Sugar Bowl history shows SEC struggles and Duke Alabama clash
The Sugar Bowl marks Alabama versus Duke as the ninth SEC appearance in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. SEC teams trail 3 wins to 5 losses with Tulane Tennessee and Georgia Tech each holding one win. LSU suffers three losses. Ticket notes report 2,200 stand tickets left and 72,000-seat sellout likely, with 3,000 discounted tickets already allocated to the Young Men’s Business Club for service members.
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Alabama
Duke Blue Devils
Carnegie Tech
Missouri
Fordham
Southeastern
Tulane
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State
Far West
Texas
Midwest
Santa Clara
Tulsa
Temple
Texas Christian
Texas A
Boston College
A. B. Nichols
Mid-Winter Association
Duke
Young Men's Business Club
Nicholas
William F. Burbank
Y. M. B. C Committee
Tulane Basketball Slates Sixteen Games for 1945 Season
Tulane University announces a 16 game 1945 schedule starting January 4 with Camp Plau che. The Greenies face Georgia Tech Auburn Mississippi State and LSU with home games at other gyms due to Navy V 12 use of the gym.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Camp Plauche
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Mis-sissippi State
Louisiana State
Greenies
Navy
Wilbur Smith
Tulane
Pensacola Naval Air Center
Pensacola
Baton Rouge
Atlanta
Smith
Mississippi State
Curtis Wins Over Lozano In Three Falls
Curtis drops Lozano in a three fall feature at Gus Kallio Arena. He pins Lozano and referee Allen Corbin after a kangaroo kick in the decisive third fall. Lozano battled back with eye gouges and illegal holds and another fall featured a dramatic ten count. In the curtain raiser Al Olsen defeats Cacoma in three falls.
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Jack Curtis
Garza Lozano
Gus Kallio
Buenos Aires
Allen Corbin
Curtis
Lozano
Corbin
al “Tuffy” Olsen
Kansas City
Cacoma
Olsen
Captain Johnson Returns Home From War Furlough
Captain John Johnson arrives in Monroe with a 15 day army furlough from New Orleans hospital after being wounded in Germany in November. He walks with a cane, accompanied by wife Madeline, parents Walter and unspecified mother, sister, and other family at 414 Stubbs Avenue. He is a Purple Heart and Silver Star recipient and a former Ouachita Parish High School athlete and Southwestern Louisiana Institute coach.
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Clifford Johnson
Johnsons
Stubbs Avenue
Army Infantry
Captain Johnson
Walter C. Johnson
States
Germany
Monroe
New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
Ouachita Parish
University of Alabama
Monroe White Sox
East Texas
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Madeline F. Johnson
Aberdeen
N. C
Deer killed by hunter called monstrous biology anomaly
In New Orleans a four year old deer with snow white legs and normal head was shot by W F Watson near Little Woods. Biologist Dr James Nelson Gwanloch labeled the buck a biological impossibility and noted an albino would show red eyes and a white head.
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New Orleans
W. F. Watson
Little Woods
Watson
Injury spreads at Duke grid camp ahead of Sugar Bowl
Duke football notes an eighth injury as Ed Sharkey breaks a thumb and Johnny Powell shifts to second string behind John Crowder. Frank Eisenberg Ed Sink and Gene Wilhoite earlier injuries tighten roster concerns as Cliff Lewis and George Clark refine the passing attack.
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Gene Wilhoite
Blue Devils
Cliff Lewis
George Clark
Louisiana Tech Prepares for DeRidder Game Before Holidays
Louisiana Tech cagers face DeRidder Army Air Base five in Ruston on Thursday night at 8. Coach Joe Aillet focuses on refining the offense with Henry Comby moved to a starting guard spot. The college band will perform at the game. Starting for Tech: Bob Kirberger, A. E. Lukken, Frank Cordell, Bill Witmer, Henry Comby.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
College
Bulldogs
DeRidder Army Air Base
Joe Aillet
Tech
DeRidder
Henry Comby
Aillet
Bob Kirberger
A. E. Lukken
Frank Cordell
Bill Witmer
Dodger Schultz Plays for Hamline U Cagers
Howie Stretch Schultz of the Brooklyn Dodgers will play center for Hamline University against City College at Madison Square Garden. Wartime eligibility allows his return to college basketball while finishing studies in St Paul.
