Dodgers Name Leo Durocher To Manage 1946 Campaign
Brooklyn announces Leo Durocher as manager with an eight year pact, optimistic on pennant chances under Branch Rickey. The Dodgers’ roster features Howie Schulte Stevens Stanky Reese Lavagetto Hermanski Walker Galan Rosen Olmo and catchers Sandlock Howell Farrall. spring training opens at Daytona Beach with several veterans and pitchers like Branca Head Gregg Lombardi plus hopefuls Barney Higbe Melton still in service.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Leo
Lavagetto
Durocher
Ralph Branca
Ed Head
Hal Gregg
Vic Lombardi
Joe Hatter
Rex Barney
Kirby Higbe
Rube Melton
Pete Reiser
Gene Hermanski
Dixie Walker
Augie Galan
Goody Rosen
Luis Olmo
Mike Sandlock
Dixie Howell
Charlie Farrall
Tse
Mickey Yen
Daytona Beach
Conn To Open Workouts For title Fight
Billy Conn heads to Hot Springs Arkansas for training to drop weight and sharpen his legs for the heavyweight title bout with Joe Louis next June. Conn believes Louis will be ready and in good shape.
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Pittsburgh
Billy Conn
Hot Springs
Ark
Joe Louis
Conn
Louis
Joe
College scores roundup from Midwest and Great Lakes
A compact listing shows Muhlenberg 44 Princeton 364 Notre Dame 50 Purdue 48 St Louis Unity 53 Loras 49 Lawrence Appleton Wis 42 Chicago Univ 35 Nebraska 44 State 37 State 74 Syracuse 4 Akron 60 Oberlin 56 Serene British Columbia 172.
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Notre Dame
Purdue
St. Louis
Loras
Lawrence
Appleton, Wis
College
Chicago Univ
Nebraska
On State
State
Syracuse
Akron
Oberlin
Local Grid Teams to be Honored at Banquet
The Mercury Athletic club plans a banquet at the First Methodist Church in Dan Hill tonight honoring High Point college Panthers and High Point high school Bison football squads. Seventy six players are expected. All America center from Duke under Wallace Wade will speak. both teams posted near perfect local records this season.
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High Point College Panthers
High Point High School Bison
Mercury Athletic Club
First Methodist Church
Dan Hill
all-America Center
Wallace Wade
Duke University
Ralph James
Asheville High School
Panthers
Tennessee
Milligan College
Bison
Tony Simeon
Raleigh
Mildred Burke Tops After 10 Years In Ring
New York January 3 Mildred Burke a 29 year old wrestler who began with Billy Wolfe in Kansas City has built a $25 000 yearly income and 150 pinfalls over about a decade She has drawn 16000 in Louisville and 15000 in Kansas City and remains unbeaten by man or woman using the alligator clutch as her signature move.
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Ben Gould
Cp Corrreneens
New York
Billy Wolfe
Kansas City
Wolfe
Mildred Burke
Billy
Mildred
Jim Lodos
Louisville
Mexico
Burke
Mexico City
Ter
Buckeyes Name Bixler Fourth Coach In 12 Years
Ohio State University selected Paul O. Bixler as head football coach in a landmark swap with Carroll Widdoes who returns as assistant. The athletic board approved the move and a three year contract for Bixler.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Paul O. Bixler
Carroll C. Widdoes
Bucks
Purdue
Michigan
Widdoes
Ohio State Athletic Board
Athletic Board
Bixler
Ernie Godfrey
Ohio State
Aul O. Bixler
Buck
Mrs. Bixler
Denny
Jackie
Billy
Jane
Sassie
Carroll Widdoes
Radio Schedule Corrections for Late Network Adjustments
The listing outlines January 3 radio programming across networks with corrections made too late for inclusion. It details time slots from 6:30 PM to 11:16 PM, naming shows such as Just Plain Bill, Captain Midnight, The Green Hornet, Abbott & Costello, Dinah Shore, and Rudy Vallee, plus news, sports, and variety segments across CBS, ABC, and other networks.
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Just Plain
Bill
Cimarron Tavern
Cba
Jack Armstrong
Abec-East
Midnight
Farrell
Abe Sparrow and
the Hawk
Cbs
Tennessee Jed
Abc-East
Hop Harrigan
Abc
Mbs
Basic
Abe
Cbe
Este Orchestra
Walter Kiernan
Abe-East
Severs Howe
Mbe-West
Abe Patti Clayton
Dick Tracy
Mbs-Weat
Iencore
Jack Armatrong
Abe-West
Mbs-West
Lowell Thomas
Dbs
Chariie Chan
Abe-Basic Tennessee Jad, In Repeat—abec-west Tom Mix, Serial Repeat—mbs-west
Radio
Abde-Basic
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jack Smith
Leon Henderson
Burns
Er Keen
Cbs-Basicancing Music Orchestra
The
Green Hornet
Abe Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Abec
FBI
Cts
America
Abe Dick Powell
Five Mutes
Frank N Music Hall
Andre Kostelanetz
Con Keltter
Ackaley
Abe-Basic Hobby
E. Y Ve Elman
Det
Antonini
Cbs Curtain Time
Danny O'Neil
Cbs Pantaey
Orches
Nbe
Bs & Abe
Dillon Tops Southern Hopeful in National College Scoring
Carolina’s Dillon is the lone southern player among the 15 leading scorers in the weekly AP tally. Dean Mikan leads with Bill Hall close behind, as DePaul, Minnesota, Evansville, and Texas Christian vie for top totals and scoring averages in the national race.
