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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
4
Johnston jokes about holiday giving as Clarence Schindler plans a bold Syracuse base ball reshaping. News notes list players and needs for football and basketball squads, with readers advised of Jacobs Buffalo financing rumors and Jacobs ice plant sale.
New York boxing figure James J Johnston offers Christmas reflections on boxing in Blunderland a fairy tale world filled with good fairies bad fairies and witches. He riffs on Max and Buddy Baer Billy Conn and Gen Phelan Brown and Walker Wear. He also shows a Christmas card featuring his fighters and a quip about the coming year.
Boxers Ernie Virh and Maxie Shapiro won knockouts in New York and Brooklyn while Earl Lowman and Ted Christie were noted in incomplete lines. The OCR text is garbled and lacks full event details, making precise results uncertain.
Syracuse University basketball opens practice under Coach Lew Andreas as 13 players report to prepare for the Saturday Archbold Gymney clash with Michigan State. The Orange seek scoring punch after losses to Penn State and NYU, with lineup shifts possible and Glacken moving toward a starting role.
Jockey Silvio Coucci, 26, known at racing tracks, died in Fayetteville after leaping or falling from a hotel roof Monday. Police say he pushed aside a window screen to reach the roof. Coucci had served in the cavalry, was recently back from furlough at his New York home, and rode 215 winners in 1934.
Colgate coach Andy Kerr notes the East Western Shrine charity game in New Orleans on January 3 blends rivalries into unity. He cites players from Northwestern Minnesota Syracuse Columbia and Colgate pairing as teammates, stressing wartime cooperation and national resolve.
A poetic invocation seeks steel and fibre to fortify the fighting soul and drive toward the conquering goal. The piece calls on four winds from snowbanks seas mountains and echoes a pledge to guard the border and nation.
A reader mailbag discusses potential bowl game outcomes with Duke Oregon State Georgia and Texas Christian favored, Fordham and Dallas bets, plus notes on players Crowley Filipowicz Blumenstock and backfield strength. Other letters forecast a southern edge at the Blue Gray game and comment on sport's role in wartime.
The writer argues Georgia football, led by Sinkwich, remains strong despite a tough schedule and only one defeat. He cautions Texas and others about underestimating Georgia while noting the sport’s morale role and the high attendance promises for Sugar Bowl and East-West games.
A sports note reports that eighty five U S colleges have hockey teams. The milestone highlights college ice hockey growth and organizational breadth across the NCAA landscape.
A collage of sports gossip and sidebars notes Spike Nelson leaving Yale coaching speculation for Jock Sutherland, bids for Los Angeles plans, Rose Bowl travel talk, Duke and Durham tone, golf ball shortage chatter, and various brief remarks on players, coaches, and events from college and professional sports.
Tropical Park officials announce the Christmas Handicap set for Thursday afternoon as a mile and 70 yards open to three year olds and up with a $2,500 endowment. The Plum Pudding purse for two year olds will share honors at six furlongs.
Joe Judge, former Senators first baseman, seeks to sell his Washington tavern and use proceeds to acquire a professional baseball club. The move reflects Judge’s plan to invest in organized baseball ownership.
Athens Ga December 24 Up. University of Georgia trainer T Fitz Lutz attributes Frankie Sinkwich’s elite running to flat feet. He says the All-America halfback’s balance helps him avoid falls and change direction at top speed, perplexing Texas Christian University.
Joseph Ficcaro, 142 pounds, played all seven games for Pennington Prep in New Jersey, starting five at left guard and finishing with tackles on offense and defense. The Syracuse teen, visiting his parents during holidays, was praised as the scrappiest gridder by Coach Pat Kane of Central and Coach Harold Poore's squad.
Booker Beckwith of Gary Indiana resumes his career after a recent loss to Bob Pastor. He is set to face Cleveland’s Joe Maxim at the Coliseum on January 9, his first bout since the defeat that halted a 17 fight winning streak.
Lawrence Di Benedetto, AAU president, named Charles L. Ornstein of New York as chairman of a national committee to sell U.S. defense bonds and stamps. The AAU recently invested 15000 in defense bonds and urged its 41 district associations to follow suit.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro accepted a ride on Whirlaway in the $100,000 Santa Anita on March 7 after a long-distance offer from Ben Jones. The season’s turf program faces approval hurdles from defense officials in California. Arcaro previously rode Whirlaway to wins in the Kentucky Derby the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
The New York Americans snap a 10 game drought with a 4 to 3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Madison Square Garden. Andy Branigan suffers a probable ankle fracture while Mel Hill and Harry Watson score twice. Boston Bruins move further ahead with a 3 to 2 victory over Toronto as Roy Conacher adds an 18th assist.
Flying Ebony, the 1925 Kentucky Derby winner, will turn 20 on January 1. Horsemen at the Charles E Perkins Alisal ranch plan a birthday party for him as of December 24. By January 1, 1941, Flying Ebony's registered foals had won 956 races worth $908,168.
Joe Louis will rest on Christmas Day as he trains for the January 9 title bout with Buddy Baer scheduled for Greenwood Lake. Baer, at Lakewood, N J, said he would keep to his training routine.
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