Commissioner May Set Free 1,000 Minors
Rumors swirl that Commissioner Landis plans to declare as many as 1000 minor league players free agents. War service transfers have left many clubs with defense lists, and Landis may permit each player to negotiate with any team once the baseball season ends.
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Sports Roundup from York 1944 Highlights
The piece notes 1944 marks anniversaries for baseball score cards and intercollegiate play, mentions Rutgers Princeton first game, and cites figures like Homer Hazel. It covers Leo Houck’s boxing amid age and manpower jokes, field spectators fatality and referee threats, a Keesler Field golf start, Iceland boxing over a mascot, Marine unit dubbed Murderers Row, and Marion Rogers playing with a taped hand.
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Lucky” Luchese
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Sports Minute Mixes Gridiron Plans and Baseball Trivia
A note on Clark Griffith deciding Sunday playoff site echoes 1924 World Series venue talk. Oklahoma guard Howard Dante, former Louisville catcher and Boston Red Sox alumnus, is profiled. Loyd Miller laments Brigham youth ball squads as runtish. A joint ownership by Mrs Frances Mell and Rev Harold Wood is mentioned. Buenos reports hint at tense neighborhood soccer ties leading to two recent stalemates.
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Dizzy Dean Declines Hollywood Western Plans
Lancaster Texas December 14 Dizzy Dean spurns a Hollywood move to make western pictures saying he wants to stay a farmer at heart and continue broadcasting baseball six months a year. He plans a Central American baseball trip and will sell his prize Herefords for lack of help but remains tied to his farm. Dean rejects Izzy vacation scripts and insists Hollywood is not for him.
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Utah cage coach praises tall team amid sparse schedule
Salt Lake City Dec 14. Coach Vadal Peterson praised Utah University's tallest cagers and eight-year reserve strength. He lamented a limited schedule with only Kearns Field and Brigham Young University as confirmed opponents.
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Armstrong KO seals 13th comeback win in year
A year ago Henry Armstrong knocked out Saverio Turiello marking his 13th comeback victory. The recap notes the era of dramatic comebacks and Armstrong's continued dominance.
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Oklahoma Aggies
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Dennis Gatehouse
Tommy Irwin
Fights Last Night Roundup From Multiple Cities
Ike Williams outpointed Mayon Padio in Philadelphia and Lulu Costantino defeated A Guido in New York. Jimmy Hatcher beat Jimmy Collins in Baltimore while Dan Merritt stopped Jimmy Reeves in Cleveland. Joe Gambaro edged Tony Riccio in Newark and Maxie Berger beat Ernest Robinson in Washington. Jack Chase won in San Francisco over Lloyd Marshall and Johnny Green scored a technical knockout over Don Eddy in Binghamton.
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Cat" Robinson
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Steam Locomotives Store Heat In Bottled Containers
Some steam locomotives operate without fires by storing steam in thermos bottle like containers. A nylon cord half inch in diameter can lift a load of three tons.
Newsom Traded To A's In Exchange For Wolff
Philadelphia December 4 Louis Newsom a top pitching prospect will join Connie Mack's Athletics in a deal that sends Roly Wolff to the Washington Senators. Bib Bobo moves to the A's staff in the exchange. Newsom had a 13 year major league career with 159 wins and 154 losses.
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Halas Feels Safe as Bears Stay Home for Championship
Chicago bears owner George Halas serves in naval aviation and remains at Norman, Oklahoma. The Bears hold $118,047.30 from ticket sales for the world championship, with 30,000 tickets sold as of last Saturday as final opponent remains undecided between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. Co coaches Hank Anderson and Luke Johnson fear a four week layoff will sap a team edge.
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Bears edge Mount Airy in low-scoring high school tilt
High Point defeats Mount Airy 39 to 22 in a rough battle as Leftwich and Thomas lead Mount Airy while Collins, MacDonald and Reid pace the Bison. Defenses clamp down in the third and fourth quarters, with rebound and hustle shaping the outcome.
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Chicago burglarized liquor store held in cold room
In Chicago a North Side liquor store owner David Segal was locked in a refrigerator room by burglars during a theft. They looted the cash register of 458 dollars and fled as winds blew outside. A customer later freed Segal by moving beer cases blocking the door.
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Nothing wrong with having a racing lobby in Washington
Washington news reports Senate Finance Committee killed a proposed five percent tax on pari mutuel wagers. Racing advocates hail this as morale boosting, noting the bill would have raised 27.5 million dollars and affected wine and jewelry taxes less. George Preston Marshall's anonymity and a humorous federal gambling inquiry add color while Florida plan to repeal state tax follows the federal setback.
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Madison Square Garden hosts ninth season buckles up NCAA doubleheaders
The tenth season opens with no Aggies in the New York MSG doubleheaders pairing City College of New York Brigham Young and Long Island University. A year ago Aggies won 38 33 against LSU beat BYU.
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Parker May Play For Texas In Cotton Bowl
All American Joe Parker may rejoin Texas University for the New Year’s day Cotton Bowl against Randolph Field. He is eligible and his medical school schedule may permit participation.
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