Night games loom in 1945 major league schedule
Major and American Leagues expect approval of unlimited night baseball for 11 clubs with parks ready for night games. Washington Philadelphia and St Louis likely to use the ruling as Hank Griffith cites wartime fan demand. The joint session also weighs draft pay rise minor league protections and postwar plans.
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Ed Barrow
New York Yankees
Horace Stoneham
New York Giants
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Majors
Aly
Clark Griffith
Washington
American
Alva Bradley
Cleveland
Jack Zeller
Detroit
Tom Yawkey
Boston
Don Barnes
St. Louis
Joseph Hostetler
American League
Sam Bradon
New York
Warren Giles
Cincinnati
Philip K. Wrigley
Chicago
Brooklyn
National League
Flyers Drop Second Bout to Blytheville Army Team
Courtland’s Flyers suffer a 33 to 46 defeat at Blytheville Army air field on Monday for a 3–2 season mark. Blytheville led 23 17 at half and widened the gap late. Top scorer Sgt. Andy Blaner with 13, Linskey led Blytheville with 14. Next, Courtland meets Dyersburg Army base, both EFTC foes.
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Flyers
Blytheville
Ark
Army Airfield
Linskey
Andy Blaner
Dyersburg
Tenn
Army Air Base
T Formation Spread Across 1944 College Football
The Associated Press notes a widespread shift to the T formation in 1944 season across the nation. West Point leads with an unbeaten Cadets run, while California UCLA Washington and Southern California also adopt the system. Civilian teams gain strength as V-12 and Marine trainees recede, bringing young backfield stars like Kelly of Notre Dame and Minisi of Pennsylvania to prominence.
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Associated Press
West Point
Pacific Coast
Clark Shaughnessy
Pitt
Stanford
Southern California
University of California
UCLA
Washington
Ali Kirwan
Kentucky
George Veenker
Iowa State
Ohio State
Navy
Bob Kelly
Notre Dame
Buddy Young
Illinois
Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma Aggies
Tony Minisi
Pennsylvania
Crimson Tide Holds Third Sugar Bowl Prep
Alabama in Tuscaloosa conducted its third full scale practice as it trains for the New Year’s Day Sugar Bowl against Duke. The session emphasized running passing punt coverage and calisthenics with Harry Gilmer displaying steady passing accuracy. no injuries reported and coach Frank Thomas plans line scrimmage work later in the week.
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Ala
Alabama
Duke
Harry Gilmer
Steller
Birmingham
Frank Thomas
Daily Crossword Puzzle Answers and Clues
Crossword clues across and down list definitions for talk indiscreetly to mulberry and other words. A cryptogram quotation appears at bottom with a sample solution IT IS SAVING NOT GETTING THAT IS THE MOTHER OF RICHES.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Coca-Cola
Blue Gray game adds Alabama back Jimmy Nelson
Jimmy Nelson, famed Alabama backfield star from 1939 to 1941, leaves March Field to join the Blue Gray game lineup on December 30 in Montgomery. The Army sergeant was part of this season’s March Field team and will play in the classic after receiving leave.
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Alabama
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Atlanta
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Football Warriors
Giants and Packers rosters age in pro plans and playoffs
In New York sports roundups the talk centers on a forthcoming baseball commissioner selection once contracts are ratified. Giants veteran players and Packers rosters show many 30 year olds with Ken Strong at 37 drawing attention as Steve Owen notes the effort and pressure around a Polo Grounds playoff strategy.
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Giants
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Steve Owen
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Polo Grounds
National League Owners Forgo Dinner After World Series
The piece notes that NL club owners will not receive their traditional free dinner funded by the World Series winner this year. Sam Creadon donated his take to war charities, ending the practice, while Bucky Harris faced a nearly missed invitation to the managers' feast held last night.
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War Charities
Bucky Harris
Californian Beats White Plains Veteran In Round Robin
Hoppe scored 1 411 points to 1 500 to beat a White Plains, New York, veteran 50 to 44 in 31 innings as the ten day round robin tourney concluded.
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White Plains
N. Y
Not Pro Yet Warrington Chooses Education Over Pro Football
Auburn center Caleb Van Warrington 1944 All America and former Marine, plans to finish college in business administration before pursuing baseball. He weighs pro baseball options and notes two major league teams courted him as a pitcher while at Bordentown Military Institute.
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Bordentown Military Institute
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Valparaiso U. basketball at the Garden memory and speech cap
A note recalls Bucky as a former National League pilot. Most Valparaiso University players in the Garden last week live in Indiana near Valparaiso. Boxing Commissioner John J. Phelan received a plaque with a 30 minute limit, cut to 15 minutes by double talk.
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Valparaiso U
Indiana
Valpa
John J. Phelan
Boxing Writers’ Association
Boy imitates football calls at home after Army Notre Dame chatter
Joe Cahill of West Point tells how his young son now answers the telephone with an imagined football line, saying I want two for Army Notre Dame as the season peaks. The scene captures the playful side of a public figure during the height of football season.
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West Point
Joe
Army
Notre Dame
Service Dept. Cpl McKinney Joins Cherry Point Marine Basketball
Cpl Orin McKinney former Western Kentucky star joins Cherry Point North Carolina Marine basketball squad with two holdovers from last year Sgt Bill Van Breda Koloff and Sgt George Mingle. Navy baseball star Phil Rizzuto and Little Phil played long game in Australia as Lt Herb Hollinger notes catching gear nearly swallowed him. Army air force teams played before about two million military personnel including 40000 convalescents during the season.
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Western Kentucky
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Bill van Breda Koloff
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Navy
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Herb Hollinger
Army
Air Force
Notre Dame Crushes Alma 71 to 30 In Basketball Skirmish
Notre Dame routed Alma 71 to 30 in a college basketball game. Ohio State beat Lockbourne Army Air Base 60 to 32 while North Carolina pre flight triumphed 75 to Sey.
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Alma
South Dakota
Ohio
Lockbourne Army Air Base
North Carolina
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