Highland Park 39 San Angelo 6 in Texas schoolboy football semi
Highland Park stunned San Angelo 39 to 6 to advance to the finals against Port Arthur. Scotties quarterback Doak Walker led with four passing touchdowns and a rushing score, aided by Harold Clark and Dennis praised backs. San Angelo showed flashes but HP outsized and outplayed them, racking up 252 yards rushing and 115 passing yards.
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Ratliff Associatss
Dallas
Highland Park
Scotties
San Angelo Today
Port Arthur
West Texas
Doak Walker
Walker
Harold Clark
Bobcats
Roe Hall
Jimmy Flowers
San Angelo
Clyde Rembert
Clark
George Graham
Bill ‘Fuqua
Stu Moxley
Flowers
Moxley
Lark
Art ¢ Kirby
Ide
Ward
Dodson
Max Box
Box
Barney Johnson
Boncinally
Aintil
George
Ague
Rusty Russell
Masonic
Pontrayal
Corsicana
Dennis
On Jackets
Abilene J
Breckenridge
Angelo
Tulsa Faces Georgia Tech In New Year Bowl Showdown
Tulsa aims to mark its 50th gridiron year with a New Year’s Day Orange Bowl bid versus Georgia Tech, seeking revenge for 1944 Sugar Bowl defeat. Coach Henry Frnka cautions about Tech’s sharp, well coached attack while Tulsa flaunts a record pace offense led by Felto Prewitt and Camp Wilson and several standout backs.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Hurricane
Georgia Tech
Bill Alexander
Henry Frnka
Tech
Frnka
Tennessee Vols Lose Pair Of Reserve Ends
In Pasadena, Coach John Barnhill said Tennessee may face USC in the Rose Bowl without two reserve ends Roy Schlieden and Roy Cross. Cross has a broken arm and Schlieden suffers a severe leg bruise, keeping both questionable while practice continues with a reduced schedule for Christmas day.
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Tennessee Vols
Pasadena
Cal
U.P
Tennessee University
John Barnhill
University of Southern California Trojans
Roy Schlieden
Roy Cross
Cross
Tennessee
Alabama
Schlieden
Barnhill
Bill Henry Pace Improves For Rice Owls
Giant Bill Henry is scoring faster this season with 92 points in five games averaging 18.4 per game. Rice Owls remain undefeated in the Southwest Conference with five straight wins as the practice grind nears its end.
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Bill Henry
Houston
Rice Owls
Henry
Rice
Owls
Johnson OQuinn and Martinets At Hishland Park
A roster style fragment lists players including Johnson OQuinn Wallace DeJer nett Topletz Rutherford Lee Lowry and others with positions backs centers and guards attached to a local park event. No results or context provided.
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O'Quinn
Martinets
Hishland Park
Wallace
DeJernett
Topletz
Rutherford
Lee
Lowry
Jackies
Foster
Maddox
Tower
B. Smith
All
Deulach
Butler
Carter
Suards
Fivee
Bristol
Dixon
Teel
Davis Meu
Cantwell
Freeman
Weatherford
Mirby
Elderedse
Norton
Palmer
O'Connor
Fierce
Purcell
Baseball Waits Edicts Outcome
New York describes War Mobilization Director Byrnes urging no track racing after January 3 1945. The piece recalls Baker 1918 work or fight order impacting baseball, the 1917 season success, and possible effects of draft rules on players and leagues. It notes potential shifts as manpower orders test baseball during wartime conditions.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Newton DD. Baker
Baker
Navy
Boston
Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Byrnes
Will Harridge
Washington
Armed Services
East-West Gridmen Begin Heavy New Year's Day Practice
Eastern and Western football stars labored through hard workouts in San Francisco for the charity game on New Year’s Day. The East squad worked on pass plays from the T formation with two backfield combos and listed stars from Notre Dame Ohio State and Minnesota. Westerns focused on ground and aerial drills with Bob Waterfield of UCLA as the quarterback and targets Clarence Howell from Texas A&M and Dib Wooten of Oklahoma.
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San Francisco
University of Santa Clara
Frank Dancewicz
Notre Dame
Dick Flannagan
Ohio State
Bob Kelly
Vic Kulbitski
Minnesota
Clarence Howell
Texas A&m
Dib Wooten
University of Oklahoma
Dalhart Cagers Open Drill For Big Game
Dalhart Army Airfield started workouts for their Second Air Force league division title game on December 29 after a 30 to 19 loss to Liberal Army Airfield. The defeat did not shake Dalhart’s lead in the division.
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Dalhart
Tex
U.P
Dalhart Army Airfield
Liberal
Kan
Byrnes Seeks Review of Pro Athletes for Duty
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes urged selective service to reclassify professional athletes. He argued it is hard to justify fitness for sport yet unfit for military service amid manpower shortages. Local boards were instructed to reexamine cases of men in professional athletics and consider recall or fresh physicals.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Byrnes
Armed Services
Hershey
George C. Marshall
Army
War Department
Marshall
AP Poll Shows Fans Are Wanting Sports
New York December 23 Critics of wartime sports faded to a minimum in the AP year end poll of about 80 sports editors nationwide. Readers and armed forces demand the continuation of sports despite wartime rumors of stoppage. The principal effect was the passing of the crises as 12,000,000 in service implies ongoing leagues and programs.
