College basketball tightens race with top teams
Brooklyn College and others push for court supremacy as Navy maintains lead with an eighth straight win. Notre Dame, Iowa, Ohio State and Temple stay near the top in various conferences while Valparaiso pulls an upset and Minnesota, Duke, Richmond and UCLA hold conference stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Brooklyn College
Iowa
Ohio State
St. of Brooklyn
Temple
Navy
Yale
Middies
Colum
Rensselaer
Big Ten
Iowa Michigan
Wisconsin
South Duke
Richmond
S. C
Blue Devils
Mississippi State
Rgin
Rice
Utah
Washington
Oregon
Amateur Athletic Committees Filled by Local Men
Willard N. Greim president names local men as committeemen. Notable appointees include L. J. Fisher to Legislative Committee and Memb...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amatuer Athletic
Willard N. Greim
Legislative
L. J. Fisher
High Point To Play Three In Row This Week
Intra state rivalries fill this Carolina schedule with Catawba at N C State and at UNC, Davidson at UNC and N C State, plus Southern Conference games. Wake Forest Duke and service teams also feature, with Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point Marines noted among opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Carolina
R Heel State
Catawba
N. C. State
North Carolina
Davidson
Tawba
Gordon Kirkland
Raleigh
Lenoir Rhyne
Achion
Elon
Guilford
High Point
Appalachian
West Virginia
Wake Forest
Chapel Hill
N.C
Otto Graham
Illinois
Georgia Navy
Duke
Philadelphia
Temple Club
Southline
Furman
Clemson
Wofford
Palmetto
Gamecock
Citadel
Presbyterian
Newbery
Newberry
Congaree Air Base
Greenville Army Air Base
Mercer
Camp Lejenune
Columbia Army Air Base
Sir Johnson Field
Cherry Point Marines
Portsmouth Coast Guard
Winston- Salem Flying Safety
Norfolk Armed Guard School
Fort Bragg
Byrnes May See Value In Baseball
Optimism for baseball's wartime continuation emerges from a three day Major League session ending with the New York Baseball Writers Association dinner. Col Larry MacPhail cites War mobilization director’s view that wartime baseball is worthwhile and should not be stopped. Speakers praise baseball’s relief for strain, radio broadcasts, films, and charitable games aiding war effort. Dixie Walker earns Player of the Year plaque. Bill McKechnie receives the Bill Slocum Memorial Award. Commissioner race momentum shifts away from Ford Frick. a new agreement requires 12 votes to approve a successor to Landis.
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Joe Reichler
New York
Kte
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Hotel Astor Ballroom
Col
Larry Mac
James F
Patterson
New York Yankees
Byrnes
War Department
James Farley
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Caleb V. Haynes
Army Air Forces
Elmer Davis
OWI
Quentin Reynolds
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bill Slocum
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Larry MacPhail
Aguesa Niment
Ford Frick
Ill Harridge
Washington
Frick
Landis
Iow
Local Sports Committees Named in Roster
Committee members include James R. Steele and Edgar Hartley. Timing, wrestling, and publicity panels list Maj. W. F. Bailey and A. R. McMullan alongside the volleyball and committee groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Steele
Hak: Ales
Edgar Hartley
A. R. McMullan
Maj. W. F. Bailey
College basketball results report from AP listings
The AP summary lists scores for multiple games across colleges and service academies. Notable results include Harvard 39 over Temple 56, Princeton 72 over Swarthmore 44, Army 44 over Yale 43, Brown 73 over Worcester Tech 57, Virginia 57 over Maryland 26, and William & Mary 41 over Virginia Tech 30, with several cancellations noted for naval bases and academies.
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East Melvinne
R. I
Harvard
Temple
West Virginia
Princeton
Swarthmore
Stevens Tech
MIT
Brown
Worcester Tech
Pennsylvania
Cornell
South Georgia Navy
Oliver General Hospital
Guilford
Atlantic Christian
Milligan
Appalachian
Morris Field-Greenville
8. C
Army Air Base
Bainbridge
Navy Camp Lejeune
Furman
Wofford
American U
Randolph-Macon
Virginia
Maryland
Norfolk Naval Air Station
North Carolina
Aan & Henry
Carson-Newman
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
Millsaps
Mississippi
Johns Hopkins
Australian sergeant killed by cuttlefish near Melbourne
An Australian army sergeant was stabbed through the heart by a cuttlefish while swimming at Bayside, a Melbourne suburb. He died as comrades helped him ashore after the underwater strike.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bayside
College Scores Sunday Roundup From Regional Games
Duke beat Wake Forest 75 to 39 and Rice routed Baylor 95 to 24. Texas Mines edged New Mexico 46 to 43 while Tulsa beat Camp Crowder 46 to 42. Oregon State upset Idaho 32 to 31 and UCLA trailed Cal Tech 29 to 28. Brigham Young defeated Utah State 50 to 41.
