Stretch drive begins as college hoops heat up nationwide
New York January 31 college basketball returns from a scholastic break as top races unfold across conferences. Southern California clinched the Pacific Coast southern division by beating UCLA, while Stanford slips with only one win. Leaders in the Big Ten and Big Six face tests as Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, and Duke chase titles. The South and Southeast show George Washington and LSU in strong positions, with Notre Dame and Kentucky among independents and regional teams slated for pivotal matchups.
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Mid-Term Exercises At Maryland University College Park
The University of Maryland held its first mid term graduation with 290 graduates. Bishop Acton delivered a sermon urging character and sacrifice while 60 graduates marched in ROTC uniforms. President Byrd and deans attended the service at St Andrew's Church.
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Ox Fibre Bowling League Matches and Schedule Shifts
Ox Fibre Bowling League results show Favorites 3 Pressmen 0 Shapers 3 Alligators 0 Bristies 3 Millers 0 Wirewaisters 3 Sweepers 0 Big Chiefs 2 Industrites 2. Thursday Millers versus Justrites Wireiwisters versus Bristles Sweepers versus Alligators. Friday matches list Shapers or Pressment 3 versus Big Chiefs. Beazley weds in Miami Beach Florida. Carolyn Frey of Nashville and Johnny Beazley wed in Fort Lauderdale with Judge Boyd H. Anderson officiating. They return to Miami Beach as Beazley reports for Army duty.
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Fortmann Named To Assist Shaughnessy
Pittsburgh January 31 A suggestion that Clark Shaughnessy might not equip a depleted Pitt football squad with his T formation tricks faded after Danny Fortmann was named an assistant coach. Fortmann, Bears star guard, brings seven years of T formation experience and will also serve as a physician at Presbyterian Hospital. He met Shaughnessy and Athletic Director James Hagan to discuss his role amid Pitt material shortages.
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Tamulis Sees Majors Finishing Schedule and Cardinals Repeating
Former major leaguer Vito Tamulis, serving at Drew Field, believes the war will not stop the major league season and expects the St Louis Cardinals to repeat as champions. He notes players may need warm weather to regain form and hints at resuming pitching postwar with a minor league link. Tamulis and fellow Drew Field stars Swindells and Moore will compete there this season.
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Sports Roundup from a Busy Page of Miscellany
The piece assembles short sports vignettes and anecdotes across baseball, hockey, boxing, and college athletics. It notes minor league scorers’ quirks, a Maryland banquet misadventure with road trouble, Seabiscuit’s heir apparent, hockey rink billing spats, and upcoming boxing shows in Cleveland as well as Navy and college football conference twists and student-athlete participation debates. Featured names include Jones, Shaughnessy, Shaughnessy, Jones, and Eddie Shore.
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Latest Jr Y basketball league scores posted
Spitfire defeated Thunderbolt 18 to 16 while Corsair beat Hurricane 21 to 12 in the junior league late results.
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Air Corps Pvt Stull On Fourteen Day Furlough
In Air Corps Pvt Stull son of Mrs Mamie Stull at 218 East Church street was recently home on a fourteen day furlough. He has served five months in the Army Air Corps and is stationed at Memphis Tean.
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Sisler Early Major League Struggles Revealed By Rickey
New York January 31 George Sisler later a famed first baseman and Brooklyn Dodger scout was rough around the edges in his initial major league days. Branch Rickey recalls Sisler as a nervous left handed third baseman turned first baseman and pitcher who eventually found his fire after being benched. Timing and missteps with the Pirates and Browns shaped his early career and path to stardom.
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Bette Davis Survives Xmas Fire to Rise in Hollywood
A Berkshire boarding school fire in a Santa Claus pageant left eight year old Bette Davis badly burned. After eight weeks in a darkened room doctors feared for her eyesight and life, but she recovered and pursued acting. The tale underscores fate and early tragedy shaping a future star.
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Girl's Chance Meeting Sparks Hollywood Breakthrough
A girl approached a teenage boy at a counter selecting two dozen gifts and asked if he had considered film work. He blushed and could not answer. Months later he landed a contract with a major Hollywood studio, launching his acting career.
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From New York Street Tough to Hollywood Star John Garfield
In less than a year a troubled youth named Robert Young becomes a model for change after Angelo Pairi places him in a problem kids program. The effort shapes him into boxing, speech, and acting, propelling him toward a film career as John Garfield in Air Force.
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Mississippi Corp. King Enlists in Maryland National Guard
The individual, son of Mra Harry, formerly of Fegdetick and Bhi Rutter, left Camp Meade to report to Camp McCain Mississippi the week before Christ. He had entered service with the Maryland National Guard in February 1941.
Schedule announced for City Junior Basketball League
Coach Skipper Zime merman of Frederick High School released a tentative second half schedule for the City Junior Basketball League. Several dates remain undecided after February 18, with a list of upcoming games set for February 2 to March 9 including YMCA, St Johns, and MSA matchups.
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