Wartime Rules Being Drafted By Big Leagues
New York January 5 wartime sports roundup notes talk of using soccer basketball to foster international friendship. Mentions Lieut Everett Morris teaching basketball in Wales and Doyle’s idea to hold exhibitions in small cities to build local fan bases. Includes brief mentions of WAAV band leader Chief Warrant Officer Josh Fisher and Olympic sprinter Eulace Peacock planning winter running with Coast Guard, plus gymnastic coach Hartley Price on cadet safety and Donaghey quote on Judge Landis.
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New York
U. S
Everett Morris
Navy
Wales
Lieut. Morris
New York Herald Triune
Walt Hanson
Long Branch
N.J
Jack Doyle
Tiger
Doyle
Carlotte
N.C
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Josh Fisher
Fort Monroe
Fort Des Moines
WAAV
Red Sox
Eulace Peacock
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard
Hartley D. Price
Iowa Navy
Leaders Urge Rigid Travel Plan For Teams In 1943 Season
Chicago news reports MLB clubs pressing for mileage cuts and home training to cope with wartime transport limits. Landis and Eastman discuss spring site choices as teams weigh delays and possible openers. Managers favor preserving league identities while considering alternate training hubs and shortened schedules.
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Chicago
Palmer House
K. M. Landis
ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Sports Makes Most Of Last Big Fling 1942 Upsets Year
1942 was a spectacular year of upsets across sports. Yankees dethroned by St Louis Cardinals. Isa and Hagg feats on track. Washington Redskins over Bears. Beazley clutch work for Cardinals. Tulsa undefeated major team note. George Sinkwich cited. Beau Jack Maurillo and Ray Robinson rise. Joe Louis title defenses. Rematch with Billy Conn canceled. Hogan wins Hale America, Snead PGA win. Alsab and racing profits cited. betting soars with war funds boost.
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NEA Service
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Army Relief
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Ridgemoor
Sam Snead
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New Heights
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
En Ly
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Whitaway
Greentree
Occupation
Amie
Service Dept Boxers Win Division Titles in New Bern
All eight Marine Corps boxers who won division championships and NBA belts at New Bern, North Carolina, a year ago, followed by continued success in recent events.
Race stewards punish Don Meade after 1942 season
Jockey Don Meade faced penalties from $25 fines to October end suspensions for the New York season. Pauline Betz and Peggy Welsh star Rol lins College girls basketball, coaching and scheduling games. Belus Smant ley coaches Appalachian Teachers College team that defeated North Carolina Pre-Flight. Pvt George Edmond and Lt Perry Dotson, both connected with the St Paul Dispatch sports desk, earned New Year leave to cover the Cotton Bowl and East-West games.
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New York
Pauline Betz
Peggy Welsh
Rollins College
Belus Smanley
Appalachian Teachers’ College
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
George Edmond
St. Paul Dispatch
Perry Dotson
Baseball's war split makes Major Leagues scarce
The Scoreboard in New York argues that Army and Navy clubs should contribute MLB talent to boost morale and schedules during wartime. It cites Red Ruffing and Ted Williams as examples, notes Connie Mack's salary fears, and imagines fleets of armed forces players forming strong teams like Great Lakes and Lieut. Mickey Cochrane’s crew, while pondering which major league managers will shape the next season.
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Army
Avy
Stimson
Knox
Navy
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
North Carolina Naval
Chapel Hill
Ted Williams
Johnny Pesky
Red Sox
Max Lanier
Cardinals
Pete Appleton
White Sox
Aggie basketball heights reach new peak with 7-foot freshman
Oklahoma A and M coach Henry Iba adds 7-foot Robert Kurland to the Aggie roster, boosting the team’s height to a school record average of six feet five inches. The Jennings Missouri teen, 206 pounds, hails from a family noted for tall stature and is expected to bolster the center position alongside Sam Aubrey and Lou Steinmeir.
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Plains Country
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Jennings
Cowboys
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Bobby
Iba
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Oklahoma Aggie
Sam Aubrey
Aggies
Lou Steinmeir
Jennings High School
Missouri
Robert
Kurlands
Robert Albert
Aggie
Sinkwich Receives Walter Camp Trophy Crowd Reach Washington
Georgia star Frankie Sinkwich meets a host of national leaders and sports figures in Washington as he receives the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy. The event draws Admiral Land and leaders like Barkley, Rayburn, Justice Riggs, and Gen. Waesche. Grantland Rice will present the award to Sinkwich.
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Frankie Sinkwich
Georgia
Frankie
Washington Touchdown Club
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Emory S. Land
U. S. Maritimeommission
Club
Alben Barkley
Senate
Sam Rayburn
House
Sureme Court
William O. Gias
Lieut
Gen
Thomas
Guard
Russell R. Waesche
Congress
Sinkwich
Los Angeles
U.C.L.A
Grantland Rice
Bob Dove
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Bruce Smith
Great Lakes
Coast Guard Academy Fielded 1917 War Benefit Team
New London paper files reveal the United States Coast Guard academy formed a wartime football squad in 1917 for a charity game. The Cadets edged USS Chicago 7 to 6, decades before they began intercollegiate play in 1922.
