Bowl hopefuls and practice grind bite holiday week
Hollywood scouts and college teams hustle through Christmas as Georgia and other squads drill for New Year bowls. Georgia’s Frankie Sinkwich hobbles with injured ankles while Butts’ crew monitors readiness. West and Sugar Bowl camps push fast—Coaches Hollingbery, Fall, Kerr, Hauser map plays and study opponents amid festive breaks.
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Stgia
Hollywood Dena
Calif
Hollywood
Paramount
Ind
Bruins
Foad
Butis
Frankie Sinkwich
Georgia
Ankie
North South Squads Ready to Do Battle
Montgomery Ala Dec 20 Forty four gridiron huskies from opposing sides prepare for the fifth War renewal of the Blue Gray battle. North and South squads have trained under noted coaches. Captain pair Vickroy of Ohio State and Muha of Virginia Military Institute lead rivals in the planned pre game setup with probable lineups showing players from Ohio State Texas A and M Tulane Auburn Holy Cross and Mississippi State among others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Colegiate Tar
Ith
Vickroy
Ohio State
Muha
Virginia Military Intitute
Ie Field
North South
Baumgarmer
Alford Inn
Letcu
Ue Wood
Buel
Tex
A&m
Angele de - Ramsey
Palmer
Itcu
Tulane
Gaffard
cAuburn
Aren
Miss
Central War
Fights Last Night In Philadelphia Stop Wickey 3-2
Philadelphia staged a boxing card with Jladelpha defeating Wickey by 3-2 after a tight contest. The bout ended with the winner securing a late rally and the crowd reacting to the close decision.
Bowl picks and previews in a 1942 sports roundup
Pro football and college bowls dominate a busy week of sport with multiple basketball double-headers and a Tulsa Christmas tournament in Oklahoma City. Standout names include Georgia, UCLA, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Alabama, and Louisville’s Tommy Fitzgerald predicting major divisions to cut rail travel.
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New York
Montgomery
Ala
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Tennessee
Oregon State
Washington State
Wyoming
California
Kansas
Philly
Oklahoma City
Georgia
U.C.L.A
Pacific Coast
Frankie Sinkwich
Tulsa
Boston College
Alabama
Bama
B.C
Holy Cross
Texas
Georgia Tech
Hardin-Simmons
Second Air Force
Eastwest
Boxing in Doldrums as Army Fighters Grow
Ring magazine names boxing’s top U S fighters of 1942 amid 2000 service members. Crowd figures rise in Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia while New York Madison Square Garden hosted 28 shows. Corporal Barney Ross honored as Boxing's most valuable man for Guadalcanal. Louis, Zale, Pep, Ortiz notable world champions among armed forces rosters.
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Austin Bealmear
York
Uncle Sam
Ring Maga
Cleveland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Madison Square
Sais
Barney Ross
Marines
Guadalcanal
King
United States
Canada
England
Australia
Central
South America
Joe Louis
Detroit
Jimmy Begins
Tony Zale
Chicago
Ray Robinson
Sammy Angotl
Washington
Willie Pep
Hartford
Conn
Manuel Ortiz
Los Angeles
Peter Kane
Louis
Zule
Pep
Ortiz
Gus Lesnevicth
Tony Ule
Freddie Cochrane
Service Dept. Wrestler to Boatswain’s Mate in Navy Order
Former middleweight champ Fred Apostoll at sea reports a rating change from specialist first class to boatswain’s mate first class. He notes the switch makes it tougher to fire shells than strike an opponent. Lieut Jack Gray, corps coach at Corpus Christi Naval training center, greets a new candidate Miller who claims all conference status on the west coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Apostoll
Jack Gray
Corpus Christi Naya Ail
Miller
Gray
World Axis Occupies Nations Amid Global Tensions
A chaotic listing shows United States Great Britain Soviet Russia and many nations from Ching Australis to El Salvador amid claims of Axis occupation. The document notes countries such as Libya Egypt Italian East Africa Madagascar Greenland Iceland and others currently under occupation or influence, signaling a broad realignment in a world at war.
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United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Brazil
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
United Nations
French Africa
Libya
Egypt
Italian East Africa
Sying Troq
Iron
Madagascar
Greenland
Iceland
Pacterisk
Hation
Axis
Axis Ally Map Mentions Nations During War Dialogue
Fragmentary list cites Axis and Allied states including Germany Italy Japan Hungary Rumination on occupied regions and allied statuses. Names scattered: Yugoslavia Finland Greece Norway Denmark Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Philippines Estonia Latvia China Burma Manchuria Norway.
