Third War Year Of Sports Brings Big Crowds In Area
Tazewell County schools return to hoops and football with Graham winning county honors. Princeton, Matoaka, and Beavers make headlines as coaches shift across schools. Beaver dominates football and basketball honors with Lt. Arrington earning coach of the year. Bluefield and area sports fields show strong play in tennis golf bowling and recreation programs.
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Bluefield
Tony Lotito
Bluefield College
Beaver
Lambert Arrington
Lee Patton
Princeton
New Rochelle
N. Y
Mountaineer football team leads state sports year
Mountaineer football, composed mostly of freshmen, guided by Ira Rodgers and John Brickels, won six games and tied one for a strong season. Jimmy Walthall earned statewide outstanding athlete honors in 1943 with 1944 achievements, selected for the Eastern All Stars to play in the Shriners East West charity game in Frisco. Williamson high school claimed the state football title while Joe Repskey won Kingwood State Open golf. Clem Weichman left Logan and did not defend his crown.
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Mountaineer
University
Ira Rodgers
John Brickels
Jimmy Walthall
Jimmy
Frisco
Brickels
Huntington High
Bethany
West Virginia Tech
Kingwood
Joe Reposkey
Clarksburg
Clem Weichman
Logan
Williamson High School
Duke Dominates Southern Conference Sports in 1944
Duke University dominated Southern conference sports in 1944 claiming undisputed football, basketball and track honors. The Blue Devils excelled in baseball and tennis, tied in wrestling with North Carolina, and achieved notable upsets in Raleigh tennis and the Raleigh basketball tournament. Duke’s football success included multiple conference titles and bowl appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Pattie
Richmond
Duke University
Blue Devils
Duke
North Carolina
George Washington
V.M.I
Raleigh
White Phantoms
Virginia Tech
William and Mary
North Carolina State
Carolina Qaint
Strange Sights Seen By Those With War Time Booze
Rich travelers pay for global tours while wartime drinkers chase rarer sights. The tale contrasts luxury cruising with risky journeys fueled by scarce spirits and a taste for anomaly.
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Stubby
Notoriously fussy shoppers and a house of jokes
A collage of quips about shopping wives, stubborn husbands and newspaper gags. It riffs on divorce laws, moving pictures, patter about dogs and makeup of the middle class, with humor centered on gender roles and social quirks. It closes with forecasted bowl results.
Concord College to Feature Freshman Basketball Team This Winter
After a two year layoff Concord College schedules twelve games for the 1945 Mountain Lion casters under Coach W S Woodell. The squad, led by Alvin Morgan, is built around youth with limited high school experience and strong potential, as fourteen players vie for starting roles in the season ahead.
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Beaver
Kingin
Lotito
Charleston
Beck
Ea A . Ramsey Rams
Bill Davidson
Bluefield
Ducky Sarver
Beaurocrat Byrnes
Bluefield State College
Concord College
Mountain Lion
Woodell
W. S. Woodell
Concord
Alvin Morgan
Pineville
Cam Henderson
Marshall College
Lions
McComas
Gale Young
Jimmy Tanner
Hasel Harless
Baileysville
Buddy Orum
Lester
Donald Vance
Gary
Tom Frederick
Princeton
Bill Watkins
Alvin
Pine- Ville High
Danton
Marshall
Gine
Gale
Kyle Keaton
Jaeger
Kyle
Jaeger High School
Keaton
Howard Conner
Conner
Tom McNeish
Tom
McNeish
Ted Fender
Bob Billings
Bob
Fender
Hassell Harless
Sports Leaders Will Meet Chicago, Dec. 30
Major sports bodies set meetings in the Midwest to discuss wartime manpower impacts. A baseball major league committee, the N C A A, and the National Football League will convene within two weeks to consider effects of selective service directives on 1945 operations.
