Navy and college squads weigh postwar athletic plans
Wartime shifts loom as Navy unsures postwar fitness programs and college preflight teams face cancellation risks. Pensacola and Parrns Island seek continued play while Georgia preflight leads by example, reshaping schedules and opponents. Packers and college stars vie in Soldier Field showcase with pass heavy strategy and coaching tweaks across teams.
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Sulder Wilees
Navy Ie
Georgia Navy
Eid
Losnuz
Navy
Athler
Ularly
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Parnms Island & C
Bud Actools
Nemh Carolna
Army
Army Air Forces
Georgia
Dothan Country Club Golf Meet Advances to Third Round
The Dothan Country Club championship golf meet narrows to four players with Fred Moseley, Horace Hall, Press Thornton Jr., and Capt. Edward Bleere Mosley into the third round. Hall and Thornton won in earlier rounds while Moseley seeks his first club crown. Final matches are set for Sunday with third round play continuing through Saturday and a possible Moseley Hall final pairing.
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Dothan Country Club
Champens
Fred Moseley
Crows
Marching Shota
Horace Hall
Young Press Thornton, Jr
Plesirs
Edward Bleere Mosley
Withs
LaBruce Haan
Joseph Mallamo
Hall
R. E. Maclonald
Leon
Pat" Harvard
Thornton
Paul Flowers
Ed Crawford
Moseley
Steere
Diadem
Competiton
Hai
Thormion
Capt. Steere
Floyd Baxter
Jimmy Brennan
Browns Edge Tigers 5 To 4 In Narrow Victory
Detroit despair grows as the Browns rally to defeat the Tigers 5 to 4. Pitcher Newhouser and Dizzy Trout hold the Tigers. Washington, Philadelphia, and Cleveland win elsewhere as the pennant chase tightens with 33 games left.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Steve O'Neill
Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Trout
Bob Muncrief
Browns
Washington
Tigers
Philadelphia
Greek George
Nats
Detroit
ATC Gridders Plan To Continue Play
Air Transport Command will not disband its local football team and plans to field the best squad possible. Maj Bull Berridge says changes include son of the mentor moving from fullback to end and Billy Johnson trying out at tackle. Auburn coach may adjust lineup when fall practices begin Saturday morning. Bill Yearout appears earlier than planned and is shaping up for the season.
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Auburn
Burke Dupuy
Hal Watkins
Dan Hataway
Bill Abraham
Bill Year
Voyles
Cecil Reddish
Bobby Voyles
Nashville, Tenn
Air Transport Command
Maj. H. L. ¢Bull Berridge
Billy Johnson
Bill Yearout
All Stars and Packers clash in charity grid classic
Postwar spectacle at Soldier Field draws 92 000 fans as Green Bay led by Don Hutson faces a 65-man college All Star squad coached by Bernie Bierman. The game showcases wartime alumni and a new rule allowing college players to pass from any point behind the scrimmage line. Green Bay expected to rely on Hutson Camp aerials. Bierman targets Harmon Strzykalski Moss and other star backs and ends.
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Green Bay Pathers
Seegur
Colide
Soldier Field
Chicago
Bere Buerman
Mennecote
Collegiang
Abe Packra
Don Hulson
Hulson
Tex Warington
Auburn
Carl Voytes
Alabama
Harry Gilmer
Sugar Bow
Jerry 1Liska
Green Bay Packers
Packers
Don Hutson
Collegians
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Detroit Lions
Charles Tzippi
Georgia
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Bob Kennedy
Washington State
Ernie Bonelli
Pittsburgh
Johnny Stryzkalski
Marquette Wall
Ailstars
Green Bay
Hutson
Bierman
Tripod
Harmon
Strzykalski
Perry Moss
Tulsa
Ted Cook
Bill Huber
Notre Dame
Jack Dugger
Ohio State
Walter Lamb
Oklahoma
Infantry Team Beats Independents at Wiregrass Memorial
The Camp Rucker 140th Infantry defeated the Dothan Independents 7-5 at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium. After trailing by one, the 104th Infantry rallied with five runs in the sixth to surge ahead, aided by triples from Jammy Acree and Hubert Weeks. Weeks and Roy Burdleshaw combined for 12 hits allowed, while the Independents collected nine hits off three pitchers.
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Camp Rucker
Acree
Franklin Patterson
Weeks
Independents
Roy Burdleshaw
BASEBALL STANDINGS AND SCHEDULES ACROSS LEAGUES
The AP standings show Detroit leading the American League with 51 wins and a 0.695 percentage, followed by Washington and New York among others, while Brooklyn and Chicago top the National League listings. Southern Association teams include Memphis, Nashville, and Birmingham with varying records. Today’s schedule features Chicago at Pittsburgh and St. Louis at Cincinnati among others, with several games postponed or moved.
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New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cinciminaty
AL Laois T
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Mobile
Memphis
Bermundam
Little Rock
Nashville
Cincinnati
Motile
BR Sro
Birmingham
Luke Appling Set to Report to White Sox in Army Return
Luke Appling, a 28 year old shortstop, is ready to report to the Chicago White Sox after being discharged from the Army. The article notes his return follows Army service and mentions his prior stand in the American League batting race.
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Luke Appling
Chisox
Atlanta
Lee
Chicago White Sox
Fort McPherson
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