Picard Clinches Miami Open Title With Record 63
Henry Picard, 39, of Cleveland wins the Miami Open by five strokes after a final round 63 to finish at 267. Harold McSpaden places second at 272, winning 1400, with Frank Stranahan, Denny Shute, and Dick Metz tied for third at 875. Ben Hogan and Dutch Harrison each shoot 279 to share fifth and earn 600.
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Henry Picard
Florida
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
MecSpaden
Sanford
Maine
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Denny Shute
Akron
Dick Metz
Chicago
Ben Hogan
Hershey, Pa
E. J
Dutch” Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Wilman Wins National Match Game Bowling Title
Berwyn bowler Joe Wilman clinched the national individual match game title with 13,437 pins, the fifth annual event crowning him after a long career. Second place went to Pvt Ther man Addison of Detroit with 13,387 pins. other top finishers include Varipapa, Nagy, and Bomar in the crowded field.
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Joe Wilman
Berwyn
American Bowling Congress
Buddy Bomar
Chicago
Pvt. Thermandson
Detroit
Ady Varipapa
Pmpstead
Walter Ward
Cleveland
Ned Day
West Allis
Chet Bukow
Fred Buk
Connie Kwoegler
Madison
Wis
Steve Nagy
George Valles
Youngspen
Ohio
Joe Ake
Bud- Bomar
Orge Morrison
Frank Benkovic
Milwaukee
Nelson Burton
Louis
Krumske
Steel Bowl game efforts aim to revive New Year showdown
Mobile Alabama December 10 W F Lee amusement park operator says efforts are under way to line up two league or service teams to resume the post season game at Birmingham New Year s Day Great Lakes M T S L S A Mississippi State Tennessee Texas A M and Temple are mentioned as possible participants in the revived Steel Bowl matchup.
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Birming
W. F
Ope
Great Lakes M
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Vir
Mississippi State
Ten
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Temple
Rookie of the Year honor eyed by Chicago writers
Chicago sports round up notes from December as Baseball Writers Association mulls awarding Happy Chandler the Rookie of the Year trophy. Other items include Mudhens' managerial searches with Cochrane Gehringer or Higgins linked, Selkirk’s Newark prospects, Blackhawks attendance and farm team finances, Grimm’s antics at bat and a Reuther prediction, Big Ten football scheduling motives for Purdue and Indiana, Mikan versus Eddie in practice duels, Warneke umpiring hopes, and a Turkish exchange rumor about Frankie Frisch and Casey Stengel.
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Baseball Writers’ Association
Happy Chandler
Toledo Mudhens
Mickey Cochrane
Charley Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
George Selkirk
Newark
Blackhawk
Joe Farrell
Blackhawks
Kansas City Farm
K. C
Big Ten
Purdue
Indiana
George Mikan
DePaul
Eddie
Joliet
Ill
de Paul
Pacific Coast League
Miami Open golf winner tied to 274 score
Sports Mirror reviews past milestones with a year ago 72 hole 274 by S Sgt Dutch Harrison at the Miami Open. It recalls three years ago Pete Reiser being classified 1-A, five years ago Bill Klei leaving officiating for NL umpires, and ten years ago Jimmie Foxx sale to Boston Red Sox for $125000 and two players. Sight saving classes are being established in many cities for students with serious sight impairment.
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Dutch Harrison
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn
Bill Klei
Philadelphia Athletics
Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox
College basketball set to surge as top teams clash
New York December 10. College basketball moves into high gear as top teams like Oklahoma A and M DePaul and Penn prepare for key matchups. Upsets unfold with St John’s Western Michigan Holy Cross and others surprising favorites.
