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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1945
Page
10
The article discusses hunting and fishing seasons opening and closing dates, notes the Florida closed season starting March 15, and mentions Southeast Alabama Shorts basketball tournament action in Enterprise and Andalusia as the 14 teams per division hit the hardwood amid regional interest.
Major league owners led by Ford Frick and Wall Harridge plan talks in Washington to resolve wartime player shortages. Spokesmen say the issue is to have enough players or halt play, with concerns over work-or-come legislation and transportation for the season. Byrnes in on the approach as the leagues seek a workable policy.
New York AP report says Judes Bingham declined to convene a meeting of the National Football Rules Committee as no changes were needed this season. He suggested wartime seasons be devoted to experiments and noted six proposed changes by the coaches association.
Auburn edged Florida 43 41 as Lancaster delivered two late baskets sealing the victory. Burgress led Auburn with 15 points while Edmiston sparked Florida with 12 points. Auburn led most of the game, the half ending 26 20.
Tennessee Vols under coach Johnny Mauer outshot Alabama 38 to 27 in Knoxville last night to clinch their eighth SEC basketball win. The game was tied early 3-3, then Tennessee pulled ahead 10-2 after the first quarter. Bob Kempter led Tennessee with 14 points, while Paul Walther, a freshman guard, added 13.
Georgia Bulldogs defeated Mercer 56 to 40 in Macon, avenging a prior season loss. Center Shorty Maddox scored 18 as Georgia controlled play from the start, leading 24 to 19 at halftime. A flare between Mercer and Georgia players led to expulsions and multiple fouling penalties.
Four leading performers including the defending champion were highlighted as national field trials continued in Grand Junction Tennessee. Morning heats paired Tatheeha Lucky Strike with Kremlin Josentres and A E Fisher with Ariel while afternoon heats arranged Texas Boy with Sage entry Ariel. The day yielded many entries but few championship races with several finishes noted as satisfactory.
Alabama reports total canning by Farm Security Administration families in 1944. Houston County ranked fifth in quartage per family, with 308 quarts, as 14,387 families canned 2,516,382 quarts statewide. Meals included meats vegetables fruits pickles and sweets across 68 counties.
Extension specialist Belue reports 233 community groups with 34,831 farmers participating in a one variety cotton program. They planted 580,863 acres using Stoneville 2-B DPL-14 White Gold Coker 160 Wi Stonewill Cook 134 Miller 610. Breeder seed totaled 74,495 bushels and 467,850 bushels of first year seed were saved. 44 percent of seed planted last year was debated and treated. In 1945 breeders seed use rises with delinting and treating more and increased fertilizer per acre to counter labor shortages and boost yields.
Total sales for 1944 at the Hens on County curb market amounted to $6,572.50. Miss Fran Mullette, gointy home demonstration agent, has anounced Products sold at the macheine cuded vegetables, and fruits of in kinds in season, canned foods of all kind, butter, eggs, poutry, fresh and cured meats, Towers, handmade articles, syrup and cakes. The Houston County curb market offers facilities for farm people in calling there surplus farm producs.
Ben Chapman awaits final draft status after Fort McClellan examination. Dodgers pitcher Chapman says Army doctors found his knee injury unresolved, with papers to Washington for review under a recent ruling on professional athletes.
Atlanta AP reports Billy Paschal of the New York Giants, a top ground gainer for two seasons, has been ordered to report for an Army physical by his draft board in repurto Fr. McPherson. He has been in the US Marine Service at Sheepshead Bay, New York, and will be discharged from that branch prior to entering the Army.
Willie Pep dominated Phil Terranova at Madison Square Garden to retain the featherweight title by a 15 round unanimous decision. The Hartford native moved to 86-1-1 with a 24th straight win, drawing 10,247 spectators for a $48,701 gate as he peppered Terranova with jabs and combinations.
A fragmented schedule lists performers Robert Walker Vickor Yarcon and others in various shows across Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with titles Shadows In The O Brien and Jin Newell and Berbery Vomst Cent and Call of The Rock and Sada Mak Munday plus Pat Parrish and Jackie Moras in different time blocks and venues.
Sammy Snead of Met Springs, Virginia, defeated Byron Nelson in a 118 hole playoff to win the Gulfport open wolf championship in Mississippi. Snead tied Nelson in the final scoring. a missed short putt caused a sudden death playoff as Nelson lost on a drive to the 18th hole.
Former national champion Willie Turnesa and Tommy Aycock headline Yale as they join the field for the upcoming Pensacola Open in Florida. The event features top collegiate players and marks a key early-season test on the Intercollegiate circuit.
Fragmentary OCR text references basketball and baseball actions with unclear names and missing details. No coherent event or outcomes emerge from the readable portion.
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