Golf Trail Prizes Boost Exceed $109,600 This Year
Pred Corcoran, PGA tourney manager, announced the Golf Trail prizes would top $109,600. Phoenix, Arizona will host a 34 hole Open golf tournament on February 4 and 3, with King Crosby's Santa Fe event January 28-27 and the Texas Open in San Antonio February 9-12 surrounding it.
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Pred Corcoran
Phoenix
Aric
King Crosby
Texas
San Antonio
Dallas to stay out of pro football for now
Dallas January 14 1944 The Dallas baseball club voted to stay out of professional football for the present at a directors meeting called by President George Schepps They will seek more information on a proposed Southern professional football league and devote time to baseball Schepps declined attendance at a Southern Baseball Association meeting in Atlanta where Tom Watkins president of the Memphis Chicks planned to discuss a broader football league among association clubs
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Dallas
Jeaat
George Schepps
Schepper
Atlanta
Tom Watkins
Memphis Chicks
That Toop
Boulhem
Behepps
Randolph Cagers Triumph In Hard Fought League Clash
Randolph Cagers edge the Forty-seventh squadron 35 to 33 in a tight opening game. Bam Houston scored the deciding basket as the Dode guards held off the Fifty-second squadron in a late rally. Humble Ditera beat Ramblers 32 to 25 after trailing at halftime. West Point of the Air hosts Ramblers next. Ensuing box scores list Reed, Weed, Parrott, and other players with totals noted. Officials: Bereten, Pendleton, Hightower, Kretn.
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Tan Youcae
Jerge
Woul
Bam Houston
Dode
Wank
Phot
Beery
Einvosth Air Hann Mechanics
Marx
Humble Ditera
Ingienlde Vinit Randolph
Wtrons Ramblere
Eho
West Point
Enty
Reed
Weed
Fae Relehenulh
Moo
Belch
Svesseveess
Parrott
Derozinaky
Pierdresher
Hmon
Tolale
Patie
Hiyanga
Bowhey
Aon
McDonnell
Moorehead
C. Devine
X ‘Walker
Pamer
Oliver
Kélpatricx
Thorpe
Beteren
Wernberm
Lieutenant Penditton
Keenar
Hightower
Kretn
Barrow to Head New Yankee Board After Ruppert Death
Barrow expected to run Yankees operations as executor details outlined in Col Ruppert will. Barrow, former Red Sox manager, is poised to direct baseball and farm club operations while Ruppert’s will sets the plan for the empire valued at about 10 million dollars.
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Barrow
NEW Yankee Board
Alamo Jewelers Rally Sees Second-Half Lead Shift
The Alamo Jewelers built a second-half edge after a strong start, following a 61 to 32 Friday night victory over A. B. Frank. In a separate practice, Finch Olgarmen dominated BAMBOO 49 to 1 as local teams test lineups and players like Henry Carter and Roberta show up in early reports.
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Webni Taste
Brant
Fiat
Someco
Maxnil Breont James Memo
A. Es Frank Herrera
Paani Pons
Ae “Roberta
Martin Wei
Wentover TrAvin
Is Deescens
Minow Bentrisies
Mungo Spouts About Wage Argument
Van Lingle Mungo, star Dodgers pitcher, blasts Brooklyn salary offers as “ridiculous” while praising manager Leo Durocher. He refuses a $11,000 cut and a $5,000 contract, vows to keep contracts coming back, and threatens to sit out if terms aren’t raised. He plans to join Joe Stripp’s baseball school in Pageland, South Carolina, this summer.
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Fis
Brooklyn
Pageland
8. C
Josh
Mungo
Dodgers
Joe Stripp
Dodger
Leo Durocher
Grea
Lippy
Durocher
Browne wins weekly San Antonio Women’s Golf title
Mrs. E. Browne topped the Riverside course event with net 16 on a gross 6 20 handicap. Runner up Mrs. Morgan posted 897 18 78 as Mrs. Lapham claimed low gross at $1. Mrs. Liggett followed with 94. The San Antonio Women’s Golf Association held the weekly tournament at Riverside.
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E. Browne
San Antonio
Mayer to Manage El Paso Texans in Texas League
El Paso Texas January 14. Ted Mayer named manager of the El Paso Texans of the Arizona Texas Baseball League succeeding Jimmy Zinn who piloted the Texans to the league championship last season. Patsy Clark will return to coach the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939 his third season with the club and ninth in the league.
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New York
Dan Topping
Brooklyn Dodgers
Patsy Clark
Clark
Dodgers
EL Paso
Wag
Mayer
Joplin
Jimmy Zinn
Texans
Bronc Rangers Clash In Missouri Valley A-1 Race
Denver reports say the Texas San Antonio area teams faced uphill battles in a Missouri Valley A-1 game, with the Rangers seeking the lead after recent Cage action. The Brackenridge match followed a sequence of late rallies as the Rangers aimed to boost standings. The Nuggets played later, while the Braves and Bulldogs posted scores in near-term play.
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University of San Anlonio Denver
A. AU
San Antono
Denver
Collage Rangers
Brackenridge Sym
Piased
Atuleoorn Okla
Woodlawn
Braves
Lave
Texas Lutheran College
Bulldogs
Seguin
The Polish Banker Foretold World War’s Grim Reach
A military expert cites Jean De Bloch of Warsaw (1836 1902) as the lone figure who accurately predicted World War I before its outbreak. In his 1803 volume The Future War he warned the war would be long and exhausting, causing famine, revolutions, and the extermination of the losing side.
