Auburn Plans Series With Georgia Tech In 190
Officials debate bans on certain college sports to conserve facilities while clubs press for players. Auburn aims to schedule four-game series with Georgia Tech and others, amid spring drills and athletic facility expansion. Pro offers lure players like Tex Warrington, who prioritizes college over pro football. Dothan High starts spring workouts with 25 to 30 candidates as planners eye intramural boxing. Fisheries outlook hints at helicopters dropping trout into remote water holes for stocking.
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Georgis-Fiorids
Jacksonville
Airesdy
Hevtral Cies
Newel
Wits Thin den
Teaters
Avants
Birmingham
Georgi
Gemsan
Tech
Auburn
Bueness
Auditorum
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Intramurei
Herf
Breen
Tex Warrington
Yankees
Boston Braves
Tum
Baltimore
St 15
Miami
Warrington
Dothan High
Jack Howater
Major League clubs launch spring training under anti gambling push
New York AP report says seven MLB teams begin camps as Mayor LaGuardia announces a cross city information exchange plan with the big clubs to curb betting. He vows to bar known gamblers from Yankee Stadium and others, urges pitchers to be kept secret, and says league leaders will meet today.
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New York
Ink
Prorella LaGuardia
Giants
Yankees
Dodgers
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Horace Stoneham
Ford Frick
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Cardinals
Washington Senators
Joe McCarthy
Bronx Bombers
Atlantic City
Buffalo
Marie Joe
Pointer Wins All Age Field Trial Stakes
ATLANTA AP Dr. Sam s Johnny pointer from Dr. Sam Orr Black Spartanburg C won the open all age stake on the Atlanta Field Trial Club spring meet. The open derby went to Blizzards Carvacade setter owned by Dr. John Holtz St Louis. Little Elva owned by A J Orme of Atlanta placed second in the open all age and Altes Shoals Jackie owned by Mrs. Lester Varn of Jacksonville Fla took second in the open derby.
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Sam
Johnny
Pointer
Sam Orr Black
Spartanburz
Atlanta Field Trial Club
Blizzards Carvacade
John Holtz
St. Louis
Little Elva
A. J. Orme
Altes Shoals
Jackie
Lester Varn
Jacksonville, Fla
California Claims Tennis Championship
Pvt Frankie Kovacs of Oakland won the professional tennis world championship with a 14-12 5-3 victory over Wesby Van Horn in a two and a half hour Plueling match in San Francisco. Van Horn is from Atlanta and had claimed the mythical professorial crown. Exhibition match saw BN Tilden defeat George Lyttleton Rogers of Ireland.
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Frankie Kovacs
Oakland
Calif
Wesby van Horn
Oaklander
van Horn
Atlanta
Teanis
BN Tilden
George Lyttleton Rogers
Ireland
Pearlstein Exposed as Nonstudent in Brooklyn College Gamble
Lawrence E. Pearlstein, one of five Brooklyn College basketball players tied to a January gambling case, was not registered as a student. Edgar Bromberger reported to Mayor LaGuardia that Pearlstein bought fines and pretended to attend classes, misleading coaches and officials. He and the four others were expelled after the disclosure.
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NEW York
Lawrence E
Larry” Pearlstein
Brooklyn College
Edgar Ebromberger
Fiorello LaGuardia
Pearlstein
Bromberger
Gard
Harry Gidonse
Old Timers Name Own Baseball Chief
Chicago old timers announce William Morrett of Kankakee as their candidate for baseball commissioner. Morrett, a wealthy businessman and former semi pro player, backs a three man commission with a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary with legal training.
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Chicago Old Timers’ Baseball Association
William Morrett
Kankakee
Track Star Follows Brother Footsteps in Olympics Trials
Austin report highlights Bob Amistad as he trails his brother Mac in a Border Olympics sprint. He wins the half mile in 1 minute 59 seconds and the mile in 4 minutes 38 seconds, then places second in the 440 yard dash at 30.9 seconds, earning 13 points and a trophy. Clemson and Auburn announce a four year football series starting 1948, with Auburn leading 20 of 27 meetings since 1899. Liberated from Japs: Mrs. Eleanor M. Boswell notes her mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard R. Boswell, living on Bonifay route four, among civilan personnel freed by General MacArthur in the Philippines. details remain limited but fishing destinations are mentioned.
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API
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Bob
U Hie
Mac
Auburn
Ala
Clemson
Carl Voyles
Eleanor M. Boswell
Richard R. Boswell
Bonifay
Macarthur
Philippines
War Department
Three Reported On Casualty List
War Department announced today that Corporal Douglas H. Oswald, Private John A. Batson, and Pile Leon Hughes have been wounded. Oswald is listed as wounded in action in the European theater, Batson in the Mediterranean and Italian theaters, and Hughes in the Southwest Pacific area.
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Ruby E. Oswald
Caldonia Street
Marianna
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Iola M Batson
Cattonweud
Pile Leon Hughes
Addie Hughes
Bethan
War Department
Ostald
Buison
Mediterranean
Pic. Hughes
Six From Area On Wounded List
Six soldiers from the Wiregrass region and Florida were wounded in action in Europe, announced by the War Department. Alabama residents include Pfc John W. Mathews and others from Enterprise, Samson, Slocomb, and nearby communities. Florida mentions Pvt Harold Michaus and Cpl James A. Peacock Jr.
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War Department
Alabama
Comer L. Billett
Mia
Mattie Senn
Newton
John W. Mathews
Mra
Lucille Mathews
Enterprise
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Falsy H. Morris
Samson
Noel H. Peters
Dorothy B. Peters
Slocomb
Florda
Harold A. Michaus
Charity Ll. Michaus
Marianna
James A. Peacock
Laan
Blountatown
Nelson McSpaden Cup 4 Ball Tourney Ends In Big Win
Nelson and Byron Nelson defeated Denny Shute and Semmy Byrd 8 and 6 in the international four ball tourney in Miami. The Nelsons thrived on clutch putting as the challengers missed many putts, while the winners gambled on the greens and capitalized on opportunities.
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Shute
Byrd
Wilbur Jennings
Miami
Fla
McSpaden
Byron Nelson
Denny Shute
Semmy Byrd
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