Cobb Urges U S To Keep Up The Game
San Francisco February 15 Former Detroit star Cobb urged the United States to keep professional baseball alive during wartime for morale while noting war needs must come first. He said baseball has a vital place in American life and that if manpower allows it should continue in a limited fashion, with fans traveling by subway and streetcar to games.
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Ox Fibre Bowling League Results and Schedule
The Ox Fibre Bowling League posted latest results with Bristles sweeping Big Chiefs 3 0 and Wiretwisters down Alligators 2 1. Millers beat Pressmen 2 1 and Shapers defeated Justrites 2 1. Upcoming games include Bristles versus Justrites and Shapers against Wiretwisters on Wednesday with Alligators facing Favorites and Big Chiefs meeting Pressmen on Thursday and Millers facing Sweepers on Friday.
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Jr. Y Basketball League Scores Report
Yesterday results from the Jr. Y league show Spitfire 24 defeating Hurricane 14 and Corsairs 28 edging Thundersol age in a pair of close games.
Ketchel Knocked Out Joe Thomas in 1907 Colma Duel
Boxing historian Billy Roche recalls Ketchel’s 1907 32nd round KO of Joe Thomas at Colma, praising the bout as the best he ever saw and recounting related legends, matchups, and weight bets, with memories of Gans Walcott and Cross Hyland fights anchoring a broader gallery of legendary ring clashes.
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Ankenman Lived to Shape Texas League Stars and Legends
Houston Buffs president Fred Ankenman resigned after 22 years guiding the Texas League club. He signed over 1,500 players, oversaw six league titles and two runnerups, and mentored stars like Dizzy Dean and Johnny Rizzo while weathering headaches from managers and attendance highs. The piece also notes Maryland timber racing cancellations and rising accident death rates in 1941.
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Derby Entries Highlight 1942 Kentucky Stakes
Louisville reports 151 nominations for the 1942 Derby with riders and owners naming entries amid wartime travel limits. The mile and a quarter race May 1 at Churchill Downs draws horses like Alsab and Valdina Orphan, while some contenders expect racing restrictions to dampen nominations. In California, Bay Meadows resumes under war rules and officials seek spring and fall dates for Bowie racetrack as weather and policy shift.
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End of Barriers to Freshmen Athletes at Virginia
Charlottesville Va Feb 15 Frank Murphy Virginia head coach a veteran on the football scene says barriers against freshmen in varsity intercollegiate athletics will never be created again and that the freshman rule has been a subterfuge to keep strong colleges strong and the weak weaker He attacks administrative diehards who blocked freshmen competition and urges adoption of a policy that should have existed always Murray of Marquette who built the golden avalanche and produced Bil Dutley aided Virginia during wartime manpower drains in urging the change
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Wartime student athletes face limits on competition
A speaker argues varsity squads should allow more dependent students to qualify and compete beyond three years, saying war era restrictions hurt real students. He urges postwar change to curb the premium on behemoths and questions if Allied peace terms also impact fairness.
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Semi final lineups and radio debate winner details
The report lists junior league matchups Big Mac 3 Pay Day 0 and Topflight 3 Towncraft 0 in semi finals at Emmitsburg on February 15. It highlights Miss Joan Costello of Saint Joseph's College as a regional finalist in the National Intercollegiate Radio Prize Debate, broadcast from New Haven.
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Crowd riots during nylon hose sale in Martinsburg
In Martinsburg West Virginia a sale of 120 pairs of nylon hose drew at least 300 shoppers and caused two large windows to be broken. The cash and carry counter was damaged as the rush exhausted stock and remaining customers were turned away. Store says no more stocking sales will occur.
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Navy Station Beats William and Mary and Virginias Teams
Norfolk Naval Air Station defeats William and Mary 85 to 34 and Maryland 56 to 42, while George Washington tops Washington and Lee 51 to 45 in a set of college basketball scores reported from the event.
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Wartime Hollywood Glimpses Through Canteen and Sets
Readable slices show wartime Hollywood life with canteen scenes, sailors, and stars like Bogart and Davis. It notes uniforms, signaling practice, pregnancy of cinema, and bustling studio activity behind a school desk for an instructor's certificate while public hunger and dope sheets color the era.
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