Army Voted Team of Year In 1944 Poll
Army football tops the 1944 all-sports ranking with 78 points on 57 first place votes, edging St. Louis Cardinals baseball and Randolph Field football. Ohio State, the Browns, and other teams also receive points as the year’s outstanding squads in multiple sports are listed.
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Louis Browns
Army
Navy
Baltimore
Baseball Cardinals
Browns
Randolph
Buckeyes
North Carolina
Brown
Pitt
Coast Guard Academy
Duke
Villanova
Notre Dame
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Randolph Field
Ohio State
St. Louis Browns
Montreal Canadiens
Utah
Green Bay
Great Lakes
Bainbridge Naval
Michigan
Phillips 66
New York Giants
Nelson and McSpaden
Taylorville
Ill
March Field
Fort Wayne
Detroit Tigers
Cryptogram Puzzle Across and Down List
Tattle and Ireland clue a cryptogram set with across entries from 1 to 50 and down entries from 1 to 2. includes clues for parts of speech and common words such as fuel and go away. The puzzle presents cryptic definitions for puzzle solvers.
NFL Clears Decks Against Players Joining Rival Leagues
Commissioner Elmer Layden announced a five year suspension for any NFL player under contract who joins another league or an independent club. Assistant George Strickler said enforcement targets the All America conference while denying any NFL ties to new leagues until they are solvent. Arch Ward of the All America group said they do not seek roster raids and no raid is planned.
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New York
National Football League
Elmer Layden
NFL
George Strickler
Layden
Strickler
Chicago
Arch Ward
Alabama Tide Girds For Sugar Bowl With Duke
Alabama returns three ill players to practice as the Tide prepares to depart December 27 for the Sugar Bowl clash with Duke on New Year’s Day. Hite Fields and Green take part with limited duties amid wet field and chilly winds.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Duke
John Hite
Billy Fields
Jack Green
Frank Thomas
Raiders to Meet Ingalls Tonight
The Decatur Red Raiders face Ingalls in a two game set at Central High gym with a 7:30 junior contest versus Moulton Heights and an 8:30 Raiders vs Ingalls game. Both teams bring undefeated records into the pair of matchups.
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Decatur Red Raiders
Ingalls
Raiders
Decatur
Moulton Heights
Central High
New Basketball Conference Forming With Havana Puerto Rico Mexico
The piece notes a forming conference among Havana Puerto Rico and Mexico with coach Felix Torre g rosa's Puerto Rican team in town to face St John’s and upcoming appearances in Buffalo and Philadelphia. It also cites Elmer Layden on pro football and baseball harmony and Broadway Johnny Cox challenging an omission in a boxing listing.
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New York
Havana
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Felix Torregrosa
Puerto Rigg
St. John’s
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Elmer Layden
Johnny Cox
Bernard
Johnny
New Orleans
Joe Mandot
Tony Canzoneri
Pete Herman
Giants President Mara quipped at playoff fans
Jack Mara of the Giants, returning from a halftime show with acrobats and jugglers, heard a spectator shout a jab about a circus in response to the team’s performance.
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Jack Mara
Football Giants
Jack
Mara
High school scoring records and young leaders noted
The article recalls Webster City star Bill Chauncey losing a 191-point prep mark to Merkel’s Billy Wayne Frazier who scored 245 points in 12 games and is now a Navy boot at Farragut Idaho. It also notes Happy Reed of Russellville Ark completing 170 passes for 1776 yards, and Hamp ton Va 14 year old Jack Hill captaining a class A team at center.
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Bill Chauncey
Webster City
Billy Wayne Frazier
Merkel
Tex
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Frazier
Reed
Russellville
Ark
Hampton
Jack Hill
Cockatoo reports Army Navy game and Lou Nova beef
The Cockatoo mimeographed in the Netherlands East Indies carries a radio account of the Army Navy football game. Lou Nova protests Abe Greene's magazine reference to punch drunk fighters and plans to undergo a medical examination.
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G. I
Netherlands East Indies
Lou Nova
Jimmy Johnston
Abe Greene
Lou
Harvard Rules Chairman Defends No Change Stance
Boston dispatch reports Colonel Bill Bingham, chair of the intercollegiate rules committee, defending a policy to freeze football rules for the duration. He cites 33 deaths in open era and only one from 1940 to 1944, arguing colleges fear the pros and that adjustments like mandatory in-bounds kickoffs and passing from behind the line should be tested in informal games.
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Boston
Harvard
Bill Bingham
Bingham
First Service Command Headquarters
America
Duke and Georgia Tech face injury riddled bowls
Duke coach Eddie Cameron limps from a broken nose and reserve tackle Gene Wilhoite breaks an ankle, ending hopes for the Sugar Bowl. Georgia Tech ace tailback Allen Bowen returns to practice but coach W A Alexander doubts his Orange Bowl availability as the Jackets pace toward Christmas break in Atlanta and Miami preparations.
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Durham
N. C
Duke
Eddie Cameron
Husky Lloyd Eisenberg
Gene Wilhoite
Alabama
Eisenberg
Atlanta
Allen “Dinky” Bowen
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Jackets
W. A. Alexander
Tulsa
Vacaon
Miami
Lesnevich to Return in Non Title Bout
Light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich will return after a three year layoff on December 27 in Buffalo against Phil Muscato in a non title bout. He is on furlough from Coast Guard duties.
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New York
Gus Lesnevich
Phil Muscato
Buffalo
Lew Diamond
Lesnevich
Coast Guard
Doctor Greene’s Picks and NBA Proxy Exam Quip
A remark suggesting that any doctor Greene selects and an NBA proxy taking the same exam will reveal who is punch drunk. The line hints at skepticism about competence and accountability in evaluating officials or players.