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Jean de Bloch
Warsaw
Man o War owner rebuffing million dollar offers
Lau rel D. Riddie's Faraway farms manager Barrie B. Scott in Lexington said money would not buy Man o' War. He recalled a visitor claiming to be secretary for Louis B. Mayer offering 1 million dollars and another claiming to speak for Mayer seeking the horse. Scott noted Mayer and associates were visiting Lexington when the alleged offers were made. Meanwhile in Athens, Joel Hunt, after a financial agreement with the University of Georgia that ended his one season as head football coach, said he will seek a coaching job, hoping to land with a western school.
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Barrie B. Scott
Laurel D. Riddie
Man o'War
Scott
Louis B. Mayer
Red
Cording
Mayer
Neil
MctCarthy
Harrie Seth
Riddle
le Matey
Georgia
Athens
University of Georgia
Joel Hunt
Buffalo swimmer defeats Maynard in tight Portland meet
In a murky OCR fragment, Daune O Mahoney from Treland beat Joe Maynard with a 23 92 time as Buffalo and Lewiston entrants compete. Everell Marshall defeats Joel Dusele in another close result amid Milwaukee and Puebig tie ups.
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Buffalo
Daune O'Mahoney
Treland
Bou ‘Warner
Portland
Maine
Lewiston
Jim Casey
Pireland
Joe Maynard
Brooklyn
Lyle Milwaukee
Wis
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Puebig
Colo
Joel Dusele
Otmabe
Web
Florida tennis semi finals set in Orlando matches
Semi finals of the Florida tennis championship were to be played in Orlando with Gene Moko of Los Angeles facing Hal Surface from Kangana City and Wayne Sabin of Los Angeles taking on Swood Cooke of Portland, Ore. Cooke and Surface defeated Sabin and Shostrom 6-2 6-4 4-6 9-7 to reach the final against Mako and Tidball of Los Angeles. Mako and Tidball beat Doeg of Orange, N J and Big Hickey of Orlando 6-2 6-2 6-4. The Sabin Shostrom pairing, first tournament, forced the match for 2 hours 16 minutes before Cooke secured the win.
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Pie
Gene Moko
Los Angeles
Hal Surface
Kangana City
Wayne Sabin
Swood Cooke
Portland
Ore
Cooke
Surface
Sabin
John Shosteom
Chicago
Mako
Jack Tidball
Tidball
John Doeg
Orange
N. J
Big Hickey
Shostrom
Cy Blanton Signs Pirates Contract for 1939 Season
Cy Blanton signed his 1939 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. President Bill Berswanger announced Blanton, noted for his "downer pitch," turned in the contract from Shawnee Oklahoma. Terms were not disclosed. Blanton had 50 wins and 48 losses in his major league career.
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Pirates
Pittsburgh
Biicher
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill Berswanger
Blanton
Biich
Shawnee
Oklo
Benswanger
Death of Col Ruppert shocks Nation of sports All
New York mourns Colonel Jacob Ruppert brewer and Yankee backer. He died after a long illness at his Fifth Avenue home aged 71. Ruth weeps at bedside as Ruppert leaves a vast sports empire to his brother George with Ed Barrow and George Weiss continuing operations. Ruppert, a lifelong patron of baseball and the arts, built the Yankees and Newark and Kansas City clubs, funded stadiums, and backed major ventures, leaving a fortune estimated above 75 million to 10s of millions.
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New York
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Fifth Avenue
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Bob Considine
Kingdom of Sports
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Ness
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George
Ed Borrow
George Weiss
Wil
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Mma
Sibler
Harry Gurrison Bilterk Jr
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Kensico
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Highland Golf Club
Ret Bank
Lew Gehrig
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K. M. Landis
Joe McCarthy
Robert F. Wagner
John F. Pitagerald
Boston
Will Harridge
Bord Frick
Max Schwartz
Mycol Employe
Horton Smiths Putter Works Leads Field
Oakland Calif dan one of the old guard paced the field today at the third round of the 72 hole open tournament. Horton Smith of Chicago led with two sub par rounds totaling 136 while Sam Snead Hogan Ward trailed to keep the title in sight.
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Chicago
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Snew
Tnks
Sam Snead
West Virginia
Ben Hogan
White Plains
Marvin
Bud") Ward
Olympia
Wash
Clayton
Heather
Greensboro
N. C
Jimmy Demarel
Houston
Texas
Dirk
Melg
Zell Ratan
Okla
Opes
Mass
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Revolta
Evanston, Ill
County League Basketball Results at Edgewood Friday
County league action had the Bosh, poya and Rivs teams defeating similar contenders as Zerna fell to Edgewood. Arthur Barlemann and Wille Schiebstle starred for the winners, Bath Italy Nuye stayed undefeated, and St Hedwig offered the lone upset threat with 14 points by an unnamed standout.
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Zerna
Edgewood
Arthur Barlemann
Wille Schiebstle
Sporlie Nora
Bath
Itaniy Nuye
St Hedwig
Wheatley Victoria Negro Teams Meet In Houston Showdown
Wheatley and Victoria Negro teams clash in Houston with Jack Yates High suffering a 33 to 24 defeat. The winner faces Victoria’s crew at the local recreation center Saturday night at 8 pm after a Dunbar versus Yearlines opener. West Enders beat Dunbar 31 to 18 while Aristocrats edged Mearlings 5 to 2.
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Jack Yates High
Houston
Victoria
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Recreation Center
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Aristocrats
Mearlings
Racing Association Formed To Streamline U S Auto Racing
William White of Los Angeles announced the United States Racing Association aims to remove middlemen and deal directly with organizers. He said the group, allied with the American Automotive Association contest board, seeks fair play and bigger purses to make racing profitable for drivers and owners as they prepare two cars for the speedway season.
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William 5. White
Los Angeles
America
United States Racing Association
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Association
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American Automotive Rssociation Contest Board
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