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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1943
Page
15
Dartmouth and Cornell push an early Eastern league tie as Notre Dame falls to Western Michigan and Chicago suffers a fortieth straight defeat. Doubleheaders loom in Philadelphia Chicago and Buffalo with Madison Square Garden debut near December 14. Northwestern Michigan Purdue show as preseason favorites. Muhlenberg shines in the East.
Norfolk Naval 40 vs Curtis Bay C I 6 3 Case 39. Carnegie Tech 32. Fort Sheridan 48 versus Chicago 29. Muhlenberg 40 over Fenn State 34. Albright 40 over Marines of Philadelphia. Marquette 49 over Wisconsin 43. Minnesota 54 over St Marys Wisconsin 32. Western Michigan Teachers 46 over Notre Dame 42. Michigan 51 over Central Michigan. Cornell 50 over Columbia 36. Tufts 51 over Harvard 30.
Race card lists eight races with purses from 500 to 600 dollars for claiming 3 year olds and up. Entries include numerous horses by name with varying weights and mis-spellings. first post at 1:40 pm and gambling terms noted.
Elmer Oliphant earned four letters in football basketball baseball and track at Purdue and West Point. He led Wisconsin beaters in a 3 0 spring win and starred in Army Navy games while later becoming a New York insurance executive organizing a life-insurance team.
Sarasota winter baseball stars are arranging intercity golf matches with Tampa after Tampa’s links series with St Peters burg. Events center at Bobby Jones course with Golf Professional E. F. Machert arranging the season. Notables include Paw Derringer Paul Waner Johnny Cooney Johnny Moore Ted McGrew Donnie Bush and Butch Henlina among others.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute swimming team opened the season by defeating Colgate 44 to 31. Top swimmer Jack Lilly, a former Yale athlete in Navy training, won both sprints the 50 yard freestyle in 0 24.5 and the 100 yard freestyle in 0 59.4, then anchored the winning relay.
Byron Nelson of Toledo won a nationwide 162 hole medal play golf match in Sacramento by eight strokes over Harold McSpaden of Philadelphia. Nelson earned 35000 in war bonds and finished 17 under par to McSpaden nine under. McSpaden awaited possible induction around December 15.
Wally Kilrea scored his 100th goal in the American Hockey League, lifting the Hershey Bears to a 4 2 win over the Indianapolis Capitals before 4 793 fans. Kilrea's first period goal broke the tie as Gaston Gauthier set him up against keeper Harry Lumley.
RPI’s basketball team used a second half surge to defeat Trinity College 63-32 in Florida. Tony Orlando led with 16 points, Leo Katkaveck added 14 as the Engineers pulled away after a tight first half. Severn River regatta proposal eyed to replace Poughkeepsie event at Annapolis May 20, with Navy expected to bring crews and all-college participation planned amid wartime travel limits.
Arsenal League schedule lists six games at Watervliet High School gym starting 7 p m with P A department vs P A quintet Tank Shop vs PM quintet and Inspection vs Liner Shop. Wednesday action has Army courtment vs PM department, PM quintet vs Liner Shop, and PH vs Tank Shop in the final game.
St Peters varsity aims for a fourth win as it hosts the Black Hawks quintet from the Mf C A House League at St Peters Lyceum. Game time is 9 pm. Earlier at 8 pm the St Peters Intermediate meet the Cohoes Elks and the junior squad faces Our Lady of Victory Jean at 7 pm. Bloomington Indiana reports a season led by a new coach Harry C Good with no freshmen or varsity letters.
In New York Brooklyn Wanderers beat Brooklyn Hispano 3 to 2. At Brooklyn Hispan? Another match Brooklyn Manhattan? The Brookl...
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