Postwar planning spans sports and culture in 1940s agenda
LA bids for 1948 Olympic Games with option on 1952 as a planning wave rolls across the postwar era. Washington advances a national Sports Hall of Fame and a large exhibits building while New York committees chase a grand Fashion Center to rival Madison Square Garden and attract 25 000 attendees. The Cauliflower Industry and boxing power brokers loom large in the convergence of sport and spectacle. Tex Rickard would have applauded the scale of ambition.
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Tex and the dream of bringing classic races to a hall
The text recalls Tex's grandiose schemes to stage major events indoors despite outsized crowds at rivers and races. London writer Trevor Wingall notes massive audiences for rowing and horse racing, while Tex insists on indoor venues and first rights to promotion.
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Northfork seeks home win as Beavers visit tonight
Northfork high school aims to rebound at home against Beaver hoopmen after a prior Beaver victory. Coach Pendleton tweaks the lineup as Dickie Clarkson Hank Kinzell and Nicewander vie for forward spots while Wallingford holds center.
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Willkie Heppe and Welker Cochran Face Off in Billiards Rivalry
Sid Feder recalls the 30 year clash between Welker Cochran and Willkie Hoppe in billiards with rivalries on green felt. Cochran holds multiple world records while Hoppe remains a dominant figure in the sport and the Yankees lead the American League with 24 home runs.
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Bowling Title at Stake Here
The Coalfields bowling championship decides the title Sunday afternoon at Tavern bowling alleys. Top McDowell county keglers Welch team Paynter Smithberger Pike Caporal and Martin compete in a best two of three charity event. Paynter leads the McDowell troupe with a 187 season average. Bluefield team personnel to be announced tomorrow.
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Baseball to Include Japan After the War
Chicago February 3 The National Baseball Congress announced a postwar program that will include Japan England and Australia Congress officials confirmed eight national championship sites for 1944 and that in 1945 all Central and South American republics would decide their official championships After the war England Australia and Japan will join the program with Ray Dumont as president Other playoffs will determine the national championships at Wichita and ten additional venues including Toronto St John s Newfoundland Mexico City Havana Honolulu Frederiksted and San Juan P R
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Firemen Respond to Fly Blaze at 717 Harry Street
City firefighters were called yesterday morning at 8 45 to 717 Harry Street to extinguish a flue fire. No damage was reported.
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Scholastic Basketball Scores From District Play and Notable Pitching Streaks
The column lists multiple high school basketball results across districts including Spencer, Walton, Washington District, Griffithsville, Barrackville, Clay Battelle, St. Francis Morgantown, St. Augustine Grafton, St. Joseph Huntington, Williamson, Stonewall, Dunbar, Sissonville East Bank, South Tone, Clendenin, Du Pont, Merry, Mt. Hope, Eston Parkersburg, Weston Jane Lew, St. Marys, Phili, Keyser, Davis, Bristol Lost Creek with scores. It also notes baseball highlights: Spud Chandler of the Yankees won 20 games in 1943 with a seven-game winning streak. Orval Grove of the White Sox had nine wins in a row.
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Yanks
Orval Grove
White Sox
Ramsey Rams Capture City Junior Title With 40-33 Win
The Ramsey Rams defeated Fairview 40-33 to win Bluefield's 1944 city junior high basketball title. Coach Bill Davidson led a fast-paced comeback, tying 15-15 at halftime before a 19-point burst in the third quarter. Shrewsbury led Fairview with 16 points as Ramsey finished 3-1 in city play for the season.
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Walthall Receives Kump Cup At Princeton High
Jimmie Walthall was presented the Kump trophy yesterday at a general assembly of Princeton high school students. Charley Hylton, Logan sports writer, presented the award after a state poll named Walthall the standout athlete for basketball and football, making him the first high school athlete to win the prize. Principal Melvin McClain presided as Rev. Warren Carr spoke before Hylton’s introduction.
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Kump
Princeton
Young Walthall
Charley Hylton
Logan
Hylton
State Writer’s Association
Walthall
Melvin McClain
Warren Carr
Montcalm Thrashes Springton Tossers
The fourth place Chicago White Sox defeated the Athletics in a decisive game. The A's finished with a 22 game loss to the Windy City nine.
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Springton Tossers
Chicago White Sox
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Lip promises Durocher will be at spring training
Lip Durocher said he would most probably be on hand at Bear Mountain when spring training opens March 12. He noted overseas duty prospects were diminishing as travel documents lag, and Rickey urged him to tour if the USO wanted him. He argued against closing ballparks to boost morale amid war era pinch.
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Lippy) Durocher
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Ala Bradley
Baseball Moguls Set Weekend Postwar Planning Meeting
New York hosts the postwar planning committee for baseball and the New York Baseball Writers' Association dinner as magnates discuss player shortage trade rules and potential absorption of service-returns. The card includes talks on league limits, trial periods, and weekend meetings of the International and Eastern leagues alongside the National League scheduling session.
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Alva Bradley
Cardinals
Martin Marion
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Branch Rickey
Bradley
Cleveland Indians
Army Day in Sports set to draw big Beaver Gym crowd
Beaver high school gym Sunday hosts Army Day in Sports with three events from 2 to about 5 pm. Ashford hospital team of White Sulphur Springs versus regional all stars led by Lambert Arrington and Lee Patton. West Virginia Business College girls meet Pocahontas Business club girls. 40 cadets from Concord Army Air Corps perform a fitness demonstration supervised by Bob Kyle. Proceeds to charity. admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults.
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Babe Adams Seriously Ill at St. Petersburg
Babe Adams, former Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher, is seriously ill in the veterans hospital at Bay Pines near St. Petersburg Florida. Adams rose to prominence in 1909 by winning three World Series games against Detroit and spent many years with the Pirates.
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Bill Johnson to Report for Army Induction
Augusta Georgia February 3 Bill Johnson New York Yankees third baseman will report February 7 at Fort McPherson for his pre induction physical examination He is father of one child batted .280 last season in 155 games and has worked for the Camp Gordon fire department during the off season.
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Graham G-Men Fall to Elkhorn 23 16 in Slow Game
The Graham G-Men lost 23-16 to the Elkhorn Indians in a slow, low scoring game at Elkhorn. Graham led 9-1 early but was held to one point in the second quarter, while Elkhorn tied by halftime and pulled away in the second half. It was Graham’s third straight defeat and seventh in twelve games this season.
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Marty Brill recalls Notre Dame glory versus Penn
Lt. Marty Brill of the Marines recalls his big moment in 1930 when Notre Dame crushed Penn 60 to 20 in Philadelphia. Brill, son of John and Lillian Brill of Norwood Pennsylvania, later joined the service and is undergoing officer training at Camp Lejeune. His wife and daughter Joan live in Manhattan Beach California.
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Browns Outfielder Ken Williams Belts Five Home Runs in Five Games
St. Louis Browns outfielder Ken Williams collected one hit per game in the five games leading to August 2, 1922, and each hit sailed over the fence for a home run.
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Wife of Pete Reiser files divorce suit
In St. Louis on February 3 Mrs Patricia Reiser wife of Brooklyn Dodger outfielder Harold Pete Reiser now in the army filed a divorce petition alleging indignities and failure to provide a suitable home. She seeks custody of their 11 months old daughter Sally Ann alimony and maintenance allowance. Ed Reusbach of the Chicago Cubs beat the Brooklyn Dodgers nine times in 1908.
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Pete) Reiser
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