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Chicago
National Football League
Office of War Mobilization
Latest Sports News Breaks In Nation's Capital
Washington reports a ban on shipping race horses beyond home stables, with travel restrained for major sports. 4 F and I C athletes face reevaluation, while war-time policy hints at limited college and pro play impact. Copper and lead shortages threaten civilian shotgun shell production though WPB remains hopeful for war development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
War Production Board
WPB
War Developmentg
Postseason Bowls Set With Wide TV and Crowd Expectations
New Year post season college bowls draw massive crowds with Rose Bowl in Pasadena expected for 90 000 and total attendees surpassing 350 000 across all games. Sugar Orange Cotton Shrine Sun Spaghetti Vulcan Lily Bowls feature Alabama Duke Oklahoma A M Texas Christian and others with diverse venues from Bermuda to Belfast.
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Southern California
Tennessee
Tulsa
Georgia Tech
Oklahoma Aggies
Texas Christian
Duke
Alabama
Frisco
Shriner's Charity
Italy
Bermuda
Joe Reichler
New York
Vols
Jeff Cravath
Trojans
Jim Hardy
Thomas
New Orleans
Frank Thomas
Crimson Tide
Eddy Camerson
Miami
All America
Les Horvath
Ohio State
West Aces
Horvath
Oklahoma A & M
Dallas
el Paseo
Texas
University of Mexico
Southwestern
Birmingham
Ala
Tuskegee
Tennessee State
Hamilton
Army
Navy
Houston
Randolph Field
Oran
Belfast
London
Rose Bowl Preview: Tennessee vs Southern California
Pasadena December 30 1939 odds makers favor Southern California by two touchdowns as 93000 fans crowd the Rose Bowl chairs. Tennessee coach John Barnhill believes his undefeated Vols have a shot against the Trojans. USC features John Ferraro Peewee Pehar and Jim Hardy in a potent T formation attack. Weather outlook in Miami for the Orange Bowl favors dry conditions for Tech Tulsa clash.
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Pasadena
Calif
Southern California
Tennessee
John Barnhill
Buster Stephens
Stephens
Southern
California
John Ferraro
Peewee” Pehar
Jim Hardy
Hardy
Trojans
Vols
Miami
Fla
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
Tech
Weather Bureau
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Tacewell High Schools
Cage
Beavers
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell County
Graham
Rick Pocahontas
Tazewell Highs
Princeton High Tigers
Beckley Ca
Basketball Tigers
Ivan Rees
Armed Forces
Mideason
Matoaka
Matoaka Indians
Boyard
Leand Byrd
Ramsey
Princeton Knobby Athens
Beaver Gym
Longshot McComas
Big Bob Atwood
Ralph Johnson
Lynchburg
Willie Jones
Deege Rangeley
Bluefield Country Club
Bus Hall
Hattie Bryant McCue
Natalie St. Jair
Quentin Barnette
West Virginia University
Charley Snavely
Bramwell High
Joe Vachon
Athens
Roy Syrd
McDowell County
Andy Pendleton
Northfork
Vernon Callaway
Welch
Ralph Waite
John Carter
Big Creek
Joe Friedl
Bill Fitchke
John Jasper
Filthorn
Hickman
Bill Callaghan
Inaeger
Leney Dalton
Callaghan
Johnny Anderson
Richlands
Pocahontas
Tazewell
Mercer County
George Fanning
Bill Roney
Harold Looney
Fairview
Wally
Tommy Wallingford
Tommy
Dickie Clarkson
David Barnett
Arrington
Lottto
Lewey Dalton
National Front
Bob Atwood
Sarver
Clarkson
Penarpo
W. Va
Eddie Cameron
Deep South
Dukes
Washington and Lee
Clemson
Duke Baseballers
Jack Coombs
Chapel Hill
Cloudbuster
Bob Houghton
University of Richmond
South Carolina
Wake Forest
R. N. (Rube) McCray
Guess
Luray Caverns
Illinois
West Virginia
Buff
Perfessor
Vandy van Dyke
Currence
OMALL
Morgan
Woody
Byrnes
By Busham
Jimmy Byrnes
War Stimson
Selective Service
Ics
War Department
SRO
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