Army closes 1944 season with 23 7 win over Navy
Army ends its season with a 23 to 7 victory over Navy, securing ninth win and claiming football team of the year honors. Davis and Blanchard starred on offense while the line and defense dominated, with a key safety by Arnold and Navy mistakes shaping the rout. Veterans like Jenkins and Whitmire were injured early but could not halt the Cadets.
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Tide Is Starting Practice for Duke
Tide coach Frank Thomas says Alabama will hold three light tire sessions this week to prepare for the Sugar Bowl clash with Duke in New Orleans. The workouts include running kicking and signal calls with rough scrimmaging planned next week.
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Teams Meet in Bond Bowl Competing Service Elevens
Randolph Field and the Second Air Force top football chatter as they prepare for a Treasury Bond Bowl at the Polo Grounds on December 16. Key results from weekend action include Notre Dame, LSU, SMU victories and conference crowns won by Georgia Tech and Oklahoma. Bainbridge naval and Fort Pierce Amphibious units finish 1944 undefeated with wins yesterday.
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Three SEC Teams Go To Bowls
Atlanta December 4 Southeastern Conference schools closed their regular season and three teams prepared for post season bowls. Georgia Tech earns an Orange Bowl date with Tulsa on New Year's Day after beating Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee also drew bowl assignments on January 1 with Tennessee facing Southern California in the Rose Bowl and Alabama meeting Duke in the Sugar Bowl. Final conference standings listed.
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Army’s Glenn Davis Leads 1944 Scoring Race With 120 Points
Army halfback Glenn Davis tops the 1944 college football points list with 120 on 20 touchdowns, as the AP tabulation shows. The standings include 129 for Bob Steuber last year and list leaders by games, touchdowns, and total points across major conferences and independents.
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Persian Gulf Command Boxing Tourney Draws Big Crowds
Sergeant Allen Lacombe reports from Khorramshahr on the Persian Gulf command championships. A new outdoor stadium seats 6000, and bouts between Harold Geldernick and Georgie Stangelo drew controversy over two disputed decisions. Geldernick earned a win in the finals.
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Decatur Raiders Earn 1944 All-State Football Honors
Two Decatur Raiders John Hamilton tackle and co captain and Gerald Fields end were named in the 1944 All-State eleven by coaches. Birmingham teams supplied seven first team berths while Huntsville center Earl Stover was the sole North Alabama product on the first string. Second and third teams included Futtrell Florence guard Goldstein Huntsville Reynolds Arab and Hamilton earned honorable mention. The Raiders went eight and one, their only loss by one point to Huntsville.
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Sergeant Lacombe on busy sorting duties and missing letters
Sgt Lacombe says he is overwhelmed with sorting duties and cannot find time to write his girlfriend and parents. He jokes they might come to visit him if he does not start writing soon, expressing a wistful wish they could.
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The Road to Berlin Front Distances Map
The report lists current distances to Berlin on multiple fronts as reported by The Associated Press. Western front shows 301 miles from near Duren, eastern front 304 miles north of Warsaw, Hungarian front 420 miles from Budapest, and Italian front 557 miles from Ravenna.
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Soldier Leads Nelson In San Francisco Open Final Round
Sergeant Jim Ferrier from Camp Roberts held a one stroke lead over defending champion Byron Nelson as the final round began. Nelson, a former National Open and PGA winner, faced Ferrier at the San Francisco Open with other contenders like Craig Wood and Denny Shute in pursuit.
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Wilbur Halliday Shaves First Time Before Boston College Game
Publicitor Ed Kennedy of Holy Cross reports Cru sad er Wilbur Halliday a 17-year-old end shaved for the first time before the Fenway Park game. Coach Ox Da Grosa found him in the hotel barber shop as the team prepared to travel. Halliday later caught a pass, though photos captured him making a circus catch with the ball pressed to his face.
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Football Scores From Sunday Games Across Bases
Bainbridge Naval 13 Maxwell Field 3 Fort Pierce Amphibs 7 Third Air Force 6 Fort Warren 21 San Francisco Clippers 21 tie Gulfport AAF 33 Algiers Naval 12 Fort Benning fourth infantry 9 Third infantry Fort Benning 7 Mayport NAS 26 Chatham Field
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Ten Teams Still On Unbeaten List
Ten football teams remained unbeaten and untied as the 1944 campaign ended, with final tabulation showing unsigned teams including Bainbridge Fort Pierce Amphibs Ohio State Randolph Field and Norman among the leaders. x-Two games to play.
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Confusion In Pro League Title Race In 1940s NFL
The Eastern division title remains unsettled with three teams New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles and Washington across a two game finish. A Giants win would secure the division and a playoff with Green Bay while ties could force additional playoff scenarios. Philadelphia dominated Brooklyn 34 0 as Cleveland rested. Chicago Bears routed Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Cardinals 49 7 and Detroit beat Boston 38 7.
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Unemployment fears ease as war cutbacks revised
Washington reports a shift in reconversion plans after VE Day. Government officials say war production will stay tighter than earlier hoped to avoid mass unemployment. Krug of the War Production Board notes cutbacks will be smaller and less abrupt, easing peacetime job losses.
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Dr R L Motley Dies In Florence Pastor Emeritus
Funeral services were held yesterday for Dr R L Motley longtime pastor of First Baptist church for 25 years. Burial followed at Dyersburg Tennessee. Motley died at his Florence home on Saturday and was pastor emeritus at the time of his death.
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Army forces beat Fort Benning veterans in cage clash
Lt. Ralph Hamilton star of the Army service forces officers team scored 50 points guiding a 67 62 victory over Fort Benning student training regiment in Atlanta. The Miami pro am tourney saw Johnny Revolta and Arnold Minkley win with a five under par 65 after Minkley asked for a close faced No 6 iron on the seventh hole. Gulfstream Park president James Donn plans to protest an OPA action affecting car parking at the track claiming inequitable treatment compared with northern tracks.
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Whitmire OK After Army Navy Game Injuries
Don Whitmire and Navy star Bob Jenkins were injured in the Army Navy game but not seriously, coaches said. Jenkins took a knock to the head and returned before being removed again. Whitmire wrenched his knee in his first career injury, yet officials said it is not serious enough to harm his service record.
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Veterans Hospital Plan Faces Wariness In Congress
Rep Repy Wilson disclosed a Veterans Administration letter to a wife about burial options for her seriously ill husband. The plan would let veterans choose between a state hospital, local hospital care, with government covering costs as if a hospital were used. Wilson and Rep Rankin stressed urgent legislation to allow home town burial arrangements and government involvement.
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Navy Coach Praises Army as Captain Miller Vows Return
Capt. C. Owen Humphreys Navy athletics director joined with Miller in praising the Army team and said Navy will immediately target next year’s classic. Miller declared, We’ll be back.
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