Commandos Clash With Pampa in Tough SPAAF Showdown
Lubbock Plains Army Air Field's Commandos, one of the state's top scorers, travel to Pampa to meet TA k in a renewal of a north Texas rivalry. LAAF beat by Phillips 88 57 but coach Ray Cagni’s squad aims to rebound. A Friday Abilene AAF game was cancelled.
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Spinach Origins Traced to Persia and Europe
The text notes spinach likely originates from Persia and was introduced to Europe around the 15th century highlighting its historic spread and cultivation.
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Europe
Haegg US Bound as Dodds Retires From Track
Stockholm reports Gunder Haegg will travel to the United States with hurdler Hakon Lidman just as Gil Dodds announces retirement from indoor competition. Dodds plans ministerial work in Los Angeles after finishing at Gordon Theological School, with rivals like Jim Rafferty and Rudy Simms looming in his absence.
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New York University
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Dartmouth
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Sunset Coach Quits Dallas Post as Principal Appointed
Herman Cowley, Sunset High School coach for eight seasons with six district titles, becomes principal of Maple Lawn grade school and will retire from coaching at Sunset.
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Frogs Rally Past SMU 52 46 in Fort Worth Showdown
In Fort Worth on January 17 the Texas Christian Horned Frogs rallied in the second half to edge Southern Methodist 52 to 46. Gene Schmidt scored 21 points for high honors while Leroy Pasco contributed as TCU erased an 11-6 deficit and a 25-22 halftime lead by SMU.
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USO Baseball Group Returns From Tour
Leo Durocher and a Mediterranean USO baseball troupe returned from a 20 000 mile 42 day tour reporting near front line exposure in Italy. Members included Joe Medwick Nick Etten and others. A show in a mud covered tent drew few spectators as German capture of equipment interrupted a World Series film.
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Barefoot St Marys players lose shoes in theft
Three members of St Marys High School basketball team in Bismarck have been practicing in stocking feet after their shoes were stolen from their lockers this week leaving the team short for games at home and away.
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Army Starts Tearing Down Rambler Eleven
Randolph Field Ramblers, once undefeated and top ranked, see key players deployed overseas and others out for 1945. Coach Fritico assumes a new primary duty amid changes. The team had 441 points for and 19 against and donated all receipts to Army relief.
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Bowlers to contest richest gathering in Chicago
Two thousand bowlers from 24 states and Canada will converge in Chicago for a 16 day event with $82,400 in prizes. The city aims to host the world’s bowling capital as top competitors collide on the maple lanes.
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Hub Laundry Leads City-Commercial Bowling Standings
Hub Laundry won two of three games against Armour's to stay two games ahead in the City-Commercial league at Plamor alleys. Meads Bakery swept S. Q. Clothiers for a 3-0 night. Leo Bell of the Lions club led scoring with 224 pins in one game and J. K. Giles of Hub Laundry posted a 613 three game series.
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Former LSU Star Bussey Missing In Action
Lieut. (j.g.) Young Bussey once captain of LSU football is missing in action the Navy told his mother Mrs. Katie Lee Bussey. After LSU he joined the Chicago Bears and served on a destroyer in the Pacific likely at Guam where his unit earned a Presidential citation.
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Katie Lee Bussey
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Kiwanis and Lions Bowl In Challenge
Kiwanis club bowlers accept a challenge from the Lions bowling team. The Kiwanis five will be selected from four Kiwanis league teams and meet the Lions at 7:30 tonight at Lubbock Bowling Club. The Lions play in the City Commercial league Wednesdays at Plamor Lanes.
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President Resigns From Sacramento Baseball Club
Harry Ludwig resigned as president of the Sacramento baseball club after he was barred from the Pacific Coast League directors winter counting session in San Francisco. The note about Arabia notes 1,000,000 square miles and 10,000,000 people appears as a separate aside.
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Harry Ludwig
Sacramento Baseball Club
Pacific Coast League
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