Vols and Southern Cal Set For Rose Bowl Duel
In Pasadena on January 2 Tennessee and Southern California appear evenly matched defensively as both teams seek to outscore. Cravath’s stutter play and Jim Hardy’s ball handling power USC’s offense while Tennessee relies on Bus Stevens and a versatile attack. A sellout crowd of 93,000 is expected.
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Bowling league scores and standings from December event
Bowlers posted high scores with Spalding 382 and Harshman 150 leading single games. Economy Markets and Jamisons shared top pace before a holiday break. several players earned cash prizes. Standings show Economy Markets 41 wins, Jamisons 41, Crane's OPO and High Street Market 4 2, Corner Tavern last.
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Pepper to study racing impact on war effort
Senator Pepper of Florida says he will study whether racing drains war effort less than other amusements and if not he will ask War Mobilization Director Byrnes to discuss possible track shutdown. He wants to know how racing affects transportation problems and if track employment steals workers from defense plants.
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Pro Athletes To Face New Calls
Washington expects some 4-F professional athletes to be re examined by draft boards due to possible improved physical fitness since prior checks. Byrnes directs Selective Service to review these cases, noting injuries from sports often keep players classified 4-F. Local boards may re audit records for potential induction after re evaluation.
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Australian horse racing restricted during wartime
In Sydney a spokesman for the Australian Jockey Club said Australia has placed wartime restrictions on racing mirroring Washington’s track closures. The nation cut annual fixtures from 111 to a low of 40 to save labor and materials, with recent steps restoring to 55 races.
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Veteran Cecil Kidd Carded Hole in One at 18th
Richmond observer notes that on Christmas Eve Cecil M. Kidd, a veteran golfer, aced the 175 yard 18th hole at Hermitage Country Club during a fourball round. He used a four iron.
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Fair Board To Cancel Racing At Hagerstown Fair Grounds
The Fair Board agreed to close all horse racing following government demand. A. K. Coffman said the track will shut down if it saves lives, with 100 percent cooperation and no July races unless the war situation improves. The Great Hagerstown Fair remains on schedule unless federal orders halt agricultural fairs. Winter meets continue elsewhere as Byrnes urged closures by January 3, 1945 to conserve manpower transport and materials for the war effort.
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Star Gridders To Clash On Saturday
Montgomery Ala December 26 The Southern All Stars work on passing plays to outflank the Northern line in the Blue Gray game set for Saturday. Charlie Trippi Y A Tittle Pete Layden front the passing attack as Ted Cook Dewell Rushing Dub Lamb Jack Russell catch passes. Lynn Waldorf Northwestern warns northern squad will fight hard and outfinish the south.
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Florida
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Maxwell Field
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Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Waldorf
Sugar Bowl contenders Duke and Alabama statistics
New Orleans reports Sugar Bowl contenders Duke and Alabama with Duke scoring 201 points in nine games and Alabama 246 in eight. Alabama allows just over six points per game while Duke allows a similar figure, highlighting the defensive balance between the teams.
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Alabama
Record Sum Bet At Florida Track
At Tropical Park Miami on Dec 26 a record betting total of 716,716 accompanied a large crowd of 14,171. Offenbach the three year old gelding won the inaugural six furlong Handicap in a tight finish with Silvestra second and Quien Es third. Offhand odds paid 45 26.50 and 13. Quien Es showed at 6 50.
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Duke and Alabama to clash in Sugar Bowl history bid
New Orleans reports that Duke Blue Devils and Alabama Crimson Tide, both veteran Sugar Bowl participants, meet New Year’s Day with hope of a margin over eight points. Only one prior Sugar Bowl win reached eight points, while seven to three point margins occurred in other years. Duke scored 201 and Alabama 246 in their recent seasons.
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Duke Blue Devils
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Texas Christian
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Duke
Alabama
Blue Devils
Crimson Tide
Champ Gets Home Gary Ind Christmas Day
Mrs Tony Zale wife of world middleweight boxing champion and her baby daughter welcomed him home for Christmas. Zale a chief petty officer at Norfolk naval station arrived in time to celebrate the holiday with his family.
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Norfolk
Detroit Symphony Expands Broadcast To Full Hour
New Year will bring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra a longer national radio slot from 8:30 to 9:30 on Saturdays, competing with Boston’s broadcast. The orchestra seeks the Symphony of the Americas composition contest inviting North and South American entrants. CBS replaces I Love a Mystery with a Jack Kirkwood variety show and launches Jobs For Tomorrow, dramatizing American industries over 13 weeks. Tonight’s tuning includes Ginny Simms and Bob Hope, with NBC and CBS schedules listed. BLU and MBS also present five to eleven programs.
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Clinic Schedules Change During Holiday Break
Dermatologists in charge of a worm treatment program remind patients that clinics at Broadway and West Washington Street schools will open 9 am to 12 noon during the holiday vacation. St Marys and Anietam street clinics redirect patients to the Health Department in morning hours until schools resume next week.
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Escape at Papago Park POW camp ends with multiple escapes
At Papago Park war prisoner camp near Phoenix a Nazi celebration was broken up with clubs as about 25 Germans escaped. FBI agents joined a manhunt for those still free while six were recaptured tonight and today. The ranking officer among the fugitives is Lieut. Col. Jurgen Wattenberg. other listed escapees include Karl Heinz Frenzel Helmut Gugger Hermann Streng Merbert Fuchs Ferdinand Fuge and Kurt Strehle. The escape followed a Saturday afternoon demonstration tied to Von Rundstedt and Christmas, aided by a heavy rainstorm and an eight foot barbed wire fence. There was no violence, the commandant said.
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Here
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Jurgen Wattenberg
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War era plastics largely rely on coal constituents
A report notes that eighty five percent of critical war plastics derive from coal constituents, highlighting coal as a key raw material. This emphasizes strategic importance of coal in wartime chemical supply chains.
Dentist Shortage Reported in Maryland
Baltimore and the state face an unprecedented dentist shortage as Dr. John T. Manley says remaining dentists work up to six hours over time. He cites wartime enlistment and population growth as the cause, with many dentists serving in the armed forces.
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John T. Manley
Baltimore Dental Society
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Open Hearth Method's Small Share of U.S. Steel Output
About five percent of American steel is produced by the basic open hearth process, a minority share amid overall production methods.
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