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Oklahoma Aggies
DePaul
Chicago
Long Island University
Madison Square Garden
Utah
St. John
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas State
Ohio State
Illinois
Michigan
Great Lakes
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Rhode Island
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Brooklyn
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Yale
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Temple
Penn
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Aggies
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Notre Dame
Wyoming
Rice Temple
Washington State
Oregon
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Michigan State
Portland
Gonzaga
St. John’s
Western Michigan
City College
Holy Cross
Rockhurst
Penn State
West Virginia
Purdue
Lousville
Syracuse
Oswego
Rhode Islan
Otis Field
Freshmen to be Debate Over Varsity Play in SEC
Southeastern Conference members will meet in Baton Rouge to decide whether first year men may continue playing on conference varsity teams through December 15 1946. Commissioner Mike Conner argues against freshmen playing during normal times while Georgia seeks to end freshman varsity participation after the bowls.
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Jackson
Miss
Mike Conner
University of Georgia
Conner
Baton Rouge
Korolev retains heavyweight boxing crown in Moscow title bout
Nikolai Korolev, 28, of Moscow defeats Andre Novarzdoy to keep the Soviet Union heavyweight boxing title for a fourth straight year. Korolev earns 5,000 rubles with Novarzdoy receiving 3,000. Other briefs include a National Amateur Rowing Championship decision to resume next July and Bud Ward defending the Spokane golf title, plus Idaho freshman Jack Phoenix scoring 11 points in five minutes on debut.
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Nikolai Korolev
Soviet Union
Andre Novasardov
Tiflis
Georgia
Korolev
Novasardoy
Spokane
Wash
Bud Ward
Ward
Spokane Country Club
Gonzaga University of
Mehre Resigns as Coach of Rebels at Mississippi
Oxford Miss Dec 10 The Old Miss Rebels need a new football coach Harry Mehre resigns from the University of Mississippi coaching staff Mehre hints he may not continue coaching The board will choose a successor on recommendation of the athletic committee Mehre came to Ole Miss in 1938 after 14 years at Georgia He coached 39 wins 27 losses and 1 tie with notable players including Parker Hall Junior Hovious and Merle Hapes
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Miss
Miss Rebels
Harry Mehre
A. B. Butts
Mehre
University of Mississippi
Butts
Board of Trustees of
Institutions of Higher Learning
Ole Miss
University of Georgia
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Rebels
Mississippi State
Georgia
Catfish Smith
Air Force
Parker Hall
Junior Hovious
Merle Hapes
Van Buren Ranks Among Grid Greats
Philadelphia December 10. Steve Van Buren the 24 year old Honduras born halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles proved himself a grid great with a three touchdown performance as Eagles beat the Boston Yanks 35 to 7 He added two extra points and finished the season with 110 points leading the league and gaining 832 yards from scrimmage.
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Steve van Buren
Philadelphia Eagles
National Football League
Boston Yanks
Greasy Neale
Eagles
van Buren
Louisiana State University
Don Hutson
Hutson
Chandler Faces Debate Over Baseball Power at Meeting
Chicago December 10 Major league moguls debate the powers of new commissioner A B Chandler succeeding Landis as factions clash over authority. Clubs discuss overrule clauses while consideration of third league status and number of night games looms. Reports link possible trades involving Rudy York Jim Bagby Jeff Heath and George Case as spring plans unfold.
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Chicago
Kentucky
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Landis
Ivory Market
Detroit
Rudy York
Cleveland
Jim Bagby
Boston Red Sox
Jeff Heath
Washington
George Case
Busher Named Year’s Best Horse by Turf and Sport Digest
New York December 10 1945 filly Busher leading turf honors after 1945 season. She received 140 votes from sports and racing writers as best horse of the year and also top three year old. Busher won 10 of 13 starts and ranks seventh all time in earnings with 334 035 dollars.
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New York
Louis B. Mayer
Busher
Turf and Sport Digest
Baltimore
Light energy floods the eye with billions of impulses each second
The statement notes that the retina receives billions of light impulses per second as photons strike the eye. It emphasizes the vast scale of visual processing and the rapid translation of light into neural signals.
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