Boxing and war bonds urged by U S service members
A veteran with ten years service praises boxing as a morale example and urges Americans to buy bonds as war effort. A Swed ish note recalls Finns keeping sports alive despite war and describes U S Navy recreation centers in the South Pacific with facilities for 40 acres, 12 baseball fields, multiple courts and 5,000 daily visitors.
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Finland
Swedish Swimming Association
Helsinki
Sweden
Beat the horses with a whip or risk a losing bet
A Bronx writer mocks horse betting by recounting personal losses under a so called show system. He argues that gambling games including horse racing have high house percentages and cannot be beaten. One gambler loses $40 after a $3 bet on Pony Express, challenging the notion of beating racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Keats
George F. McArdie
East
Bronx
Pony Express
Black Bison Open Western A Play With Salisbury Visit
Black Bison, riding an eight game run, head to Salisbury to meet the Yellow Jackets in the Western A opener. Key players Mel Walker Collins Reid will start with Sullivan Kennedy at guard while Salisbury under new coach William Smith faces route to the conference kickoff.
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Black Bison
Salisbury
Panthers
Davidson
Tony Simeon
Black Bisons
Yellow Jackets
Mel Walker
Simeon
Collins
Reid
Sullivan
Kennedy
William Smith
Spencer
Sedgefield
High Point
Marsh Furn
Reidsville High High Point
Garden Jinx Looms Over Larkin in Ruffin Bout
New York January 14 The garden jinx follows Larkin into the Big Apple arena for a 10 round bout with Bobby Ruffin 135 pounds from Long Island. An expected 14 000 fans will attend to see who is right, as Larkin fights past his Garden star losses to Davis Jenkins and Beau Jack.
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New York
Ti Larkin Tas
Garfield
N. Mee
Bobby Ruffin
Long Island
Larkin
Bummy” Davis
Lew Jenkins
Beap Jack
N. A
Sammy Ott
Mronigat
Eg Pk EE
UNC Mat Tank Teams Prepare After Big Victory
UNC wrestling and swimming squads depart for Navy and the Southeastern AAU meet after opening wins over Duke. Coach Jamerson and captain Hammond lead the tankers south while Quinlan guides the mat men north. Hooper joins the navy lineup as a heavy return from flu.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Navy
Dick Jamerson
Catain Denny Hammond
Atlanta
Chuck Quinlan
Duke
Tech
Dixie
Carolina
Lawrence Hooper
Boys Club Defeats Jr High 29 to 23
The Boy's Club of Salvation Army defeated High Point Jr High boys 29 to 23 yesterday. Chadwick scored 17 for the Boys Club while eGhee led the Jr High squad with 10 points.
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Boy's Club
Jr. High
Salvation Army
High Point Jr. High
Chadwick
eGhee
Hubbell Misses Cue On Basketball Shot
New York January 14 Carl Hubbell a NY Giants star attended Ned Irish Madison Square Garden doubleheader. He warned Howard Cann N Y U coach that Oklahoma University is tougher than the Oklahoma A and M team after reading recent editions that showed Oklahoma A and M 59 Oklahoma 40.
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New York
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Ned Irish
Madison Square Garden
Hub
Howard Cann
Oklahoma University
Oklahoma Aggies
Oklahoma A
Boston Added To Pro-Grid Circuit Buffalo Next
Chicago January 14 The National Football League delays expansion until after the war. Boston is welcomed as the 1944 member and will draft last. Buffalo seeks franchise. Los Angeles and San Francisco also interested with $25 000 guarantees returned.
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Boston
Buffalo
Charles Chamberlain
Chicago
National Football
Philadelia
N. Y
Ady Ee
Angelo Bertelli
Tion
Notre Dame
Springfield
Mass
Marines
Jane Oideciene
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sam Cordovano
R Syndicate
Ruffin Faces Larkin In Madison Square Garden Main Bout
The piece notes a Newark born fighter Ruffin who started in Passaic and earned a second bout with co promoters Pucci and Kobb. He now headlines at Madison Square Garden against Tippy Larkin in the main event.
