Local sports notes on league play and officials reform
Wiregrass league players prepare for travel and a distinct tournament starting next week at Enterprise. Dothan Tigers loom atop standings as they clash with Slotamb in a key cross country event. Officials reform proposals urge local schools to rely on qualified referees, aiming to cut worries and save time. Baseball trade fair promises no new Washington favors while Frick backs staying out of federal quarters.
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Carigin
Dothan Tigers
Slotamb
Ferther
Jeti Devse
Bet Sagilog
Earact
Columon
Lord Byron Nein
Reg Selcty
Gator Cagers Train For Long Road Trip
Florida Gators basketball team hardened for a lengthy trip after an SEC loss to Auburn. Coach Spurgeon Cherry led a fast scrimmage to fix weaknesses before two road games against Georgia and Auburn. The Gators beat Georgia 46-25 at home in January.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida Gator
Auburn
Spurgeon Cherry
Georgia
Gators
Barons May Train In South Alabama Town
The Bir Yaingham Barons of the Southern Association may train in a south Alabama town perhaps Brew ton Greenville or Lanett. General manager Paul Florence said representatives from each town had been in touch and they would like to train near Mobile to arrange exhibition games with the Mobile Bears.
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Birmingham
Bir Yaingham Barons
Southern Association
South Alabama
Brewton
Greenville
Lanett
Paul Florence
Baron
Florence
Mobile
Mobile Bears
Frick Denies Weeks of Talks With Byrnes on War Status
Ford Frick president of the National League said rumors of oil Washington talks with War Mobilization Director James Byrnes are false. He stated no appointments with government officials are planned and baseball has never sought government favors. Schedules for 1945 were largely set, with minor changes and intersection trips unchanged.
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Joe Reichlee
NEW York
Baseball
Washington
Ford Frick
The
Nations] League
James F Byrnes
Frick
Wil Harndge
American League
Byrnes
Harridge
ODT
Col. J. “Monroe Johnson
Transportation Bureau
Becomes One Of Basketballs All Time Greats Dalimar Dallmar shines at Penn
PHILADELPHIA AP They laughed at lanky Howard Dallmar as a Navy trainee when he joined Penn for basketball. Booed for clumsiness, he is now hailed as an all time great, a superb feeder with perfect passes that sparked Penn to an Eastern title run. Coaches, writers, and pros praise his ball stealing and outlet passes. Despite early losses, Penn learned to ride his play. fans say he rarely shoots enough.
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Philadelphia
Howard Dallmar
Peng
Navy
V-7
Dalimar
Stanford
Penn
Convention Hall
Gallmar
Dallmar
Joe Lapchick
St John’s University
Don Kellett
Robinson Points To Bout With Cochrane
Ray Sugar Robinson, New York welterweight, heads toward a potential title shot against Freddie Red Cochrane. He stopped George Sugar Costner in Chicago Stadium in 2 minutes 55 seconds, his 52nd win in 53 pro bouts, ending Costner’s 23 straight KO streak.
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Ray
Sugar) Robinson
New York
Freddie
Red) Cochrane
Robinson
George
Sugar) Costner
T Costner
Tech Quintet Downs Crimson Tide 53-45 in Atlanta
Georgia Tech defeated Alabama 53-45 at Atlanta as Tech rallied in the final 12 minutes after trailing 25-17 at halftime. Dick Collier and Dund Holladay sparked the comeback with key scoring as Chuck Teubert led Alabama with 20 points.
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Georgia Tech
Alabama
Tide
Alabama Boys
Tech
Dick Collier
Durand Holladay
Chuck Teubert
Collier
Holladay
Florida Gridders State Five SEC Games This Year
Florida's football team will play five Southeastern Conference games this season. They will face Mississippi at Jacksonville on September 28, Tulane in New Orleans on October 6, Vanderbilt at home October 13, Auburn on November 3, and Georgia in Jacksonville on November 10. They also meet Miami University at Miami on October 19.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida
Miami University
Miami
Gators
Mississippi
Jacksonville
Tulane
New Orleans
Vanderbilt
Auburn
SEC Cage Tournament Set for March 3 in Louisville
SEC members except Vanderbilt plan to field teams in the conference tournament at Louisville on March 3. Last year Kentucky beat Tulane for the title. pairings will be decided at a Feb. 23 conference meeting in Lexington.
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Vanderbilt
Louisville
Kentucky
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State
Georgia
One-Armed Diamond Star Of Southern Asks No Favors
Pete Gray, the one armed outfielder, heads to the Cape Girardeau Browns camp amid terms of no special favors. His 1944 Memphis season showed a .333 average with 60 RBIs, 21 doubles, nine triples, five homers, 68 steals, and only 12 strikeouts in 129 games.
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AL Veember
New York
Pete Gray
Cuthelder
SL Lews Browns
Cape Girardeau
Monin
Gray
Associaton
Billy Evans
Old Union Association
Hugh Dailey
Chicago
Dailey
Boston
Jacques Fournier
St. Louis
Scout Fournier
Pete
Pete Gray and Manhattans Native Purchase Chronicle
The article details Pete Gray the swift two way baseball infielder and bunt specialist, his real name Wyhraer, and family background. It notes his 1943 rookie year with the Canadan American League leading batting and subsequent summers with Memphis. It also mentions the sale of Manhattan to Peter Minuit on May 16, 1626.
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Grey
Wyhraer
Crechs
Triend Borer
Gray
Monicker
Memphis
Men
Baseball
Pete Gray
Tide's Harry Gilmer Weds Birmingham Bride Becomes Sugar Bowl Hero
Tide backfield ace Harry Gilmer marries Katherine Jeanets Beem of Birmingham after starring in the Sugar Bowl pass. Gilmer, slated 4F, plans to return to Alabama later this year with his draft prospects unchanged. The Southern Association will award a yearly MVP trophy chosen by 18 sports editors.
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Birmingham
Boo ‘Gilmer
Alabama Crimson Tide
Birmingham Prep
Katherine Jeanets Beem
Burtingham
Gilmer
Duke
Alabama
Memphis, Tenn
Southern Association
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