Frankie Sinkwich Nears Rose Bowl Return Amid Injury Doubt
California reports Frankie Sinkwich’s right ankle injury may still hinder him for the Rose Bowl. Georgia training staff treat the All American back after a scrimmage pileup. Coach Butts hopes he’ll be ready for action New Year’s Day against UCLA.
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Henry Picard Retires From Golf to Farm Life
Oklahoma City reports Henry Picard will retire from professional golf to focus on a 400 acre farm near Walterboro South Carolina, effective February 1 after nearly two years with Twin Hills Golf and Country Club. He cites war as a reason and notes a storied career including the 1939 PGA Championship and 1940 Masters win.
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Connie Mark’s Savanna Move Marks Club Training Shift
Roundup reports 80 year old Connie Mark favored Savannah Ga as a training base for the Athletics after moving from California. Browns and Pirates rumored to claim Hot Springs, Dodgers linked to Seton Hall field in South Orange N J, and Burke Gillespie and Frank Lane swap sports desks during wartime. Military service alters sports staff as aviation cadets compile class books and others serve at naval stations while Branca reports from Fort Lewis Washington.
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Florida Will Miss Ball Clubs This Spring
Florida will miss major league clubs next spring but accepts the loss to aid the war effort. Sunshine Al Lang notes Floridas role in bringing teams to training last year and describes shifts to Arkansas and other sites as defenses curtail travel.
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Louis Wife Expect Stork in January
Chicago dispatch reports boxer and boxing champion Sergt. Louis visiting Fort Riley Kansas to spend Christmas with his wife Marva. The Louis couple have a date for January, with the stork expected to arrive then.
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Washington Recasts Itself Under War Time Change
Washington’s landscape reshaped by war as new Navy and Army buildings fill the skyline. Pearl Harbor heroes nurse at Navy Medical Center while government workers crowd Friendship, Arlington Hall, and Dupont Circle. Historic sites vanish behind munitions, temporary structures, and ramps replacing graceful views.
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Deaths Last Night Mrs Minnie Ayers
Mrs Minnie Maud Hanff Ayers aged 62, creator of Sunny Jim, a cheerful gnomish figure in American advertising for forty years, widow of Raymond F Ayers former editor of the Children page at the New York Herald, died last night in New York.
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Joe Louis Takes Up Boxing Role at Army Camp
Fort Riley Kansas December 24 Joe Louis a heavyweight champ turned Army boxing instructor at the cavalry replacement training center conducts classes for over 500 soldiers. He leads three rings nightly, praises military training, and says the Army can produce future champions like Tunney. Corpsmen and ex-Golden Gloves fighters assist as Louie trains light heavies and heavers while eyeing a longer-term role beyond combat duties.
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Turkeys Delivered by Air to Americans
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports an aerial Santa Claus delivering 16 turkeys to American soldiers on the front. Lieut. Robert S. Dorsey from Pittsburgh Kansas flew in with the turkey cargo, arranged by Major Joseph Cunningham of Clarksburg. The mission faced warnings against harming the cargo as the birds arrived intact. Soybean oil is being used to replace meat scraps as a protein source for poultry.
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Joseph Cunningham
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Boxers Eye Rematch as Heavyweight Challenge Advances
A boxing figure moved from Fort Wadsworth to Camp Lee Virginia and named a boxing instructor. Pittsburgh Trishman aims to pit his team against Joe's. The slugger who lasted 13 rounds with the champion in June 1941 says he wants Lewi in a heavyweight bout on any terms, confident he can win.
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Yale football coaching speculation and boxing notes
The column recalls Ivan Williamson as a potential Yale head coach successor to Spike Nelson. It also notes Ceferino Garcia, the New York middleweight champion, stopping Glen Lee in Manila in a 12th round bout. A past injury to Cecil Smith is mentioned in a Mexico City match.
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Spike Nelson
Yale
Ceferino Garcia
New York
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Manila
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Owl Poly
Mexico City
Chennault Awarded Distinguished Service Medal in China
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault received the Distinguished Service Medal from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell in a ceremony at his headquarters in Chungking. The citation praised his defense of occupied China against air attacks despite severe shortages.
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