Maryland Hosts North Carolina In First Post Holiday Tilt
The University of Marylandopens intercollegiate play after the holidays with a home game against the University of North Carolina at College Park. Western Maryland and Loyola lead their conferences while Maryland schedules several non conference tests into January.
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Fred Etasley
University of Maryland
College Park
University of North Carolinas
University of Richmond
Maryland State
Mason-Dixon
Western Maryland
Loyola College of Baltimore
Randolph Macon
Bridgewater College
University of Delaware
Washington Colleges
Loyola
Maryland
American U
Gallaudet
American
Navy Pre Flight Sports Shift Emphasizes Local Play
A wartime reorganization places all Navy pre flight schools under air commands, cutting long trips and boosting intramural and local play. The move signals less focus on varsity teams and more attention to near-home competition due to facility limits and recruiting aims.
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New York
Navy
Air Primary Training Command
Air Operational Command
Spectacular 1942 Upsets Dominate Sports Year
NEA summary highlights 1942 as a year of major upsets across sports. Yankees dethroned by St Louis Cardinals. L Alsab’s sprint back. Warmerdam and Hagg set records. Cardinals win despite early deficit. boxing stars Beau Jack Mauriello Robinson. Joe Louis defended titles. Sam Snead wins PGA. betting soars and war funds receive nearly 3 million.
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New York
Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Lalsab
Cornelius Warmerdam
Gunder Hagg
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears
St Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Birds
Johnny Beazley
Billy Conn
Stimson
Ben Hogan
Chicago
Ridgemoor
Sam Snead
Absecon
Atlantic City
New Heights
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Calif
New
Shrine East West All Stars aim for charity game windfall
The Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital game at Kezar Stadium on New Years Day features East and West rosters packed with future stars and service veterans. Officials say the 18th annual clash raises up to $60 000 for crippled children and war relief, giving seniors their last, best performance for a worthy cause.
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Crippled Children’s Hospital
Robert Mellace
NEA Service Star
San Francisco
Babe Halsingberg
Hallingberg
Bob Steuther
Missouri
West
Keezar Memorial Stadium
Golden Gate Park
Paul
Slingin
Steve
Columbia
Governali
Davey O'Brien
Texas Christian
Filipsview
Coliege
Kerr
Kezar Stadium
Shrine Hospital
Asister
Southworth Named Major League Manager of the Year
St Louis headlines celebrate Branch Rickey as top executive and Billy Southworth as outstanding MLB manager for 1942. Ted Williams tops the American League in batting, homers, runs, RBIs, bases, and fielding. Rickey credited for assembling title-winning Cardinals. Minor leagues honor Bill Veeck Eddie Dyer and Dick Barrett for leadership and performance. Barrett later sold to Chicago Cubs.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Sporting News
Branch Rickey
Billy Southworth
Joe Gordon
Baseball Weekly
New York Yankee
Ted Williams
Williams
The
Red Sox
Southworth
Billy the Kid
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankees
Rickey
Cardinals
Dodgers
Bill Veeck
Milwaukee
Eddie Dyer
Columbus
Dick Barrett
Seattle
Barrett
Dyer
Columbus Red Birds
American Association
Syracuse
Veeck
Chicago Cubs
Radio School Graduate Meant to Instruct at Army Post
Vi Leo Mallory ex golf pro at Norston Cann graduates as radio operator mechanic at Stow Falls Army Air Forces Technical School and is to become a code instructor there. Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky expected at North Carolina Navy Pre Fight School in February. Buddy Hassett and Pete Appleton among athletes stationed at Chapel Hill. BUTTON PER CAPITA says 187 buttons per person if annual US production were evenly divided. Say you saw it in The News.
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Leo Mallory
Noreton
Cann
Stowk Falls
D. Army Air Fores
Ted Williams
Johnny Pesky
North Carolina Navy
Snogla
Cloudbusters
Buddy Hassett
Pete Appleton
Chapel Hill
Mussetter Silver Anniversary and Holiday Visits
Germantown notes mark Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Mussetter’s silver wedding anniversary on December 14. Edward Brosius of Takoma Park visits Christmas with Carroll and wife in Germantown. John Henry Mussetter Jr. of New York and Miss Mary Mussetter of Washington stay with their parents J. H. Mussetter. Rev. G G Kundahlis remains in Sibley Hospital Washington DC.
