New Grid Rules Meeting Favored by Eastern Coaches
New York Jan 5 Eastern football coaches and athletic directors favor changes to the 1945 NCAA codes after testing in 1944. They support restricting offensive arms and roughing the kicker while eliminating automatic first downs on roughing. Officials and coaches will convene with Bushnell and Columbia's Lou Little speaking.
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Bushnell
Eastern Football Association
NCAA
Columbia
Lou Little
Program planning tour for MBS vice president
Phil Carlin named MBS vice president in charge of programs will tour stations coast to coast to assess acceptable program types for the revised plan. George Hicks, overseas war broadcaster, is on home leave after two years on the European front. Radio listings follow with names and times.
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New York
Phil Carlin
MBS
Carlin
George Hicks
BLU
Bowling Scores Highlight Narrow Win and High Scramble
In the bowling ledger, SIAGLE won all games powering a late lead at High Street. Jamison posted a 638 single and Tri-State’s J O'Brien led totals with 393 and tied the season high single of 163. Standings mix teams like High Street, North American Cement, and Tri-State Electric amid a dense score list.
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Technics
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Mark Jamisons
Triee
Cranes
French
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Drenner
Carty
Lowman
S Bradley
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Spalding
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Gross
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Sallaaine
Jones
Wait
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North American Cement
Smith Oil Co
Tri-State Electric
Potomac
Fairchuy Es
Brands Cabinet Works
Woodland Way Wins Big Over Smithsburg Court
Woodland Way defeated Smithsburg 87 to 33 on their home court. The locals led 18 to 4 at halftime and relied on strong defense in the final period. McNeal led Woodland Way scoring, with Karbaugh and Green standing out for Smithsburg.
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Woodland War Cagers
Smitties
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Green
Linsenos
Woodland Way
Breer
Foo
Tolels Ole
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Smithsburg
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Tarhallah
FRAY
Cleveland Rams Sign Five Men for Postwar Duties
The Cleveland Rams announce the signing of five players to bolster the roster after the war. Among them are Jim Youel, a 1942 standout from the University of Toledo, and Lt Orv S, Coast Guard veteran. Also joining are Ron Henderson from Texas A&M and Mark McCorn, a back from the University of Washington. The club notes these additions will support the team’s new play style and delivery of duties on and off the field.
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Trias A A & M
Mark McCorn
University of Washington
Ann Curtis Wins Sullivan Award for 1944
New York January 5 Ann Curtis the 18 year old San Francisco swimming record holder is named winner of the James E Sullivan Memorial Award for 1944 announced by Dan Ferris National AAU secretary treasurer She is the first woman to win the trophy and will receive it at a ceremony yet to be arranged Curtis led the Sullivan poll with 694 points edging Yale swimmer Alan Ford and Bill Smith of Honolulu Curtis was named the year's outstanding woman athlete by AP on December 18 and the field included Pauline Betz John A Kelley Cris Erwin Anne Ross and Alline Banks Pate PMID
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Ann Curtis
Sama Francisco
James E. Suullivan
Dan Ferris
National Amateur Athletic Union
Miss Curtig
Sullivan
Gil Dodds
San Francisco
Yale
Alan Ford
Miss Curtis
Associated Press
Bill Smith
Honolulu
Ohio State
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
John A. Kelley
Boston
AAU
Gregory Rice
Leslie Mac Mitchell
Cornelius Warmerdam
Dodds
Sports Writer Don Basenfelder Dies
Philadelphia based sports writer Don Basenfelder, 41, renowned for the Baseball Register and his baseball authority, died. Born in Somers Point, New Jersey, he authored numerous magazine articles and contributed to the sports field with authoritative batting pitching and fielding data.
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Philadelphia
Don Basenfelder
Philadelphia Record
Baseball Register
Basenfelder
Somers Point
N. J
London bishop Fisher named Archbishop of Canterbury
The Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher Lord Bishop of London was nominated by King George VI as the new Archbishop of Canterbury and 98th primate of all England. Fisher, famed for tolerance and unconventionality, succeeds Dr William Temple who died Oct 26 after a heart attack. He had not parochial experience before becoming Bishop of Chester in 1932.
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Geoffrey Francis Fisher
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Canterbury
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William Temple
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Chester
Air Line Manager Missing on Flight from Algiers to Paris
Paris Jan 5 Captain Lionel de Maarnier head of all French air lines is missing after a flight from Algiers to Paris. Eight other aboard the plane believed to be nine total were on board when it took off three days ago. De Maarnier a World War I veteran and pioneer in French aviation commanded the first Fighting French bombing squadron under General de Gaulle and accompanied military operations.
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Paris
Lionel de Maarnier
Algiers
de Maarnier
Charles de Gaulle
French Leader to Moscow Last Month
A brief note states the French leader traveled to Moscow last month. The report notes wartime plastics rely heavily on coal constituents, citing eighty five percent as the share of war important plastics derived from coal components.
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Moscow
Sportsmen's Club Elects Officers
The North American Rod and Gun Club elected directors at its January meeting with about one hundred members present. Guy Kidwell served as president and W Reed Lowe as chairman of the board. new officers include Julius Nagy vice president and Arthur Moats treasurer. Plans emphasize conservation of fish, game, and wildlife. A turkey buffet followed the meeting.
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North American Rod and Gun Club, Inc
Guy §. Kidwell
Marshall Carpenter
Mashnaw
A. H. Davidson, Jr
Raymond M. Hill
Guy S. Kidwell
Guy Knepper
W. Reed Lowe
Franklin Miller
Hubert E. Miller
Leister Mobley
Arthur M. Moats
Julius R. Nagy
Steve Palkovitz
Guy &. Kidwell
Hubert B. Miller
WN. Dashnaw
Ralph R. Buck
Local Quotations and Prices From Barmera and Chicago
Local quotations show prices paid to producers for Barmera wheat at barn 1 63 cents with butter and eggs and apples listed with various prices. Chicago grain futures close with May 1 66 and July 1 58, Sept 1 49. A stray note mentions Peter the Great of Russia could not read or write until age five.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Jack Johnson Excluded From Chicago Exhibition Card
Chicago voters, the January 12 boxing card at the Coliseum loses the planned exhibition by 66 year old former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. The Illinois Athletic Commission rejected the bout after a physician reported Johnson failed to pass a physical examination.
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Coliseum
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Kingfish Levinsky
Lee Savold
Ilinois Athletic Commission
Miles And Trucks To Be Teammates
BIRMINGHAM AL Jan 5 ex Philadelphia A s outfielder Miles and Virgil Trucks former Detroit Tigers pitcher now at a Pacific naval base told Birmingham News sports editor Zipp Newman they will be teammates this season Both are from Alabama Trucks said he is back on duty after an appendectomy Canada population 11 506 655 in area 3 466 556 square miles
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Ala
Dee Miles
Philadelphia A
Virgil Trucks
Detroit Tigers
Pacific Naval Base
Zipp Newman
Birmingham News
Alabama
Trucks
Canada
Ex-Champs Battle in 10 Round Featherweight Bout
Baltimore readers learn two former featherweight champions will headline a 10 round bout at the Coliseum Monday night. Henry Jeffra, ranked No 2 by the NBA, faces Jackie Wilson a former NBA featherweight champion known for a long, successful career. Wilson has about 80 wins in 12 years mid 20th century action.
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Coliseum
Henry Jeffra
National Boxing Association
Jackie Wilson
Jeffra
Wilson
NBA
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