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New London
Conn
United States Coast Guard Academy
USS. Chicago
Not in Black Mike Cochranes Shoes
A columnist quips that managing a major league team is tough and jokes about turning the majors over to services until players return home. He suggests the Great Lakes club would be free to face either the White Sox or Cubs, highlighting wartime sentiment and the shift of baseball to service leagues.
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Mike Cochrane
Great Lakes
White Sox
Cubs
Most Autos At Rose Bowl Despite Rationing
In Los Angeles on January 5 the Rose Bowl drew the largest crowd in history as Georgia and California met. Paid attendance reached 93,147, surpassing the prior high of 91,500 for the Nebraska Stanford game. About 10,000 fans were turned away. An estimated 30,000 automobiles participated, 8,000 above the old record.
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Los Angeles
Bill Ackerman
CUSA
Wright Sets Mark For Time Played By N. D. Gridder
NEA reports Notre Dame back Harry Wright played 536 minutes of 660 possible in a season, a record time for an Irish gridder. Wright’s signal calling and guard play aided Notre Dame after a slow start. He also served as a blocking quarterback in 1941, a versatile Long Island player noted in coverage.
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Notre Dame
NEA
Harry Wright
Harry the Horse
Long Island
Golf Star Patty Berg Returns to Links in Wartime Fitness Drive
Patty Berg, famed golfer, says physical fitness is crucial during war. After a five month layoff due to a serious auto accident, Berg arrives in Mobile to recuperate under Andry Mortimer at Mobile Country Club. She plans a nationwide tour of exhibition matches to aid war relief programs.
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Ala
Patty Berg
Links
Patty
Andry Mortimer
Mobile Country Club
Officials Will Decide Sugar Bowl Future
Sugar Bowl officials meet January 5 to decide whether to cancel the game for the war duration or wait for government guidance. Board members favor awaiting word from Washington and acting in accordance, with continued support for the classic’s future rather than outright abandonment.
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New Orleans
Washington
Bison Cagers Clash Tonight With Asheboro
The Black Bison face Asheboro Blue Comets at Asheboro High School in the first road game of the season and new year. Ston Williams and J W Dunn spark the hosts who beat the locals 34 to 28 in the first meeting. Coach Simeon has a week to prepare as Melvin Walker is slated to start at pivot with Idol and Dunkelberger or Collins at forward while Foxworth and Peace or Crowder guard.
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Asheboro
Blue Comets
Paul Cheek
Ston Williams
J. W. Dinn
Winston- Salem
Chapel Hill
Onlbe Melvin Walker
Cocaptain Junius Idol
Don Dunkelberger
Leroy Collins
Jim Foxworth
Bill Peace
John Crowder
Pep Wins Featherweight Title Fight In New Orleans
New Orleans report notes Willie Pep of Hartford won an easy decision over Vince DellOrta of New York for his 57th straight win. The bout, under the 126 pound limit, was for the world featherweight title and Pep dominated from the start. DellOrta struggled to mount offense as Pep moved and countered throughout.
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New Orleans
Willie Pep
Hartford
Conn
Vince DellOrta
New York
Pepa
Dell'Orto
Editorial urges suspension of States bowl activities for war effort
The States urge halting bowl activities including track baseball basketball tennis boxing rowing and yacht ling until the war advances travel restrictions limit outside visitors, the main purpose of the annual game.
Highland Nips Tomlinson For 50-44 Win In Many League
Highland defeated Tomlinson 50 to 44 in a league game at the Y with star forward Ducky Pugh scoring 23 points for Highland. Triangle upset Tomlinson 81 to 38 as Dwight Upton poured in 30 for Triangle. Standings show Amos and Triangle joint leaders with five wins and one loss. Marsh four and two. Highland three and three.
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Marsh
Triangle
Tomlinson
Bison
Ducky
Trianglers
Dwight Upton
Amos
Pickett
Highlanders
Tomlines
Atkins
Everhart
Boggs
Walden
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Falowe
Marion
Senee Triangle
Byrd
Kontz
Weisner
Upton
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Danson
Spencer
Panther Cagers Set For UNC Visit In Wednesday Clash
Panther team from High Point College eyes UNC Greensboro style as six eight center George Nostrand leads a lineup featuring local high school stars. three from High Point High School on each side. Reserved seating at Manns Number Two Ingrams and Andersons West End. Newton high school coach Frank Lindley records 536 wins in 640 games over 28 seasons with 0 state titles noted.
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White Phantoms
University of North Carolina
Harrison Gymnasium
Panthers
George Nostrand
Phantoms
Nostrand
Yow
Hugh Hampton
Bill Keene
Henry Stroud
Pinkie Hedrick
Dick Hartley
Lewis Hayworth
High Point High School
Mann's
Ingram’'s
Anderson
West End
College Athletic Office
Newton
Kas
Frank Lindley
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