Minor Leagues Seek Say in Baseball Czar Pick
About 288 minor leagues delegates pressed for a bigger role in shaping policy and selecting a commissioner to succeed Landis. They demand protection of minor league territory, protest franchise moves, and seek changes to draft price rules, with decisions due at the National Association meeting next December.
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Cgicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
National Association
Tommy Richardson
Wholso
Twenty Teams In Race For Invites
Twenty schools remain in the bid race for the eight NIT invitations opening March 17 at Madison Square Garden. Candidates include De Paul, Rhode Island, Pittsburgh, Temple, Duke, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Penn State, and three New York schools, with post season rules and Navy V-12 travel limits likely trimming contenders. R P I is the lone unbeaten on the list with 12 wins and a March 10 game against Canisius.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
de Paul
R. P. L. Bowling Green
Tennessee
Kentucky
Muhlenberg
Albright
Temple
Duke
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Utah
West Virginia
Valparaiso
St. John’s
City College
New York University
New York Univ
Canisius
Buffalo
Cubs Manager Grabs Advice From Young Stockholder
Chicago February meeting featured 16 year old Jordan Lewis owner of one share of Cubs stock voicing summer plans to manager Charlie Grimm. Grimm listened but did not commit to acting on the junior owner’s advice for 1945.
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Chicago
Grimm
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Jordan Lewis
Cubs
Young Lewis
Bowling Scores and Passes Mark Pre-Induction Golf
New Orleans felon Bob Hamilton of Loansville, Indiana, reportedly passed his pre-induction physical yesterday and is expected to undergo further golf sessions. Selective Service officials cautioned the induction could be delayed up to 90 days. The piece also notes an ancient Babylonian banking system dating back to 2000 B.C.
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New Orleans
Bob Hamilton
Loansville
Ind
Selective Service
Hancock Cagers Score Easy Win Over Williamsport
Hancock High School defeated Williamsport High 52 to 31 on Hancock court. The Clingaman brothers and Greenspoon led scoring with most of the points while Hancock's defense shut down Williamsport after a 26 to 9 halftime margin. Crist led Williamsport with 11 points.
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Williamsport High
Hancock Court
Manning
Hancock
Clingaman Brothers
Greenspoon
Crist
J. Clingaman
G. Clingaman
Wachter
Bohrer
Williamsport
Cole
Hanna
Stenger
Kerns
Medical Discharge Given College Star
Col. David Ferris former Mississippi State College star and property of the Boston Red Sox said he had been given a medical discharge from the Army Ferris a standout pitcher in the Southeastern conference in recent years has served as an instructor at Randolph Field for more than a year
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Hattiesburg
Miss
David Ferris
Mississippi State College
Boston Red Sox
Ferris
Randolph Field
Milk cows in U.S. estimated at 26,946,000 in 1943 early
The United States Department of Agriculture estimated the number of milk cows at the start of 1943 at 26,946,000. This figure reflects national dairy supply amid wartime production needs and government recordkeeping.
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United States
U. 58
Department of Agriculture
Dempsey Names Top Ten Opponents He Fought
Comdr Jack Dempsey lists his ten best opponents including Gene Tunney Tom Gibbons Georges Carpentier Luis Firpo Bill Brennan Jess Willard Gunboat Smith Billy Miske Fred Fulton and Battling Levinsky He cites Tunney as the best and recalls hard punches from Firpo Smith and Carpentier and his fights with Gibbons and Tunney elsewhere.
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San Francisco
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
South Pacific
U. S. Coast Guard
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Tom Gibbons
Georges Carpentier
Luis Firpo
Bill Brennan
Jess Weard
Gunboat Smith
Billy Miske
Fred Fulton
Battling Levinsky
Firpo
Smith
Carpentier
Brennan
Fulton
Gibbons
Postponed meeting to find new baseball czar
St Louis Feb 27 mystery surrounds a new commissioner with a four man committee. Sam Breadon announced postponement of today’s secret session. Wrigley Barnes Bradley and the late Kenesaw Lanodis successor action remains at a standstill.
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ST. Louis
Baseball
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Tuler
Breadon
P. K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Don Barnes
St. Louis Browns
Alva Bradley
Cleveland Indians
Bradley
Barnes
New Orleans
Wrigley
Kenesaw M. Lanodis
High Is Picked To Score Today
Hagerstown High seeks a fourteenth win as they host St James School on Potomac Street court at 4 pm. The Maroon and Gray have not lost to a scholastic foe on their home floor this season and aim to keep that record. A later game Friday features Waynesboro High, with a Jaygee preliminary.
