Chicago Maroons Break Slump With 65 27 Win At Chango Tech
The University of Chicago's basketball team, the Maroons, snapped a long losing streak by defeating Chango Technical College 65 to 27 on a Friday night. The win ends a run of 20 straight losses since a 1941 victory over Illinois Tech, with conference woes continuing as they still endure a 40-game Big Ten drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chango Technical College
South Michigan Boulevard
Illinois Tech
Chicago Cech
Pera
Maroons
Minnesota
Purdue
Little Norway Ski Experts Shine in Limelight Again
Royal Norwegian air force skiers, nicknamed Ola Sigurd and Kjel, excel in six mile cross country at Lake Placid on New Year’s Day. Many Little Norway athletes recount hair raising escapes from Nazis and seek freedom return to Norway. The piece highlights service transfers and wartime sport ties and lists naval duty assignments for Great Lakes trainees and 1941-42 season stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Kjel
Ola
Sigurd
Little
Little Norway
Britain
Norway
Service Dept
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Frank Baumholz
Murmansk
George Ring
Jim van Arsdale
Ernie Andres
Miami
John Lobsinger
Alaska
Jim Currie
North Atlantic
Bill Menke
South Pacific
Wilbur Schumacher
George Sobek
Caribbean
Bob Callihan
Lee Huber
Amphibious Command
Pacific
Bob Davies
Bob Dietz
Gilbert Huffman
Ed Riska
Harold Hull
State College to host Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing
Pennsylvania State will host the Eastern Intercollegiate boxing tournament on March 11 in State College. Teams from area colleges are expected to compete for regional honors under the NEA report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College, Pa
NEA
Pennsylvania State
Unclear Scores Hover in Early Basketball List
A garbled AP roundup shows scattered scores including Chicago Tech Iowa Wisconsin Notre Dame Baylor and Texas Tech among others. Entries like Ames Estherville and Beirit Lake appear fragmentary with many OCR errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Witlshared
Chicago
Chicago Tech
Iowa
Denver
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Baylor
Corsicana Air Field
Sheppard Field
Texas Tech
Bates
Dow Field
Whitman
Washington
Twentieth Century-Fox
L.c.la
High Schoo
L Ames
Yerada
Fewenal
Beirit Lake
Estherville
Cubs Lose Catcher to Navy Training Next Friday
Cubs catcher Clyde McCullough reports for active naval service next Friday. He was inducted Friday and likely to be assigned to the Great Lakes naval training station for primary schooling after a 90 day deferment due to a broken leg suffered during the baseball season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
LLP
Clyde McCullough
Chicago Cubs
Navy
Great Lakes
McCullough
Seahawks Rout Denver 47 18 to stretch win streak
Iowa City AP reports the Seahawks roll past Denver University 47 18 for their sixth straight win. Paul Murphy and Carl Bidewell lead with 10 points each as the team dominates 24 4 at halftime while Denver struggles to score. Hefley tops the visitors with seven points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Seahawks
Denver University
Paul Murphy
Carl Bidewell
Seahawks
Denver
Pioneers
Arlo Hefley
Bidewell
Cape Girardeau
Huber
Murphy
Seeward
Wilcoxen
Hobson
Piereners
Novak
Logan
Biden Lo
Seew
Prd
Gan. Karamigious
Hefley
John Morriss
Ens
S. Truelson
Purdue Favored to Win 1943 44 Big Ten Title
In Chicago the Purdue basketball team is seen as the leading candidate for the 1943 44 Big Ten championship. The piece cites Purdue’s 6 titles in 37 years, coach Piggy Lambert’s success, a balanced and talented squad, and the league’s easiest schedule as reasons for the forecast. It lists expected order of finish and highlights top individual scorers such as Lodge Haag and Otto Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Purdue
Furgue
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ilinois
Ohio State
G Town
Indiana
Minnesota
Piggy Lambert
Lambert
Bill Lodge
Charley Haag
Paul Hoffman
Paul Friend
Jack Kennedy
Stephen Frazier
Otto Graham
Ben Schadler
Ray Patterson
Dave Strack
Dick Shrider
Walton Kirk
Howard Judson
Stan Patrick
Illinois
Arnold Risen
Jack Dugger
Dick Ives
Iowa
Paul Shields
George Tipton
Stanford Denies Stagg to Coach Football There
Stanford athletic manager denies radio claim that Amos Alonzo Stagg will coach the football team next fall. He notes war conditions and says potential coaches may be Jim Lawson or Marchmont Schwartz, with Lawson already named to succeed Shaughnessy and Schwartz on leave for war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
All Masters
Stanford University
Bill Stern
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stanford
Stern
Jim Lawson
Marchmont Schwartz
Stagg
College of the Pacific
Lawson
Clark Shaughnessy
Schwartz
Kansas
Maple Leafs Tie Bruins For Second In NHL Sprint
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 4 0 to climb into a second place tie with the Boston Bruins in the NHL standings. Leafs struck three goals in the first eight minutes, then coasted through the second period and added one more in the final period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston Bruins
National Hockey League
New York Rangers
Leafs
New York Nets
Marquette Football Record Shows Narrow Losses
Milwaukee area notes Marquette's football team fell only to top regional rivals the Iowa Seahawks and Purdue, with losses limited to the strongest programs in the Great Lakes circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
NEA
Marquette
Great Lakes
Iowa Seahawks
Purdue
