Sports Roundup From New York Sparks Mixed Talks and Scores
The roundup notes Madison Square Garden talks on Yankees pricing and management, mentions boxing and hockey promotion troubles, and highlights spring training interest postwar. It also covers football crisis views from Paul Brown, charity tennis fundraisers, Cuban signings for Portsmouth Cubs, high school basketball records, and a large point total at Fork Union Military Academy with Abe Adams and others.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Fprtme
Potgion
Yankees
Garden
Tea Arone
Tex Rickard
Mike Jacobs
Beskatbat
Ned Irtah
Holcombe Ward
Red Cross
Cambria
Cubs
Frank Lawrence
Portsmouth
Hank Wolfe
Lynn Chewning
Southeastern Loop Plans Full Scale Grid Program In'44
The Southeastern Conference weighs informal football resumption with freshmen players under 18. Alabama Georgia and LSU push for play-as-you-go schedules among similarly strong teams. Vanderbilt and others resume informally. several schools suspended football earlier. Transfer eligibility and conference finances also discussed amid wartime constraints.
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Southeastern Loop
Money Whefzer
Nashville
Teas
Lkvely
Southeastern
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Brats
Tema
Frank Toomas
Alabeme
Wallace Butts
T. P. Hard
Stieilar
Vanderbilt
Mississippi State
Gamag
Army Engineering
Starkville
Tennessee
John Barnhill
Tennegees
Auburn
Florida
Kentucky
University of Mississippi
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Navy
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Amos Alonzo Stagg Named Coach Of Year
Amos Alonzo Stagg, aged 53 in the game, named coach of the year in the New York World Telegram's annual poll. He outpolled Notre Dame’s Frank Leahy, Indiana’s Bo McMillin, and others for the 1942 honor as the football season moves toward 1944.
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Amos Alonzo Stagg
New York
New York World Teletream
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Leahy
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Homer Norton
Tazas A & M
Don Faurdt
Iowa Seahawks
John Whelchel
Navy
Eddie Cameron
Drke
Lou Little
Columbia
Sip Madigan
Town
John Tomlin
Arkansas
Bill Alexander
Georga Tech
Racing Tracks Set Betting Record Amid War Years
SEW YORK AP reports that race tracks in wartime New York processed a grand total of 710,779,432 dollars in wagers, a record despite four tracks being amputated from the scene. Winnings rose to 14,199,557 over 1942, with New York Commissioner Herbert Bayara Swope noting sharp growth in revenues and the turf industry.
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York
Wu Avivors
New York
Herbert Bayara Swope
Boxing Night in Chicago Sets Fifth Straight Wins Try
Gus Durazzo of Philadelphia and Nate Bolden of Chicago duel in a 110 round bout at Chicago Stadium with Bolden weighed 20 pounds more and listed as a 65 favorite to win.
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Chicago
Gus Durazzo
Philadelphia
Nate Bolden
Chicago Stadium
Wil Vitweig
Bolden
Tech Gridders Ready For Heavy Duty Work
Atlanta based report says Georgia Tech coach Bob Muller leads the squad with W A Alexander and Bobby Dodd away. A light workout was held, hard scrimmage starts Monday, continues through Christmas vacation, then five days later the team reconvenes for preparation before the New Orleans New Year’s Day game against Tulsa.
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Atlanta
Bob Muller
Georgia Tech
W. A. Alexander
Bobby Dodd
Alexander
Nashville
Doid
Birmngham
New Orleans
Tulas
House Snake with Two Heads Found in Pittsburg Farm
AP reports farmer Wesley Amos found a house snake with two heads in Pittsburg Illinois. the unusual reptile measured four and a half inches long in four days, highlighting a rare anomalous growth near a rural farm.
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Pittsburg
Wesley Amos
Postwar boom predicted for college athletics by coach Conner
Conner reports extensive talks with athletic officials across the South and predicts the biggest boom in college athletics after the war, exceeding any prior era. He cites broad support and growing interest as key indicators of a rapid revival and expansion for programs nationwide.
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Letie
South
Conner
Theatrical Lineup Promises Busy Weekend Across Alabama
Alabama theater listings show a packed schedule with Ted Barry performing The Cyclone Mid and Chapter Men in Mack Dragan. John Garten and Maureen O’Hare present The Tallest Sparrow. Red Skelton stars in 4 Merry Was A La. Ton Chaney appears in Mummy's Tomb with Deanna Durbin in The Amazing Mire Holliday.
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Saturda
Don
Ted Barry
Mack Dragan
Georgie Wicals
John Garten
Maureen O'Hare
Skeltmnaine Bull
Merry
Sted Barry i ‘Apache Kid
Ton Chaney
Deanna Durbin
Amazing Mire
Holliday
LSU Shifts Players For New Year's Tilt
LSU plans backfield changes for the Orange Bowl matchup with Texas A&M as Bernie Moore moves Bil Schol and Al Corgan to blocking back duties while Partime choren Na wata adds speed. Steve Van Buren nears full recovery from an ankle injury and Tiger camp shows improving contact work. Chicago Eagle prep title hopefuls test Lee Eastaca in New York.
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Baton Rouge
Joe Nagatz
Nophomcee leMerman
Disy Prove
Louis
Ina
Tigers
Texas A & Ms
Bernie Moora
Bil Schol
Ail Corgan
Nawata
Tiger
LSU
Moore
Cricago
Chicago
Tootical
Champler
Lee Eastaca
Eehach Peniest George
New York
Mount Cars
Jan Righ
New Orlean
Dec
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