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Hagerstown High Cagers
St. James
Potomac Street
Maroon and Gray
Semierites
Down County Boys
Waynesboro High Quint
Jaygee
Drivers For Guard Vehicles Needed In State Guard
Six Army vehicles recently assigned to the 8th Battalion of the Maryland State Guard require six drivers from local units. Eligible enlistees with driving experience may call at the State Armory on drill nights or contact Capt. Marlin Thurmond, Capt. Wilson Caskey, or Capt. H. J. Stottiemyer for assignment. Two trophies from the 5th Battalion are on display at Semler McFaddin Co, including the Governor O’Coner marksmanship trophy won last summer. the 8th Battalion softball championship trophy is also shown. The 7th Battalion first won the marksmanship trophy in 1942. no trophy in 1943 due to shotgun use by State Guard companies.
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Maryland State Guard
8Th Battalion
State Armory
Marlin Thurmond
Wilson Caskey
H. J. Stottiemyer
Sth
Semler-McFaddin Co
Governor O'Coner
Camp Meade
Owls Plan Spring Training and Manager Pick
Hagerstown Owls announce spring training begins April 8 and a new manager to be named within the week. Owner Oren Sterling reports a player-manager target, signs pitcher Hope Beard Jr., and outlines early 1945 schedule and potential tie ups with Buffalo, Boston, and Milwaukee groups.
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Hagerstown
Oren Sterling
Sterling
Owls
Lancaster
Arthur Ehlers
Hope Beard, Jr
Lynchburg
Piedmont
Virginia
Murray Rothman
Bucky Harris
Buffalo Bisons
Boston Braves
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Lefty Clarke To Join The Benedicts
Frederick Md February 27 Alan T Clarke known as Lefty Clarke a Huntington Farm breeder from Foxville Md and Miss Liliam Price Markc of Baltimore were issued a marriage license today Clarke a former Cincinnati Reds and Waynesboro player is 42 Moric is 24 The fire control equipment of all battleship costs more than 1600000
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Frederick
Alan T
Lefty) Clarke
Huntington Farm
Foxville
Lilliam Price Markc
Baltimore
Clarke
Cincinnati Reds
Waynesboro
Moric
Radio Day Drive Opens Across Networks in 1945
New York February 27 radio networks join a Red Cross Radio Day with special announcements and overseas coverage. Cpl Harvey Stone returns to the Kate Smith Hour on CBS next Sunday after his network comedy debut this week. Programs span NBC CBS MBS with music talks drama and quiz features across prime hours.
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New York
Red Cross
Cpl
Harvey Stone
CBS
MBS
Burton EK
Wheeler
NBC
Dick Haymes
Burns and Allen
Ginny Simms
Fibber McGee
Bob Hope
Victor Moore
Henry
Raymond Swing
Alan Young
Norman Cordon
Carol Bruce
Yankees Sign 14 Players for Coming Season
New York February 27 The Yankees have signed 14 players for the coming baseball season but officials declined to disclose the players' identities until a later date.
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YANKS
New York
Yankees
Elks To Observe Old Timers Night
Elks lodge in Hagerstown will honor 65 members with 25 years of membership or more at tonight’s meeting. District Deputy Earl Pitzer of western Pennsylvania will attend as guest speaker. Afterward George W. Fisher will present sound movies of the Elks National Home site in Bedford Pa and a social session with the lodge band.
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Hagerstown Lodge
Elks
Earl Pitzer
Western Pennsylvania
George W. Fisher
Elks’ National
Bedford
Rock blocks traffic near Harpers Ferry on Route 340
A five ton rock loosened by weather rolled onto Route 340 on the Washington county side of the Potomac near Harpers Ferry yesterday and blocked traffic for most of the day before State Roads Commission workers removed it by nightfall. Americans built Korea's first trolley line and railroad.
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Washington County
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
State Roads Commission
Lefty Clarke Receives Marriage License in Frederick
Alan T. Clarke known as Lefty, ex Reds and Waynesboro player, and Miss Lillian Price Markc of Baltimore were granted a marriage license by the Circuit Court Clerk. Clarke, 42, a Huntington Farm breeder in Starkesville Howard County, and Miss Markc, 24, are the couple.
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Frederick
Alan T
Lefty) Clarke
Cincinnati Reds
Waynesboro
Lillian Price Markc
Baltimore
Clarke
Huntington Farm
Starkesville
Howard County
Marie
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