Dempsey Talks Arena Plans With Fox and Fight Prospects
New York boxing figure Jack Dempsey discussing an arena on William Fox property behind the Roxy with Fox movieman. A potential TV fight promotion and partnerships with radio picture outfits across major cities are noted. Also mentions baseball trade chatter and college coaching moves amid varied sports updates.
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Jack Dempsey
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Baltimore
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St. Louis
St James Defeats Lepp In City League Makeup Game
In a makeup city senior basketball game at Washington School St James beat Lepp 34 to 16. St James star La Kdi Fulmer scored 16 points while Pete Chats added seven for Lepp.
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Cager Scores At Immanuel Triumph In Local Meet
Immanuel defeats First Congregational Grace Lutheran 54 to 24 as First Mapped 2 and Trinity 45 Presbyterian 26 scorelines showcase a busy local athletic roundup.
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Stamina in Horse Racing Shapes Pimlico Traditions
A look at how stamina became valued in American racing through events at Pimlico like the Grayson Stakes and Governor Bowie Handicap. Featured are the Exterminator at two miles and the Pimlico Cup at two and a half miles. closing day on November 30 highlights the season.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Pimlico
Ninety Players in Cubs Spring Camps
Chicago Cubs general manager Jimmy Gallagher said nearly 90 players will attend two spring camps. Thirty seven players, nearly all major leaguers, are assigned to the Lake Worth Florida camp while about 50 players, 45 already signed, will be at the Catalina Island California camp.
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Ray Mueller Seeks Continuation of Catching Streak Record
Durable Cincinnati Reds catcher Ray Mueller questions the GABS of Rights promises as he nears enlistment after catching 17 consecutive games. Analysts expect him to resume on opening day in 1046 and urge the record to stand.
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Wittsburgh names Gene Wlannum star of Carnegie Tech team
Gene Wlannum leads his father's Carnegie Tech basketball squad as the standout player for the school in this period piece highlighting his prominent role and team dynamics.
Promoters Risk Millions in New Sports Ventures in 1946
Promoters push multi‑million ventures coast to coast as 1946 opens, betting on a sports boom. The All-American Football Conference launches with high‑profile backers and $5,000,000 spent on coaches players and stadiums as old leagues defend gate receipts and profits.
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Dan Topping
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All American Girls Baseball League tries sign 40 players
Bill Wamby reports midway results of scouting for the All American Girls Baseball League as it expands to eight teams and increases roster size. More than 40 prospects from the U S and Canada have signed for spring training along with veterans, with hopes of joining the big league in 1945.
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Iowa
Rita Meyer
Florissant
Redmen Battle Racine Horlick This Tomorrow
In the Big Eight high school basketball circuit several weekend games loom after the holiday break. Madison East hosts Racine Park while Beloit sits idle. Kenosha meets Racine Horlick and Madison West plays Janesville. Park leads defense with 102 points allowed while Beloit tops the standings with 219 points.
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Racine Horlick
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Janesville
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East Pivot
Durocher Signs One Year Pact With Dodgers
Leo Durocher began his eighth season as Brooklyn manager after renewing a one year contract in a long distance phone call with Branch Rickey in New York.
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Notre Dame Defeats Purdue For Second Time This Season
Notre Dame held off Purdue 50 to 48 at Lunfastiette to avenge an earlier 49 to 47 loss and maintain its status as a top national team. Vince Boryla led with 14 points as Notre Dame trailed early but surged to a halftime 25 to 22 lead and held on in the final minutes. Chicago’s Lawrence College upset Chicago 42 to 35 in another non conference game.
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Hal Ludeman
Photos to Measure Horse Height
The article notes a shift from the traditional hand method to precise measurement for thoroughbreds. Marshall Cassidy of The Jockey Club describes revised ID photographs taken against a calibrated background to determine exact height or limb length.
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New York
Marshall Cassidy
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Jockey Club
Plays 'em All When Lou Klein Joined the Navy
Lou Klein returned from service to the Cardinals and rotated positions across the field. In his first ten days back he logged times at second base shortstop third base left field and right field. He appeared in twenty games during the 1945 stretch run with seven in the outfield seven at short and four at third plus two at second.