Larkins Manager and Welterweight Card Details
Angelo Pucci manages Larkin while George Robb hosts. The main bout features Fred Cochrane versus John Rohrig with Rohrig to be introduced after returning from the Salerno battle where his ankle was shattered. Cochrane is on navy duty in California.
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Larkin
Angelo Pucci
George Robb
Ruffin
Freddie
Red) Cochrane
Johnny Rohrig
Cochrane
California
Rohrig
Salerno
Thrown for a Loss at Heisman Lunch
Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame joked about his football career at a Heisman Trophy lunch. In boot camp at Parris Island a drill instructor pulled him from the ranks and asked if he ever played guard. He replied no, then was told he would guard the huts while the unit moved for chow.
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Angelo Bertelli
Notre Dame
Bertelli
Parris Island
S. C
D. IL
Angelo
Sports Page Highlights And Fresh Boxing At A Glance
The column notes pro football league plans postwar with Wednesday games under consideration. Chalky Wright reaches Panama for a postponed bout with Baby Al Brown set for January 23. Matty Begovich impresses in his midwestern officiating debut in Milwaukee. Jack Johnson, visiting San Francisco, cites himself and Gene Tunney as top heavies, both sons of stevedores, prompting a Braddock reference. Ted Meredith Jr. is mentioned in service notes.
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Chalky Wright
Panama
Baby al Brown
Matty Begovich
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Jack Johnson
Gene Tunney
Jimmy Braddock
LaMotta Favored Over Zivic In Detroit Rematch
Detroit, Jan 14. Johnny LaMotta of New York is a short price favorite to beat Fritzie Zivic in a 10 round middle welterweight bout at Olympia Stadium. About 10 000 fans expected with receipts near 150 000 dollars as the series moves from Pittsburgh to Detroit. Zivic, in his 200th pro fight, plans to report to his draft board next week.
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Detroit
Johnny Jacob LaMotta
New York
Jacke
Fritzie Zivic
la Motta
Fritzie
Pittsburgh
Olympia Stadium
Zivic
Ossie
Bulldog) Harris
Motta
Track notes and military moves touch coast to coast
Old Olympic runner now ensign on a South Pacific P 57 boat is noted. A tech Sr helps with ammunition by tracing income tax delinquents. Warmerdam transfers from Del Monte Pre Flight in California to Monmouth Illinois for indoor meets. Salisbary, former Manhattan Chronicle editor, rises from Secon looey to captain in England but returns for a severe eye injury from a squash ball.
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South Pacific
Tech, Sr
del Monte
Calif
Ens
Cornelius Warmerdam
Monmouth
England
Army Air Force
Grant Salisbury
Manhattan
Wildcats Face Underdog Davidson Tonight in Harrison Gym
The Wildcats bring an eight win nine game record into a clash with the Davidson College Panthers at 8 15 p m in Harrison gym. Panthers start Taylor Rappleman Foster Perry and Patterson with Morris possible. Wildcats likely starters Williams Lowry White Flowers and Ashmore. Freeman Jones misses due to studies and Rud Wilcox is left behind ill.
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Davidson
Harrison Gym
Wildcats
Catawba
UNC
High Point Cage
Sedgefield
Harrison Court
Flying Safety Command
Winston-Salem
Panthers
Yow
Paws
Sedgeield
High Point
Taylor and Rappleman
Foster
Perry and
Patterson
Ross
Jack Morris
Morris
Wson
Freeman
Hutchinson
Jamieson
Williams
Lowry
White
Flowers
Ashmore
Freeman Jones
Rud Wilcox
Hixson falls 27 26 after cotton hushes Notre Dame star
In Chattanooga two teams clash with unusual tactics as Hixson high school’s basketball ace scores 34 in two games, but Notre Dame high coach Bob Horton muffles him with cotton in ears to limit him to nine. Hixson still wins 27 26. Also noted is the death of Norman Elberfeld at 69, a longtime figure in baseball management.
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Chattnooga
Tenn
Jan
Hixson High School
Tiwults
Hixson
Notre Dame High
Bob Horton
Notre Dame
Chattanooga
Norman Elberfeld
Elberfeld
Onaverte
Ow York Highlanders
Yankees
Little Rock
De Paul Faces Taller Valparaiso Guard Pair
Chicago Jan 14 De Paul basketball star George Mikan will not be the tallest on the floor as Valparaiso visits. Mikan leads Midwest scoring with 257 points in 13 games at 6 feet 4 inches. Guards Milt Schon and Don Warnke at 6 feet 9 and 6 feet 10 will guard him. De Paul undefeated.
