Big Ten Basketball Weekend Slates Key Matchups
Iowa hosts Michigan State as the conference heats up with nine teams in action across the weekend. Ohio State visits Michigan State. Illinois faces Nebraska. Wisconsin meets Missouri. Minnesota tackles Marquette. Great Lakes plays Ohio State. Notre Dame looms unbeaten. Michigan and Purdue also appear in holiday skirmishes as the race tightens.
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Trafton Knows Stuff Excerpts From Exhibition Row
GREEN BAYWis Line Coach George Trafton of the Green Bay exhibition game in Nashville Tennessee recently faced a heated remark from a southern gent who warned him not to provoke. The exchange underscores tensions during informal gatherings around early season scrimmages.
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Eight Teams Remain In YMCA Basketball Meet
Eight teams survive the holiday YMCA basket day tournament at the Y in the CA with finals set for Friday morning and the grand finale at 3 p.m. River appears among the remaining contenders seeking progression to the semifinals.
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Lowell Sets Bowling Mark in Men’s Classic League
Lowell, bowling for Peerless Amber in the Pin-Mor complex, posted 289 in a single game with ten strikes, then spared the 11th ball to finish 288. Total score 628 led the season, breaking the Pla-Mar singles mark once held by Roy Wasmuth in 1942.
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Buddy Young Stars In Illinois Run Against Ohio State
Illinois back Buddy Young carried the ball nine times for gains against Ohio State. Four tackles were credited to All-America guard Bill Hackett.
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Bowl games crowd and travel mileages mount
Sports roundup notes the coming seven football bowl games will require long travel, with squads of about 35 men each and an estimated 250000 spectators expected. Rose Bowl turnout is expected to be sold out and Tennessee Vols face long journeys from Tulsa to Miami.
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Regional gridiron notes prompt bold matchups
Southern California set to overpower Tennessee as USC counts wins while Tennessee falters. Oklahoma faces Texas Christian in a clash with high stakes. North versus South teased for Saturday with unclear outcome. Tulsa expected to overwhelm Georgia Tech in a technical showdown. Alabama anticipated to rise against Duke Blue Devils in a tough tilt.
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Ring Magazine Names 1944 Fighter of the Year Beau Jack
Ring Magazine declares Pvt Beau Jack Sidney Walker of Augusta Co as Fighter of the Year for 1944 after six Madison Square Garden bouts drawing 106,433 fans. It lists top division leaders including Bivins Marshall Williams Robinson Jack Paterson and notes service-time champions Louis Lesnevich Zale Cochranes.
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Wyoming Hangs On As Garden Visitors Cruise
Wyoming remains undefeated in the Garden after more than three visits to the venue. Hamline's Stretch Schultz, fresh off two seasons with the Dodgers, admits nerves about facing large Garden crowds in basketball.
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Sooner End Toward Tokyo Bombing Wins Catsup Prize
Capt Waddy Young Oklahoma All America end of 1938 who led a Superfortress on Tokyo bombing reports winning two gallons of catsup from Col Dillman of Texas A&M after the Sooners defeated the Aggies last October. He jokes this catsup makes powdered eggs taste like home cooking. Lieut Mike Kochel of Fordham, one of the seven blocks of granite, piloted the Spirit of Bloomfield fortress bought by Bloomfield New Jersey schoolchildren on over 15 missions in Europe and earned an air medal and oak leaf cluster.
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NFL 11s Study Rosters After Byrnes Order
The NFL reviewed player rosters amid possible work or fight orders and selective service directives that could suspend activities next year. Officials noted many players held war industry jobs and some teams ran night practices to maintain work. Commissioner Layden had said the league would operate next year only if war conditions permit.
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Two Oshkosh Bowlers Hit 700 with Perfect 300 by Maples
In Oshkosh Wisconsin last night two local bowlers exceeded 700 with a notable 300 game. Rudy Nig achieved his 300 along with 191 and 221 for a 712 in the Knights of Columbus league while Art Bottge rolled 213 223 and 267 for a 703 in the classic event.
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Red Raiders of Central Lead In City Scoring
Central Red Raiders lead city scoring with 192 points in six games and own the top scorers Captain Schultz and Bob Lind. Schultz averages 10 points per game with 59 goals in six games, Lind adds 45, producing over half the team’s total. The Raiders have 3 wins and a 34 point per game average.
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Big Bob Kurland Heads List Of Vets In Big Six Missouri Valley
Kansas City reports on the Big Six and Missouri Valley race outlook with Oklahoma A&M star Bob Kurland topping a veterans list. Coach Henry Iba expects Kurland to lift the Aggies as conferences prize contenders while Missouri aims to reclaim the cage title amid varied expectations for Iowa State Nebraska Kansas State and Creighton.
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Two Sons Of L Fator Serve Uncle Sam From Hailey
Hailey Idaho report notes Laverne Fator's three sons, all jockeys, now in military service. One son serves in the air corps and another in the paratroops, with a third still in school. The Fator brothers Elmer and Lester—Laverne’s kin—followed riding paths, Lester using the name Mark to avoid initials confusion.
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Hilltop Hopes Brighten As Gophers Loom
Milwaukee reports Marquette faces Minnesota in a key tilt after Christmas players join Hilltop lineup. Coach Bill Chandler tests new forwards Paul Glasener and Don Clark along with guard Don Myers as Dr. Carl Nordly plans to start 6 foot 7½ inch Clarence Hermsen for the Gophers.
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Horvath and Mead Injured Ahead of East-West Classic
San Francisco reports Horvath a star Ohio All America halfback on the injured list with an ankle issue delaying his late return from exams. Jack Mead an East end grades knee trouble but both practiced indoors with East teammates. Francis Brogger from Gan State remains sidelined with an ankle injury.
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Irisis racing board seeks 500000 for disabled veterans care
Chicago reports the Irisis racing board asks Illinois to set aside 500000 from 1944 horse racing revenue to aid disabled World War II soldiers. Maj. E H Williams, board chairman, says funds could come from the agricultural premium fund derived from pari mutuel handle, part of a record season total 148964367.
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Music at Roosevelt and Copland Rinks This Week
City Recreation director E P Hart announces Thursday music at Roosevelt skating rink tonight and Wednesday music at Copland rink. A South rinks entertainment schedule is being drawn up and will be announced soon.
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Augusta Weissenberger Sets Milwaukee Bowling Mark
Augusta Weissenberger rolled a 73 series in Milwaukee bowling circles last night on games of 184 235 and 24. Her three game total earned a share of second place in the state.
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Brooklyn Schoolboy Tallies 144 Points
Brooklyn Technical high school fullback Al Veling scored 144 points in the season setting a city scholastic record. He ran for a touchdown in every quarter as Tech defeated Washington Irving of Tarrytown 25 to 6 in a $300000 war bond game at Ebbets Field.
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College basketball results from multiple service teams
The Associated Press reports Lincoln Army Air Forces defeated Grand Island Army Air Field 77 to 37. Nebraska Pentathlon in Mexico City posted 40 points, while Great Lakes beat Bunker Hill Naval Air Station 4 to 0.
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Toronto Dominates New York in NL Hockey Win
Toronto defeated New York 8 to 2 in a National League hockey game. The result highlights Toronto's offensive surge and New York's defensive struggles.
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Marathon Stone Is Lucky For Lavender
City College track men hope for a better showing after a string of football losses. They touch the marathon stone in Lewisohn stadium a tradition tied to the Greek runner Philippides, brought from Greece in 1924 by John Finley.
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