Cadets Top Poll As Notre Dame Falls To Ninth
The Cadets named national collegiate football champions by the Associated Press final poll with 95 of 121 ballots. Notre Dame finished ninth after a 59 0 defeat while Navy ranked fourth and Ohio State second. Randolph Field and Bainbridge pre flight also high in the list with unbeaten marks.
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Harold Claassen York
Army
Notre Dame
Cadets
Navy
Associated Press
Ohio State
Randolph Field
Bainbridge
Iowa
California
Michigan
Notre Dame Climbs To Elite Rank In Service Football Rankings
Notre Dame and the Fourth Air Force of California trail the Middies in the unofficial national tally. The Cadets reach the elite group for the season’s end for the first time in nine years of polling, based on a 10 for first place scheme with 17 votes cited for the top spot and a list showing Duke and Michigan among the high finishers with numerous Air Force and Pre-Flight teams in the top twenty.
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Tre Dame
Air Force
California
Army
Echidna
Nea
Ohio
Sare
Ee. Field
Bainbridge
Iowa
Southern
Michigan
Notre Dame
Duke
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Norman
Okla
Navy
Illinoise
el Toro
Calif
St. Mary's
Second Air Force
North Carolina
Camp Peary
Oklahoma
Alabamia
Virginia
Wake Forest
Yale
Tulsa
Pennsylvania
Third Air Force
North Carolina State
Indiana
Flyers Suffer First Loss in Season to Blytheville Army Air Field
Courtland Flyers fell 58 to 41 at Blytheville Arkansas Army Air Base in a free scoring contest. Myers led Blytheville with a strong inside game while Courtland struggled to contain him. Ted Chitwood boosted his season total to 50 points as the Flyers drop their first AAF Mid-South league tilt and face Stuttgart next, with a rematch versus Blytheville slated for Dec 11.
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Courtland
Flyers
Blytheville
Ark
Army Air Base
Arkansas Quntet
Myers
Ted Chitwood
Sidney Rosenblat
Stuttgart
Igen
Morrow Leads SEC in Extra Point Accuracy
Morrow of Alabama tops the Southeastern Conference with an .833 extra point average converting 30 of 36 after touchdowns. Tom Burress of Mississippi State is second at .769 with 20 of 26. LSU posted the lowest team conversion rate with five makes after 14 TDs.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hugh Rrow
Alabama
The
Tide
Duke
Morrow
Birmingham
Tom Burress
Mississippi State
Billy
Dub) Jones
Tulane
Billy Bryan
Georgia
Fred Morganti
Louisiana State
Burress
State Star High Scorer
Tom McWilliams of Mississippi State led all scorers with 84 points from 14 touchdowns in six games, despite limited playing time late season due to injury. Tennessee’s Stephens was second with 60, while Curtis Kuykendall Auburn and Bobby Forbes Florida tied for third with 54.
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Atlanta
Tom
Shorty
Stephens
Tennessee
Curtis Kuykendall
Auburn
Bobby Forbes
Florida
Billy Bryan
Georgia
Kuykendall
Billy
Dub) Jones
Tulane
Greenies
Louisiana State
Reid Moseley
Billy Rutland
Lowell Tew
Hugh Morrow
Alabama
Norman Klein
Kentucky
Frank Broyles
Georgia Tech
Jimmy Howe
Harry Gilmer
Fred Grant
Johnny Hite
Alberl
Jay Parks
Miss. State
SEC bowl teams top in season records
Three SEC schools led in win loss percentages after bowls. Tennessee tied for the league title but posted seven wins and a scoreless tie with Alabama. Georgia Tech kept the conference crown yet lost to Duke and Notre Dame and faces Duke in the Orange Bowl. Alabama ranked third in percentage, with five wins, one loss and two ties, and posted the top offense while Tennessee yielded the best defense.