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New York
Bill Hall
Marshall
W. VA
DePaul
George Mikan
North Carolina
Dillon
Associated
Mikan
Ith Hall
Big George
Minnesota
Sebals
Per Sen
Harold Brown
Evansville
Ind
Col
Leroy Pasco
Texas Christian
Jackie Goldsmith
Long Island
Associated Press
Baseball Writers Nominate 21 For Hall of Fame
Twenty one former major league stars are nominated by the Baseball Writers Association of America for Hall of Fame spots. Final voting runs to January 19 with 202 members selecting five men who must reach 75 percent. Nominees include pitchers Chief Bender Rube Waddell Lefty Grove Carl Hubbell Mordecai Brown Dizzy Dean Bill Dickey Mickey Cochrane in fielders Frank Frisch Frank Chance Johnny Evers Charley Gehringer and others. No outfielders are listed among the nominees.
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New York
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Rogers Ornsby
Frank Frisch
Charley Gehringer
Miller
Serenvins
Holy Cross Aims For Another Bowl Bid In 47
Holy Cross pursuit of another bowl bid after a 13 to 6 Orange Bowl defeat in Miami on New Year’s Day. Ed Kennedy praised the game and goodwill from Miami fans as Stan Koslowski earned the Piper Trophy for best player and the team planned social visits and winter sports events.
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Miami
Fia
Holy Cross
Ed Kennedy
Kennedy
Stan Koslowski
Rizzuto Feels Like Rookie After Navy Service
Phil Rizzuto returns to the Yankees after a three year navy hitch and says he feels like a rookie again. He played baseball in the navy at Norfolk and in New Guinea Australia Hawaii and the Philippines while serving as an athletic specialist and league organizer.
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ST. Petersburg
Fia
Phil Rizzuto
New York Yankees
Navy
Phil
Norfolk
New Guinea
Australia
Hawaii
Philippines
Rizzuto
Yankees
Fights Last Night in Newark Brockton Buffalo and More
Reports from Newark Brockton Buffalo and Pittsburgh detail night boxing results. Pat Scanlon defeated Baby Al Brown by outpoint in Newark while John Henry Erken stopped Alex Rebark in Brockton. Phil Muscato stopped Henry Cooper in Buffalo, with Art Hardy and Alien Faulkner also listed among results.
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Newark
N. J
Pat Scanlon
New York
al Brown
Panama
Brockton
Mass
John Henry Erken
Alex Rebark
Pawtucket
Buffalo
Phil Muscato
Remarkable Incidents Mark Team's Season Setbacks
Weather halted Worcester practice as trunks carrying seipeter vanished on the way to ijami. Players suffered flu and a pivotal interception followed. Kennedy notes Stan has 125 hours solo flying with the navy. Britannica traces bowling to seven thousand years, with equipment found in an ancient Egyptian child's grave from 5200 B.C.
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Worcester
Ijami
Stan
Navy
Kennedy
Encyclopaedia Britannica
High Point Bison trounce Spencer 84 to 17 for decisive win
High Point High School dominated Spencer, led by Richard Crowder with 22 and Moe Morris with 18 points. The Bison built a 32 to 8 halftime edge and surged in the second half, with reserves contributing as every player saw action. The junior varsity edged Tomlinson 21 to 20. next, High Point hosts Raleigh Caps as prep for a rough Western Class A schedule ahead.
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High Point High School
Spencer High
Richard Crowder
Moe” Morris
Bison
Richard Harris
Little Curtis McDonald
Spencer
Harrison
Jones
W. F. Jones
High Point
Railroad Gang
Railroad Boys
Tomlinson
Alton Embler
Gordon
Kennedy
Raleigh Caps
Simeon
Raleigh
Wilmingtton
Wilmington Quaintet
Lexington
Gastonia
McDonal Cave
POND
Hunsucker
Hartley
T—Jones
Coemawis
Bingham
L. Ryan
Eegood
Ryan
C—Harrison
Duncam
F—Speare
G-Cress
G—Hay
G—Kilmer
Wyoming Invades Garden For Tilt With Long Island
Wyoming, undefeated, travels to Madison Square Garden to face Long Island University in the second half of a double header. The Cowboys seek a seventh straight win behind center Milo Komenich and Jim West. Long Island hopes to upset for win number six in nine games while Westminster and St. Francis meet earlier.
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New York
Seles
Madison Square Garden
Long Island University
Westminster
Milo Komenich
Jim West
Titans
Long Island
Bowling Green
Cowboys
St.Francis
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