League standings show Tigers and Red Tops atop slate
Dothan Tigers and Slacomb Red Tops lead the league with two wins, no losses, in a six-team senior division with eight teams per division. Vicksburg and Ashford battle for junior fourth, while Midland City and Webb lag. Upcoming senior games include Dothan vs Ashford and Rehobeth at Midland City as Cottonwood visits Newton.
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Pro Football Looms Large In Wartime NFL Session
Chicago AP report outlines a four day NFL wartime meeting amid manpower anxieties and potential rule changes. Topics include draft, drafts of new players, franchise bids, and a call to abolish the extra point with a sudden death overtime. Commissioner Layden’s contract and league mergers are discussed as teams seek stability for a possible 1945 season.
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Los Angeles
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San Francisco
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Georgia Peach Wins In Contest Of Beauty
A Milledgeville Georgia contestant Alice Hattaway won Miss Reynolds Metals of 1945. She topped 43 entrants from aluminum plants in 15 states and works at the Naval Ordnance Plant near Milledgeville. Prize was a $100 war bond and a wristwatch.
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College teams headline MSG cage festivities in history
The hub of the cage festivities centers at Madison Square Garden where the nation’s best college teams perform before thousands of spectators. The event also features high school contests with many schools reporting attendance on the upgrade.
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Touchdown Club Awards Top Players At Annual Dinner
The Touchdown Club of Washington will honor four top football figures at its 10th annual dinner in the Hotel Statler. Glenn Davis receives the Walter Camp trophy as outstanding college player. Don Whitmire is named Knute Rockne for college linemen. Lt Bill Dudley earns the Lt Robert Smith for service players. LeRoy Zimmerman wins the Touchdown Club trophy as outstanding pro player.
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P. G. A. Schedules Several Tourneys
Tourney Manager Fred Corcoran of the P G A lists upcoming golf events with dates and cities including Phoenix Anz Tucson San Antonio Corpus Christi New Orleans Gulfport Pensacola Jacksonville Milam Charlotte Greensboro Durham Atlanta from January through March. The schedule spans multiple states and venues with dates in 18 25 ranges.
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Mancuso to Manage Richmond Colts in Piedmont League
Gus Mancuso a 39 year old catcher released by the New York Giants is eyed to replace Ben Chapman as manager of the Richmond Colts in the Piedmont Baseball League Edge Movers owner says a conference will be held soon to discuss Mancuso taking over the role. The note adds Mancuso was part of the Brooklyn Dodgers slate last season.
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Jacksonville star end Graham eyed for NFL draft this week
Jacksonville senior star end Joe Graham of Florida football is expected to be drafted by a national professional league this week. The reporting notes postwar industrial growth, including 112 million rubber-tired tractors built in five years and a tenfold rise in such production over a decade.
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Three Golf Tournaments Carded For Women
MIAMI Fla AP three tournaments will give women golfers three consecutive weeks of competitive golf in Florida in February. The Helen Lee Doherty challenge cup tourney here February 1 2. The Palm Beach championships are scheduled for February 5 9 and the Dubshead Country Club mixed four ball affair at Orlando February 14 18 Marjorie Row Anniston Ala will defend her title in the Miami tournament Other entrants include Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta.
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Colonial Lady Wins First Field Trials
Colonial Lady won the first event in Georgia Field Trials in Waynesboro Georgia. The owner is Dr John H Meachen of Boston. Richochette Guy owned by Sing of Charlotte NC placed second. Third place was shared by Classens Paddy owned by Euclid Classen of Augusta and Medec owned by George M Rogers of Mt Holly NC. The derby and overall age events follow. Buy War Bonds Now.
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Snead Wins Los Angeles Open in Narrow Finish
Sam Snead captured the Los Angeles Open at Riviera by two under par 286 total. The Virginian, favored by crowds, carded rounds of 71 73 72 before closing with a two-foot birdie on the 18th to seal the victory and win $2,664 in war bonds. He ended Byron Nelson and Herold McSpaden's run and joined a growing list of early-season champions.
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