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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1944

Page

4

Major Griffith Defends College Sports in Wartime

Major Griffith argues 1943 proved college athletics resilient and essential. He notes most colleges kept programs in 1943 and will continue in 1944, with football serving training and morale roles and constraining injury risk among younger players.

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Hulse Sees Dodds Or Self Target Mile Record

Big Bill Hulse predicts a two man effort to trim the world indoor mile record from 4 07 4 to at least 4 06 during eight indoor meets. He and Galloping Gil Dodds aim to break the mark by February 5 at Millrose with tough night training after day work as a Passaic NJ chemist.

Hulse Dodds Self iBy Oscar Fraley New York Gil Dodds Gunder Hagg Sweden Hagg America Boston Smorgasbord Passaic N. J Columbia University Dartmouth Glenn Cunningham

Berg Plans Golf Break To Relax Between Marine Duties

Lt Patty Berg US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, former golf champion, says she will start playing golf again for relaxation while continuing recruiting and training. She recently finished officers training at Camp Lejeune and notes her knee injury from 1941 auto crash is slowly recovering through swimming as she aims for overseas service.

New York Patty Berg Marine Corps Womens Reserve Miss Berg Philadelphia Camp Lejeune New River Berg Marines

Bowler Jimmy Smith Keeps Reign At 60 In Tourney

Veteran Jimmy Smith, now 60, averaged 207 in a Paterson NJ tournament finishing fifth with 1033 over five games. Once a Brooklyn pinboy, he rose to world records and championships, claiming early titles in 1905 and 1911 before a storied career with 28 perfect games.

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Forest Field and Stream notes on conservation and hunting laws

A column covers wildlife enforcement data from 1943, fur bearing seasons, and legal permits. It discusses prison avoidance musings, feeding birds in winter, and war related conservation efforts. It notes Iowa and Colorado fur harvest figures, shotgun gauges history, a duck blind mishap tale, and upcoming Linn County and Delaware County fish and game meetings.

Colorado Game and Fish Commission Colorado Conservation Colorado Iowa Mississippi River Conservation Commission Hitler Hirohito Old Mussy

Landis Heads Committee On Olympic Luncheon Program

Russell Landis of the Kiwanis club is elected chairman of a Luncheon Club Olympic program to be held at the YMCA on Wednesday January 26. The six hour event includes swimming basket shooting handball and bowling with dinner at 6 30 and a main program at 7 15. Evening events continue at 8 with various sports and a 10 pm tug of war show.

Russell Landis Kiwanis Club YMCA Kiwanis Rotary Canopus Optimist Laos Landis Henry Gundling Laons Irwin Wasta Rotary Jerry Hasley Optomist Monroe Conopus Fred Winter Inter-Service Land

Verry Named Player of the Game in Rose Bowl Tilt

Norm Verry earned the Helms Athletic Foundation player of the game honor after captaining USC to a 29 to 0 upset of Washington in the Rose Bowl. He logged only five minutes all season yet stood out in the Jan 1 classic.

LOS Angeles INS Norm Verry University of Southern California Washington Verry Trojans Huskies Helms Athletic Foundation

Little Agrees Officials Get In Players Way

New Haven Connecticut Lou Little Columbia University football coach and games rules committee chairman says referees and officials should stay on the sidelines to avoid interfering with players. He replies to Dr Clarence Rungee who urged rule changes claiming officials hinder players. The exchange ends with Little calling Rungee’s view true. A stray line about fishing streams closes the piece.

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