Duke Coach Says Rose Bowl Mystery Shrouds Duke Beavers Clash
Durham NC December statements from Wallace Wade emphasize the Rose Bowl game versus Oregon State is a mystery as both teams know little of each other. Wade notes Duke relies on ends and end-around plays led by Steve Lach, with Duke favored to challenge Pacific Coast champ in Duke Stadium before a sell-out crowd.
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Dixie
Wallace Wade
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Blue Devils
Steve Lach
War Duty and Baseball: Navy Recruits Cite High School Sports
In a New York sports brief, Amby Gilligan recalls Francis Conlon and Gerald Ross, former Whitehall high school students now in the navy at Hawaii, who helped win their division’s baseball title. Ross’s triple sealed the deciding game and a later Pearl Harbor letter from Ross says the first battle is over and he and Hackett came out ok, likening it to a high school sport and suggesting lessons learned on Whitehall’s fields.
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Amby Gilligan
Whitehall
N. Y
Francis
Hackett) Conlon
Gerald
Barney) Ross
Hawaii
Ross
Pearl Harbor
Hackett
O. K
G-man Atherton Salary Settlement Tops Oregon State Prep
Oregon State will cover the Pacific Coast conference Rose Bowl cut for the next year, addressing the commissioner's salary and office expenses. Harold Lambert, Rice guard, played at Madison Square Garden against Fordham, recalls little from a recent game due to past illness. Babe Ruth has shed 20 pounds to resemble his prime for a Lou Gehrig biopic in production soon. Publicity for Baer vs Louis promotes Remember Pearl Harbor, likely aligning with Remember Griffith Stadium as a slogan.
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Pacific Coast Conference
Harold Lambert
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Madison Square Garden
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Lou Gehrig
Baer-Louis
Pearl Harbor
Griffith Stadium
Japan’s premier Jojo linked to baseball revolt
Quote from Salt Lake Telegram suggests Japan’s premier Jojo will be seen as a military genius and may join seven major league managers in predicting July 1 as a turning point, declaring there is nothing that can stop the Yankees.
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Salt Lake Telegram
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Stanford's Pollard Emerges as West Coast Scorer Star
Stanford University freshman Jim Pollard, 6 feet 4½ inches, 185 pounds, is expected to anchor a new offense for Everett Dean's squad. After passing a special eligibility exam, Pollard joins a 1940 freshman group that won 16 of 18, signaling a taller, more powerful Stanford lineup.
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Oakland
Indians
Everett Dean
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Will There Be Bombs Over Tokyo Japan
Alfred Crofts argues that a strategic bombing of Tokyo and Osaka would cripple Japan’s war capability, with cites on distances, targets, and potential civilian impact. He contends air superiority favors the attacker, warns of evacuations, and asserts nations must choose sides in this planetary conflict.
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Churchill predicts major Allied offensive in 1943
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Congress and a vast radio audience that the Allies would be ready to take the initiative on an ample scale by 1943. He spoke of liberation for occupied peoples and warned of potential Axis power weaknesses, noting WWII did not bring invasion of England in 1940 and Japan’s 1940 decision not to enter war. He asserted war power output would rise beyond anything seen in the Axis states.
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Suspension of Indianapolis 500 race announced
NEW YORK December 29 suspension of the Indianapolis 500 mile automobile race for the duration of the war was announced today by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker head of the $100000 speed classic.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
America Must Be Made To Lose The War
A critic argues that sparing Japan’s cities would invite its rulers to denounce U S humanity and pursue a Divine Mission of conquest. It surveys Japan’s limited retaliatory capacity, the vulnerability of carriers, and warns that many humanitarian voices covertly favor Axis aims to bend America to defeat through sentimentality.
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Fighter Of Year: Joe Louis Wins Ring Magazine Honor
Joe Louis is named fighter of the year for the fifth time in six years by Ring Magazine after a 5 to 2 vote from 202 fight writers worldwide. Buddy Baer follows as fourth best heavyweight contender, with Conn, Franklin, and Pastor also ranked ahead of him. Louis fights for the heavyweight title again a week from Friday night.
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Saratoga Springs
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Unknown wins Beaumont Open in record 276 total
Beaumont Texas December 29 Chick Harbert an unknown golfer ran away from veterans to win the $5 000 Beaumont Open with a 276 eight under par for 72 holes He finished with even par 71 and won by seven strokes over Ben Hogan and Paul Runyan who tied for second at 283
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Spring Football Practice To Go On
DETROIT December 29 The role of collegiate athletics in the nation s war effort topped the agenda today of four administrative conferences headed by the American Football Coaches Association Consensus of early arrivals who
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Detroit
American Football Coaches Association
Macmitchell And Rice Win Handily
New Orleans report details the eighth Sugar Bowl meet where Leslie MacMitchell and Greg Rice dominated. Rice set an American Citizens record in the three mile and MacMitchell won the mile, with Wolcott and Hall adding Rice Institute victories and Cornelius Armerdam setting a new Southern pole vault record.
