Clubs weigh training sites as February league meetings near
A survey finds managers believe a quick league ruling is possible on site changes before meetings. Washington Senators headways target Orlando with Charlotte and Chattanooga as backups. Dodgers weigh Durham options while Pirates and others eye California. Officials expect coordinated moves if home facilities are unavailable.
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Washington Senators
Kestman
William Harridge
American League
Orlando
Pla
Charlotte
N.C
Chattanooga
Tens
Senators
Griffith
Charlottesville
MAC Aec
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Durham
Dodgers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Rickey
University Feild
Wiliam E. Benswanger
Pittsburgh Pirates
California
Chicago Clus
St. Louis Browns
Los Angeles
May Shift Site Of Some Race Meetings
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association pledges support for a 1943 General Assembly bill changing racing day limits. Current law allows 100 racing days across four tracks with no more than 30 at one layout. Moving spring meetings to Laurel could occur if legislation allows more than 20 days at a single track.
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Baltimore
Maryland General Assembly
Maryland
Maryland Horse Breeders’ Association
State Racing Commission
Pimilico
Havre de Grace
Bowie
Laurel
Pimlico
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Washington
Horse Breeders’ Association
Laure
Messenger Loses 310000 on Baltimore Streetcar
Baltimore detectives report an Equitable Trust Company messenger failed to identify after claiming he left a cash package on a No 15 streetcar. He said he boarded a later car and realized the bag was missing about 10 blocks away and could not recover it.
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Baltimore
Equitable Trust Company
Wey
Roundup of boxing bets and sports notes in New York
The piece surveys the state of boxing commissions and fights at Madison Square Garden, cites Uncle Mike Jacobs and 600 fighters seen since 1837, and notes various sports tidbits. Also: Parker disputes flight times, coaches’ job security, and other wartime sports updates across colleges and professionals.
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New York
James
Owen Madden
Marines
State Athletic Commission
Union of States
Iso
Uncle Mike Jacobs
Harry Markson
Jacobs
Tub Thumper
Madison Square Garden
Mike
Commission
Snadework
Sticks
Birthday party honors Judy Ports in Sykesville
In Sykesville on Saturday afternoon December 5 Mrs Jo Nevin hosted a birthday party for her daughter Judy Ports. Guests included Mrs C Blentlinger Charles Wisner Darrell Phebus and many others. Mary Alice Hush of Oakland visited Lou Ann Haight. former resident Misa Eila Humphreys fell down stairs fracturing her collar bone at her home.
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Sykesville
Jo Nevin Ports
Judy Ports
C. Blentlinger
Charles Wisner
Darrell Phebus
Frederick
Allen Brown
Betty
Carrol Ann Eby
Jean Ede
Anna Brow
Patsy Barnes
Lou Ann Haight
Dorothy Lee Iglehart
Louis Wimmer
Richard
Ralph Foriwnan
Toxid Brown
Betty Lou
Sarah Hering
Mary Alice Hush
Oakland
Misa Eila Humphreys
Charles Humphrey
Michael Woff Jington Brings Eagle to Santa Land
Michael Woff Jington Bartholomew rides a giant eagle to Santa Land to seek amends for misdeeds. In Santa Land he finds Mrs Claus weeping and learns Santa is gravely ill with only nine days to Christmas. Doc Littlejohn warns Santa will die on Christmas Day as the shops halt.
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Michael Woffjington Bartholomew
Santa Land
Santa
Ani Santa
Christ
Michael
Santa Claus
Doc Littlejohn
Mrs. Claus
Doc Littlejotin
Little Michael
Local Notes Include Deaths Visitors and Arrivals
Community notices record the death of John Vorhees at work in Pittsburgh and funeral details in Sheppardstown West Virginia. Mary Chrobot spends time with her parents in Baltimore while relatives and friends visit Glen Burnie and Camp Croft furloughs. Reginald Arrington joins the U S Navy and a surprise shower honors Mary Arrington Pinnall at the Bennett home in Maryland.
