Colleges to shift focus from fitness to academics after the war
Capt Walter French, in charge of the NCO school at Greensboro, says colleges will reverse emphasis and stress physical education less and academics more after the war. He notes the Army and other services prize fitness as vital for combat readiness and civilian life, based on his sports experience.
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Walter French
U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
BTC No. 10
Greensboro
French
Mercury Athletic Club
High Point City Lake
Army
Capt. French
Armed Services
Army post shifts goal from mental to physical fitness
Capt. French notes obstacle courses are now a core post activity as colleges move past mental achievement. He warns many youths fail the draft due to physical defects and predicts a postwar emphasis on athletics will shape fitter generations through football, baseball, softball, wrestling, boxing, basketball and other sports.
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French
Capt. French Carries Fitness Message From Time Magazine
Capt. French promotes staying young through fitness citing Time magazine. He presents a test to gauge physical rating, including sprinting 100 yards in 14.5 seconds and a mile in seven minutes. John B. Kelly says one is unfit for service if over 35 and fails six of eight tasks.
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French
Time
John B. Kelly
National Physical Fitness Director
Capt. French
Captain French Led North State League Player and Coach
Captain French had a lengthy baseball career in the North State League with Concord’s Weavers and later served as head baseball coach at West Point until his Army commission in June 1942. He also excelled as an All-American football back at Rutgers and West Point and played for the Philadelphia Athletics under Connie Mack alongside stars like Al Simmons Ty Cobb Tris Speaker Mule Haas and Bing Miller during a 13 year professional career.
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Capt. French
Concord
Weavers
Rutgers
West Point
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
al Simmons
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Mule Haas
Bing Miller
A’s
Army
Slapsie Rosenbloom Guest Night Stirred Fans in New York
New York sports roundup notes Slapsie Rosenbloom being billed as the lamour boy of the hoi polloi in local soda shops during a guest night, Abe Attell offered a quip, and word from Hollywood places Gloria Callen as a potential Navy Sullivan brothers film sister. Also mentions Lady York's birthday and Jim Schlemmer guest star. National League trades feature Phillies involved in nine deals, seven players to Phils, batting average .218.
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New York
Maxie Rosenbloom
Abe Attell
Maxie
Abe
Hollywood
Gloria Callen
Genevieve
Navy
Sullivan Brothers
Lady York
League
Phillies
Phils
William
Vale” Cox
Camp Davis and Sampson Base Athletes Linked to War Units
Wartime notes highlight Camp Davis North Carolina pitcher Bob Davis born in Arm Mississippi and Sgt Tommy Gomez turning to typewriter work as editor of Camp Van Dam Mississippi. References to Jacksonville Naval Air Station footballers and Samp son Sampsons at Sampson New York. Giants slump tied to Will Marshall hitting .380 for marine team as Lt Commander Mal Stevens plans scrimmages against New York Giants and Cornell.
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Bob Davis
Camp Davis
N.C
Arm
Miss
Fred Frink
Illinois
Jacksonville Naval Air Technical Training Center
Tommy Gomez
Alaska
Canada
England
Honolulu
Australia
Canal Zone
Giants
Corp
Will Marshall
Uncle Sam
Sampson Sampsons
Sampson
N. Y
Naval Base
Mal Stevens
Yale
NYU
Cornell
Red Sox? No. Regional games with scattered scores
Richmond 3 Roanoke 2. Durham 5 Portsmouth 1. Norfolk 8 Lynchburg 1 called end of 8th inning.
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Richmond
Roanoke
Durham
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Baseball Batting Leaders Tighten In All-Star Week
New York reports show Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals and Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox leading the major leagues in batting averages. Appling passes 2,000 hits and Wakefield eyes 300, while Musial extends his lead as the National League top hitter with Billy Herman climbing to 325.
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New York
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
Appling
Dick Wakefield
Detroit
Musial
Cardinals
Billy Herman
Brooklyn Dodgers
Harry Walker
Ab Rkh Pet
St. Louis
Herman
Brooklyn
W.cooper
Witek
Elliott
Pittsburg
Nicholson
Chicago
Medwick
Vaughan
Brook'n
Tipton
Cincinnati
McCarthy
Boston
American Leagy S
Wakefield
Cartright
Hackett
Cleveland
Fox
Johnson
Stephens
Cramer
Johnson Wash
Higgings
Appling And Musial Lead In Dodgers Youth Transformation
The Brooklyn Dodgers show a youth movement under Rickey with Frenchy Boardagain at third and 6'6" Howard Schultz at first in a 7-3 win over the St Louis Cardinals. New youths Gregg Barney Soskovic join in trades for Macon Barkley as Reds and Pirates post other wins. Yankees roll 7-0 vs White Sox. Senators beat Indians 6-3. Red Sox shutout Browns 9-0 amid Newsom’s rough start.
