Worn Baseball Season Preview Amid War Time Sports
War shaped sports as teams adjust and plans expand to twelve NFL clubs while baseball opens in early 1945. Indians, Pirates, Tigers struggle for strong scores. independents threaten civic softball with baseball crossovers. Team stars Anderson Weeks Burdeshaw lead the 11-3 independents into a season of change and hope.
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Roy Burdeshaw
Indy
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Yanks
High Commissioner of Baseball May Be Named Within Week
Chicago AP reports a major league meeting of presidents to consider a report from a four man committee on a new baseball commissioner. Wrigley and Frick led the request for a Cleveland meeting next month to decide whether to name a single candidate or retain the current trio of Frick Harridge and O Connor as interim heads.
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Don Barres
T .Lows
Alva Bradley
Cleveland
Sam Breadon
St Louis
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Wrigley
Frick, Harridge and O'Connor
Lands
Price Ceiling Cuts Butter Supply Despite Increased Production
Washington reports the butter shortage persists despite higher output as milk is diverted to fluid sales for higher profits. A 450 per hundredweight value for fluid milk contrasts with about 2 per hundredweight from butter, keeping butter scarce while margarine gains. Sugar also tightens with forecasts of just 8 percent of last year’s reserves, lowering per-person intake and squeezing home canning, hotels, and eateries.
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Douglas Larsen
NER
Washington
New York
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Van Mungo Stifles Newark in 11 0 Giants Win
Van Mungo pitched the New York Giants to an 11 0 victory over the Newark Bears allowing five hits in a complete game. Giants face Boston Red Sox at the Polo Grounds with Boston’s Joe Bowman and Otis Clark slated to pitch.
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Atlantic City
Byrnes Spikes Rumors As Baseball Leader
Spartanburg S C API James F Byrnes resigned director of War Mobilization has no plans for the immediate future and is not interested in any baseball job He said he had not been approached and would not take the position if offered
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Brooklyn Boston Pro Grid Merger Proposed
The Brooklyn Tigers and Boston Yanks merger was a major NFL topic at the four day meeting. Manager Tom Gallery said his club withdrew unofficially, while Bill Shea suggested clubs were near an agreement though details remained unsettled.
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NEW York
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Coffee supplies remain steady despite price dispute
The article notes plentiful coffee with no rationing expected, though concerns arise over whether ceiling prices should rise to boost producer profits. It suggests the United States as the leading buyer, and expects a settlement without supply disruption.
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United States
Stranahan Runner-Up In North South Open
Stranahan finishes second in the North and South Open first round at Pinehurst. Ed Furgol and Mal Galleta lead the bracket after qualifying. Frank Edwards shoots 72 for medal honors while Frank Stranahan posts a 74.
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Ncafi
Mid-West
Ed Furgol
Hinsdale
Mal Galleta
Frank Stranahan
Fort Myers, Fla
Baseball By The Associated Press Summary
Cleveland routed Indianapolis 16 to 1 and Detroit beat Chicago 8 to 6 while Boston edged Philadelphia and New York defeated Newark 11 to 10. Schedule includes Cincinnati against Chicago and New York against Boston with games in multiple venues across the East and Midwest. Also an exhibition game featured the Atlanta Crackers versus Maxwell Field.
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Nelson Still Shoots Steady Golf Score
Byron Nelson won his eighth winter tour event with a 269 for 72 holes in Atlanta. He followed with a 69 at the country club in an exhibition in Gadsden, while Sammy Snead finished runner-up in the winter tour with a 5 under par 71 exhibition score.
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Byron Nelson
Atlanta
Gadsden
Sammy Snead
Lutred
Barons Focus on Hitting in Exhibition Games
Barons manager Frank Pancho Snyder concentrates on improved batting and correcting weaknesses after a rough exhibition. Dick Wenworth, a six foot catcher, expects to rejoin the Birmingham Barons this season as they prepare for an exhibition tomorrow against Gunter Field in Greenville Alabama.
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Ala
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Birmingham Barons
Maxwell Field
Dick Wenworth
Barons
Gunter Field
Auburn Business Manager Reported For Preinduction Physical
Auburn Athletic Association business manager G W Jeff Beard reported to Fit McClellan Alabama for a preinduction physical examination. Beard, class of 1932, was a track star at Auburn and served as assistant track coach for the Tigers.
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G W .Jeff Beard
Auburn Athletic Association
McClellan
Ala
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The
Tigers
Theatre lineup and film bill at local venue
A dense listing of today through next week shows multiple stage plays and film titles. Casts include Marie Motte Jon Hell Turban Bey Roddy MacDowall Preston Foster and Gary Coontz among others with titles such as Objective Burne Circumatortial Evidence Valley of Vengeance and Mystery Kenge.
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Shundahead
Fluka
New Coaches Named At Columbus Schools
Columbus Ga AP reports Huay wood D Buller Jr and George H Fritts are named to coach Columbus and Jordan Hugh Schools respectively. Buller leaves Southeastern Air Service in Athens to return to high school coaching, succeeding Alex Truitt who moved to Vanderbilt. Fritts, a former Clemson tackle, has been an assistant at Clemson and will replace Alfred Howell who took a job in Florida.
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