Hunters, Ceilings Hit On Firearms And Wildlife Revenue
Wartime limits on guns and ammunition appear with ceiling prices for rifles and shells as the WPB extends controls for predators and fur trappers. Harvest reports show 1943 hunting licenses totaled over 8 million with $13.46 million in state revenue, while Maine reports a deer harvest record and wildlife feeding stations are under state supervision for winter readiness.
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Aos
Sporting Goods Seabees
WPB
Los Angeles Examiner
Winchester
Remington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
New Brunswick
Jersey
Seline
Wyoming
Horseshoe Lake
Cairo
Maine
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Don Waters
Ohio
Pro Golfers' Association Dedicates War Relief Program
The Professional Golfers' Association promotes its 1944 tournament revival and war effort. It urges support for war bonds and rehab for service members, while stressing golf's role in morale and health. A face committee plans further cooperation to aid returning servicemen nationwide.
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Pro-Golfers’ Association
Fae
Open and Novice Weight Age Classes for 1944 Tri-State Gloves
The notice outlines weight age OPEN CLASS for all amateurs in good standing and NOVICE CLASS for under 19s who have not won an A A U open bout. It includes a waiver releasing all rights and claims for damages from injuries during the 1944 Tri-State Golden Gloves boxing street event.
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A.A.U
Tri-State
Nelson Holds Five Stroke Open Lead in San Francisco
Byron Nelson of Toledo led the $10,000 San Francisco Victory Open by five strokes at 205 after 54 holes at Harding Park. Harold Spaden McSpaden trailed five shots back at 210 with Los Angeles Open winner Sam Byrd at 211 and Lloyd Mangrum 212, as contenders shuffled into the final round.
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Russ Newland
San Francisco
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Paltor Cne Harding Park
Links
Toe Mecspaden
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Philadelphia
McSpaden
Sam Byrd
New York Yankees
Lloyd Mangrum
Monterey Park
Calif
Byrd
Detroit
Mangrum
Army
Bulla
Art Bell
George Fazio
Pine Valley
N. J
Harry Cooper
Minneapolis
John Bulla
Chicago
Ellsworth Vines
Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Mark Fry
Oakland
Harry Bassler
Culver City
W. A. Stackhouse
Seguin
Texas
Kiem Predicts Great Season For Majors
Veteran baseball umpire Bill Kiem, head of the National League umpires, predicted a spectacular 1944 season with strong competition and a return of old and young stars. He dismissed worries about lost players to the armed forces and noted plans to add four umpires per game after the war. He also did war service fundraising through a sports quiz show for troops.
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Bert Collier
Miami Beach
Fia
Bill Kiem
Kiem
Armed Services
Litt
Klem
Duke of Windsor Sinks Third Ace of Golfing Career
Nassau Bahamas January 17 the Duke of Windsor scored a hole in one for the third time in his golfing career. He holedd the 165 yard 18th at the Bahamas Country club while playing with pro Mel Smith James I Bush and Sergeant G M Teal. This followed aces in England and Brazil.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas Country Club
Mel Smith
James I. Bush
New York
United States
G. M. Teal
Jacksonville
Fla
England
Brazil
Golf Tournaments To Aid Armed Forces In World War II
Local clubs offer free balls and organize military golf events. revival of the open tournament program drew positive response. Los Angeles and San Francisco events were well received. A short wave broadcast described play and players to armed forces in the south Pacific, likely heard by PGA members and other service golfers.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
South Pacific
PGA
Southern conference hoops title event shifts to Raleigh
The Southern Conference will hold its basketball tournament February 24 to 26 in Raleigh after waiving the eight game rule to choose the eight top teams by February 20. North Carolina leads the standings, with Duke, Maryland, VMI, Davidson and Richmond among those with shorter schedules and title hopes.
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Richmond
Loop
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Davidson
North Carolina State
Duke
Durham
Maryland
South Carolina
Gamecocks
Clemson
William and Mary
Virginia
Raleigh
N. C
Washagon
Wake Forest
Washington and Lee
Citadel
Furman
LPF PA
William & Mary
N. C. State
Cccoce
Park er and New York sports mix in gossip and notes
Parker reports Dan Tracy of Great Falls Montana funded Jack Dempsey’s $300000 purse for a fight with Gibbons in Shelby. The column mocks Lane Landis and the racing world, lists jockeys and boxers serving in the military, assigns shifting roles, and mentions the Maryland Racing Commission banning Matthew Quinn for life for alleged bribery.
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New York
Dan Tracy
Great Falls
Mont
Jack Dempsey
T Gibbons
Shelby
New Jersey
Judge Landis
Albany
Krieger
Jim Fitzsimmons
Tropical
Frank Ericka
Tropical Park
American Tote Co
Frank
Havana
Sam
Swope, Straus, Schwartz Et al
Armstrong Discovers Polished 13 Year Old Boxer
Portland report notes Keith Nuttall, 13, 90 pounds, praised by Henry Armstrong for a lethal left hand. Armstrong calls the Salt Lake City find a finished boxer with 16 straight amateur knockouts and says heavier youngsters cannot keep up.
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Portland
Ore
Henry Armstrong
Henry
Keith Nuttall
Salt Lake City
Armstrong
Keith
Service Teams Added To Piedmont Tourney
Greensboro reports the Piedmont open basketball tournament will include a state service men's championship from March 9 to 13. The event adds a service division to the existing civilian men’s four classes and a women’s division, expanding the competition and attracting additional teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Cae Ieee All Service
Kerrs New East West T Formations Spark Paced Debate
New York January 17 Many Pacific coast football followers think Andy Kerr started a trend with his East West game offense taught in ten days by Kerr and Dr Hauser. They used T and shift into single or double wing Notre Dame boxes with all star players. Howie Odell at Yale last fall used a T single wing and did not prove anything.
