Sports and War Clouds Over 4F Draft Impact on American Athletics
War mobilization spreads across sports as Roosevelt favors 4F eligibility for armed forces. Professional leagues may shrink as athletes join defense effort, though some play continues. Major Griffith posthumously named football man of the year. Whiddoes of Ohio State receives runner up. Hollywood screens test athletes to adapt to changing times.
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Continental Trials Set for Georgia Field Trials Meet
In Wayneboro Georgia the 50th annual Continental Field Trials open with a $1500 purse for open all age. The meet, moved from Dixie Plantation Quitman, features top dogs including Tar Heelia's Lucky Strike and Rumson Farm Loch. Amateur derbies lead the day, followed by amateur all age and two open stakes with a $1000 purse for the all age.
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Sports Leaders Await War Orders On Seasonal Pause
Sports chiefs from professional to intercollegiate circles await Navy Department directives to suspend competition for the war program. Governors of leagues indicate support for labor draft timing, with leaders like Ken Wilson and Elmer Layden signaling caution while college teams anticipate continued play under draft or age constraints.
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Chicago
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Northwesternn University of the Westen Conference
Elmer Layden
National Football League
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Navy
Navy Service Team Wins Pacific Title
In Hawaii’s Poi Bowl at Pearl Harbor Navy’s star-filled unit defeated a Seventh Army Air Force squad 14 to 0 before about 29,000 spectators. Edgar Jones threw touchdowns in the first and last periods, with key catches by Steva Lach and Greg Browning. Charlie Timmons added the extra points as Navy secured the Pacific title.
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Charlie Timmons
Clemson
Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa All Americas
Army
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Duke
Chicago Cards
John Rokiski
Duquesne
Ben Morrow
Chicago
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Rokiski
Greg Browning
Denver
Browning
Golf meet scheduled in Jacksonville winter circuit return
Jacksonville resumes winter golf circuit with a $5,000 tournament set for March 1. The Florida cash total rises to $17,500 with the Pensacola Open Feb 23-25 offering $5,000 and Miami's international four ball on March 11 for $7,500.
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Browns Sell Baker to Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox purchased Floyd Wilson Baker a shortstop from the St. Louis Browns. Terms were not disclosed. Baker age 25 4-F by Selective Service hit .175 as a part time player with the Browns last year but batted .326 with San Allen of the Texas League in 1942.
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San Allen
Signs of brain flowers aid perception of odors
A fragment notes that certain flowers emit scents that can be detected before a strong odor such as rath or cabbage from a neighbor's kitchen, suggesting heightened sensory cues.
Year Nomenclature in Japan Marks Animal-Based Cycle
The sequence assigns 1043 as the 260th year in the Japanese calendar and the Year of the Goat, 1042 as the Year of the Horse, and 1941 as the Year of the Snake, reflecting the cyclical animal signs tied to years.
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Napier Field student wins second in national gunnery meet
Flight Officer George W. Meier, a December 22 Napier Field graduate from Class 44-1, placed second in the National Gunnery meet at Ajo Anzone. He scored 66 46 in ground gunnery and 93 52 in aerial gunnery, representing EFTC with Napier Crag Spence and Tuskeegee. Meier, son of George W Meyer Sr of Long Beach California, also won the Physical Training award in his class.
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Jones May Enter Golf Tournament
In Atlanta the Buckhead Lions Club announced a $10,000 War Bond tournament April 5-8 to benefit a portable iron lung. Bobby Jones, retired since 1930, said he might enter if he can keep his score below 80 and swing unthreateningly. Proceeds fund a lung-iron device nationwide.
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Fog Blankets Los Angeles Golf Open Final Round
Fog halted the Los Angeles Open finish forcing the final round to resume today. Leaders Byron Nelson and Sgt. E J Harrigan had completed 54 holes earlier, with Sam Byrd Mangrum McSpaden Revlolia and Snead among top contenders as players faced last holes in variable light and fog.
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Miami U. to play major league football schedule
Tampa AP reports University of Miami coach Eddie Dunn plans to continue a major league football schedule despite a rough previous season. He notes 1944 attendance averaged over 14,000 and says Miami fans demand matchups with Tulsa, Georgia, Auburn, Texas A&M, and others.
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Wildcats Heralded Nation's Cage Champs
New York AP reports West Point leads an undefeated 1944 basketball horizon as Kentucky Muhlenberg and Iowa push long streaks. The season’s top teams roam leagues including the East, Big Ten, and Southern as Syracuse loses to Temple while Rhode Island State falls, and Penn-Columbia topple Cornell and Dartmouth.
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