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Kansas State
Washburn
St. Ambrose
Drake
Case
Carnegie Tech
Southwest New Mexico
Texas Mines
Tulsa
Camp Crowder
Oklahoma A & M
Wyoming
Rice
Baylor
Southern Methodist
Texas
Arkansas
Texas Christian
West Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Oregon State
California
Southern California
UCLA
Cal. Tech
Utah
Idaho Southern Branch
Brigham Young
Utah State
Colleges Adopt Airplane Travel for Postwar Games
Seattle February article quotes University of Washington Athletic Director Alddickson predicting airplanes will replace trains for intercollegiate trips after the war. He argues faster travel, less acclimation, and more frequent regattas and away contests will boost athletics and student participation, expanding second and third teams and weight-limited play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
al Alddickson
University of Washington
Washington
Ulbrickson
California
Army-Navy
Thom asville Dodgers Form New Farm Club in Town
Brooklyn reports the incorporation of the Thomasville Dodgers, nicknamed T ville’s Li’l Bums, as part of a larger discussion on new work or jail baseball laws. Greensboro tops western North Carolina high school basketball. Duke beats Wake Forest in a Southern Conference game hosted in High Point.
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Furniture City
H. P. College
Duke
Wake Forest
High Point College
Elon
Nancy Isenhour
Panther
H.P.C
Atlantic Christian
Morris Field
Charlotte
Former Army Officer Buys North State Machine Shop
Major George E Morgenstern recently discharged from the Army Quartermaster Corps has purchased the North State Machine shop at English and Phillips streets and will run the plant as North State Machine Co. A J Van Andel, former owner, becomes plant superintendent.
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George E. Morgenstern
Army Quartermaster Corps
North State Machine Shop
English and
Phillips Streets
A. J. van Andel
Local Officer Commissioned at Moody Field Georgia
Commissioned Second Lieutenant William Gaston Kirk Jr of 307 Kennedy St High Point NC from Class 44 K will pilot multi engine aircraft including light medium or heavy bombers transport or cargo planes at Moody Field Georgia.
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Moody Field
William Gaston Kirk, Jr
Kennedy St
High Point
N.C
Ensign Arthur Williams Commissioned Naval Aviator
Arthur Benton Williams son of Alexander E. Williams of RFC No 3 High Point North Carolina was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve and named Naval Aviator at the Naval Air Bases Pensacola Florida He completed intermediate training at the Annapolis of the Air and will be assigned to an instructors school or an operational base for further duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Benton Williams
Alexander E. Williams
RFC No. 3
High Point
N. C
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Bases
Pensacola
Florida
Annapolis
Nelson Wins Christi Pot With 264
Corpus Christi Texas February five 1945 Nelson wins open with a 264 four strokes ahead of McSpaden. McSpaden second money with 268. Schneider and Laffoon tied for third at 269. Nelson leads tour earnings for the year with 6132 bonds maturity value.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Byron Nelson
Orleans
Whl
Gold Dust Twins
Nelson
Harold
Uug) McKpeden
Links
McSpaden
New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
Pensacola
Jsonville
Miami
Fla
Chareep Gosenanerees
Durham
Atalata
Ga 'Nelo
Byron
Sam Schneider
Ky Laffoon
Henry Brown and Stonewall Jackson Tale Fascinates Staunton Voice
Community reaction follows a story in The Enterprise about Henry Brown a four year old Staunton scissors grinder. He allegedly confessed drinking wine at a police station and carried sharpening tools to jail. The paper later reported he was not fined but praised for serving with Stonewall Jackson in youth.
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Henry Brown
Staunton
Enterprise
Henry
Brown
Stonewall Jackson
D. C. MacRae
MacRae
Coal piles and tobacco amid Greensboro weather controls
The week brings cold, fair skies. households conserve coal and tilt furnaces down to extend supplies. Cigarette demand shrinks as rabbit tobacco signs appear. tobacco addicts recall youth with mixed results. Police plan extra night patrols to curb juvenile loitering. Draft and county officials review essential industry status and discuss rural fire protection at a Greensboro meeting.
