High School Football Semis Draw Big Crowds in Houston and Fort Worth
Houston hosts a Class AA semifinal as Waco meets Goose Creek with 25,600 Rice Stadium seats expected full at 2:30 PM. Weather forecast promises mild conditions with possible rain and light winds for the Fort Worth Wichita Falls vs Dallas High End Park semifinal crowd, noted as among the state's largest.
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Kearns Acquitted Of Fraud Charges
New York Bee reports Jno Kearns boxing promoter of Chicago and ex-manager of Jack Dempsey was acquitted by a federal grand jury of conspiring to defraud investors in a fire extinguisher venture. Harry Linton and others pleaded guilty. government contends no extinguishers were produced and investors faced loss.
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Barnhill Leaves Tennessee for Arkansas Razorbacks
Barnhill, famed for turning Tennessee into a power, accepts Arkansas trustees offer of 10 000 dollars a year for five years to become head football coach and general manager of Razorbacks. He succeeds Glen Rose, who retired after a 1945 season wreck. The move follows a two month search by Arkansas officials while Tennessee weighs future coaching plans.
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Pixie Walker Tops Emilums In 1945 NL Stats
New York and Brooklyn players headline the 1945 National League offensive leaders. Dixie Walker of the Dodgers led batting with a high average, while Vince DiMaggio and Tommy Vokes posted notable numbers. The Cubs won 20 doubleheaders and tied a major-league record in some games, with Brooklyn, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh also contributing strong individual marks amid a season of assists and defeats.
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Central Wins Double Bil Victory At Friday Game
The report notes a Friday night matchup at Guadalupe Community Center where Central edged out the Buttons with a 41 to 17 score. Key players include Sam Telzgo and Vo Tagh Laeutly, while Dan Davenport leads the MCA. Other team results list Wis Dan Davenport and Howard Voltuian placing in top positions.
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Red Barrett Hurls Victory Over Pacific Army In Honolulu
In Honolulu a crowd of about 4000 watched Red Barrett of the St. Louis Cardinals hurled a 7 to 1 victory for a USO league team against the Pacific Army Olympiad. Barrett allowed seven hits and struck out seven, with a strong ten inning performance. Nesimer and Ciel Nesimer contributed offensively in the late innings for the win.
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Railroads warned over New Year football trains
Washington dispatch reports ODT Chief James Mourne Johnson ordered railroads not to run special trains to the Pebble coast for New Year’s Day football games. If such trains run, they may be commandeered to carry veterans home. Johnson telegrammed the AAHB, Pullman, and Western Passenger Association warning that any coach equipment used will be loaded with troops on arrival.
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Pepperdine Faces Marathon in National Basketball Tourney
The Pepperdine Waves and several other colleges including Loyola, UCLA, and California State groups prepared for the national college basketball tournament near Kansas City. The field features teams such as West Texas State, Kansas State, and Northwestern, with results from previous rounds shaping expectations for upcoming games in Des Moines and Iowa City.
Sutherland Coaches Hawaii Area Team Readied for Tokyo Olympic Trials
Honolulu dispatch states Sutherland was chosen today to head a Hawaii area squad for the Pacific Olympic trial in Tokyo. The former Yale university mentor and Brooklyn Dodgers official leads a team practicing at Schofield Barracks under RU Hairs, who succeeded Sutherland as coach of the Dodgers.
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Kansas Jayhawks coach Shenk resigns amid university shift
Kansas University headlines report Henry Shenk resigning as head coach after three year tenure and moving to a new role as assistant professor in physical education. The team posted a 3043 record, with a recent season marking losses and ties. In other notes, Great Lakes and Northwestern games are cited with swimmers winning multiple events.
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McMillan Stricken With Illness Delays Bloomington Game
McMillan, famed Big Ten coach, is confined to sickroom with flu at Bloomington hospital. He plans to travel to reach the North entry for the North-South game against Montgomery and Mabarnn, as the team banner remains uncertain while he recovers.
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Gaels Depart For Sugar Bowl Stop In San Antonio
Gaels from California bound for the New Orleans Sugar Bowl stop in San Antonio for 49 minutes before continuing to New Orleans. Coach Jim Phelan’s St. Mary’s squad, arriving in El Paso en route, exudes high morale and expects to challenge Oklahoma A. and M. Cowpokes in the Sugar Bowl.
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New York Daffy Hosts Holiday College Basketball at Garden
New York hosts 44 visiting colleges over the next seven holiday cards drawing crowds toward Madison Square Garden. The arena averages 18,600 per doubleheader, with seven holiday games nearly sold out and a projected 126,000 total patrons. Opening night features undefeated New York University vs Rochester and Brooklyn College vs Ohio University. Other visitors include Oregon State, Tennessee, North Carolina, Brigham Young, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Colorado, Drake, Whatmaster Pad, Wyoming, Connecticut and St Joseph's of Philadelphia.
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Jockeys and Superstitions Shape Race Day Narratives
The article traces old horse racing beliefs as riders like Dean Jessop and Hedley Woodhoun Jr discuss superstitions, including unlucky signs and the role of luck in racing. It portrays jockeys, trainers, and readers who rely on omens, with quotes about betting, sight boots, and the mood around Gulf aviators missing in action.
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Missouri Tigers Ready for Cotton Bowl Clash
The University of Missouri football team, Big Six champions, left Columbia for Dallas to face Texas on New Year’s Day. Each of the 36 players carries a superstition charm, said to be tied to a lucky rabbit’s left hind foot blessed by three cross-eyed Negroes. Lucas of Columbia cited the charm’s origin as a Friday midnight ritual intended to bring maximum luck.
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War-weary ball players seek spring training amid discharge wave
Sergeant Homer Gibson and other Service League stars await postwar baseball fates as several players, including Zavala of Mexico and Johnny Janiva of Ohio, battle returns to major or Class AA leagues. Discharges loom for Lieut Wither and Enos Slaughter, with hopefuls traveling from Fort Sam Houston to Wichita Falls and San Antonio for tryouts and possible spring rosters.
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Abilene to Get New Ball Park
Abilene reports a new community baseball park with 2000 seating capacity to be built early next year. Hal Sayles, sports editor of the Abilene Reporter-News, notes the project funded by the New Athletic Association, a non profit sponsor of the Golden Gloves. The park will host high school and college games and suit a regional athletic club.
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Fight Results From An Unclear Boxing Card
The report details numerous fighters and bouts across cities like New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, and California. Names such as Kenny Taro, Tom Gone, Don Lee, and Kaeler Jamison appear amid scattered results, knockouts, and stoppages with unclear event dates and venues.
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Menard AgainHeads Softball Umpires Elect Leadership
Bubon Menarve was elected president of the Bau Antonis Softball Umpires Association when 14 Menhors Wel at Greco's Priday night. Glenn Thorne was named vice president with Nick Terres as secretary treasurer.
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