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Chicago
George Mikan
de Paul
Blue Demons
Valparaiso
Ind
Mikan
Midwest College
Milt Schon
Don Warnke
Bulla Among Favorites In Frisco Open
San Francisco hosts the $10,000 Frisco Open at Harding Park with 125 top pros and Pacific coast amateurs. Favorites include Byron Nelson and Harold Jug McSpaden, plus Craig Wood, John Bulh, Leonard Dodson, Jimmy Hines, Olin Dutra, and Sam Byrd as the field tees off under threatening skies. The San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the 72 hole medal play over four days. Great bauxite resources in Africa are noted though mining is light.
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San Francisco
Harding Park
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N.Y
John Bulh
Chicago
Leonard Dodson
la Jolla
Calif
Jimmy Hines
New York
Olin Dutra
Los Angeles
Sam Byrd
New York Yankee
Carolina White Phantoms Host Richmond Air Base Thunder Birds
Chapel Hill action features Carolina aiming for a third win in four starts as they host the Richmond Air Base Thunder Birds at 8 p.m. The weekend card lists NC State versus The Citadel at 7:30 and Duke Navy boxing, plus wrestling at Navy and swimming at Georgia Tech.
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Chapel Hill
Carolina
White Phantoms
Richmond Air Base
Thunder Birds
Duke
Uiversity
N. C. State
Citadel
Loxing
Navy
Georgia Tech
High Point College
Richmond
Stanley Alcorn
Illinois
Richmond Quint
William and Mary
Pfe
Walter Kaplowitz
New York
Lou Lipman
Emil Piestrak
Tom Summers
Vaughn Waddell
Sam Lieberman
Jerome Lewinski
Bob Hart
Francis Starkey
Joseph Scahill
Jack Turner
Bill Lange
Bernie Mack
Dick Dennan
John Dewell
Jack Fitch
Buster Stevenson
Texas Dewell
Gridder Fitch
Stevenson
Mack
Dennan
Joe Murnick
Ihome
Charlie Kimsey
Dan Davis
Jim Koustenis
Fleet
al Peterson
Minor Leaguers May Have Answer To Player Problem
Baseball explores wartime expansion using schoolboys and part time workers. Twin Ports E league around Duluth and Superior plans two games weekly with a $250 monthly cap. Joe Donnelly reorganizes Ohio State and other leagues to join Class D. Experiment aims to let players work, study, and play before fall term.
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Jack Hand
New York
Twin Ports
Duluth Minn
Superior
Wis
Joe Donnelly
Ohio State League
Pony
Appalachian
Donnelly
Ohio
Twin Ports League
F.H. Wade
Wade
Boxing Card Wrapup From New Jersey to Pittsburgh
Boxers from New Brunswick PALL RMVR Philadelphia and Pittsburgh clash as results show Joe Carter stopping Buddy Holmes in Rome New York and James Polk losing on points to Tommy Pope in New York. Demers stops Gau thier and Brandino halts Nugent in Mass Orange results include Wilkerson outpointing Grant and Arnold stopping Dingle in Philadelphia. Sim mons stops Mollis in Pittsburgh while Patterson halts Horton in Baltimore.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Joe Carter
Rome
N. Y
Buddy Holmes
Philadelphia
Tommy Pope
New York
James Polk
Camp Kilmer
Pall Rmvr
Mass
Pat Demers
Brockton
al Gauthier
Springfield
Tony Brandino
Hamilton
Ont
Babe Nugent
Boston
Baseball League Classifications Across Regions
Double A circuits the International American Association and Pacific Coast. Others were the Southern Association in A-1 the Eastern in A the Piedmont and Interstate in B and the Pony and Appalachian in D. No C leagues were in operation.
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International
American Association
Southern Association
Eastern
Piedmont
Interstate
Pony
Appalachian
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Kickapoo” Logan
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Jack) Simmons
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