Estalella Brings Own Bat To Camp In War Year
Aces pitcher Estalella, A's slugger, arrives with his own bat from home as he pushes for top form in spring camp. He hit .259 in 1943 reg. season with Philly, and his Cuban league season helped sharpen his stroke ahead of the season. Dodgers postpone game with West Point to April 13. White Sox debut under Jimmy Dykes.
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Fritz Howell
New York
Robe
Bobby) Estalella
Philadelphia
Weshagan
Talella
Alejandro
Ebbets Field
Dodgers
West Point
Washington
Louis
Pper
Osse Beange
Chicago
Hal Trosky
Cleveland
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Detroit
Don Ross
Rudy York
Rudy
Ers
Frankling
Buffalo
Jeff Heath
Buddy Rosar
Jim Devlin
Wilkes-Barre
St. Louis
Luke Sewell
Frank Demaree
Harold Boss
Milton
Boston
Joe Cronin
Leon Culberson
George Metkovich
Curtis Bay Guard
George Stirnweiss
Coaker Triplett
Dale Mathewson
Lou Novikoff
Cincinnati
Frank McCormick
Syrankie
al Schacht
George
Hennessy
Phillies
Yankees
Yanks
Atley Donald
Levy
Virginia
Bob Finley
St John’s Upsets Utah In National Invitation Final
St John’s of Brooklyn defeated Utah 43 36 at Madison Square Garden to win the National Invitation crown as Arnold Ferrin led the winners and Arkansas faltered in the opening round. The game drew 18 125 fans and marked a major upset for the underdogs.
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Joe Lapchick
St. John's
Brooklyn
New York
Joe
Celtics
Utah
Invita
Red Cross
Vic St. John’s
Brooklyn Square Garden
Utes Stumbltucky
Arkansas
Local Girls Eliminated in Mo March Semi Finals
Coach R C Bechtel bows out of the sport as the 16th annual tourney wraps with Des teams, Nash, and Pate in Dallas opponents, Bechtel and Pate scoring near 20 points in a semi final dusting of Chatters of Elkin North Carolina.
Spring losses hit managers as Norfolk sailors face 100 games
Major league managers mourn player losses this spring as Norfolk naval training station baseballers prepare to face teams from Curtis Bay Fort Lee and Ft Bragg among others. The piece notes several players shifting clubs and mentions spring exhibition matchups and broadcast plans by Al Schacht.
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New York
Phil Rizzo
Benny McCoy
Vince Smith
Don Padgett
Dom DiMaggio
Tom Early
Charley Wagner
Bos
Cary Bodie
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Theorfolk
Friday Night Radio Schedule March 31 1944 War Time Changes
Eastern War Time adjustments shift two hours of programming with corrections by networks too late to reflect. Featured are Portia Faces Life and The Jack Armstrong Serial among dramas. news and war commentary by Quincy Howe and Lowell Thomas. musical variety from Fred Waring and Bill Stern. and multiple serials, quizzes, and theater pieces across CBS NBC and local affiliates.
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Portia
Life
Dunn
Cbs
Dick Tracy
Archie Andrews
Bul
Landt
Dbs
Jack Armstrong
Chick Carter
Mbs
Wrent
Page Farrell
Nbe
Migalaht
Quincy Howe
Cbbs
America
Tim Healy
Lyn Murray
Ebe
Volney Hurd
Lowell Thomas
Abe Henry J. Taylor
Fred Waring
Nero Wolfe
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Cba
Johnson Family
Sally Sweetland
Bill Stern
Fred Waring Reneat
Cbe & Blu
Mbe Vwislle
Hornsby’s Vera Cruz Team Pummels Pueblo
Vera Cruz under Rogers Hornsby overwhelms Pueblo 18 to 6 in Mexico City. Ramon Bragana, a Cuban pitcher, earns the win for the Vera Cruz squad of Cubans and Mexicans.
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Mexico City
Rogers Hornsby
Vera Cruz
Pueblo
Ramon Bragana
G.I. Sports Notes Highlight Army Athletics in Army Circles
The column recalls Hank Anderson of the Chicago Bears noting college coaches entering the league for the Redskins job and mentions Lieut. Gilbert Robinson returning from sea duty as a gun crew commander. It also covers Bill Meany at Fort Knox and S R Wickersham backing Camp Carson Peterson Field and Camp Hale all star efforts in the Denver AAU tournament.
