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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
9
Former Durham High star Bones McKinney, known as Old Bones, headlines a charity basketball game at High Point College gym Friday night. He teams with Fort Bragg’s Harris and Greensboro local units to face a Greensboro ORC squad, with proceeds aiding a local fund.
North Carolina will be represented in two New Year’s Day bowls with Duke facing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and North Carolina officials in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Bunn Hackney and Gerry will attend the Orange Bowl, marking continued Tar Heel presence amid ticket and lodging concerns as New Orleans hosts the Sugar Bowl amid military activity.
A jagged sports roundup outlines wartime shifts in college and professional baseball and football. Mentions include Joe McCarthy handling a Johnny Johnson trade with the White Sox, Randolph Field and Second Force football players redirected toward war bonds games, Hank Iba’s views on new rules, and Oklahoma A M center Bob Kurko's staying power as tall rosters face changes.
A fragment notes Paterson New Jersey guest star L and Wichita Kansas figure Tony Ga- are mentioned in a clipped news item, suggesting a local cultural or entertainment blurb with unclear specifics.
Veteran harness trainer Vic Fleming sends four horses to Pinehurst North Carolina for southern winter work. The item notes his first southern training trip this season and hints at potential plans for a trans-America football team in Denver amid shifting expectations.
Patt Powell votes the Randolph Field Second Air Force and Norman Navy footballers as the season’s best after their performance against Amarillo Texas. He backs Jack Russell Randolph end as the standout. Major Catfish Smith’s G I boxing appearance drew cheers. Lt Robert C Bacher, Penn State back, remains quick in crisis. Bacher and crew twice bailed from damaged B 24 bombers over Germany.
Delegates from five states attend the second day of the fifth annual student congress of the National Forensic League in Asheville North Carolina. A dinner meeting and selection of delegates to the national congress will结束 the session. Attendees include students from North Carolina Florida Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia. Also mentioned is a wartime tuberculosis drive and a note about Belgian Congo population.
New York December reports indicate major league owners form an eight man advisory committee to draft a new 1921 style pact and appoint a commissioner with limited powers. Will Harridge Ford Frick and Leslie M. O Connor lead the council while separate league meetings discuss minor league draft prices territorial rights and night games.
New York December 12 Willie Hoppe meets Welker Cochran in a key pool duel at the Hotel Capitol to stay alive for the title. Cochran holds eight straight wins while Hoppe has seven. winner may force a playoff tomorrow as nine days of the national championship wrap up.
Allen Jay girls opened the season with a 32-15 win over Thomas Mills as Crofts and Hayworth each tallied 8. In the second game the Allen Jay girls beat Tomlinson 19-4 led by Greenway with 9. The Allen Jay boys then defeated Tomlinson 48-20 with Wright scoring 20.
Sam Byrd, famed in baseball and golf, says success comes from driving and putting control. He notes baseball hours and golf's long practice, and jokes about switching to straight hitting for a living while reflecting on mindset differences between the two games.
In Lawton Oklahoma on December 12 a man asked for cigarets and queried the clerk about kinds. The surprised customer repeated the question twice revealing a humorous exchange over varieties of cigarettes.
Listing details radio programming with time shifts for Eastern War Time and Central War Time. Corrections by networks delayed, noting 6:45 Front Page Farre! Series, Captain Midnight repeats, Tom Mix serials, News Reports with Quincy Howe, and various dramatic sketches. Includes sports talks, music shows, and late night newsreels with Johnny Johnston and John Haynes.
The 1944 Duke freshmen and sophomores, nicknamed the Whiz Kids, outgained nine opponents with 1,790 rushing yards to 1,093 and scored 201 points to 92. Eddie Cameron’s squad showcased long runs, passing, and strong kicking, contrasting with the 1941 Duke team’s 3,335 rushing yards and 1,016 passing yards. George Clark’s standout plays electrified crucial games including Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Carolina Pre-Flight.
The Second Air Force team had been sought for the Sun Bowl with Undefeated Randolph Field counted on as the host team. Bully Brock, chairman of the Oil Bowl committee in Houston, withdrew yesterday. Art Passarella, 34, the sole American League umpire in the forces, received an honorable army discharge after 20 months of service and plans to return to umpiring next season after his Camp Grant school. The Lambert Memorial Trophy for eastern college gridiron supremacy was presented to West Point, undefeated and untied, at the Waldorf Astoria with Lt. Colonel Andy Gustafson accepting the trophy.
Chicago December 12 top football coaching honors for 1944 went to H O Fritz Crisler of Michigan's Wolverines. Gridiron commissioner John L Griffith, who died days later, cast a coach of the year ballot for Crisler ahead of Army's Earl Blaik and Ohio State's Carroll Widdoes. Griffith cited Crisler's work with limited personnel and Michigan's wins over Iowa and a near upset of Ohio State, as well as overcoming losses of stars Bob Weise and Bob Nussbaumer to Navy transfers.
The page lists multiple boxing outcomes with fighters and results across cities including New York Jersey City Buffalo Washington Holyoke Baltimore Chicago Newark New Orleans Salt Lake City San Francisco and others. Winners include Billy Grant Melio Spettina and several others with KOs TKOs and decisions noted.
Michigan, led by Grif fith remarks on 1942 lend lease players Daley Hirsch and others, showed depth when ends were scarce. Wolverines finished second to Ohio State yet outscored opponents 240 to 91 across 10 games, winning eight.
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