Hank Greenberg to Return to Service After Pearl Harbor
Hank Greenberg announced immediate intent to join the military after Pearl Harbor, foregoing continued Tigers play at $50,000 per season. The piece recalls Hank Gowdy’s WWI enlistment and notes numerous stars like Bob Feller, Hugh Mulcahy, and Ken Silvestri joining up, predicting a growing list of players entering the service. Greenberg’s leadership is praised as inspirational.
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Pearl Harbor
Detroit Tigers
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Hank Gowdy
Boston Braves
Gowdy
New York Giants
Bob Feller
Cleveland
Indians
Hugh Mulcahy
Phillies
Ken Silvestri
Yankees
Henk Greenberg
Industry Teams To Play Tonight In Industrial League
Industry basketball teams enter the third night with one win and one loss each. Maidstone faces Fairchild No 1, while Paughborns meet Fairchild No 2 on the main court at S o'clock. Ken Dudley will referee as crowds are expected to grow post Christmas. Admission is small and season tickets are available at the Y desk.
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Maidstone
Fairchild
Foreign Uniforms Ban Conflicts Swiss Duty Dress
U S Navy officers typically wear civilian attire while on duty in Switzerland due to a prohibition on foreign uniforms. The rule requires permission to wear non Swiss garments, shaping daily conduct for naval personnel abroad.
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Switzerland
U. S. Navy
Duke and Oregon State Sell Out 56,000 For Rose Bowl
Duke faces Oregon State in Duke Stadium with a sell-out crowd of 56,000 as Coach Wallace Wade calls the game a mystery. He notes both teams know little about each other, compares the matchup to 1926 Alabama Washington, and highlights Duke ends Jim Smith and Bob Gantt as key playmakers in end-around tactics.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina
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Wallace Wade
South
Dukes
Oregon State
Beavers
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Dixie Partisans
Duke
Coach Wallace
Wade
Tobacco Town
Alabama
Washington
Blue Devils
Siev Lach
Jim Smith
Bob Gantt
Louis Rated Top Fighter in 1948 Balloting
New York December 29 The heavyweight champion Louis is named fighter of the year by Ring Magazine. A 5 to 2 vote by 202 writers places Buddy Baer fourth top contender with Billy Conn Lem Franklin and Bob Pastor also rated ahead of him. Louis and Chalky Wright are the only champions in the class.
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Laws
Ring Magazine
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Naval Relief Society
Madison Square Garden
Scotland
Sammy Angott
Washington
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Kai Kong Young
Hawaii
Manuel Ortiz
Los Angeles
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Tour of Stars Suggested Ambassadors for South America
Brutus Hamilton of California proposes selecting eight to ten world champion track and field athletes to tour South America as Ambassadors at Large. He argues a government sponsorship would promote Latin American understanding and benefit national prestige. He fears the pan-American games may be dropped as wartime substitutes for the Olympics.
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Berkeley
Calif
Brutus Hamilton
University of California
AAU
Hamilton
War era sport thoughts mingle with baseball nostalgia
New York reports reflect on sports during wartime. Navy letters from Amby Gilligan's Whitehall friends recount campus lessons learned on playing fields. Babe Ruth’s weight loss for a Gehrig biopic is noted alongside Pearl Harbor publicity.
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Wide World
Amby Gilligan
Whitehall
N. Y
Francis
Hackett) Conlon
Gerald
Barney) Ross
Navy
Hawaii
Biz News
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Pearl Harbor
Hackett
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Baer-Louis
Griffith Stadium
Sugar Bowl sports lineup and events
New Orleans lists mid winter Sugar Bowl events with boxing finals tennis tourney and Tuesday game pitting Long Island U against Tennessee. Thursday features Missouri versus Fordham in football and Saturday hosts East West All Star game. Mussolini asserts Japanese belong to the yellow Aryan branch of humanity.
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New Orleans
Long Island U
Tennessee
Missouri
Fordham
Navy Hydrographic Office chart print run soars to 2.33 million
The Navy Hydrographic Office normally publishes 459000 copies of nautical charts, but the current figure shows a surge to 2331000 copies, reflecting a significant increase in chart distribution. Government agency operations and maritime safety projections may be impacted by the higher output level.
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Navy Hydrographic Office
Harbert Wins Beaumont Open in Golf Tourney
Chick Harbert, a rising player from Battle Creek Michigan, won the Beaumont Open with 276 eight under par for 72 holes, earning $1,000 and finishing the year with $18,268 in tournament winnings. Wee Hogan and Paul Runyan tied for second at 283, with Hogan also adding $650.
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Mich
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Hogan
Sam Sneed
White Plains
N. Y
Jim Turnesa
Elmsford
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Runyan
Turnesa
Henry Picard
Oklahoma City
New Cage Star On The Horizon
Stanford freshman Jim Pollard, 6 foot 4 inch forward, 19,Weight 18 pounds, passed a eligibility exam and will be eligible for the Pacific Coast Conference race. Pollard is expected to bring a power style to Stanford as coach Everett Daan shifts from speed to a stronger offense. California and Southern California loom as threats as the season opens with Pollard joining a 16 of 18 winning 1940 freshman squad.
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Stanford University
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Indians
Everett Daan
Tean
Stuehern
Stanford
San Francisco University
Rice Trackmen Score At Bowl
Athletes from Rice Institute and runner Gregory Rice dominated the Sugar Bowl meet in New Orleans. Rice set a new Sugar Bowl and American citizens record of 14 minutes 18 seconds in the 3 mile, beating his own Indianapolis mark from 1940. Fred Wilt and Earl Mitchell led Indiana in a close 2 mile, with Wilt edging Mitchell at the end. Fred Walcott of Rice won his third straight Sugar Bowl 120 yard hurdles, narrowly over Bill Cummins. Harold Hall won the 440 yard dash for Rice in 48.9 seconds. The feature mile went to Leslie Mac Mitchell in 4 12.1, with Mehl five rounds back and Campbell Kane third. Cornelius Warmerdam hit 15 feet in the pole vault for a southern record, while Richard Ganslen failed at 13 6. About 5,000 spectators witnessed the breezy day events.
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Earl Mitchell
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Colgate
John Campbell
Fordham
Leslie Mac Mitchell
New York U
Falter Mehl
Wisconsin
Campbell Kane
Cornelius Warmerdam
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Olympic Club
Richard V. Ganslen
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New Jersey
Naval ROTC Members To Take Free 25 Day Summer Cruise
Each year a 25 day summer vacation cruise is arranged at no cost for members of the Naval ROTC units, offering a funded travel opportunity and rest from training.
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Naval
New York Racing Plans Being Laid for 1942
New York tracks will continue business as usual in 1942 if conditions permit said Werbert Bayard Swope chair of the State Racing Commission in his annual report. He noted a record 133.9 million dollars bet in 1941 and 2 523 343 attendees representing 14 percent of national turf attendance.
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