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Germantown
John Henry Mussetter
Edward Brosius
Takoma Park
Carroll Brown
John Henry Mussetter, Jr
New York
Mary Mussetter
Washington
J. H. Mussetter
G. G. Kundahlis i
Sibley Hospital
Washington, D. C
James Billmyer
Mice Effie Fowble
Baltimore
Union Bridge
Jenassa Eakle
Eakle
Nannie Fowble
Leon Israel
St. John's College, Annapolis
Hyman Israel
Annapolis
Reginald Harmon
Baltimore City
Maryland General Hospital
Lashio Bombed by U S Bombers in Burma Campaign
Delayed dispatch reports that on a Sunday U S bomber groups escorted by fighters dropped tons of demolition and fragmentation bombs on the large Japanese airfield at Lashio Burma causing heavy destruction.
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Lashio
China
Burma
U. S
Red Ruffing Goes Into Army in 1-A Induction
New York Yankees star pitcher Red Ruffing certified 1-B after a medical exam and placed in non-combatant duty with the Army. Ruffing, 2 inches tall and 234 pounds, loses four toes from a Nokomis coal mine accident at 15 but rose to major league fame. He reported for his physical with quiet resolve and noted, We’ve got a different battle on our hands.
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Los Angeles
New York Yankees
Charles
Red
Yanks
Ruffing
Hal
C. Jenkins
Rufling
Long Beach
Vallee Aircraft Factory
Union Bridge Christmas Activities and Local Notes
Union Bridge hosts a community Christmas party in the Methodist Church with carols, gifts, and local volunteers. The town marks holidays with school closure and residents visiting Baltimore hospital patients, plus local reentries from medical procedures and military postings.
Odds And Ends Of Year In Sports Recalled
A retrospective recalls pivotal sports moments from the year including Kirby Higbe’s final game glare after the Cardinals clinched pennant hopes against the Dodgers, the ill fated Louis Conn title fight, World Series heroics and errors, Boston College Holy Cross reactions, Joe Gordon disruption, Hans Lobert remarks, Frizie Zivic’s rebounding obsession, Dempsky and Dempsey, Al Weill at ringside, Lou Nova’s fall to Tami Maurillo, and Navy stopping Penn on the goal line in a bid to beat Army.
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Tulsa
Ohio State
Georgia
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Alabama
UCLA
Texas
Boston College
Frankie Sinkwich
Holy Cross
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Beau Jack
Augusta
Tami Mauriello
Ray Robinson
Harlem
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
New York
Navy
Army
Whitney Martin
Kirby Higbe
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadelphia
Cardinals
Chicago
Dodger
Johnny Beazley
Ibemian
Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Joe Gordon
Walker Cooper
Hans Lobert
Frizie Zivic
Fraakly
Jack Dempsty
Manhattan Beach
Lou Nova
Tami Maurilio
Penn
Central Alabama Emerges As Largest American Graphite Source
A regional note highlights Central Alabama as the leading source of American graphite. The brief mentions suggest mining or supply significance, with references to local communities connected to the raw material supply chain.
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Alabama
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Orion Hess
Audrey Nusbaum
Monroe Pfoutz
Frederick City Hospital
Chamber of Commerce and Business Places of Town
Union Bridge Methodist Church
Ernest Colwell
Raymond Selby
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Roger Luttrell
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Harry Fogle
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Frank Bohn
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Johnsville
Parent-Teacher's Association
Eliza Rakestraw
Claude Billmyer
New York City
Hitler
Melvin M. Engle
Seiberling Tires
Frederick, Md
Markell & Ford Telephone
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J. D. Brown
Ralph Stine
Francis Lindsey
Rosa Lindsey
Edith Bluin
Lindsey
Thomas Cramer
Walkersville
Loudoun County
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Walter B. Williams
D. W. Beatty
H. S. Keller
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H. D. Beatty
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Evergreen Point
Jimmy Hall
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