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el] Salvador
Honduras
Panama
Hasti
Ethiopia
Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Yugoslavia
Greece
Philippines
Cszechoslovakia
Albanis
Denmark
Thailand
France
Hlalaya Axis
Butch East
Pro Football All Stars Prepare For Sundays Pro Bowl
Philadelphia December 28 Pro football all stars rallied through drills at Shibe Park ahead of the Pro Bowl clash with the Washington Redskins. Heartley Hank Anderson praised the weeklong work while noting the squad’s use of T formation and Notre Dame box. Redskins coach Ray Flaherty eyed waning enthusiasm as Hutson was sidelined by illness and Milt Simington announced retirement after a recent heart attack.
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Philadelphia
Heartley
Hank Anderson
Allstars
Washington Redskins
Shibe Park
Anderson
Luke Johnson
Hunk
Notre Dame
Cecil Isbell
Isbell
Sammy Baugh
Ray Flarherty
Redskins
All-Stars
W. W. Kelly
Don Hutson
Green Bay
Hutson
New York Giants
Milt Simington
Pitsburgh Steelers
Swedes Claim Solution of Magnetic Mines
Swedish naval experts with Swedish General Electric technicians announce a solution to magnetic mines. A demagnetizing station near Stockholm offers free service to merchant ships. Ships pass through high tension fields for an electrical massage and hull wiring to guard against mines 3 to 45 feet below, though complete elimination of magnetic steel is not claimed.
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Stockholm
Swedish
General Electric Company
Sweden
Great Britain
Pro tennis debuts highlight Sports Mirror recall
The column recalls 1930s tennis debuts with Kovacs defeating Budge 6 4 2 6 4 and Riggs beating Perry 6 4 4 6 5 4 as Perry withdraws with an elbow injury. It also notes Long Island University’s 43 game basketball slide ending with a USC loss and Sam Snead’s Miami Open record 267 after two 65s.
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Pries
Frank Kovacs
Bobby Riggs
New York
Kovacs
Don Budge
Riggs
Fred Perry
Perry
Long Island University
Southern California
Sam Snead
Beyond Victory An Inspiring Picture of Postwar America
Arthur Kudner argues in Atlantic Monthly that postwar America will unleash an era of prosperity driven by peacetime production, synthetic materials, light metals, and vast capacity. He predicts rapid transport, booming industry, and a renewed national vision, urging belief in a brighter horizon to rebuild confidence after war.
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America
Arthur Kudner
Attlantic Monthly
Kudner
Tilke
California
New York
Charles Goddycar
Goodyear
Far East
Ura
Tesa
Gadgest
Brams
Healtth
Vell Laboratories
Fuals
Wouline Ns
Buick
Anny
Plymouth jRack
Hureducruts
Rate Spangler Choice as Good in GOP Strategy
Observers view the selection of Lilistrison Spangler of Iowa as a strategic move to nominate a quiet, controversy-free figure for a couple of years. They argue Republicans aim to stay inactive while Democrats press issues, with Willkie influence noted but not central to the plan. The piece discusses intra party dynamics, leadership changes, and the aim to present a unified, nonconfrontational candidate amid looming 1944 political battles.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Lilitrison
Spangier
Ilowu
National Gehairmat
St. Louis
P Segelot
Pew
Spangler
Matt
Poe
Gop
United States
Republican Party
Mongolia
Willkie
Willliile
Ure
Joe Marthi
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Francisco
Eavy World
West Shrine Hospital
Babe Hollingbery
Ashington
State
Don
Missouri
Cels
Santa Clara
East Am
Kerr
Colgate
Orge
Hauser
Minnesota
Gover
Columbia
Horvath
Orleans
Nessee
Socata
Dgewater Park
Bay St. Louis
Henry Frnka
Tul- Miter
Frnka
Wickey
Maurice Robineau
Cheyenne
Hugh Fullerton, JR
A. A
Tommy Fitegerald
Louisville Courier-Journal
Esal
Neutrals
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hungary, Rumignia
Bulgaria
No Eo Oren
Nations
Sports Mirror
Science
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