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Atlanta
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia Tech
Duke
Notre Dame
Tech
Mississippi State
Georgia
Tulane
Florida
Auburn
Kentucky
Louisiana State
Mississippi
Vols
Mud Bowl series opens as Central Decatur trounces South Decatur
Central Decatur boys defeat South Decatur 32 6 in the opener of a four game Mud Bowl series at Benson Field. The second game is slated for Wednesday at four pm with lineups including Central Post South Houser LE 012 Sellers Hester LT B Freeman Warren and more. A wartime note mentions banana imports in 1943 were kept secret by the U S government.
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Decatur
Raiders
Central Decatur Boys
South Decatur
Benson Field
Central Post
South Houser
Sellers Hester
B. Freeman Warren
Wccasix Strother. Mitwede
Lomwave Cs
J. Brewer
Sherrill
Eubanks H. Brewer
Kyle
Davidson
Central
Shelton
Puff
Ryan
U. S
Duke Star Back Leads Loop Voting For All Southern Conf
Tom Davis of Duke headlines the 1944 All-Southern Conference selections after winning the most votes from coaches and media in a 19th annual AP poll. He repeats on the first team with a strong supporting cast from Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, and NCSU as the conference honors roll.
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Richmond
Maryland-Virginia-North
South Carolina
Tom Davis
Duke
Alabama
Pat Thrash
George Owen
Wake Forest
Ernest Knotts
Ralph Jenkins
Clemson
John Clowes
John Kerns
N. C
Dave Harris
Elmer Barbour
W. Forest
Howard Turner
Gordon Carver
Davis
Loop
Associated Press
Clarke Jones
Frank Irwin
Buck Garison
John Crowder
Tom Salisbury
Geo. McDonald
Paul Gibson
N. C. State
Tom Mikula
George Clark
Sid Tinsley
Rock Brinkley
Tide to train in Baton Rouge and New Orleans for Sugar Bowl
Alabama Crimson Tide will depart December 26 or 27 for Baton Rouge and New Orleans to prepare for Duke in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Coach Frank Thomas says all 39 players will travel, with practice in Baton Rouge, LSU, and New Orleans before the game.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama Crimson Tide
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Duke
Frank Thomas
LSU
Sugar Bowl
Durham
N. C
Blue Devils
Alabama
Eddie Cameron
Raiders Meet Trinity Teams In First Home Game
Decatur Raiders host Trinity Junior and Senior teams at Central Gymnasium at 7 30 pm in the season opener. Floyd Briscoe guides the cage squad as coach and PE instructor with Halbrooks Osborne Fields Coleman and Briscoe listed among the players for the seniors and Kyle Love Free Braswell Halbrooks for the juniors.
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Decatur Raider
Central Gymnasium
Trinity
Floyd Briscoe
Briscoe
Johns Halbrooks
Osborne
Fields
Coleman
Kyle
Love
Free
Braswell
Halbrooks
Boxing promoter touts Painting Phil Scott as top example
New York sport note says promoter Jimmy Johnston recalls painting Phil Scott as a quitter, though he argues the label was unfounded. Johnston has added Archie Moore, back from Australia, and reclaims Johnny Conley and Sandy Sadler with Mighty Menichelli and Lou Nova, signaling more from his stable. German radio reports Schmeling teaching boxing to foreign workers in Central Germany.
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New York
Jimmy Johnston
Phil Scott
Jimmy
Johnston
Archie Moore
Archie
Australia
Johnny Conley
Sandy Sadler
Menichelli
Lou Nova
Max Schmeling
Centra Gena
Cardinals pitcher Ernie White on sea asks first game score
While en route to England after a World Series win, Cpl. Ernie White asked a British ship radio operator for the first game score of the 1944 series. The operator said he did not know but noted Creighton played Essex in a lively cricket match.
