National Bowling Classic to Award 4000 Prize in Petersen Event
The Santalican Bowling Congress will hold the Petersen Individual with an overall prize pool of 4000. Entries come from across the country, with past champions and top averages expected to compete January 23 to 31 across 16 alleys. The event, one of bowling’s most popular, features 23 years of record scores and a final prize of 1000 for the top man, plus 166 cash awards donated to a service-men’s fund and broadcast at the auditorium alleys.
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Petersen
Mir Ds
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Detroit
Mium Theaters
Cham
Baseball spring training sites eyed by Indiana clubs
Bloomington reports Indiana University campus and fieldhouse as prime spring training sites for major and minor league teams. Chicago White Sox Cubs Detroit Tigers plan to use Terre Haute Evansville and Terre Haute while Cincinnati Reds and Indianapolis Indians eye Bloomington and Indy facilities. Officials cite dirt floor fieldhouse appeal and potential shared use with university backing. decision anticipated soon.
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Leonard E Pearso
Bloomington
Ind
Cage
Do- B. Eastman
Aosen
Indiana
Western
Iana
Unicampus
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Detroit
Tigers
Evansville
Minneapolisers
Élgome
Warren C. Giles
Mana
Reds
Cincinnati
Unvierr
Schlensker
Ianapolis American Association Lab
Obonto
G. Clevenger
Anapolis
Puerto Rican land reform debated by Munoz Marin and Tugwell
Washington reports on Luis Munoz Marin proposing breakup of absentee sugar and tobacco estates into small three acre holdings and collective farming units with profit sharing for workers. Governor Tugwell backs limited expropriation but frets over efficiency while noting Puerto Rico’s sugar dominance and wage contrasts.
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Burton Heath
NEA
Washington
Luis Munoz Marin
New Deal
Populares
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Munoz Rivera
Europe
Tugwell
Tugwell-Munoz Marin
Giants to Train Short Distance From Home
New York Giants announce winter training will take place at Lakewood New Jersey near the former John D Rockefeller estate. The facility sits about 50 miles from New York with a two mile distance from the hotel where players stay. A 45 room hotel will be reserved for the club and manager Mel Ott says the full squad should report around March 15.
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New York
Ew York Giants
Lakewood 1
John D. Hockefeller
Asbury Park
Cardinal Farm System Shows Loss for Year
The Cardinals farm system posted a loss despite a strong season for the parent club. A solid home campaign allowed dividend payments of two dollars per share, but 1942 earnings lagged behind 1941. Sacramento, Houston, Rochester and other affiliates faced attendance and revenue challenges, with few clubs turning in profits.
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St. Louis
Cardinals
Marlyes
Redbirds
Sacramento
Houston
Rochester
Columbus
Miami Winter Season Turns Serious In 1943 Prelude
The article contrasts Miami during its 1943 winter season with the prewar glow. It notes a shift from golf, tennis, and swimming stars to military service, from tourist crowds to wartime restrictions, and from lively tournaments to boat landings, painting Miami as a playground turned sober and focused on wartime realities.
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Miami
Sports Roll: Boxing, college links, and military rings
A wide World Sports column surveys Golden Gloves trends as soldiers and civilians spar alike. It notes sub-novice classes aiding in-ring entry, a Raleigh Times war bond prize tourney, and entries from Camp Davis and Fort Bragg. Other items include college spring training talks, New England tennis doubts, and Navy Duke Duese optimism.
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New York
Dan Ferris
AVA U
Camp Davis
Johnny Risko
Fork Bragg
Myer Michnes
al Btlore
U. 5
Lawn Teynis Association
State of Confusion
New England Association
Longwood
New England
Navy
Duke Duese
West Virginia
Soph
Greenbrie Nilltary Academy
University of Pennsylvania
der Fynet Pean A. C
Community Chest
Baseball Worries Loom Over Wartime Farm Clubs
The article notes farm clubs in New Orleans, Springfield, Albany, and Pocatello posting losses while trying to stay self sustaining. Brendan voices concern over whether it is better to have loaned money and faced fogged losses than not to have loaned at all during wartime baseball upheaval.
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New Orleans
Springfield
Decatur
Albany
Pocatello
Idaho
Brendan
Buller
Blue-Gray Game Comment Reflects Weather and Mood
In Montgomery Alabama Bill Baumgartner of Minnesota expresses frustration that the day’s mud hindered play during the North vs South contest. A southern supporter quips about the challenging conditions and slow pace of the game.
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Treaks
Igoibatte
Montgomery
Alg
Bill Baumgartner
Miunnesoly Enc
Usual Sparkle at Hialeah Missing Today
Miami report notes Hialeah and Tropical Park cancel opens as dimout rules and war measures curb winter season. Crowds, hotels, and night life shrink. only two dog tracks and Jai-Alai Fronton remain open while bars and juice joints surge.
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E.V.W. Jones
Miami
Fla
Jan
Histeah Park
Hialeah
Tropical Park
Monk Gafford and Blonds in Mud Tracks
Baumgartner laments that Monk Gafford and the Blonds could travel in mud but would leave visible tracks, making it hard to go unseen. The remark underscores difficulty in pursuing or hiding in rough terrain.
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Monk Gafford
Baumgartner
Navy commissions footballers and grid stars in service
Service Department reports Ace Parkers former Thuirke and Dodger footballer has been commissioned Bil ensign in the Naval Reserve. Notre Dame gridder Nic Lukats advances to Lieut. (76). Sergeants Weinstock and Pifupon, football players at Plt and Villanova, remain at Kengler Field Miss. Major General Philip H. Norrey, at Quantico Marine Base, notes spring pitching presence from Lehigh.
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Ace Parkers
Navy
Haa
Naval Reserve
Nici Lukats
Grider
Lazy Weinstock
Dave Pif Uplon
Plit
Villanova
Kengler Field
Miss
Pillip H. Norrey
Quantico Marine Base
Pitehien Vk Leligh
Pliching
Film story of news described to Kiwanis in hotel event
Glynn Graddy of Little Rock presented the program at Hotel Henry describing how trained reporters gather news from around the world and relay it to newspapers and radio. The film showed the sinking of the U S Gunboat Navy at Shanghai and a reporter aboard the ship reaching shore as the flash was broadcast. New club members Howard Wright, Paul Gos ton, and Martin Galihyg were introduced.
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U.S
Pady
Shanghai
Sears
Howard Wright
Rey
Paul Goston
Martin Galihyg
Clib
Ren Brewster
Dimmie Jones
Sat
Nallon Wytle
Paul Jolly
Glynn Graddy
Bob Feller to Wed Virginia Winther in Waukegan
Former Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller plans to marry Virginia Winther in a 7 p.m. ceremony at the Winthers home in Waukegan. Feller, now a chief specialist in seamanship with the U S Navy, learned of his father William Feller’s funeral as he arrived home by plane. Both brides and groom are 24.
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van Meter
Don
Bob Feller
Waukegan
Virginia Winther
Cleveland Indians
Pilcher
Funnery
U. S. Navy
Mids
Mel
Lela
Bob
Willian
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