Blugolds Fall 35 27 to Campion Raiders in Prairie du Chien
Central High School faces Campion Academy on Campion’s home floor after a 35 27 loss. Coach Mark Sutton tests multiple lineups with Schultz at center and Carlsson Bachmann Keeler Bigelow in the backcourt while Campion carries a nine game winning streak including a 35 27 win over Aquinas.
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Harry Schultz
Tex Carlsson
Bunny Bachmann
Ben Keeler
John Bigelow
Dave Solie
Vince Schrader
Jim Hanson
Harlan Michaels
Dick Zischke
Campion
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Son
Schultz
Bud Graham
Ben
Rabbit) Overton
Carlsson
Jim McIntyre
Mel Tostrud
al Miller
John Matteson
Aquinas
Blugolds
Brains of Baseball War Rosters Shape 1944 Pennant Race
With war looming, teams boast large rosters emphasizing depth. Cubs lead active players at 36, White Sox 35, Senators 32, Reds plan four additions to 30. Clubs aim to reach 40 for spring training while veterans depart for duty.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Yankees
Roundup of boxing and college sports notes from New York
NBA official criticizes promoters for staging bout worthy of a title only in name and urges a declarative championship label. Dick Hell joins Wanamaker mile, Dick Exeter record run invites Naval Academy next spring. Donie Bush to coach Indians next summer after misplayed signals. Notes on Valparaiso De Paul pick, Baugh sons, Pitt vs Penn State defense, and Yawther alibi comment.
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Heinie Miller
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George Preston
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Basketball Results Across Regions and Institutions
AP roundup shows Army over St John s 49 to 36 and Columbia topping Yale 46 to 35. Penn defeats Muhlenburg 56 to 46 while Lafayette edges Lehigh 46 to 44. Loyola trounces Delaware 61 to 28. Coast Guard beats Connecticut 61 to 42 and Rochester 47 over Union 42. District New York Coast Guard 40 Mitchell Field 31. Midwest results include Wheaton 54 Elmhurst 35 and Washburn 43 Herrington Air Base 24. Coe 22 Cornell Ta 31. DePauw 65 Franklin 26. Pittsburgh 40 Warrensburg 35 Luther 46 Upper Iowa 26. Hutchinson 47 Wichita Beech 33. Concordia 32 Luther 16. Wichita Cessna 42 Wichita Bee 37. Grant 63 St Ambrose Ia Peterson Field 62 Colorado Col titre 1249. Illinois State Normal 55 Wabash SOUTHWEST Texas 54 UT Georgia 62 Clemson 31 Tulane 46 Algiers Naval Station Rayon now second most used fibre after cotton.
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Notre Dame Star Klier Leads Irish Scoring Over 15 Points
Leo Anthony Klier, Notre Dame guard, averages better than 15 points a game with 136 in nine contests. The 6 foot 2 inch 185 pound junior, from Washington Indiana, is noted for defense and rebounding, and once shot four baskets in four attempts in four games. He is a Navy V-12 program member and previously starred at St Simon's parochial school.
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Norwalk Upsets Cashton To Tie MV Conference Race
Norwalk defeated Cashton 20 to 18 in a last quarter rally to pull even at 4 wins 1 loss in the Monroe Vernon conference. Jim Karis led Norwalk with nine points while Jack Bates and Moen scored eight and seven for Cashton.
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Speaker Pessimistic On 1944 Baseball Outlook
Cleveland veteran Tris Speaker, Hall of Fame member and local draft board member, doubts Major League play in 1944 due to manpower gaps. He notes 3-A status will vanish this year, with players likely classified 1-A or 2-A or 2-B for war jobs. He fears many would quit work for baseball.
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Newburg Bar Bowlers Crack 2 Season Marks
Newburg Bar Bowlers set two season marks in the Ladies Classic at Pla-Mar alleys. They posted a 977 singles record breaking the old mark and a 2685 three-game series earning season honors. G Donahue led with 214 and 590 for the team, while Weisbecker 473 Matiak 504 Rudrud 570 Guggenbuehl 548 helped reach 2685.
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Hoppe Maintains 145 Point Edge In Detroit Block Play
Willie Hoppe leads Wesker Cochran 300 to 217 in the Detroit portion of a cross-country three cushion billiards match. Hoppe won yesterday 50 to 42 in 43 innings and last night 50 to 35 in 32 innings extending his total margin to 1,550 to 1,405 overall. The 2,150 point match ends next week in New York.
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Jugheads and Borf Bros Win Tight YMCA League Contests
In the YMCA league Tuesday night the Jugheads beat Streeks 16 to 9 on the YMCA court. Benish led Jugheads with 10 points, Michaels 4, and Peterson 2. Streeks top scorer was Franke with 6, Spears 2, Violette 1. In the other game the Borf Bros defeated Cram's Cagers 26 to 21. Cunningham scored 14 for Borf, Swinghammer 6, Wiegel 3, Pearse 2, while Fadness and Gilles led Cram's with 7 and 5 points.
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Hockey Results and Tonight's Schedule
Cleveland beat Pittsburgh 4 to 3 in an American League game. Chicago visits Detroit and Providence travels to Indianapolis in the National League tonight.
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Henie Defeats Nazi Gang in Trophy Haul
Sonja Henie displays 451 trophies and mementoes valued at 462000 dollars in Beverly Hills. The collection, saved from Oslo before the Nazis arrived and hidden in New York, reached its final home this season.