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Greene
Drafted Pitcher May Make Brooklyn Fans Forget Release of Chipman
Brooklyn Dodgers eye pitching prize Tom Sears a 32 year old left hander from Sacramento with 25 wins in 1944 and 13 strikeouts in one game as a potential star. The piece recalls Sears rise from small leagues to major drafts and notes Branch Rickey hopes Sears plus Fritz Ostermueller and Chipman misfires will ease fan memory of last summers releases.
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Brooklyn
Chipman, Ostermueller
Frank Eckap
Tom Sears
Edale
Tom
Albany
Brooklyn Dodgers
San Francisco Seals
Tigers
Frisco
Manpare O’doul
O’doul
Seats
Sacramento
Branch Rickey
Bob Chipman
Fritz Ostermueller
Limestone County Pettusville Community Notes
The W H D Club met with Mrs Lola Pettus and Mamie Pettus with twelve members present. Many local residents are noted visiting family or moving to new homes in nearby towns including Athens Decatur Pulaski and Prospect Station. Several relatives are listed visiting, shopping trips are described, and future club meetings are planned for January.
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Lola Pettus
Mamie Pettus
K. C. Dunnavant
Joe H. Maples
R. E Scoggins
Carl Hasting
A. L. Spence
Courtland
W. B. Spence
W. C. Spence
Athens
J. M
E. Alexander
Nancy Ray
Homer Dunnavant
Joe Wales
Elkmont
Carl Robinson
Thomas C. Pettus
Erskine Bates
Pink Rochell
Robinson Hollow
Louis Bates
Prospect Station
T. W. Pettus
Anna Dew
Ruby Jo Pettus
Veto
Joe Holt
Pettus
Jessie Willis
Thomas Moore
C. Terry
Lola F. Robinson
Decatur
Max Robinson
Jess—Hobbs
B. S. Whitfield
Field Adams
Noah Robinson
Venus Occultation Echoes Across Southwest Moon
A celestial event described as Venus resting in the moon's arms captivated observers across the Southwest last night. The eclipse trajectory showed Venus appearing at the moon's crescent in many areas, with the phenomenon lasting in Waco Texas from 8 15 to 8 45 o clock as Venus slipped behind the moon.
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Kansas City
Venus
Southwest
Texas
Waco
Tex
New Type American Fragmentation Bomb Dropped on Germans
London dispatch reports Col. Philip Schwartz, armament chief of U S air service command, disclosed a new type fragmentation bomb weighing 265 pounds of TNT wrapped in wire. Experiments showed the wire bomb yielded the greatest number of deadly fragments per square inch against German targets.
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London
Philip Schwartz
U. S. Air Service Command
O Connors Service as Landis’ Secretary Highlighted
The notice records that O'Connor served as secretary to the late K. M. Landis after Landis' death, detailing the continuation of duties and role within the administration.
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K. M. Landis
O'Connor
Landis
Christmas Bells and War Time Bits in Decatur
A collage of holiday verse and humor set in Decatur includes a Christmas message about peace and Christ, a red faced boy buying stamps for Santa, a druggist recounting gifts for soldiers, and quips about cigars and war as a holiday interlude.
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Christ
Ronald Linford
Friends and families share update from Limestone county
Miss Bertha Black improves after flu illness while neighbors visit in Cross Keys and Tyombay to Auburn dale. Carlos Black reports from Italy with Christmas greetings. promotions noted for Carlos and Henry Black. L. C. Bumpus and Kate Clark travel to Athens for dinner with Lee Bumpus family.
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Bertha Black
Walter Brooks
Bud Brooks
Fred Russell
Tish Brooks
Cross Keys
Alvie Willis
Anne Browning
Mary Sue Hargrove
Tyombay
Auberndale
Florida
A. T. Broadway
Walker Land and Son
Clifford
Eunice Broadway
Macon
S. A. Sharp
George Culps
Huntsville
Peggy Ann Goodin
Birmingham
Pfc
Carlos Black
Italy
Henry Black
New York
L. C. Bumpus
Kate Clark
Athens
Lee Bumpus
Holidays Set Up for State Capitol Employees
Gov. Chauncey Sparks announced Christmas holidays for state capitol employees beginning Friday afternoon and lasting until Wednesday. One employee noted only Saturday morning and Tuesday count as workdays, calling it a nice vacation.
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Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
State Capitol
Think it over talk it over put it over the very spot you started
A compact, period tone item notes phrases about universal caution in gossip and consequence. It references Emerson Lincoln Gettysburg and moral codes with terse dialogue style and collected snippets. The piece hints at a circular world where gossip returns to harm the initiator.
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Emerson
Lincoln
OPA
Ed Heusser Tops NL ERA Leader In 1944
Ed Heusser of Cincinnati led the National League in earned run average with 2.38 for 1944. The 35-year-old right hander, from Bountiful Utah, went 13 11 with 193 innings and 51 earned runs. Teammate Bucky Walters finished at 2.40 in 285 innings with 27 complete games. Mort Cooper 2.46 Ted Wilks 2.64 and Max Lanier 2.65 followed. Wilks led W L pct at .810 with 17 5. Cooper pitched 7 shutouts. Voiselle led innings 313 and strikeouts 161.
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Joe Reichler
New York
Ed Heusser
Cincinnati
Bountiful
Utah
Bucky Walters
Walters
Heusser
Mort Cooper
Ted Wilks
Max Lanier
St. Louis
Wilks
Cooper
Bill Voiselle
New York Giants
Truett Sewell
Pittsburgh
Voiselle
Giants
Boston
Jim Tobin
Hank Wyse
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ken Raffensberger
Harold Gregg
Brooklyn
Gregg
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