Weekend football roundup scarce changes and notable hits
A Penny of mixed signs in football while Notre Dame Georgia Tech Ohio State Army Purdue Minnesota carry big totals. Pavot’s Futurity unbeaten two year olds. Ray Kurowski’s homer run after Cards win over Phillies. Dumont expands youth base with books and radio. Navy upset by North Carolina preflight. Rip Miller’s tips. Ox Da Grossa backs hard tackling Holy Cross Dartmouth clash.
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Ox” da Grossa
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Dartmouth
Service dept and sports note mix of troops, teams, and stars
Sgt Joe Louis and an Army boxing troupe tour the Persian Gulf after a Mediterranean run. Sioux Falls Army Air Field claims a 24 game service road win streak. Boxing kin Leo Houck Sr. has three boxing sons in Europe and the Pacific. Football scores include Fleet City 12 St Marys Navy pre flight 0 and many more with Gulfport, Camp Ellis, Maxwell, and Keesler fields. Auburn parades a star backfield led by Ball with Booth and Thomason, plus Hataway Watkins Sanders Kuykendall Barten and Inman.
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Billy Ball
Albie Booth
Stumpy Thomason
Dan Hataway
Harold Watkins
Chuck Sanders
Curtis Kuykendall
Coker Barten
Sugarman Inman
Nabrico Wins Close Games Over Ingalls Teams
Nashville Bridge Company of Birmingham defeats Ingalls 4 to 3 and 5 to 4 in twin games. Ramsey pitches both games, with Crow Eubanks Clarke and Bowling contributing. Roberson triples, Clark doubles, and the season ends for Ingalls with the second loss.
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Vitamin B Found Concentrated in Tree Buds
A historical note reports Vitamin B concentrated in tree buds. The finding suggests potential natural sources of the vitamin in plant matter and prompts interest in botanical nutrition research.
Record Flight Of Ducks Heads For U S AP News feature
A massive migratory wave of about 140 million waterfowl moves from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba into the United States in what Ducks Unlimited calls the greatest mass migration since 1934 35 This follows a large shell release and boosts hunting prospects with 1 250 000 U S duck hunters The piece notes Ducks Unlimited Canada field staff banding 5867 ducks this year and outlines breeding projects refuges and growing hunting seasons across northern central and southern zones.
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Ers
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Canadian Prairie Farms Rehabilitation Administration
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Notre Dame Dominates Pitt 58-0 in Faltering Season Start
Notre Dame under new coach Ed McKeever routs Pittsburgh 58 to 0, signaling an early title bid after projected struggles. Navy loses 71-14 to North Carolina preflight, while Penn, Indiana, California, and others post surprising wins and tie several key matchups across major programs.
Browns Clinch First Pennant In Tight AL Finish
The St. Louis Browns win the 1943 American League title by beating the Yankees 5 2 as Detroit loses to Washington 4 1. Sig Jakucki hurls a six hitter as Brown pitching leads a stretch drive where 11 of 12 games won. Chet Laabs and Vern Stephens homer in the clincher.
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Associated Press
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Sigmund
Jack) Jakucki
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Dutch) Leonard
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St. Louis Wins First AL Championship Quietly
St. Louis claimed its first American League title in a calm celebration after 37,815 fans at Sportsman Park, with debris tossed in the air and car parades with tin cans and washtubs. Some fans crossed the river to East St. Louis for tavern business as veterans recalled past champions.
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Ingalls Shipbuilders praised for 87 season and aid
Manager Travis J A Travis of the Ingalls 87 baseball club extends thanks after a successful season that ended Sunday. He praises financial aid from local 97 for the team, honors players and managers Herman Evans Sally Roberson and Tom Hutson, and credits the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation for funding and a playing field. The shipbuilders posted above 500 ball against strong opposition.
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Ingalls
Herman Evans
Sally Roberson
Tom Hutson
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Ingalls Shipbuilders
Rip Sewell Clinches Pirates Second Spot With 21st Victory
Rip Sewell pitched a 9 to 1 win over the Phillies to reach his 21st victory of the 1944 season and secure the Pirates a share of the World Series second place money. The doubleheader opener ended with Philadelphia defeated 9 to 1.
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Maryland to Play Deacons in Southern Conference Clash
Wake Forest hosts Maryland in a Southern Conference matchup as NC State face Clemson in Charlotte and VMI meets Richmond. Clemson falls to Georgia Tech 51 0. North Carolina pre flight at Duke. South Carolina at Miami. UNC at Georgia Tech. William and Mary over Fort Monroe 46 0. Richmond 34 0 Richmond Army air base. Orvis Milner scores three touchdowns.
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Pirates Clinch Second with Rip Win Over Phillies
Rip earned his 21st win of the year as the Pirates beat the Phillies by scoring twice in the third. He allowed nine hits two walks and two strikeouts while collecting two hits in five at bats and driving in a run, as Philadelphia never caught up.
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Tulane to Face Notre Dame in Tough Season Opener
Tu lane Greenies open 1944 football season with a clash at South Bend against Notre Dame, hailed as one of the nation's top teams after a 58-0 rout of Pittsburgh. Also noted are LSU at Rice, Kentucky versus Michigan State, and Mississippi's return win over Florida as conference standings update.
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Florida spring training unlikely in 1945 says Landis
Miami dispatch reports Commissioner K. M. Landis says the chance of major league clubs holding spring training in Florida next season is very small. He notes the return to warm weather sites hinges on factors not yet determined.
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K. M. Landis
Baseball Scores From The Major Leagues
AP tally of American League games includes Washington 4 Detroit 1 St Louis 5 New York 2 Cleveland 2-0 in two games with a 10 inning second game Boston 3-1 Chicago 1-4. National League games show Chicago 4-6 Boston 3-7 Pittsburgh 9-1 Philadelphia 1-7 New York 6-6 St Louis 5-10 first 13 innings second game curtailed to let the Cards catch a train Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 5.
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Ft Benning Cockades Rout Maxwell Field 26-0 at Cramton Bowl
Ft Benning third infantry cockades defeated Maxwell Field Marauders 26 to 0 before about 15 000 at Cramton Bowl Montgomery Alabama. Billy Hillenbrand Charlie Jacoby and Lou Saban starred for the Cockades with John Clements Joe Duckworth John Burns and Paul Mahoney contributing on offense.
Defense Transportation Office reviews non-essential travel need
A quotation notes the Office of Defense Transportation will judge the necessity of restricting non-essential travel both now and in the future as part of wartime measures. The statement emphasizes executive authority over mobility.
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Office of Defense Transportation
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