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International flavor ties NBC finals across continents
Winners of the National Baseball Congress semi pro tournaments in Wichita and Toronto will meet in a seven game series beginning in August. The event brings together top teams from North America in a cross border showdown.
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Whitehall Augusta and Durand Sweep Contests in Wisconsin
In Osseo Whitehall beat Osseo 25-11 after a 13-6 halftime edge led by Paul Johnson eight points and Gordon Monson six Fremstad five. Augusta defeated Arcadia 34-18 with Young on ten and Dickinson seven. Durand crushed Black River Falls 40-20 behind Goodrich 15, Kins ten, Wayne five.
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Kins
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Stacey
Manike
Uptown Cage Quintet Defeats Salem 45 to 30
The Uptown basketball quintet beat West Salem 45 30 on the West Salem court. Uptown led 25 13 at halftime. Lind scored 16 points for Uptown, Dwyer 12, while West Salem’s Slick Miller had 12.
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Boxing Leaders Award Fighters In Armored Forces Honor
At the Boxing Writers Association dinner in New York 4100 boxers in the armed forces received the Edward J Neil memorial plaque. Speakers Abe Greene Nat Fleischer and former mayor Jimmy Walker urged politics out of boxing and urged boxing knowledgeable commissioners. War figures like Barney Ross Jim Braddock Benny Leonard Gus Lesnevich and Lew Ambers attended to accept the plaque to be hung at Madison Square Garden rotunda.
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Michigan Eyes Revenge as Purdue Visits Lafayette
Michigan hopes to split a two game set with Purdue at Lafayette this Friday and Saturday to stay in the Big Ten race. Purdue holds a 13 1 edge at Lafayette and has won four straight league games led by scorer Bill Lodge.
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Waukon Quintets Sweep Decorah Doubleheader
Waukon basketball teams won both halves of a doubleheader at Decorah Iowa Tuesday night. The junior team won 20-17 and the varsity led 9-5 after the first quarter, 16-7 at halftime, with a final score of 26 to ? High point man for Waukon was Don Orr with 14 and Decorah’s top scorer was Jimmy Hislop with 13. Pete Peterson of Luther College refereed the contest.
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Pete” Peterson
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Woman War Worker of Cleveland Rolls Third 300 This Season
Marge Slogar, 30, a Cleveland war worker, bowled a perfect 300 in league play last night. She is the third woman in the United States this season to achieve a 300 game and holds the Ohio women's standings all events title while sharing the doubles lead.
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Marge Slogar
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Ohio
High Take Not Damping Tropical Park Race Day Bets
Hialeah Park faces limited bus service but expects fans to travel as at Tropical Park where wagering averaged 355,496 dollars daily. State shares eight percent, the track seven percent, total fifteen, plus one percent breakage, yet players are unfazed by the high take.
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Hialeah Park
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Wisconsin Cards to Play Six Dual Meets This Season
Madison Wis The 1944-45 Wisconsin football schedule announced by athletic director Harry Stuhldreher features six dual matches four home and home contests with two Navy teams Opening event is the all university tournament in the fieldhouse Feb 11 Semis are dropped This season includes Feb 18 Iowa Pre Flight here Feb 26 Maryland here Mar 3 Penn State here Mar 10 Ottumwa Naval Air station here Mar 18 Iowa Pre Flight at Iowa City Mar 24 Ottumwa Naval Air station at Ottumwa Two basketball games were added De Paul at Great Lakes Mar 5 Great Lakes game Feb 7 previously scheduled.
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Fights Last Night in Elizabeth and Newark
Freddie Dawsom of Chicago outpointed Willie Cheatum of Newark at 135 pounds. Clint Miller of Elizabeth stopped Ralph Ferrer of New York in the second round at 130 pounds.
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N. J
Freddie Dawsom
Chicago
Willie Cheatum
Newark
Clint Miller
Ralph Ferrer
New York
Record totals Mark Cobb Wagner in Major League Baseball
Paul Wagner reaches 3 112 hits in 18 seasons with the Dodgers while facing doubts about catching Honus Wagner 3 430 NL hits or Ty Cobb 4 191 MLB totals. Ex Pirates veteran aged 40 may be challenged by long-standing records.
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Paul Wagner
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Forerunner of Spring Ann Arbor Battery Candidates
In Ann Arbor at Yost Field House a preliminary group of baseball battery candidates is working ahead of the spring season. The activity centers on pitchers and catchers refining signals and drills as coaches observe.
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Michigan
Baseball Battery
Yost Field House
Aquinas Blugolds Fall to Campion 35 27 at Home
Campion varsity edged Aquinas 35 to 27 in a hard fought midweek game. Gillings and Fountain led the visitors with 10 points each, while Walljasper paced Aquinas with 10 and Simones and Shimshak added five apiece. Aquinas shot poorly, hitting only ten of 49 attempts, with Campion moving ahead after a close first half. The teams meet again Feb 12 at Campion.
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Leo Simones Blugold
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Pin Congress Meeting Set For April 14-15
Milwaukee report says the annual meeting of the executive directors of the American congress is set for April 14 and 15 in Chicago. ABC announced regional meetings will be annual, with directors from New York eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey meeting in New Jan. 23 as the first regional session. Dates for other regions will be announced later. The ABC plans two regional offices in New York and the Pacific coast area.
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