Future of Piedmont L League Indefinite on Day
Sports roundup reports ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Piedmont League schedule. The piece references training tales from 1940s baseball, anecdotes about cold weather conditioning, and notes the Bowlers Victory Legion charity drive aiding USC and the Red Cross. It also mentions Eddie Cocker defending a state title and Bill Terry’s investment missteps.
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Aer
Piedmont
High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Center OF Industry
High Point
North Carolina
Bowlers Victory Legion
USC
Red Cross
Bill Kuster
Kansas City
San Francisco
Eddie Cocker
Jack Chase
Jim Corbett
Ike Armstrong
Utah
Yankees and Baseball Talk Roams Through New York City
In New York City discussions on spring baseball mix humor and logistics. Barrow recalls one Yankee home setback as Yankees tour the south and weather influences conditioning. Coakley envisions lofts in wholesale districts for training with dirt floors and 80 degree heat, while Swope jokes about horse drawn vehicles for racing.
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New York
Ugh Fullerton, Sr
Anson
Ian
Burns
Mike Kelly
Lake Front Park
Chigo
Pop
Mike
Aycross
Savannah
Hotings
Kansas City
New
Selma
Ala
Galveston
West Baden
Ind
Theniversity Illinois
Hudson
N. M
Joe DiMag
Rog Denzer
Minnesota
Cubs
Dens Farm
Doug
Barrow
Yankees
Maple Leafs
St. Petersburg
Pions
Ruth
DiMaggio
Madison Re Garden
York
Coakley
Colum
Lou Gehrig
Great Lakes Navy Trains Station plays rival college teams
Six members of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station basketball squad, including Forrest Sprowls and Charles Caress of Purdue, George Sobek and John Hiller of Notre Dame, Wilbur Schumacher of Butler, and Chester Aubuchon of Michigan State, faced last season's Bluejacket quintet in a cross-team matchup.
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Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Trains Station
Bluejacket
Forrest Sprow
Charles Caress
Purdue
George Sobek
John Hiller
Notre Dame
Wilbur ‘Schumacher
Butler
Chester Aubuchon
Michigan State
Bowling Green to Train Local American Association Entry
Bowling Green, Kentucky will host the local American Association baseball team for training. The move places the squad from Minneapolis, Minnesota, preparing for league play at a southern training site.
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Bowling Green
Minneapolis, Minn
Piedmont League Directors Put Off Final Decision
The Piedmont League held a two hour closed session in Richmond and approved the Asheville to Lynchburg franchise transfer. Directors plan to reconvene in Washington by January 24 to decide on league future as Boston Red Sox farm head Herb Pennock seeks more study and Virginia League territory remains frozen by a minor league ruling.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Piedmont League
Asheville
N. C
Lynchburg
St. Louis Cardinals
Ralph H. Daughton
Norfolk
Washington, D. C
Piedmot League
Herb Pennock
Boston Red Sox
Greensboro
Pennock
Red Sox
William G. Bramham
Pulaski
Roanoke
Staunton
Petersburg
Newport News
Salem
Creighton Coach Eddie Hickey Praises East West Basketball
Creighton University coach Eddie Hickey, a 5 foot 5 inch Nebraskan, lauds eastern and western basketball in New York. He praises New York crowds, officiating, and the fast, set-shot style, and urges maintaining sports as wartime entertainment while expanding cross region play.
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Chip Royal
New York
Eddie Hickey
Creighton University
Omaha
Madison Square Garden
Hickey
Bluejays
East
Eddie
Garden
California Girls Spark New Tennis Rivalry
A fresh rivalry emerges between Pauline Betz and Louise Brough, both from California, with early wins at Forest Hills and Pacific Southwest championships. The pair, coached by Dick Sheen in Los Angeles, contest the crown as California dominance persists in national women’s singles.
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San Francisco
Helen Wills
Helen Jacobs
California
Pauline Betz
Brough
Forest Hills
Pauline
Louise
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Los Angeles
Dick Sheen
Rollins College
Florida
Dorothy Bundy
Edwin Amark
Jack Kramer
Alice Marble
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Betty Nuthall
Eng
UNC To Meet Washington And Duke In Home Sports Week
UNC schedules a Tuesday basketball game with George Washington featuring Edsel Gustafson Joe Gallagher and Bob Jackson as top Colonials. a Saturday wrestling meet with Duke. Friday and Saturday conference clashes for the White Phantoms at Virginia Tech Ashington and Lee.
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Chapel Hill
George Washington
Oklahoma A
M. Quint
Duke
University of North Carolina
Virgin Tech
Ashington and
Lee
G.W
Pather's Heir Fred Stone Promises MSU Basketball Heritage
East Lansing report notes Fred Stone, six foot six center at Michigan State College, carries basketball lineage. His father captained the 1912 Aggie hoop team, linking past and present for the Spartans.
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East Lansing
Mich
Fred Stone
Michigan State College
Aggie
Ten Southern Loop Cage Games Slated This Week
Ten Southern Conference basketball games are scheduled this week to count in the loop standings. George Washington visits Duke tonight and North Carolina Tuesday as part of the early week slate. Maryland and North Carolina lead the race with two wins each. Duke, Maryland, and Virginia Tech show strong starts.