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Hank Anderson
Chicago Bears
George Marshall
Redskins
Dud de Groot
Gilbert Robinson
Kansas Wesleyan College
Bill Meany
Yale
Fort Knox
G.I
Camp Carson
Peterson Field
Camp Hale
Colo
A.A.U
Denver
Beau Jack Defense Draws Eye in Madison Square Garden Bout
In New York a ten round lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden features Beau Jack favored at 1-3 against Juan Zurita. Promoter Markson says the fight should draw 16 fans and about $90,000 gate. Zurita, who beat Sammy Angott for the NBA lightweight title on March 8, weighs in at 153 1/2 pounds for the bout.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Juan Zurita
Southland
Markson
20Th Century King Club
Zurita
Sammy Angott
Beau Jack
McSpaden Tops Favorite For Knoxville Open
Harold Jug McSpaden of Philadelphia emerged as the favorite to win Knoxville s first 6000 open golf tournament after matching a 63 on the par 70 municipal course in the pro-am. About 20 professionals and many amateurs were to tee off at 1 pm central wartime for the first 18 holes. Lords Byron Nelson and Sammy Burn Craig Wood and Johnny Revolta were also contenders in the 72-hole event.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harold (Jug
Philadelphia
Lord Byron Nelson
Toledo
McSpaden
Duke Baseball Opens Season With Navy Pre Flight
Duke's baseball team will start the season April 15 at home against Navy Pre Flight after trimming 81 aspirants to 30 under coach Jack Page. Returning lettermen Ed Little George Yantz Eric Felton and Bill Freeze lead a schedule featuring Navy Pre Flight games at several Durham venues and road matches at Chapel Hill and Annapolis.
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Chapel Thals
Carolina
Chapel Hill
State
Durham
Navy
Annapolis
Camp Butner
Greensboro
Wandering Hebrew and boxing era figures in 1940s press notes
A mosaic of boxing world glimpses includes Phil Weintraub’s journeyman tally across 18 clubs in 12 years labeled wandering Hebrew. Reports link arbitration clashes, fundraiser drives, and military boxing assignments across New York, Florida, New Guinea, and Australia with multiple sports figures and officials named.
Tar Heel Swim Instructor Joins Navy as Pressed into Service
Dick Jamerson head swim coach at the University of Carolina is commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the U S Naval Reserve and will report to Princeton for indoctrination. Carolina coaches in service include Ray Wolf Jim Tatum Chuck Erickson Bob Shepard Johnny Morriss Ralph Casey Johnny Vaught Mike Rowman Floyd Seiwert Herman Schnell Marvin Allen Ham Strayhorn Walter Rabb Tom Young.
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Chapel Hill
Dick Jamerson
University of Fort Carolina
Carolina
Armed Forces
United States Naval Reserve
Raleigh
Princeton Univer
Army
Navy
Ray Wolf
Jim Tatum
Chuck Erickson
Bob Shepard
Johnny Morriss
Ralph Casey
Johnny Vaught
Mike Rowman
Floyd Seiwert
Herman Schnell
Marvin Allen
Ham Strayhorn
Walter Rabb
Tom Young
Jamerson
Tar Heel
Tar Heel Tankmen
iNavy
Rice University
Oberlin College
University of North Carolina
Swim Marks Expected To Fall In 1944 AAU Meet
The 1944 AAU indoor swimming championships begin at the University of Michigan with a field of over 100 swimmers led by Bill Smith of the Great Lakes Navy who holds seven world records and defends the 220 and 440 yard freestyles. Navy standout Adolph Kiefer is expected to win the 150 yard backstroke, while Norm Notre Dame and others vie in five events with preliminaries at 2:30 p.m. and finals at 8 p.m. eastern war time.
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Jerry Liska
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Navy
Great Lakes
Uad
Bill Smith
Ohio State
Alan Ford
Johnny Weissmuller
Smith
Adolph Kiefer
Bain Training Station
Michigan
Iry Holiday
Kiefer
Norm Notre Dame
Fights Last Night in Regional Boxing Cards
Reports from Farther events list Larry Pacine knocking out Doninte Pare Irish in Fall River. Gene Mare defeated Young Scott in Pall River. Henry Jordan and Buck Streater were disqualified for not trying in Philadelphia and Collingswood bouts. Riddle Wilson outpointed Earl Lowman, while Earl Trader stopped Jimmy Allen in Wilmington.
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Fall River
Mass
Larry Pacine
Boston
Doninte Pare Irish
New York
Gene Mareherida
Pall River
Young Scott
Royal Navy
Philadelphia
Henry Jordan
Buck Streater
Collingswood
N. J
Riddle Wilson
Navy
Earl Lowman
Burg. Pa
Earl Trader
Wilmington
Del
Jimmy Allen
Two Florists and a Former Wrestler Cross Career Lines
The text follows Frank running a flower shop on Second Ave and lending orchids to florist Frank Erickson on Madison Ave. It notes Charley once bet a large sum with Frank, and mentions Tommy Robson, ex New England welterweight, now Mr. John Law in Pittsburgh Calif. An Anthony, once Bayside High swimming coach, becomes P. O. on the Maritime Service School train staff at Sheepshead Bay.
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Second Ave
Frank
Frank Erickson
Madison Avenue
Charley
Tommy Robson
New England
John Law
Pittsburgh
Calif
Doe Anthony
Bayside High
P. O
Maritime Service School
Sheepshead Bay
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