Holy Cross Gridders Are Close Behind In Voting
The Associated Press poll ranks the St. Louis Cardinals as the year’s top sports surprise after sweeping the Yankees in the World Series. Holy Cross football’s upset of Boston College is second, with Auburn’s upset of Georgia also earning strong first-place support and other notable shocks noted from Notre Dame and St. Louis Browns performances.
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Feather Weights To Go 10 Rounder In Jacksonville
Willie Pep of Hartford Conn who recently won the New York featherweight title to defend his crown against Mexican Joey Silva of Los Angeles in a 10 round bout set for Jacksonville tonight.
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Bruins Face Georgia In Rose Bowl Showdown Says Horrell
UCLA coach Edwin C Horrell remains confident his Bruins can contest Georgia in the Tournament of Roses. Despite four to one odds and tough losses, UCLA finished atop the Far West with a team-focused approach and key players like Solari Smith Waterfield Bald win Wiener, set to face Georgia New Year’s Day.
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Ex-President Baseball Loop Found Dead
Ex president of the Southern Baseball Association Trammel Scott, 56, was found dead near Newton, Georgia, from a gunshot wound suffered while hunting alone. A coroner's jury ruled death due to personal safety related gunshot wounds. Scott, a Dalton native, had recently visited Woodruff's plantation and joined a turkey drive the day before. He was married with one daughter.
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Tropical Park Opens With gilt-edged Racing Card
Florida park in Miami opens a gilt-edged racing program amid war era fuel rationing. Officials split the six furlong inaugural handicap into two divisions after a crowded entry, offering 2000 dollar purses each. Race names Willie and Minee-Mo head the field, as tourism and access concerns press the plan forward.
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Sports Leaders Poll For Sullivan Trophy Top Athlete
The 606 sports leaders forming the Sullivan Memorial Trophy tribunal are polling votes on five candidates for the 1942 top amateur athlete award. Candidates include Ed Hennig, Estelle Lawson Page, Billy Smith, Joe Smith, and Cornelius Warmerdam.
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James E. Sullivan
Dan Ferris
A A. U
Leslie Mac Mitchell
Ed Hennig
Cleveland
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
N. C
Billy Smith
Hawaii
Joe Smith
Cornelius Warmerdam
Tulsa Prepares For Bowl Clash
BAY ST. LOUIS Mississippi December 21 Tulsa undefeated and untied football team began southern preparations for a Sugar Bowl meeting with Tennessee on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. Mass calisthenics and stripped workouts marked a hot weather practice as players wore sweatpants and cleats. The squad plans several more days of light work before proceeding to serious drills.
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Boston Prepares For Alabama Clash
Miami, Fla. December 21. Boston College coach Denny Myers drills his team for the Orange Bowl clash with Alabama. The Eagles held a workout in Miami with calisthenics and passing and running as crowds watched. Myers hopes the climate shift helps the team and plans two workouts today in heat of the day.
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Barney Ross Wins Trophy As Boxing's Man Of Year
Barney Ross, three world champion pugilist now serving as a Marine corporal on Guadalcanal, is named boxing's Man of the Year by the New York Boxing Writers Association. He earned the Edward J Neil Memorial Trophy for his 1942 year, with a dramatic war record including protecting wounded comrades under fire. The award will be given at the association dinner early in 1943, with Ross possibly attending via message if still abroad. Lieut Gen Thomas Holcomb is among invited guests.
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Spring training shift may ease baseballs woes in coming season
A Wide World Sports roundup notes players could avoid lengthy, costly trips by training closer to home, arguing April weather in the north hurts starter readiness. It mentions New York writers planning a Feb 1 dinner, Tulsa U football affecting Missouri Valley hoops, and soldiers adapting sports skills from army training.
Williams Is Champ Hitter To Win League Batting Title
Cor ning most of the American League 1942 hitting honors Jean Ted Williams the 24 year old Boston Red Sox out fielder who now is taking a course in Naval aviation and is considered out of baseball for the duration of the war became the eighth player in the League's history to win the batting championship more than once Williams officially was tabbed today as champions with a .356 a 50 point drop from his winning 406 in 1941 His mark topped the .330 Ernie Lombardi of the Boston Braves posted to win the 1942 National League batting title Williams also led in these departments 36 home runs 137 runs batted in 338 total bases and 141 runs Chet Laabs of the St Louis Browns was second best in homers with 27 LET DOWN Official figures showed a considerable let down in batting this year In 1941 three men exceeded Williams' new .356 mark and 16 finished with .300 or better whereas only seven regulars made this group in 1942 Aggregate team batting dropped from .266 in 1941 to 257 The Red Sox powered by Williams and Johnny Pesky took the title for the third straight year with .276 seven points shy of their 1941 percentage Although Joe DiMaggio's seventh place hitting mark of .305 was accented by only 21 homers nine less than he clubbed a year ago the New York Yankees to
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Time to Duck Trullinger tale of a Long Island hunt
Ray Time to Duck Trullinger recalls a Connecticut duck hunter inviting three friends to Long Island Sound. As decoys lay out a patrol boat neared and the host urged coast guard IDs. The crew laughed saying they had none and one admitted no hunting license. A pistol shot frightened the decoys and the guards then apologized as the patrol left.
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Graysons Scoreboard audience notes and college football talk
New York reports engage Del Baker as Cleveland coach noted by Roger Peckinpaugh. Comdr Gene Tunney argues football aids flyers and sailors. Alabama’s 1942 debate over form versus past greats amid a tough season. Frank Thomas cites luck and pride as Alabama eyes Miami Bowl clash with Boston College.
Claim on fighter plane guns lifting an 85000 ton battleship
A statement asserts that if all guns on a specific Army fighter aircraft fired for one minute, the resulting kinetic energy would be enough to lift an 85,000 ton battleship out of the water.
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