WVU Mountaineers Keep Unbeaten Run Amid Tough Schedule
West Virginia, led by Patton, remains one of four undefeated teams. The schedule tightens with Pittsburgh, Navy, Washington and Jefferson, Temple, Penn State, W and J, Pitt, and Carnegie Tech ahead. Penn State and Navy loom as major tests as WVU eyes a possible NCAA bid and Madison Square Garden run.
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West Virginia University
Duquesne
Mountaineers
Temple
West Virginia
John Q. Fan
Pittsburgh
Navy
Washington and Jefferson
Penn State
Pitt
Carnegie Tech
WVU
Morgantown
State
Muhienberg
Isbell Phelan Vie For Baltimore AFC Coaching Post
The All-America Football Conference owners eye Cecil Isbell of Purdue and Jimmie Phelan of St Marys as leading coaching candidates for the new Baltimore club. Elsewhere the piece notes Florida rassling fans selling out Primo Carnera events, Red Sox completing 41 wins in 54 doubleheaders, and Navy basketball eyeing NCAA tourney with Kenny Shugart praised as a standout.
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Gayle Talbot
Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Associated Press
New York
Cecil Isbell
Purdue
Jimmie Phelan
St. Mary's
Baltimore
Florida
Rassling
Primo Carnera
Boston Red Sox
Leo Durocher
Happy Chandler
Cincinnati
Navy
Kenny Shugart
Cheyenne
Wyo
Anxiou
Garden
Ben Carnevale
Shugart
Spence Drayton
Gilmooley
Dixie
Durocher
Oklahoma
Sooners
Gerald Tucker
Denver University
Brooklyn Dodgers
Five Possible Decisions Face Rocky Graziano
New York boxing case centers on Rocky Graziano who refuses to name bribe offerers and faces potential penalties from the New York State Athletic Commission. The commission adjourned after his oath testimony about the cancelled December bout with Cowboy Ruben Shank and the chance Graziano’s fight with Tony Zale could be postponed.
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Jack Hand
New York
Rock Graziano
New York State Athletic Commission
Rocky Tell
Ruben Shank
Graziano
Tony Zae
Rocky
Alfred
Scotti
Dixie Walker
Pep- Angle
Ray
Blades
Dixie
Stillman’s
Jil
Golden Boy
U S Farm Population Surges in 1945 Over 1944
For the first time in 14 years, the United States farm population grew in 1945 by about 800000 compared with 1944, signaling a notable shift in rural labor and agricultural dynamics amid war-era changes.
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U. S
Scoring Records Skyrocket When Fulks Takes The Floor
Joe Fulks, a 24 year old ex Marine from Kentucky playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, has surged to the top of the new Basketball Association of America scoring charts. He averages 24.4 points per game and set a league mark with 41 points in one game, while maintaining a quiet, team oriented style and modest demeanor.
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Ralph Bernstein
AP News
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Warriors
Joe Fulks
Fulks
Basketball Association of America
James Naismith
BBAA
Toronto
Willie Kummer
Connellsville
Central League
Kummer
Coud
Fies
Don Kellett
University of Pennsylvania
Ned Irish
Madison Squire Garden
New York
Kellett
Eddie Gottlieb
Joe
Unclear OCR sports fragment with mixed teams and scores
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple college teams and scores such as Davis and Elkins Glenville Salem Morris Warvey Stetson Presbyterian Canisius Gannon Otterbein Detroit Tech Findlay Heidelberg Bluefield Lynchburg with partial results and unclear context.
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Salem
Morris Warvey
Stetson
Presbyterian
Tinks
Canisius
Gannon
Otterbein
Detroit Tech
Findlay
Heidelberg
Bluefield
Lynchbur
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New York Commission
Cage
Bob Wills
Lee Patton
Duke
North Carolina
New York University
Army
W& J
Madison Square Garden
Pattton
Kentucky
Rocky Graziano
WCFC
W. V
Scribe
Ign
Buick
Vine
Henry J. Taylor
Mountain Motors
First Avenue
Kley
OAK Hill Motors
Chestnut Street
Oak Hill, W. VA
Altman Cash Feed Store
Beckley and
Oak Hill
Huntington East
Milton
Ansted
Meriden
Oceana
Staunton Military
Greendier Military
Gary
Beaver
Burch
Kermit
Talcott
Lewisburg
Crichton
Green Bank
Roosevelt Wilson
Clarksburg
St. Mary’s
DuPont
Montgomery
Charleston Reds
Hurricane My
West Virginia Tech
Beckley
Alderson Broaddus
Concordia
Aes Davis and
Elkins
Glenville
Lenoir Rhyne
N.C. State
N.Y. U
Bainbridge
Naval A
Mount St. Mary’s
Quantico Marine
South Carolina
Newber
TrueTone
Western Auto
Reynold
Silver Brand
Neville Street
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