Great Lakes Five Lose to Northwestern in Illini Big Ten clash
Northwestern defeats Great Lakes Sailors 54 to 36 in Evanston. Northwestern players Otto Graham and Ben Schadler each scored ten points to spearhead a second half run, while Schaefer and Lautenbach sparked an early Great Lakes rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
Great Lakes Sailors
Northwestern
Great Lakes
Schaefer
Lautenbach
Otto Graham
Ben Schadler
Graham
Schadler
Vodlek
Shausard
Schumacher
Il Gray
Cig
Coleman
Schmidt
Curtis
Smith
Clawson
Rollins
Gatley
Zuber
Nelson
Hamilton
Jaquay
Wisconsin Cagers Rally Past Notre Dame in Close 47 45 Win
Wisconsin beat Notre Dame 47 to 45 as Bob Gallagher tied the game with a late field goal and Clarence Dykstra followed with a decisive free throw. Leo Klier led Notre Dame with 28 points while Des Smith added 12 for Wisconsin in a tight Milwaukee showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Bob Gallagher
Clarence Dykstra
Wisconsin
Leo Klier
Des Smith
Klier
Smith
Badgers
Pikifers Smith
SiLoydt
Dykstra
Todorovitche
Patterson
Rutledse
Johnson
Luijske
Selbos
Kelly
Wendisade
Oj Furman
Gallaghers
Ol Kivisto
U Kaufman
Notre ‘Dame
Kiler
Torodovitch
Furman
Shadle Inducted Into Army. Emmetsburg Coach Leaves Post
Emmetsburg high school coach Fred Shadle was inducted into the army on Friday. His successor has not been chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Fred Shadle
Army
Little Giant sports almanac forecasts next year
A humorous digest from the Little Giant sports almanac predicts year to start at midnight Friday. It parodies 1960s sports figures and events including Mike Jacobs, Carl Hubbell, Billy Conn, Joe Louis, Frank Sinatra, Lombardi, Plat ter, Walter Hagen, and Notre Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike Jacobs
Madison Square Garden
Mike
Carl Hubbell
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Frank Sinatra
Walter Hagen
Baseball On Verge Of Challenge From Football Rise
On New Year’s day Branch Rickey warns that pro football’s rise risks dethroning baseball as the nation’s pastime. He urges postwar planning, expansion of compact leagues, and use of football methods to boost promotion, youth participation, and stadium strategy to keep baseball competitive with six-month seasons and new leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Brooklyn
Dodgers
America
San Francisco
Midwest
Dickie Meade Poised as Florida Apprentice Rider
Coral Gables reports Dickie Meade, brother of Don, is expected to become one of Florida's reigning apprentice riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Gables
NEA
Dickie Meade
Don
Florida
Bowl Games Close Gridiron Marathon
Associated Press report previews December 31 1943 and January 1 1944 bowl games from Miami to San Francisco. Major matchups include Georgia Tech vs Tulsa in New Orleans Sugar Bowl with Eddie Prokop and Clyde LeForce dueling, Washington vs USC in the Rose Bowl, Indiana Bob Hoernschemeyer’s passing for Ohio State? No, for Indiana in the East, and Texas A and M vs LSU in the Orange Bowl with injuries noted. Attendance cited at 73,000 in New Orleans and 65,000 in Pasadena with several others across Texas and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
San Francisco
New Orleans
el Paso
Petes
Dallas
Houston
Pasaena
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
Sugar Bowl
Bill Alexander
Engineers
Eddie Prokop
Prokop
Clyde LeForce
Pacific Coast
Washington
Southern California
Pasadena
Huskies
Trojans
Indiana
Bob Hoernschemeyer
Andy Kerr
Texas Aggies
Louisiana State
Iowa State Rolls Over Drake 43-20 in Ames
The Iowa State Cyclones defeated Drake 43 to 20 Friday night in Ames. Lloyd Kester led scoring with 15 points while Price Brookfield West Texas State ace, a naval trainee, added nine in his debut. Cyclones led 16 to 11 at halftime.
Hawkeyes Host Denver Five In Nonconference Clash
Iowa plays University of Denver in Iowa City as the undefeated Big Ten leader meets a taller Denver squad. Hawkeye guard Jack Spencer carries a bullet wound in his arm but plans to start. Iowa aims to extend its 6–0 scoring margin before January league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Big Ten
University of Denver
Hawkeyes
Iowa
Denver
Hawk
Jack Spencer
Spencer
Pops Harrison
Davenport
Minnesota
Ives Oon
Whoovanveaees Herley
Danner Yeas
Eery Logan Herwig
Ce Bene Novak Spencer
Sersse O . Karamigios
Posteis
G Huber
Jockey Ted Atkinson Reaches 200 Wins in 1943
Miami report confirms Ted Atkinson rode Gornil to a $19.70 victory at Tropical Park Friday, becoming the second jockey to reach 200 wins this year. He sits 28 behind leader Johnny Adams in the standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Ted Atkinson
Gornil
Tropical Park
Johnny Adams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Cagers
Varoon
Tiwent Fullerton
Arencoi Leca
the Associated Press
Cubs
Dope
Towahi
Tlinois
Dick Foley
Illini
Falte
Maple Leafs
The
United Press
Wisconsin Cagers
Shadle
George Mikan
Whitney
Whitney Martin
North
Lombardi
A.A.U
Giants
Athletics
Platter
Poughkeepsie
Gunder Hagg
Frank Leahy
Pitt
Leahy Bawls
Bramham
Jack Cuddy
C. C. M. Planert
BASCO
Glta Athletic Goods
Third Street
Aggies
Homer Norton
Texans
Marion Flanagan
LSU
Steve van Buren
Texas University
Randolph Field
Texas
Glenn Dobbs
Southwestern Texas
Southwestern Louisiana
New Mexico
Arkansas A and M
Southwestern
Iowa State
Drake
OlRay Wehde
Schaller
llRoy Wehde
Eren
al Myers
Ollenhoffie
Kester
Fane
S Brookfield
Branson
Noulman
Knilel
J Naglor
Sauer
Chisholm
Towa State
Hawk Cagers
Denver Five
Ies
Rollor
United States
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!