Disabled Vets Rehabilitated Through Sport At Vinh Hospital
Disabled veterans at a military hospital in Vinh participate in mass sports demonstrations including volleyball and gymnastic activities, proving they can compete despite lost limbs. Private Fred M. Bocomen of Nome Alaska sets a record with 106 situps and 400 pushups, inspiring others to pursue athletic effort despite handicaps. Officiating improvements and open football play are also discussed in broader sports notes.
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Anzio
Normandy
Guadalcanal
Africa
Sicily
Fred M. Boclomen
Nome
Alaska
Anic
Southeastern Conference
Birmingham
Judge Landis
Connie Mack
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Ed Barrow
Yankee
Barrow
SEC Coaches Study Plans To Select Officials For Gam
In Birmingham AP report says Southeastern Conference coaches and officials meet with conference commissioner Mike Conner to discuss per game officiating for next season. Meetings are closed. past official supplier Southern Football Officials Association contract ended. Coaches include Frank Thomas, Carl Voyles, Wally Butts, and Bobby Dodd.
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Birmingham
Mike Conner
Southern Football Officials Association
Conner
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Carl Voyles
Auburn
Wally Butts
Georgia
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
Marjorie Row Loses In Palm Beach Match
Palm Beach Florida AP report states Marjorie Row of Anniston Alabama falls to Lou ise Suggs of Lithia Springs Georgia 3 and 2 in the Palm Beach women's golf championship quarter finals. Suggs advances to face Catherine Fox of Bloomfield New Jersey in the semi finals while Peggy Kirk of Findlay Ohio meets Jane Crum Covington of Orangeburg South Carolina in the other bracket.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
South Florida
Georgia Lass
Miami
Palm Beach
Catherine Fox
Bloomfield
N.J
Miss Suggs
Marjorie Row
Anniston
Ala
Miss Fox
Beverly Hanson
Fargo
N. D
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Ohio
Jane Crum Covington
Orangeburg
Jimmy Foxx Plans Diamond Comeback With Phillies
PHILADELPHIA AP Jimmy Foxx at 37 plans a serious comeback in baseball. He met with Phillies GM Herb Pennock to discuss a role as first or third baseman and expressed confidence he is not through. Foxx cites renewed legs and healed ribs and back after injuries that hampered last season with the Cubs and Pirates.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Foxx
Phillies
Athletics
Foxx
Herb Fennock
Pennock
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Domestication origins of cattle remain a mystery
Cattle have been domesticated so long that researchers cannot identify their wild ancestors or original habitats.
Off Night in Basketball and Comeback Motive
The column notes several teams had off nights yet scoring remained high with many games topped 50 points. It highlights the L S U Tigers’ 83 to 56 win over Louisiana Tech and discusses shot distance rules influencing scoring. It also mentions aging star Jimmy Foxx seeking a comeback with the Phillies after past MVP seasons.
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Mack
Sever
U. Tigers
Lousiana Tech
Fordham
Columbia
Jimmy Foxx
Phillies
Phille A's
Foxx
Boston Reda
MacPhail Entry In American League Seen As Stroke Of Luck
Los Angeles AP reports Connie Mack, aging Athletics boss, hails Larry MacPhail joining the American League as a stroke of good luck. Mack lauds MacPhail for brains and pep, sees him boosting interest, while backing a strong commissioner with ample power. He declines to name potential successors and says he expects baseball after the war.
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MacPhail
Connie
Los Angeles
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Meek
Larry MacPhail
Saya Corrie
Col. MacPhail
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Yankees
Mack
Stoddard Resigns to Lead Recreation at Bell Bomber Plant
W E Stoddard Georgia Tech wrestling and swimming instructor has resigned after a year to become recreation director at the Marietta Bell bomber plant near Atlanta. A Syracuse graduate, he won the 1931 senior metropolis diving title in New York and was on the national water polo team in 1935.
Movie Schedule Highlights With Star Casts This Week
The program lists Carmen Miranda Michael O Shea Samething ee The Boys on Saturday and Deanna Durbin Can't Help Singing on late show. Also Jeff Donnell Fred Brody Dancing In Manhattan and Ann Baxter John Hodiak Sunday Dinner For A Soldier. Other titles include Can't Help Singing Jog, The Ghost tethers, The Big Bonanza, Sing Neighbor Sing, The Climax, Arsenic And Old Lace and more with Roy Millsand, Rosrosie O Grady, Betty Grable and Boris Karloff among featured stars.
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Martin
Carmen Miranda
Michael O'Shea
Bill Elliott Ey “Marshall
Maxie Rosenbaum
Wil Gilbert
Howard
Deanna Durbin
Milt Britton
Jeff Donnell
Fred Brody
Manhattan
Ann Baxter
John Hodiax
Roy Milland
Marjorie Reynolds
Hogers
Richard Arlen
Jane Frazee
Ray Acuff
Ludabette
Scooty
Ruth Terry
Susanna Foster
Boris Karloff
Careyrant
Ethel Barrymore
Whitman sailors play two games in one day
Whitman College’s Navy men’s basketball squad defeated Montana State 71 to 51 in the afternoon game and then beat Montana in a 42 to 39 night contest, all within a single day due to Navy rules on away time.
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Missoula. Mont
Whitman College
Navy
Whitman
Montana State
World Series War Fund Tops Over Million in Three War Seasons
The World Series War Fund has collected $1,042,318 toward $2,630,460 raised by baseball’s major leagues in three wartime seasons. Earl Hilligan of the American League Service Bureau disclosed the total, noting last season’s All-Star game in Pittsburgh contributed $81,275 plus $25,000 from the leagues and the commissioner's office and another $25,000 from a radio fee.
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Chicago
Earl Hilligan
American League Service Bureau
Pittsburgh
Commissioner's Office
Opinion On Cage Rule Changes Divided
New York report on a Columbia versus Fordham exhibition basketball game last night under experimental rules. The altered field goals and fouls increased value with distance, yet Columbia won 73 to 58 and would have won 53 to 44 under standard rules. Coaches liked some changes while preferring the old game. others saw potential to widen the foul lane and curb height advantages.
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New York
Columbia
Fordham
Elmer Ripley
The
Linns
Nat
Holman
City College
Ned Irish
Madison Square Garden
Howard Hobson
Oregon
Florida A and M Tops Tuskegee In Southern Basketball
Tallahassee FL The Florida A and M team edged Tuskegee 30 28 to extend their winning streak in the Southern Basketball Cycle Johnny Howard led the scoring with 32 points to raise his season total to 155 for 4 games while a call at the 21 foot line drew a negative on an opponent. Two unknowns are set to fight later.
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