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Associated Press
Richmond
George Washington
Duke
North Carolina
Maryland
Washington and Lee
Pe Tech
Washington
Blue Devils
Davidson
V. M. IL
North Carolna
Virginia Tech
William An Mary
Techmen
Wake Forest
Clemson
William and Mary
South Carolina
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Georgia
Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Knoxville
Vols
Dick Mehen
Virginia Military
Chapel Hill Swim Champs Face 11 Meets
North Carolina Blue Dolphins with 17 dual wins and three straight SoCon titles face a tough 11 meet schedule. The card, announced by Coach Dick Jamerson, includes Navy, Georgia Tech, and top conference rivals with the A A U meet set February 13 at Bowman Gray Pool.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Blue Dolphins
Dick Jamerson
Navy
Georgia Tech
Bowman Gray Memorial
V. M
Lexington
Virginia Tech
Annapolis
Chapel Ill
N. C. State
Duke
Durham
State
Chapel, Hill
Ohio State
Dorais Named Detroit Lions Coach and Part Owner
Charles E. Gus Dorais is hired as head coach and part owner of the Detroit Lions after the 1942 season. He signs a five year deal at about 12000 dollars annually with a possible 87500 yearly minimum if the league folds. Dorais may also retain his 5000 dollar city council seat.
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Detroit
Charles E
Gus) Dorais
Detroit Lions
Dorais
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
University of Deterit
Lions
Fred L. Mandel
Elmer Layden
Jack Sutherland
Greasy Neale
Jimmy Conzelman
Lloyd Brazil
Brazil
Sox And Cubs Find Train Sites At Home
Chicago teams select French Lick Indiana for spring training staying a month with players arriving between March 15 and 21. Cubs and White Sox officials toured the golf resort and marked off a practice diamond near the hotel lobby while debating who first suggested the mineral spring site.
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Chicago
California Chamber of Commerce
White Sox
Cubs
French Lick
Ind
Bob Dorr
Joe Barry
Bob Lewis
Lewis
Dorr
Sox
He Swings A Heavy Bar
Fort Sheridan Illinois profile of Pfc Art Garvisch a Milwaukee native who grew from 140 pounds at six feet to 210 pounds through daily barbell training. He credits gym work for his transformation noting he could not participate in sports in high school and chose strength building instead.
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Fort Sheridan
Pfc
Art Garvisch
Milwaukee
Art
Fort Gym
Bar Bell Enthusiast Shows Rapid Muscle Growth
Garvisch trains intensely in civilian life, reporting chest growth from 37 to 47 inches and arms from 11 to 16 inches when flexed. He lifts a 210 pound bar with apparent ease, though he recently reduced workouts to four or five days, joking about becoming soft.
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Garvisch
Art Garvisch
Manassa Maurer Tops News Card Index For 20 Years
A byline from AP features editor Dillon Graham notes that Manassa Maurer leads as the most headlines generating athlete in two decades. The piece cites a rainy afternoon review of a sports-celebrity card index, where Dempsey trails with 94 cards reflecting his career events and public life.
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Dillon Grham
New York
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Maurer
Dempsey
Dillon Graham Curates A Roster Of Carded Athletes
The article lists athletes with the most cards across sports led by Dempsey Firpo and Babe Ruth. It ranks boxing, tennis, golf, and track stars by card totals and notes the Chicago Maroons 1942 athletic downturn with losses in basketball and track.
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Luis Angel Firpo
Wild Bull
Pampas
Babe
Ruth
Glenn Cunningham
William Tatum Tilden
Don Budge
Helen Wills Moody Roark
Mrs. Roark
Helen Jacobs
Glenna Collethare
Lefty Grove
Bobby Jones
Cornelius Warmerdam
Joe Louis
Paavo Nurmi
Dizzy Dean
Fred Perry
Ellsworth Vines
Gene Tunney
Harry Wills
Henry Armstrong
Mickey Walker
Wilmer Allison
Johnny Dundee
Benny Leonard
George Lott
Walter Hagen
Mike
Cal Sawyier
University of Chicago
Maroons
Seymour Greenberg
Chicago U
Chicago
Topsy Turvy War Inflames College Basketball This Week
Rudy Baric of West Virginia University is highlighted as the foil of how war upends college sports. The Mountaineers, under new coach Baric, aim to challenge unbeaten NYU while facing rivals across Arkansas Rice USC Stanford Duke Kentucky Tennessee and more in a packed conference schedule.
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New York
Rudy Baric
West Virginia University
Baric
Mountaineers
West Virginia
Dick Raese
Navy
Mountaineer
Basketball Results Across Teams and Scores
A roundup of college and military base basketball scores. Notable results include Mississippi State 48 over LSU 0 and Centre College 44 beating Union College 45. Other matchups feature Tennessee Tech 37 over Murray State Teachers 60, and Morehead State Teachers versus Berea College 30.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Georgie Tech
South Carolina
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Carson-Newman
Milligan
Davidson
N. C. State
Catawba
High Point
Naval Training Staion
Georgetown University
Duke
VM. I
Richmond
Hampden-Sydney
Naval Air Staion
Newport News
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Mississippi State
Louisiana State
Murray
Tennessee Tech
Morehead
Berea College
Union College
Centre College
Western
Eastern State
Football Out For War Duration Says Mel Hein
Mel Hein, 33, ex Giants star now Little Union College head football coach and associate professor, says professional football seems unlikely to continue through the war. He notes the sport could struggle to keep quality with many stars in service and suggests football might be dropped until after the conflict.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Mel Hein
New York Giants
Little Union College
Upstate New York
Mel
Coleague
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