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Charlotte
John A. Lowdermilk
Draft Board
J. E. Millis
County Board of Commissioners
Greensboro
Guilford County
Snavely to keynote Teague Memorial Awards ceremony
Snavely returns to coach the Tar Heels and will headline the Teague Memorial Awards presentation in North Carolina as the state honors outstanding amateurs. Week basketball scores include Duke over State College 48 38 and North Carolina beating William and Mary 80 4. Other results feature Catawba 50 Lenoir Rhyne 23 and Davidson 32 Guilford 14.
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Snavely
Carolina Tar Heel
North Carolina
Wofford
Davidson
Catawba
Guilford
William and Mary
N. C
Jacksonville
N. A
College of Charleston
Atlantic Christian
Norfolk
Lenoir Rhyne
Casualties in World War II From Drexel and Nearby Areas
A wartime casualty notice lists Pfe Billy Bollinger 18 of Drexel in France on January 14 as killed in action. William H. Kennedy of 321 Greer St is noted as a casualty from a typhoon on December 18. Cpl Carl Sumer of Trinity, Rt. 1, in Belgium on January 3. Ensign Charles N. Coleman, husband of Marjorie Foster Coleman of 709 Morris St, killed in a Pasco Washington crash on February 2. Pvt Co B Jones of 1004 Grant 5 St wounded in Belgium. Missing Lt James W. Edwards of 202 W Lexington Ave presumed over Tokyo since January 27. S Sgt Gatewood Shipman of 314 is listed as missing.
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Pfe
Billy Bollinger
M. C. Bollinger
Drexel
France
William Howard Kennedy
Greer St
Carl BE. Summer
Trinity
Rt. 1
Belgium
Charles N. Coleman
Marjorie Foster Coleman
Morris St
Pasco
Wash
B. Jones
Grant 5 St
James W. Edwards
Lexington Ave
Tokyo
Gatewood Shipman
Howell St
William A. Greene
Guilford Ave
Dack Haley
Meredith St
Ctra
Edgar Hoover
Thomasville
Pacific
Charlies EF. Moore
Marie Koonce Moore
Edward D. Cantor
George W. Bundy
91St General Hospital
England
William C. Edwards
Redding St
Claude FE. Overby
Garden St
Germany
Richard W. Hayworth
Rt. 2
Luxembourg
Service From Page One Military Families Reach Far Fronts
In this ongoing service column several local service members are listed with their postings and statuses. Names include Lt. Ralph M. Bell of Mooresville and several others serving in England Belgium France and the Pacific. Wounded and home on furlough updates are included along with families with multiple sons in various branches.
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Padi
Army
Eat Lakes
Ffer Bigeek
Paul
Valparaiso
Ivania
Southernia
Sapho
APHO
Ras Abe
THE
Enterprise Sports
Boston Braves
Indiana
New Jersey
Delaware
Missouri
Red Sox
Pleasantville
N. J
White Sox
Terre Haute
Ind
South Caroline
North Carolina State
MacPhail
Anerry
Associated Press
Villanova
Loyola
Baltimore
Atlantale and
Weer
Atlantic Company
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Orlando
Kentucky
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Georgia
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Southwestern
Marines
South Carolina
Fort Jackson
Olympia Athletic Club
Parris Island
Robins Field
Midwest
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Depaul
Purdue
Michigan
Nebraska
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Depauw
Ohio Univ
Ohio
Tidiana State
Stout
North Dakota
North Dakota State
Spartan
Michigan State Water
William Jansen
John McGrather
Fred Stillman
Brooklvn
Thomasville Dodgers
Rooosevelt
Jimmie Byrnes
Jimmie
Big Boy
Burlington
Bison
High Point High
Greensborons
Basketeers
Western North Carolina
Mercury Athletic Club
Duke-W. F
Carl
Jug McSpaden
Wood
Harold V. Ratliff
Eerceeter
Jug
Mike Turnesa
Johnny Revolte
Claude Harmon
George McAllister
Tony Butler
Leonard Dodson
Bob Hamilton
Les Kennedy Aeeer
Leonard Otteeeeeeeeneee
Gene Kunes
Henry and
Camp Lejeune
State College
Edenton Marines
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Ja Ralph M. Bell
Mooresville
8Th Air Force
Forrest C. Jones
James C. Majeskie
Montlieu
15Th Aap
Lonnie C. Sledge
Engineers
China
Lawrence H. Wilks
Reed St
Air Service Command
William Anderson
Randolph St
Gerald W. Summey, Jr
Russell
W. T. Johnson
Jamestown
Joseph W
Beaufort
James E
Portsmouth
Cpl
Thomas H
China-India-Burma
Talmadge Co
Carson
Joseph H
Clinton D
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