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Dodgers
Frenchy Boardagain
St. Louis Cardinals
Howard Schultz
Brooklyn
Mort Cooper
Ricky
Harold Gregg
Rex Barney
Montreal
Max Macon
John Barkley
Joe Soskovic
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Johnny Gee
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Louis
Bobo) Newsom
Major League Leaders Include Musial In Batting Honor
Major league leaders lists feature Stan Musial of St Louis leading with a .353 batting average and 154 hits, along with Hermann and Elliott in the top batting races. Vaughn of Brooklyn tops with 44 runs, Nicholson of Chicago leads with 17 home runs, and Sewell of Pittsburgh guides pitching at 18‑4.
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Musial
St. Loui
Herman
Brooklyn
Vaughan
St. Louis
Nicholson
Chicago
Elliott
Pittsburgh
Gordon
New York
Lowrey
Russell
Ott
Sewell
Rowe
Philadelphia
Georgia Pre-Flight Lacks Star Power
Athens Aug 17 Lieut Rex Enright head coach of the Athens navy pre flight squad seeks volunteers for season drills and finds few with college football experience among hopefuls. The seven game schedule lists Daniel Field Clemson Furman Navy Pre-Flight Tulane Georgia Tech and Georgia.
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Athens
Rex Enright
USNR
Athens Navy
University of South Carolina
Skycrackers
Daniel Field
Clemson
S. C
Hewberry
Chapel Hill
N. C
Navy
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Paper Saves Metal by Using Paper Hangers
A newspaper note reports that replacing metal clothes-hangers with paper ones has saved 1,500,000 pounds of metal. The switch demonstrates a rapid material conservation effort with potential downstream benefits for manufacturing and scrap usage.
Rio Grande To Carry On For Grid Season
Rio Grande college in Ohio will play a full seven game football schedule this fall despite the war. Coach Mendel Beattie vows against surrender and aims for 11 to 22 players, with a first game at Montgomery West Virginia on September 24. The program, small with 108 students, has not won since 1937 and has endured 28 straight losses.
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Rio Grande, O
Little Rio Grande College
Mendel E. Beattie
Buckeye State
Ohio State
Rio Grande
Beattie
Montgomery
W. Va
Alfred Holbrook College
Joe Louis Given Time To Prepare For World Tour
Fort George Meade Md Aug 17 Sgt Joe Louis was slated to begin a global boxing tour under war department management tomorrow but has been granted a two week delay to train. He will spend 100 days visiting army posts in the continental United States before heading to war fronts.
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Fort George G. Meade
Joe Louis
Uncle Sam's
War Department
Louis
Continental
U.S
Ortiz Faces Lopez in Charity Bantamweight Title Bout
Matchmaker Charley MacDonald signed Manuel Ortiz to defend his bantamweight championship against Leonard Lopez in a 15 round bout in Los Angeles on October 5. The charity event will aid service members.
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Los Angeles
Charley MacDonald
Manuel Ortiz
Leonard Lopez
Fights Last Night by Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS Phil Terranova of New York scorecard KO over Jackie Callura at 8 rounds. NEWARK Buster Tyler of West Palm Beach outpointed Pete Galano in 8. BALTIMORE George Kochan with U S Coast Guard and Akron, Ohio outpoint Howard Bennett in 8. WASHINGTON Al Hart Brown card postponed due to weather.
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New Orleans
Phil Terranova
New York
Jackie Callura
Hamilton
Newark
Buster Tyler
West Palm Beach
Fla
Pete Galiano
Baltimore
George Kochan
U. S. Coast Guard
Akron
Ohio
Howard Bennett
Washington
al Hart-Al
Big Boy
Southern Association game ends in 11 innings Nashville over Atlanta
In Nashville the Southern Association game went 11 innings with Nashville defeating Atlanta 6 to 5. Baltimore beat Buffalo 3 to 1. All other games were postponed.
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Southern Association
Nashville
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Terranova to Take On All Comers as Champion
New NBA featherweight champion Fighting Phil Terranova plans to defend his title against all challengers after knocking out Jackie Callura of Ontario in the eighth round before 8,500 fans in New Orleans. Terranova and manager Bobby Gleasor outlined the plan as Callura battled hard early, with Terranova growing stronger and delivering a decisive finish from a jaw-dropping uppercut.
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New Orleans
Phil Terranova
New N. B. A
Bobby Gleasor
Terranova
Jackie Callura
Ontario
Canada
Callura
Callara
Bronx
Red Dolan
Dolan
Leo P. Bradley
Satchel Paige Predicts Negro Breakthrough in Majors
Memphis dispatch reports Satchel Paige, famed pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs, predicts Negro athletes will enter the major leagues within two to three years. He believes some will debut next spring and favors a gradual integration with an all colored club first before mixing teams.