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Ernie White
Cardinals
Yankees
England
Ernie
Creighton
Essex
Hepler brothers raise stakes in world horse race Challenge
Elmer and Charles Hepler of Carlsbad New Mexico doubled their offer of 10 000 to back a match race for Shoes Fly a top quarter horse against any world entrant. Frankie Darrow once a rink boy for Hollywood hockey circles remains noted as a strong skater. Indiana stars Hundy Hoernschemeyer and George Sondheim have Navy appointments for next fall. Wilsonville Nebraska six man coach H C Brown touts records after nine games 435 points scored including 119 by center Bill Rutledge with only one punt.
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Charles Hepler
Carlsbad
N. M
Frankie Darrow
Hollywood Hockey Club
Indiana VI
Naval Academy
Hundy Hoernschemeyer
I. U
George Sondheim
Navy
H. C. Brown
Wilsonville
Neb
Bill Rutledge
Wartime Athletes and Officials Across Service Clubs
Lt Col Frank Case, a West Point basketball standout, recovers from a knee wound in France. Lt Comdr Otto Vogel seeks Navy release and a return to Iowa U baseball coaching. Sgt Johnny Sturm, ex Yankees first sacker, earns Utah All-State soccer honors with Kearns Field Eagles. Archie Carter of Jacksonville NAS officiates a Fliers game versus Fort Pierce and cites a penalty, sparking a retort about his 20 20 vision and a 15 yard penalty threat.
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West Point
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Otto Vogel
Navy
Iowa U
Johnny Sturm
Yankees
Utah
Kearns Field Eagles
Archie Carter
Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla
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Fort Pierce
Carter
News Diet Shrinks Atlanta Papers to Four Pages
Atlanta printers strike keep The Journal and The Constitution at four pages as union demands a new contract. R T Pavly, president of printers local No 48, says no developments after days of negotiations on working conditions social security provisions and wage scale.
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Atlanta
the Journal
the Constitution
Nance
Representatives
R. T. Pavyl
Pavlovsky
Decatur Highlighted in Army Navy Game Program
Don Whitmire drew extra attention for Decatur with a feature on his hometown in the Army Navy game program. The booklet covers players home towns and their careers.
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Don Whitmire
Decatur
Army-Navy
Male ants remain primitive non social creatures
The text states that male ants are less social and more primitive compared to females, which are described as the more advanced sex in ant colonies.
Nelson Wins San Francisco Open in Wartime Finish
Byron Nelson defends the San Francisco Open title at Harding Park finishing at 281 for 72 holes. Jim Ferrier, Camp Roberts, Calif., ace, finishes two behind after a late rally. Nelson earns 2666 in war bonds and more than 43000 this year. Ferrier takes 1866 plus 100 as low serviceman.
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Byron Nelson
Jim Ferrier
Camp Roberts
Calif
Ferrier
Nelson
Elmhurst
Ill
Harding Park
Willie Goggin
White Plains
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Snead
Navy
Harold McSpaden
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Minor Leagues Plan New Unity At Parley In Buffalo
Baseball minor league meeting opens in Buffalo to chart a new order amid long standing major minor agreement. The article recalls K M Landis first outlined unity in 1921 and notes only 10 of 26 leagues remain active as the major minor code extends to January 12 following Landis’ death.
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Buffalo
K. M. Landis
Judge Landis
Landis
1946 Baseball Amendments Considered By Pacific Coast League
The 1946 lower leagues debate 13 amendments to the major minor agreement led by the AA Pacific Coast League. Key proposals include raising the draft price from 7500 to 15000 and tightening territorial protections for postwar stability. Under current rules majors can enter minor league territory for a 5000 payment to the league and a negotiated or commissioner set payment to the affected club.
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Pacific Coast League
Coast Loop
Arts Academy Sets Membership Caps on Fellows and Foreign Honoraries
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences caps fellowship at 800 and foreign born honorary members at 130, establishing numeric limits for its distinguished membership. The rule affects current nominees and future selections, shaping the academy’s membership composition.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Basic English A System of 850 Words for Everyday Use
The article describes Basic English as a streamlined language tool built on 850 core words. It claims sufficiency for ordinary conversation and writing and outlines its aim to simplify learning and communication worldwide.
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