Big Ten Revises 1943 Football Schedules
Big Ten athletic directors meet to redraw the 1943 grid amid war-time enrollment drains. They aim to cut travel and include service teams such as Great Lakes, Iowa Preflight, and Camp Grant, with non-conference overnights potentially banned and competition priorities set for track fencing swimming and wrestling.
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Iowa
Russell E. Cook
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Bernie Bierman
Frank Bush
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Danning Reclassified to 1 A Status
Los Angeles AP Harry Danning star catcher for the New York Giants has been reclassified as 1 A from deferred status due to his wife’s ill health.
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Harry Danning
New York Giants
Danning
Creighton Crushes Kansas U In Omaha Showdown
Creighton Bluejays defeat Kansas University Jayhawkers 56 to 34 in Omaha drawing 3,500 fans. Ralph Langer and John Buescher each score 15 points, Ed Beisser adds 13 as Creighton advances to Madison Square Garden invitation tournament.
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Iowa Hawkeyes Post 19 Wins in 1942 Football and Other Sports
Iowa City AP report shows the Hawkeyes totaling 19 wins and 19 losses since the 1942-43 season began. The wrestling team went undefeated in three dual meets, football went 6-4, swimming 2-2, cross country 1-2, basketball 7-10, and indoor track 0-1.
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University of Iowa
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Hawkeye
Darnton Captures Missouri Valley Scoring Crown Again
Des Moines AP reports Jack Darnton of Washington led the Missouri Valley in scoring for the second straight year with 125 points in 10 games. Ed Beisser of Creighton tallied 121 points in 10 games, while Tulsa forfeits adjusted Darnton’s games played to nine.
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Navy sports policy in wartime faces overhaul
A Washington hearing quotes Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs arguing for expanded physical education in the Navy to meet wartime needs. He says past programs trained for conditioning but not combat readiness, warning against letting athletics drift toward brutality and away from sportsmanship, loyalty, and fair play.
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Michigan Track Tank Teams Top Big Ten Fields
Michigan seeks its eighth team title in 10 years at the Western Conference indoor meet in Chicago. Robert Ufer leads a strong Wolverines squad as Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio State pose challenges across swimming and wrestling events.
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Alex Agase
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DiMaggio cleared to serve as coxswain despite eye concern
Dom DiMaggio remains on duty with a Treasure Island Navy patrol craft after reports questioned his right eye. Navy officials say vision is about 75 percent of normal following cornea inflammation treated since last November. The Red Sox outfielder sustained a possible eye injury in an all star game at Cooperstown when his glasses shattered on a fence chase.
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Giants Sign Three Players Into Ford
New York Giants announce the signing of pitchers Ray Coombs and William Boiselle and outfielder Vic Bradford. Coombs spent last year with Jersey City in the International League, Boiselle pitched for Oklahoma City, and Bradford batted .342 for Jacksonville.
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New York Giants
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William Boiselle
Vic Bradford
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Boiselle
Oklahoma City
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Jacksonville
Boxing roundup of recent knockouts in Northeast matches
The Associated Press boxing brief notes Ben Brown of 197 North Philadelphia stopped George Kostelac. in another bout, Talliver of Boston kayoed Ceferino Bronca of Fall River. Details are fragmentary and locations are unclear.
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Boston
Ceferino Bronca
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Zivic Faces Beau Jack at Madison Square Garden in 12 Rounder
Fritzie Zivic clashes with Beau Jack in a Madison Square Garden 12 round bout on Friday night. The crowd expects a hard fight with Zivic likely earning a closer victory after a previous bout last month where a punch foul altered the result.
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Pirates sign Wilkie and Sewell to contracts
Pittsburgh Pirates announce new deals with Aldon Wilkie of Newberg Oregon and Truett Rup Sewell of Plant City Florida. Sewell, 34, led the club last year with 17 wins and 15 losses and a 4.1 ERA, will begin his sixth season with the Pirates.
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