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Cardinals
Redbirds
Paul Derringer Released by Cubs After 15-Year Run
Paul Derringer, 39, is released unconditionally by Chicago General Manager James Gallether to give younger players a chance. Derringer began with St Louis in 1931, starred with Cincinnati 1939 to 1942, joined the Cubs in 1943, and pitched in three World Series with three teams. He led the league in winning percentage in 1931 and 1939 and posted 18–8 in 1951 and 25–7 in 1999.
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Conn Heads to Hot Springs for Training Camp
Pittsburgh heavyweight title challenger Billy Conn left for Hot Springs Arkansas to begin conditioning for his June bout with Joe Louis. He plans four to six weeks of roadwork to trim from 190 pounds toward the 168 pound limit and then move to Greenwood Lake for intensive work.
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Layden’s Father Dies in Davenport
Davenport details funeral planned Saturday for Thomas Layden 79 father of Elmer Layden NFL president who died after a long illness. Lincoln’s new coach Bernie Masterson aims to take Nebraska to Los Angeles next fall to face UCLA where he previously served as an assistant.
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Four Hawks Lead NHL Scoring In Early Season Standings
The Chicago Black Hawks dominate the league in individual scoring with four players among the top four. Max Bentley tops the list with 46 points from 21 goals and 15 assists, Bill Mosienko follows with 32 points from 12 goals and 20 assists, Doug Bentley is third with 26 points on 13 goals and 13 assists, and Clint Smith sits fourth with 24 points on 14 goals and 11 assists according to official statistics through December 30.
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Doug Bentley
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Two Service Men Sign With Rams
Cleveland announces that fullback Gaylon Smith now in the navy at Hastings Nebraska and tackle Joe Pasqua formerly with the army air forces will return to the Cleveland Rams next season. Both signed contracts, Smith from Cleveland with past Rams play 1939 1942 after Southwestern University. Pasqua from Dallas Texas, signed first by the Rams in 1942 after SMU.
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CYO Cage Scores From Local League Action
St. George defeated St. Mary while St. George topped St. Casimir. St. Mary beat St. Anthony, and St. Thomas lost to St. James Wo. Holy Rosary edged St. Marks and Dial 5121 for classifieds.
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Krueger Signs With Chicago Grid Club in AAFC
Krueger, ex Northwestern back, signed to play for the Chicago All America Football Conference club. Franchise owner John L. Keeshin announced the deal. Krueger played for Fenwick High School in Oak Park Illinois and at Northwestern from 1939 to 1941. He enlisted in the navy after graduation in 1942 and is on terminal leave awaiting discharge next month.
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John L. Keeshin
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Widdoes Passes Buckeyes Head Coach Title to Bixler
Carroll Widdoes of Ohio State hands over head coaching duties to assistant Paul Bixler in a surprise board meeting. Widdoes remains on the staff as an assistant after two years of successful leadership that included a 1944 perfect season and Big Ten title.
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New York World Telegram
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New League Opens First Winter Meeting in Chicago
The projected All America Football Conference, formed here in September 1944 and planned to begin play in September 1946, opens its first annual three day winter session tomorrow. The meetings aim to shape the new professional circuit to debut alongside the NFL next fall.
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Badger Quintet Faces Minnesota in Madison Tilt
After loss to Illinois Wisconsin's Badgers prepare for two more Big Ten games in seven days. Coach Bud Foster's squad meets Minnesota in Madison Saturday night then travels to Iowa City to face Iowa next Monday. The Gophers upset DePaul in Minneapolis on New Year’s Eve.
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Badgers
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de Paul Blie
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Mathewson and Brannick in a St Petersburg visit
Eddie Brannick tours St Petersburg with Christy Mathewson and is teased by a group of elders who mistake him for a baseball star. The punchline reveals Brannick’s true pride lies in checker playing, not pitching, surprising the Giants' secretary.
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Bix Six
Purdue Strengthens Roster With Key Returning Players
Purdue's basketball team relies on six lettermen and five holdovers plus Rudy Lawson to steady the lineup as the 1942 season progresses in Lafayette Indiana.
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