municipal Auditorium
Rice _ ae
Texas
Oklahoma
Oe Ion
Texas Techahoma Aggies
Detroit Pitchers Dominate 1944 American League Honors
Detroit hurlers Dizzy Trout and Hal Newhouser led the American League in wins ERA and strikeouts in 1944. Trout won 27 games with a 2.12 ERA in 352 innings, Newhouser 29 wins and 3.22 in junior circuit leaders. Between them they totaled 56 victories for Detroit as they chased the St. Louis Browns. Newhouser led with 187 strikeouts, Trout second with 144.
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Chicago
Detroit
Tigers
Paul H
Dizzy) Trout
Harold
Hal) Newhouser
St. Louis Browns
John D. Chesbro
John Powell
New Navy
Newhouser
Trout
Nels Potter
Browns
New
Cecil
Tex) Hughson
Ughson
Red Sox
Armed Service
Louis
Buck) Newsom
Philadelphia
Bill Dietrich
White Sox
Jack Kramer
St. Louis
Southern Cal Bowl Hopes Rise After Practice Update
Pasadena Cal Dec 26 Southern California Rose Bowl prospects improved with the return of guard Dave Lavelle from a leg injury. Don Burnside and Bob Moriss showed top form in practice while Tennessee center Russell Morrow was sidelined by an extracted tooth and Ben Miller filled the pivot. Both teams stressed pass defense in strenuous workouts.
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Pasadena
Cal
Southern California
Dave Lavelle
Don Burnside
Bob Moriss
Tennessee Volunteers
Russell Morrow
Ben Miller
Morrow
Sugar Bowl bosses urge stay at home
New Orleans officials urged war workers to stay at home on New Year’s Day to ensure war essentials reach the fronts. A B Nicholas, Sugar Bowl association president, cited serious German counterattacks threatening Allied northern armies and urged crowd-conserving actions for the war effort.
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Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Mid-Winter Sports Association
Igeo
A. B Nicholas
Association
Germany
Gloucester youth dies in Christmas hunting accident
A 16 year old, Bernard Bonniville, died in a hunting accident on Christmas day in Gloucester county. The death was ruled an accident by coroner Dr J B Clements. Survived by parents Mack and era Bonniville and several siblings. Funeral services set for 2 p m at Severn Presbyterian Church with burial in Naxera Cemetery. Portable typewriters deemed musical instruments by British Railway Freight Association.
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Gloucester
Gloucester County
Bernard Bonniville
J. B. Clements
Clements
Loune Bonniville
Ashley Bonniville
Bonniville
Mack Bonniville
Era
Severn Presbyterian Church
S. O. Coxe
Naxera
American Horses Not to Go to Cuba
Havana reports that Florida racing tracks will close and officials anticipate Cuba or the U S may tighten limits on sending Florida horses abroad. Transportation to Cuba is restricted and berths for racers are scarce. Plane travel exists but passports could be blocked, hindering any mass exodus.
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Havana
Oriental Park
Florida
United States
U. S
Cuba
State Department
Leading jockeys to stick around Miami amid war ban
Miami reporters note top jockeys plan to stay in Florida for the season despite a government order to shut down racing on January 3. Permane argues racing is all he knows and would pause only if forced, while Meadeatly plans to ride in Mexico City, and Arcaro will train in Miami and await Greentree orders.
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Miami
Pla
America
Bobby Permane
Florida
Permane
Don Meadeatly
Mexico City
Tedman
Champon
Eddie Arcaro
Atkinson
Greentree
Arcaro
Conn McCreary
Alf Robertson
Vanderbilt Seeds Alabama for Nov 17 Football Game
Vanderbilt University announced a home football date with Alabama on November 17. Coach Bartling also listed upcoming home games against Ole Miss on Oct 6 and Kentucky on Oct 20, plus a Gainesville trip to Florida on Jan 15 and a game at Baton Rouge on Oct 27.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Theniversity of Alabama
Doby Bart
Bartling
Ole Miss
Kentucky
Florida
Gainesville
Barton Rouge
University of Tennessee At
Knoxville
Commodores
Virginia Military Institute
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
University of Chattanooga
Canada studies rage over U S racing ban
Dominion officials said they will study the U S order closing horse and dog tracks by January 3 and involve provincial authorities and racing associations in any decision. Canadian betting is overseen by the minister of agriculture and taxation concerns loom for both levels as war needs prompt review of racing.
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Toronto
Dominion
U. S
Minister of Agriculture
United States
Fred Livingstoe
Thorncliffe Park
Col
K. R. Marshall
Ontario Jockey Club
King Woodbine Park
As Anderson
Metropolitan Racing Association
Marshall
Tulsa grid outfit arrives in Miami for Orange Bowl
Twenty one Tulsa players stepping off a train in 70 degree weather say it feels fine as they head to the University of Miami for their first workout before facing Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Center Felto Prewitt and guard Ellis Jones comment on the heat and travel.
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Miami
Fla
Tulsa
Georgia Tech
Felto Prewitt
Tech
Ellis Jones
Vernell Bush
Mike Milligan
Day Brothers
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Tulsans
Henry Franka
All Brothers
Theater and pool room destroyed by fire in Glen Rogers
A fire of unknown origin last night gutted the Raleigh Tyoming Coal mining company theater and poolroom in Glen Rogers West Virginia. Damage estimates were not available.
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Glen Rogers
W. Va
Raleigh Tyoming Coal Mining Company
Umpire Training For GI Leagues Led By Professor Fish
James L. Fish conducts umpires schools for armed forces in Trinidad and Panama. Laz Fish reports 200 graduates and more to come as Professor Fish plans arbiter academies in Puerto Rico for the Antilles Command.
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James L. Fish
Trinidad
Panama
Laz Fish
Kearny
N. J
USC
Venezuela
Fish
Notre Dame
Puerto Rico
Antilles Command
Golden Dome
Red Miller
Millers
South Bend
Cy Williams
Phillies
Bert Daniels
Yankees
De Witt Sewell and Marion Top Baseball Honorees
The Sporting News names William DeWitt Luke Sewell and Marty Marion as year’s top baseball figures. It highlights Dewitt and Sewell for guiding the Browns to a 1944 pennant and World Series, and Marion for vital shortstop and fielding in St. Louis. Also cited are talent scouts and other runners-up across major and minor leagues.
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St. Louis
Sporting News
National Baseball Weekly
Wish Egan
Ivory Hunter
Detroit
Jack Zeller
Billy Southworth
Hans Wagner
Marty
Cardinals
Eee News
Egan
Tigers
Dick Wakefield
Sullivan
Seattle
al Thom
Altimore
Louisville
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Aggies
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Jimmy Jordan
Tommy Kandis
Icemen
Smeltzer
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Isl
Tnd
Miller
Me Atwell
Schrinner
Johnston Ao
Russell
British Railway
Freight Association
Don Meade
Mexico
Permano
Vanderbilt
Canada
Arives
Amfrica
National Optical Stores. Co
Princeton Avenue
International
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Marion
Aamed Gray
Hal Newhouser
Cambria
Ager
Joe Cambria
Wiliam G. Mulligan
Ness
Seattle Pacific Coast Rainiers
Almas
Baltimore International Orioles
James
Rip) Collins
Albury
John Stigleier
Buffalo International Bisons
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