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New York
Associated Press
Hal Cressman
Norristown
Times-Herald
Three Bowl Battles To Be Beamed To Gis
Three New Year's Day bowl games will be broadcast to G I Joes worldwide. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the Orange Bowl in Miami, and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans will be aired with rebroadcasts and condensations on New Year’s Day and the following day to fit convenient hours, Col. Thomas H A Lewis announced.
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Los Angeles
Thomas H. A. Lewis
Armed Forces Radio Service
Pasadena
Calif
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
Col. Lewis
Olivera Beats Castillo in 10 Round Hollywood Showdown
Tony Olivera of Oakland Calif. rallied after Castillo set a fast pace in rounds one through five to win a decisive 10 round contest over the Mexico City fighter in Hollywood last night.
Connie Mack Ready for 1945 Pennant Run
Connie Mack, age 82, declares himself fit and ready for another season as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. His one great ambition is to win one more pennant with the Athletics, possibly in 1945.
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Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Mack
Athletics
Mack Fit And Ready At Ripe Age Of 82
Connie Mack, 82, says each year slips by faster but plans to manage the Philadelphia Athletics again next season. He notes his health is good and believes baseball will continue despite war pressures, emphasizing its moral effect on troops and supporters. He praises Judge Landis in the remarks.
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Mack
Los Angeles
U.P
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
America
Athletics
War Department
Philadelphia
Connie ' Mack
Racing Tracks Ordered Closed in Wartime Shutdown
Jimmy Byrnes issued a wartime directive with Roosevelt's approval calling for all racing tracks to close by January 3 1945 and for dog racing to end. Horace Wade of Gulfstream Park warned the shutdown will force many small stables to destroy horses as there will be no market for thoroughbreds amid the curtailment. Jockeys at Gulfstream Park reacted with alarm to the news.
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Washington
Jimmy Byrnes
Roosevelt
Miami
Ela
Horace Wade
Gulairtamt Park
Wade
Gulfstream
Newa
Yrnes
Byrnes
New York
Matt Winn
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
War Manpower Commission
War Department
Europe
California
WMC
Red Raiders to Open Oklahoma City Tourney for 1944-45
Texas Tech faces Oklahoma Sooners in the opening game of the All-College tournament in Oklahoma City after traveling with nine players led by veterans Don Grove and Jay Kerr. The squad, hampered by Navy and Army enlistments, will continue a busy schedule through January with Lubbock and regional opponents in varied venues.
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Texas Tech
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma University Sooners
Red Raiders
Oklahoma
Polk Robison
Don Grove
Jay Kerr
Gene Hartley
Jiggs Jackson
Billie Kelly
Bill Cope
Ernest Hawkins
Bill Eddings
Billy Walker
New Mexico
Lobos
Albuquerque
West Texas State Teachers
Canyon
Lubbock
South Plains Army
Lubbock Army Airfield
Navy great Wickhorst to sea on carrier duty
Commander Frank Wickhorst renowned as a tackle and captain for Annapolis in 1926 is assigned to Pacific carrier duty after the new year. The Navy spokesman says football comes first, then the players, with management last, as Wickhorst shifts from the gridiron to the sea.
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NAVY
Washington
Frank Wickhorst
Navy Department
Wick
Annapolis
Pacific
Aggie Cagers Book Big Holiday State
College Station Texas December 23 Sixteen Texas Aggie basketball candidates head to San Antonio to face the Aviation Cadet center and Camp Normoyle 4051st Base Unit in a string of interservice games. The trip includes Corpus Christi Ward Island Navy school and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station with battles against Bergstrom field and Army Air Field at San Marcos. The squad has little practice with many football players on the roster. notable prep pedigrees include Milton Cherno Bill McCormick and Bill Tucker from El Paso Gainesville and Dallas Adamson.
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College Station
Tex
Texas Aggie
Manning Smith
San Antonio
South Texas
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center
Normoyle
Aggies
Corpus Christi
Ward Island Navy School
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Army Air Field
San Marcos
Austin
Bergstrom Field
Aggie
Milton Cherno
el Paso High School
Scrappy
Bill McCormick
Adamson High School
Dallas
Bill Tucker
Carter
Gainesville
Aggie great Pugh credits football instinct for life saving act
Tec. A. & M. coach Homer Norton recalls Marvin Pugh, an Aggies back, who credits split second football instinct for saving his life during a Japanese air attack. Pugh’s letter, written from a Pacific island, claims a flying tackle and a foxhole plunge kept him alive while others were killed. Norton, coaching West in Shrine East West game, says winning isn’t everything.
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San Francisco
Homer Norton
Marvin Pugh
Aggies
Norton
Miami
New Orleans
Dallas
Pugh
Iin Island
Pacific
Agee
Owever
Coast Conference
Texas
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Dean George
Wilson
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Stuart
Barney White
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James Byrnes
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