Unhappy Birthday For Top Nags In 1945 Turf James
The January 1 racing scene faces a government ban on racing after tomorrow. Twilight Tear, 1944 horse of the year, may miss the money mark at $275,900 as trainer Ben Jones considers retirement plans. Other top juveniles like Pagot and Pericles stand among horses with uncertain Derby and Preakness prospects. UCLA leads Pacific Coast Conference basketball talk with rankin and Michaels. Bowl games and fresh matchups mark New Year’s Day sports coverage across California and beyond.
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Grafton
W. Va
Sentinel
Wilbur Jennings
Miami
Fla
Twilight Tear
Florida
Top Plight
Calumet Farm
Ben Jones
Jones
Walter M. Jefford
Pagot
William Helis Pericles
Pericles
Twilight
Jiminy
Whirlabout
Bounding Home
Lucky Draw
Greentree Farm
Stir Up
Russs
Newland
San Francisco
University of California At
Los Angeles
Southern California
California
UCLA
Bill Rankin
Hall Michaels
Navy
Art Nichols
University of Washington
Nichols
Cafornia
Jim Farrell
Gus Mota
St. Mary's College
Weekend Basketball Scores From Associated Press
Weekend notes show East Swarthmore 38 over Philadlephia Marines 30 while Temple edges Kentuckly 44 to 45. St Johns Brooklyn 53 defeats Lart imouth 38 and Cornell 64 tops Western Kentucky 53. New York University 57 over Colgate 36. Notre Dame 49 beats Purdue 47. Minnesota 43 top Marquette 40. Gonzaga 47 falls to Washington 78. Colorado 47 over Colorado College 30.
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Kentuucky
Temple
St John's
Brooklyn
Lartimouth
Cornell
Western Kentucky
College New York
Panzer
Tennessee
Ohio Univ
New York Univ
Colgate
Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania
South Duke
Camp Lejeune
Midwest
Minnesota
Marquette
Notre Dame
Purdue
Great Lakes
Northwestern
Town
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Missouri
Diana
Nebraska
State
Michigan
Washington
Gonzaga
Twentieth Century-Fox
ULA
Colorado
Colorado College
New Ball Park Planned For Cardinals With Ladies Rooms
St Louis Cardinal owner Sam Breadon describes the new 40 000 seat National League ball park as the most complete in the United States and notes will include power rooms for ladies during a board hearing. Construction to start after war's end announcement.
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ST. Louis
T. Louis Cardinals
United States
Sam Preadon
Breadon
Firsts and odds in sports a January sampler
A compiled column notes early baseball firsts such as Rob Matthews striking out four in one inning in 1885 and the first RBI records in 1876. It blends boxing purses, football bowl chatter, golf musings, coaching rumors, and military athletes, mixing humor with sport lore and names like Dempsey Carpentier Trout Newhouser Hubbell and Leahy.
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Hugh Fullerton JR
New York
Rob J. Matthews
Athletics
Milligan
St. Louis
Leo Houck
Harry Lewis
Paris
Jack Dempsey
George Carpentier
Oklahoma U
Snorter Luster
Texas Gulf Coast
Snorter
Texas
Texas U
New Orleans
Mid-Winter Sports Association
Texas Christian
Allied push surrounds German bulge near Bastogne
War dispatch notes Allied halt of German advance in Belgium and recapture of territory. Patton's Third Army advances in the Bastogne area while the American First Army moves southward, threatening to sever the Nazi salient at its base. Von Rundstedt may counter with a fresh thrust as signs of renewed activity appear.
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Belgium
Bastogne
Patton
Third Army
Nazi Bulge
First Army
Bulge
von Rundstedt
Two Hours to Boil Potatoes at 10000 Feet
A humorous item mocks weather lore and holiday gags. It notes two hours for potatoes at ten thousand feet, jokes about a St Louis hotel guest awaiting room service, a robin sighting, post Christmas turkey hash, and bets at the race track mutuel windows.
Utah State vs Marine gridiron ends in bizarre blaze
In Logan Utah field judge Pat Ryan fired a pistol near his trousers after watching his watch. Sparks from the gun set his pants afire causing damage far surpassing his earnings. The incident marred the Utah State Pocatello Marine game with a dramatic and dangerous scene.
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Logan
Utah
Pat Ryan
Ryan
Washington Report by Helen Essary Highlights War Front Tours
Central Press column notes diplomats and French officers seeking US duty amid France’s postwar uncertainty. It highlights two Congresswomen on warfront tours, praises Archibald MacLeish as a practical poet in government, and mentions Norwegian princess crosses gifted by Mrs. Alonzo Winslow, describing her as a renowned social figure with bird-filled home.
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Helen Essary
Central Press
Washington
Paris
United States
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle
United States Army
France
de Gaulle
Margaret Chase Smith
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Clare Luce
Europe
Archibald MacLeish
You
Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
Jonn. L. Lewis
Martha of
Norway
Ingrid
Raghnhild
Alonzo Winslow
Vaughan
Priscilla
Winslow
Pali White House
Luftwaffe assaults over Belgium meet robust Allied defense
Midday reports describe heavy air battles as Allied fighters repelled a large German raid above an American airfield in Belgium. German claims of 121 tanks destroyed that day are contrasted by ongoing Seventh Army actions near Bitche and Dambach. The piece also notes Ellery Queen as a detective fiction duo and Florence Florentine lineages with historical births.
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Luftwaffe
Belgium
Seventh Army
Bitche
Meuse
Moselle
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