Sports notes from wartime Europe and US hints
Lt Col John Hinkel urges sports as a tool to guide Europe away from paganism and toward christianity by exporting coaching and equipment. Jack Dempsey eyes a 30 000 seat arena in New York City. New methods measure pitch speed and Beloit College hires James Easterbrook as coach. Cards farm teams suffer wartime losses. Gretchen Miller defends senior title in Chicago as Bill Hall challenges George Mikan for elite scoring. Meister Brans win national match game title.
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Elliott Pine
NWNS
Europe
John Hinkel
Hinkel
Intelligence Corps
Italy
Austria
Germany
Jack Dempsey
U. S
Canada
New York City
Madison Square Garden
The
James Easterbrook
U. of Winds
Beloit College
Honolulu
Hawaii
Herman Wedemeyer
St. Mary's
Cardinals
Billy Conn
Chicago
Gretchen Miller
Boston
Bill Hall
Marshall U
George Mikan
de Paul U
Meister Brans
Detroit
Hollywood Stars Revel in Oscar Buzz and Gold-Glittered Nuptials
Western Newspaper Union reports early Oscar forecasts for 1945 with Ray Milland and Joan Crawford as top contenders. It notes a possible Best Picture split favoring The Lost Weekend or Valley of Decision and highlights January Hollywood marriages, divorces, and newborns among stars including Loy, Markey, Crain, Parker, Wayne, Lamarr, Crawford, and De Haven.
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Lyn Connelly
Union
Hollywood
Ray Milland
Charles Jackson
Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Joan
MGM
Cornel Wilde
Ingrid Bergman
Bells of St. Mary's
Gene Tierney
Vixen
Gregory Peck
Myrna Loy
Gene Markey
Joan Bennett
Hedy Lamarr
William
Bull’) Halsey
Markey
Halsey
Third Fleet
Jeanne Crain
Paul Brinkman
Eleanor Parker
Warners
Bert Friedloch
Las Vegas
John Wayne
Esperanza Bauer
Ann Miller
Sonja Henie
Gloria de Haven
John Payne
John Garfields
Bowling notes and Hollywood trivia mix in busy month
Bowling updates show Stimpson fans with 42 games played and 3 left as Hartman and Burnett join Sparks. Ramblers lead a tight race with Jeeps, Slick Chicks atop with 40 points. Rollers rise predicted. Hollywood obituary notes Slim Summerville and Dorothy Lamour birth, plus Breakfast Club stars and 30 states represented in a broadcast.
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Jean Hartman
Shirley Burnett
Sparks
Helen Welch
Ramblers
Jeeps
Slick Chicks
Rockets
Rollers
Atomics
Greenhorns
Hornets
Dorothy Lamour
Slim Summerville
Mack Sennett
Hollywood
Fanny
Fran Allison
Fran
Jack Owens
Don McNeill
Marion Mann
Sam Cowling
Tom Breneman
Chicago
Don
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Mark Twain
Benjamin Franklin
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