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Memphis
Tenn
Satchel Paige
Kansas City Monarchs
Satchel
All Colored Boys
Stanford Grid Club Victim For Duration
Stanford announces it cannot field a football team for the duration of World War II due to lack of able-bodied manpower. All games are canceled, ending the long rivalry with California and suspending the conference schedule as Stanford shifts focus to the army fitness program.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford
Stanford University
Marchie Schwartz
Army
Quarteback
Schwartz
Sanford
University of California
Indians
California
Santa Clara
University of San Francisco
St. Mary's
del Monte
Southern California
University of California At Los Angeles
WE TREBLE AXIS IN AIR
The Allies are now producing airplanes at three times the rate of the Axis, boosting wartime air power and supply capabilities. The shift underscores a strategic advantage in aircraft manufacturing and industrial mobilization across Allied nations.
Chapman Says Colts Loyal To Manager
MONTGOMERY Ala Aug 17 Big Ben Chapman said the Richmond players loyal to their manager and congratulated them on their stand He noted reports that Larry Kinzer would quit if he returned after Chapmans suspension and emphasized the players would not object to playing for him again while managing Richmond and keeping his arm limbered with a semi pro team.
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Montgomery
Ala
Big Ben Chapman
Chapman
Larry Kinzer
Richmond
Big Ben
Kinzer
Eddie Mooers
Shaughnessy
Ben
New York Yankee
New York Grid Clubs Hire Texas Football Aces
New York City professional teams the Dodgers and the Giants signed Texas players Emery Nix from Texas Christian University and Ken Heineman from Texas School of Mines, both sought for grid iron roles.
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New York
Texas
New York City
Dodgers
Giants
Emery Nix
Texas Christian
Ken Heineman
Texas School of Mines
Cornucopia of Illinois Population and Wealth Share
Illinois holds less than 2 percent of U S land but accounts for 6 1 percent of the population 6 9 percent of wealth 5 4 percent of improved farmland 4 8 percent of railway mileage 7 1 percent of bank resources 8 1 percent of life insurance 8 9 percent of telephones and 6 3 percent of motor vehicles reported in the study reflecting the state’s economic density.
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Illinois
United States
Eastern League scores show Springfield edge Wilkes-Barre 8 6
Springfield defeats Wilkes-Barre 8 to 6 as Scranton tops Hartford 11 to 2. Utica at Binghamton and Albany at Elmira postponed.
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Springfield
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Hartford
Utica
Binghamton
Albany
Elmira
Major League Baseball Results and Today’s Games
Yesterday Washington defeated Cleveland 6 to 3 and New York beat Chicago 7 to 0. Benton routed St. Louis 9 to 0 while Detroit did not schedule a game with Philadelphia. Today’s matchups include New York at Chicago with Wensloff facing Dietrich, Philadelphia at Detroit, and Boston at St. Louis with Ryba opposing Niggeling.
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Washington
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Benton
St. Louis
Detroit
Philadelphia
Wensloff
Dietrich
Ciola
White
Boston
Ryba
Washington Bs
Sports score snippet from multiple city match results
Brooklyn defeated St. Louis 7 to 3 while Pittsburgh earned a dollar value, Boston led Cincinnati 5 to 1, New York beat Philadelphia 2 to 4, and Chicago won 3 to 0 in a compact tally of city games.
Baseball card style matchups from midseason slate
Cincinnati led by Heusser and New York pursued Chase as Pittsburgh faced Boston. Rescigno and Gor nicki anchored Pittsburgh while Andrews and McFayden paced Boston. A two game set featured St Louis visiting Brooklyn with Macon, and Chicago touring Philadelphia with Erickson against Conger.
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Cincinnati
Heusser
New Yor
Chase
Pittsburgh
Rescigno
Gornicki
Boston
Andrews
McFayden
St. Louis
Brecheen
Brooklin
Macon
Chicago
Erickson
Philadelphia
Conger
Service Golf Select Group Favored For Championship
Six service members among 40 top pros and amateurs compete in the victory national golf championship 72 hole medal tournament with a potential share of net proceeds. The six: Jimmy Thomson Vic Ghezzi Jim Turnesa Lawson Little Melvin Harbert and Frank Stranahan. They seek about 6000 to 8000 as their post or station prize. Pro-am matches precede the event.
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Chicago
Jimmy Thomson
Coast Guard
San Diego
Calif
Vic Ghezzi
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Jim Turnesa
Staten Island
N.Y
J.g
Lawson Little
Navy
Hutchinson
Kas
Melvin
Chick) Harbert
Camp Grant
Frank Stranahan
Nashville, Tenn
Army Air Center
Thomson
Turnesa
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Sam Snead
Ghezzi
Nelson
Little
Harbert
Detroit
Starahan
Notre Dame Coach Welcomes Newborn Son Before Season
South Bend dispatch reports Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy can focus on football season after his wife gave birth to a baby boy weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces. The child is the Leahy’s first son and the timing prefaces the upcoming schedule.
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South Bend
Ind
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
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