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New York
Andy Kerr
Andy
George Hauser
Notre Dame
Kerr
Howie Odell
Yale
Former stars recall peak speed and career milestones
Frank Sinkwich visits Georgia claiming he was faster in his peak than in college while facing bigger pursuers. Rudy York nears 1 000 lifetime hits with 1,000 a career target after 1 355 games. Warner Keaney, son of a college coach, builds a Biddeford high school team scoring 60 to 80 points per game.
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Frank Sinkwich
Georgia
Rudy York
Warner Keaney
Rhode Island
Pop
Biddeford
Nashville aviation basketball team endures long season
The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft basketball team of Nashville played 558 minutes this season before its first player dropped out via a four-four route. Billy Thompson notes the record length, hinting at referee whistle priorities behind the scenes.
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Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft
Nashville
Tenn
Billy
Nashville Banner
Thompson
Navy and Army personnel changes noted in mid Atlantic report
Navy and Marine personnel are listed as transferred within the Pacific theater under Admiral H. Sey, including welfare and recreation duties for the south Pacific. Ex-boxer Article turns sports editor in Corsicana Texas as a field reports on ancient Greece blamed for P T plague. Big Ten football had 268 Navy and Army players last fall amid transfer rumors and asks about home two after Daley and Butkovich.
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Jack O'Brien
Jamaica Hawks
Army Air Corps
Italy
Louis Plummer
Coast Guard
Marine Hospital
Norfolk
Bob Nestell
Gus Wilson
Africa
Army
George Coxey
Lips
W. K. Vanderbilt
J. W. Christie
Pat Kelly
Seward High
Sioux Falls
Army Air Field
Phil Serib
New York
Aleutians
Navy
Arme ‘Chineee
Bill Daley
Tony Butkovich
Death of Joseph Fielding A 93 year old Christian Brother
Joseph Fielding 93 a Christian Brother and missionary to the Indians died at St Francis College Loretto Pa He was a personal friend of Sitting Bull and known as a great storyteller in the community.
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Loretto, Pa
St. ,Francis College
Loretto
Joseph Fielding
Sitting Bull
Heels And Duke Clash For State And Conference Lead
- Duke and Carolina, Nos. 1 and 2 in Big Five and conference play, meet in Durham at 8 p.m. Tuesday to open league schedules with a potential state title decider. - The Tar Heels, led by Bernie Mack, arrive after beating Davidson and State, while Duke boasts an array of V-12 stars and a tougher schedule.
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Chapel Hill
Duke
Carolina
Durham
Davidson
State
Wake Forest
Gordon Carver
Bill Wright
Tennesee
Southeastern
Henry H
Georgetown
Eugene Bledsoe
Mississippi State
No G Poy
Washington
Jack Fitch
Dick Dennan
Sophs
Soc Creticos
Bernie Mack
N.C. State
Long John Dewell
Southern Methodist
Duke Wright
Carver
Bledsoe
Horner
Carolina—Mack
Box
Dewell
Fitch
Altemps
Cretico
Richmond Air Base
Thunderbirds
Tar Heels
Bill Lange
Bernie Mock
White Phantoms
Mack
Camp Grant Iowa Remain Unbeaten Race in College Hoops
Camp Grant and Iowa pace an expanding unbeaten list, as DePaul loses to Valparaiso ending a 13 game run. Albright also to watch with seven straight wins. college basketball shows a week of sectional contests and regional leaders across Big Ten, Midwest, and East divisions.
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New York
Camp Grant
Iowa
Midwest
Albright
East
DePaul
Little Valparaiso
Indiana
Valparaiso
Demons
Pitt Temple
St. John's
Brooklyn
Norfolk, Va
Naval Training Station
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Duke
Idaho
Washington State
Rice
Arkansas
Ohio
Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Muhlenberg
Penn
Canisius
St. Joseph's
Philadelphia
Columbia
Cornell
Dawson Reinstated As Amateur After Two Year Wait
Johnny Dawson, one of the nation’s top golfers, has been reinstated as an amateur after a two year ineligibility. He received telegram notice from the United States Golf Association after its Chicago executive meeting. Dawson had worked in a sporting goods store selling golf equipment and then changed jobs to real estate and insurance sales.
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Los Angeles
Johnny Dawson
Dawson
United States Golf Association
Chicago
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Ohio Conservation Bulletin
Golfers’ Association
Professional Golfers’ Association
Tristate
High Point, North Carolina
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ICCL
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Conde T
The
Golden Gloves Commission
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Jae
Frisco
Maelo
Merrill Bber
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Parker
Yankees
Dan Parker
Marshall Cassidy
Jock Whitney
Marshall
Tom Dewey
Jockey Club
Johnny Coburn
Tommy Burns
Arcade
Seattle
Tommy
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Australia
Phil Cross
Leach
Miami
Phil
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Signal Corps
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Fort Dix
M. J
Paul Haynes
Les Canadiens
Montreal
Lenny Lewin
Mirror Sports
Benny Leonard
Joe Vaccarelli
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Sullivan
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Jimmy Murphy
Maryland Racing Commission
Matthew Quinn
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Fort Belvoir
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Rehair
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Elser
Dye
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Andy Kelly
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