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New York
Howie
Stretch” Schultz
Brooklyn Dodgers
Madison Square Garden
Hamline University
Schultz
Hamiline
St. Paul
Dodgers
City College
Tennessee Not On Sightseeing Tour Ahead of Rose Bowl
Coach John Barnhill pushed the Tennessee Volunteers through two long workouts in Pasadena preparing for the Rose Bowl against USC on New Year’s Day. He canceled trips and scheduled twin workouts, listing a tentative starting lineup with seven freshmen among 11. Roy Cross is out with a recovering arm.
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Pasedena
Calif
John Barnhill
Tennessee
Vols
Southern California
Trojans
Roy Cross
Barnhill
Buddy Pike
Charles Wildman
Bo Stewart
Riss Dobelstein
Bob Dobelstein
E. J. Asbury
Russ Morrow
Billy Bevis
Buster Stephens
Casey Stephenson
Mark Major
Stanford Denies Rumors Of Grid Comeback
Alfred B. Masters of Stanford athletics denied two circulating rumors. He said there is nothing to report about a football team next fall and about Buck Shaw, formerly of Santa Clara, becoming coach. The statements were made in San Francisco on December 22.
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San Francisco
Alfred B. Masters
Stanford
Buck Shaw
Santa Clara
Masters
Andy Kerr
Bill Alexander
Colgate
Georgia Tech
Maryland University
Doc Spears
Dartmouth
Earl Brown
Vanderbilt
McNeil Bartling
H. R
Red) Sanders
Navy
Bernie Bierman
Marines
Minnesota
Slip Madigan
St. Mary's
Iown
Detroit University
Northwestern
Wildcat
Lynn O
Pappy) Waldorf
Henry Finka
Tulss
Fritz Crisler
Reds Show Off Bill McKechnie’s Counted Players
A publicity release from the Cincinnati Reds notes Bill McKechnie has used 122 players since 1938 with an average weight of 182 pounds. End-to-end, the group would stretch about 731 feet 5 inches, with 71 percent right handed and 21 percent left handed. California leads with 18 candidates. no hat-size data provided.
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New York
Lee Allen
Cincinnati Reds
Bill McKechnie
Boulder Dam
Soand-So
Mr. Allen
McKechnie
Reds
California
Allen
Banded Duck Bagged by John Elmendorff at Marshy Boeuf
John Elmendorff of Monroe reported bagging his first banded duck of the season at Marshy Boeuf yesterday. The bird numbered 725-675 dated 1942, was shot as he wounded two other ducks at the same time. He dropped the cripples while pursuing another duck, but the two cripples escaped.
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John Elmendorff
Monroe
Coaching Carousel Shifts Across Colleges Foresee 1945
The report outlines a wave of football coach moves as Carl Snavely returns to North Carolina, Charles Caldwell leaves Williams for Princeton, and John Degrosa advances at Holy Cross. Other schools like Cornell, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt and Minnesota also show staffing changes and pro‑league links affecting future seasons.
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Harold Claassen
New York
Carl Snavely
Charles Caldwell
John Degrosa
Snavely
Cornell
North Carolina
Caldwell
Williams
Princeton
Degrosa
Holy Cross
Lefty James
Snaveley
Elton
Tad) Weiman
Wesley Fester
Oak State
Wesleyan
Fordham
Condr. James Crowley
Duquesne
Manhattan College
Shibe Park to House Connie Mack Hall of Fame Museum
Roy Mack announces plans to convert Shibe Park tower into a baseball museum and hall of fame with busts of Connie Mack and Athletics stars. The room would display treasured relics from Mack’s office including bats, autographs, scrapbooks, and historic guides. Earl Mack warned intruders away as officials prepared the concept. Also Mexico City notes Seeing Eye preferred in the Christmas Handicap with 12% pounds among 27 nominees.
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Baseball Museum
Shibe Park
Connie Mack
Roy Mack
Connie
Roy
Athletics
Earl
Brooklyn Mutual
Pennsylvania
K M. Landis
Arthur James
California
Mexico City
Hipodrome de Las Americas
Barnhill To Stay At Tennessee Five-Year Pact
John Barnhill has signed a five-year contract to remain at Tennessee. Brig Gen Robert Neyland may return from war duties, but Barnhill will be retained in some capacity. Shaw of Santa Clara signs to coach the San Francisco club of the All America pro league.
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Michigan
Shaw
Santa Clara
San Francisco
John Barnhill
Tennessee
Robert Neyland
Vols
Barnhill
Gene Nance Set for Major League or AA Club
Memphis manager Doc Prothro says third baseman Gene Nance who batted 322 last season will be sent to a major league or Class AA club. Offers have come in and the club hopes to keep him if he earns a higher level chance.
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Memphis
Tenn
Doc Prothro
Memphis Chicks
Gene Nance
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