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Harold Hall
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San Francisco
Tennis Upset in The Sugar Bowl
New Orleans scene notes a South American Ecuadorian player Francisco Segura reaching the semifinals with Earl Bartlett of New Orleans after upsetting seedings. Top seed Ted Schroeder of Glendale faces third seed Ted Mulroy of Coral Gables to decide the other final berth amid the Sugar Bowl tennis tournament action.
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South America
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Earl Bartlett
Wayne Sabin
Schools plan spring football practice in 1942
Report notes that spring football practice sessions are to be scheduled in 1942 even as June graduation dates are moved up at many schools. This indicates wartime scheduling adjustments affecting athletic programs and campus calendars.
Tanker Aground Off California After Japanese Attack
A damaged tanker lies wrecked off the California coast after a Japanese torpedo attack. Five crewmen are believed dead, thirty-one rescued. The same raider may have been met later by an army bombing plane. Names and exact location are withheld under naval censorship.
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Geyer Leads The Little Fellows Returning Punts
Seattle December 29 1941 Colgate halfback Bill Geyer topped the national punt return charts with 586 yards on 32 returns for the season. His 18.31-yard average ranked second overall among safeties with 15 or more returns. Other leaders include Marguarita Brown Hillenbrand Dudley and Davis, with Roblin Tomasic and Mazur among top yardage contributors. Bobby Robertson led interceptions with nine returns for 126 yards.
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Bill Geyer
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American Football Statistical Bureau
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Virginia
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Hillenbrand
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Oregon
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Auburn
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Iowa State
Bobby Robertson
Southern California
Sibley
Texas Aggie Center
Ehrhardt
Bradley
Nebraska
Tulsa’s 1941 football star Frnka reshapes Tulsa hopes
Tulsa’s Henry Frnka emerged as the university’s biggest sports story of 1941. He built a conference title run in the Missouri Valley and earned Tulsa’s first bowl invitation, leading to a Sun Bowl clash with Texas Tech. Frnka’s quiet confidence and secretive “T” system defined his season beyond the gridiron.
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Chemist A. R. Albright Proposes $100 Lend for 100th Tokyo Bombing
Indianapolis chemist A R Albright reviewed reports of Akron and Anderson residents offering rewards for the first American to bomb Tokyo and countered with a proposal of his own He would give a $100 Defense Lend to the one hundredth Yankee pilot who bombs the Japanese capital.
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A. R. Albright
Akron
Anderson
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Tokyo
Passing To Play Big Pain in The East West Game
The Shrine charity game in New Orleans on January 3 features West All-Stars led by Billy Sewell Washington State who completed 86 passes and Hank Stanton Arizona end who caught 50 for 820 yards. Coach Babe Hollingberry praises Sewell as the best passer in the country. Stanton, nicknamed Lanky Hanky, scored five receiving TDs and made three on end-arounds.
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Week End Sports Roundup From Associated Press
Gene Mako turned professional replacing injured Fred Perry in a touring tennis troupe. Maj. L M Jones Nebraska coach signed a five year contract ordered by the government to undergo a physical exam. In Montgomery Southern gridiron stars beat the North 16 to 0 with Jack Crain of Texas University starring.
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Biff) Jones
Nebraska
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Army
Montgomery
Ala
Southern
Saturday Night Basketball Results From AP
Michigan State led Syracuse 33 to 31 as Washington defeated Temple 64 to 36 and Rice Institute beat Fordham 68 to 46. Long Island University edged Southern California 45 to 46, Oregon State beat St. Bonaventure 38 to 32, Canisius won 56 to 44 over Wyoming, and Minnesota topped Nebraska 56 to 32. Purdue defeated Butler 50 to 34, Bradley beat Harvard 48 to 44, DePaul won 40 to 40, Oklahoma downed Toledo 52 to 31, California 50 over Ohio State 38, Stanford 41 to 31, and San Francisco 31 over Loyola Los Angeles 40 to 34. Oklahoma City Tournament saw Oklahoma A and M 40, Baylor 37, Texas 55, Texas Tech 45, West Texas 54 over Arkansas 41.
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