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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
5
The article muses on the seasonal cycle for football and baseball fans, noting football training excites fans while baseball opens later. It reflects on extended schedules, fan dining events, and debates about lengthening football seasons for a trials period to gauge reception.
Estimated nine percent drop revealed in Chicago area as government ban on wagering hits bookie parlors. Telephone bets to bookies nationwide collapse. operators hope tracks reopen. Randolph Field Ramblers football team notes. several players on foreign duty, last season rated top service team. Gasoline rationing slows foxhunting. writers reflect on snipe hunting misadventure and future wild goose chases.
A boom in bookmaking collapsed as 45 000 workers vanished from Chicago’s racing industry with 900 bookies thinning to under 500. Operators cite weak betting pools, poor service from loudspeakers, and no American tracks as causes. Some formerly daily takings of 3000 fell to 22 over several days.
New York boxing chief Lt Col Edward P F Eagan may overhaul judging rules. He plans meetings with referees judges and boxing writers to pursue a point scoring system rather than round by round. Eagan, Yale graduate and former light heavyweight champion, seeks a better method for New York State. In a separate event Benny Jucorard received Edward J Neil plaque for 1944 contributions while Jimmy Walker praised Leonard as undefeated lightweight champion showman not showoff.
At the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Jacksonville Florida a poll asked if spectator interest justifies wartime sports Ninety four percent of participating servicemen replied yes
Tennessee basketball coach Johnny Mauer started pre sunrise practices from 6:15 to 7:30 each morning, building strength and rhythm for a squad that has won nine of ten games and recently halted Kentucky’s 12 game win streak. Deer hunters paid an average of 3166 to bag a buck in Chattahoochee National Forest. only about one in five hunters succeeded, driving up costs for hunters this past season.
R E Bill Henderson, ex army officer, returns to Bay Jor University as head basketball coach and acting football coach after serving as a lieutenant in the Air Corps. Henderson previously led teams and now assumes dual duties amid a season heralded by past wins and departures. The Parker High senior team at Holmes school faces a depleted lineup after graduation, with their first string unit unavailable this week.
Atlanta AP reports coach Elly Laval of Newberry College proposes duration baseball contracts for college athletes to sign without harming their eligibility. Laval, cited by Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Journal, says the plan would help organized baseball and the athletes, benefiting teams and players alike.
Atlanta report says Frankie Sinkwich the University of Georgia all American is headed for the Army after being classified 4-F last summer. He has begun pre induction exams and draft papers were sent from Athens to Youngstown. Sinkwich served two seasons with the Detroit Lions and has a medical discharge from the Marine Corps. He is married with one child.
Texas Open at Brackenridge Course in San Antonio features Craig Wood as the top pick with solid form and a favorite tag. Byron Nelson and Sam Byrd among others projected to contend as a 160-player field tees off. Wood led tune-up play with a two under par round, while defending champion Jenny Heroldta was seen as a long shot.
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