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St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Mary Chrobot
Thomas Dixon
F. Lloyd Bennett
John Vorhees
Pittsburgh
Shepperdstown
W. Va
Vorhees
Margaret Vorhees
William Banderich
Glen Burnie
Bandorich
Camp Croft
Margaret Bennett
Richard R Bennett, Jr
Bennett, Jr
William Arrington
William Pinnall
Marion Prough
Margaret
Old Ballyhoo For Sugar Bowl
New Orleans civic and state leaders push a local sell out for the Sugar Bowl with a 73 000 capacity, despite 16 000 tickets returned from Tulsa and Tennessee and a Defense Transportation ban on out of town sales. Eastman's order aims to curb camp followers while local fans rush to buy remaining seats.
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New Orleans
Armm Singer
Antinkeete Menth
Office of Defense Transportation
Tulsa
Tennessee
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Crescent City
Tulsans
Tennessee Vols
Eastman
Court News and Local Notices From Howard and Nearby
Court deeds record Howard Virginia transfers with spouses to Kenneth H. McClain for zero dollars. Marriage licenses list John Thompson and Doris Ferrell, both colored, from Leesburg and Hamilton respectively. Local births note Melvin Zepp and Almira Thompson's son in Woodstock and Randall Kilgore's daughter Beulah Coffell. Mrs Ketfler ill with double pneumonia in Baltimore, mother with her.
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Warriage
John R. Thompson
Leesburg
Doris K. Ferrell
Hamilton, Va
Ruby
Henry Keller
Charles Ketfler
Evelyn Vernay
Sykesville
Baltimore
Fred Vernay
Melvin Zepp
Woodstock
Zepp
Almira Thompson
Frankie Sinkwich Tops Nation's No 1 Male Athlete
Frankie Sinkwich, Georgia star and two year All-America halfback, voted No 1 male athlete of 1942 by 69 sports editors in the AP poll. Sinkwich led the Bulldogs to the Rose Bowl, receiving 15 first place votes and 19 others ranking him second or third. Ted Williams and Don Hutson followed with high point totals in the top ranks.
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New York
Frankie Sinkwich
Youngstown
Ohio
Georgia
Bulldogs
Aj Rose Bowl Kid
Associated Press
Sinkwich
Marine Corps Reserve
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Don Hutson
Green Bay
National League Announces 1942 Pitching Records
The National League released its official pitching records for 1942 led by Mort Cooper with a 1.97 ERA and 22 wins. Johnny Beazley followed with 21 wins and 2.13 ERA while Carl Hubbell's 1933 peak era is cited for comparison. Other leaders include Lefty French and Ace Adams in ERA and relief appearances, with Vander Meer topping strikeouts at 186.
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New York
National League Today
Mort Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Cooper
Sibe
Johnny Beazley
Beazley
Hubbell Cooper
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Cincinnati
Curt Davis
Dividing Major Leagues Into Eastern and Western Divisions
The Philadelphia Record reports the Office of Defense Transportation is studying a plan to split big league baseball into Eastern and Western divisions to cut travel during wartime. Eastman says the idea aims to preserve morale and permit play while reducing travel, with consultations planned with Landis and league officials.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Office of Defense Transportation
Record
The
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Washington
Kensaw Mountain Landis
Eastman
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Hitler
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Denny Myers
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Stan Lomax
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Baseball Congress
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Wally Stanowski
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Canadian Air Force
Bill Juzda
New York Rangers
Andy Branigan
Wilf Field
Brooklyn Americans
Ed Frutig
Green Bay Packer
Naval Air Base
Santa IS
Oche Ota Sea
Beqin
Santa’s
Dy Luckece
Rudgins
Court News
Howard VA. Quinn
Kenneth H. McClain
St Louis Cardinals
Yankees
Frank Sinkwich
Gunder Haegg
Ray Robinson
Morton Cooper
Cornelius Warmerdam
Ben Hogan
Joe Louis
Greg Rice
Faul Governall
Willie Pep
Bill Smith
George Kurowski
Gild Dodds
Walker Cooper
Joe Gordon
Ted Lyons
Nobert Falkenberg
Mel Ott
Les Steers
National League
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Bill Lohrman
Cliff Melton
Ray Starr
Bucky Walters
Claude Passeau
Lon Warneke
Whitlow Wyatt
Lohrman
Wyatt
Davis
C. Melton
Kirby Higbe
Hubbell
Passeau
Starr
the News
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East Taylor Street
Phoenix
Arizona
Stokol
Geo. P. Devilbiss
Walkersville
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
China
Motorola
Cory
Steol
Melvin M. Engle
Lash
Pho
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick Frederick
Robert G. Mumma
Financial Home
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