Vliet Games Top School Slate Tonight
Catholic High pursues a Diocesan League lead upset against La Salle Institute as Troy Watervliet and others clash on an eight game weekend schedule. Phil Barrett bids farewell after leading guard duty while Navy cadets Kelly and Barrett prepare for service.
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Trey High
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la Salle
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Troy High
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Hudson High
Cohoes High
St. Joseph's
Albany
Heatly High
Columbia
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Hoosick Falls
Waterford High
Berlin Central
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Phil Barrett
Bill Carley
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Middlebury College
John Kelly
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Troy Watervliet
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Louis O'Brien
Edward Jay
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Spindle
Pete Mooney
Draper
Walt
Eckerson
East Greenbush
Mught Kerlin Central
Green Island
Lavender
St. Mary’s
Fred Morris
La Salle Cadets to Play Catholic High With New Coach
La Salle Institute's Cadets face Catholic High in a combined league game at Co. HS gym with temporary coach Brother James. Charles F Riffle the former Notre Dame guard and La Salle trainer has severed ties, leaving the team to a brief coaching change after a 2-11 start.
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Catholic High
Co. HS
Charles F
Chuck” Riffle
Notre Dame
la Salle
Rifle
Jim Culver
Vincentian Institute of Albany
Albany
Green Bay Packers
Biffle
James
Pepper Martin returns to Cardinals as oldest major leaguer
Pepper Martin, returning to his beloved St Louis Cardinals after a four year absence, will be the youngest old man on any major league club. Manager Billy Southworth says he will be used as a utility man and pinch hitter to spark the lineup, with training camp set for March 15 in Cairo Illinois.
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Pepper”’ Martin
St. Louis
Billy Southworth
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John L. Martin
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Pep
Rochester
Pepper
Cardinals
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Cardinal
Sammy Bell Quits Baseball with Orioles
Sammy Bell, 30, second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, informed manager Tommy Thomas yesterday he will retire from baseball to enter business. Bell spent eight years in organized baseball, all with International League clubs, joining the Orioles in 1941. Connie Mack said Joe Moore and Rip Radcliff would not report to the Athletics this spring as they were set to leave.
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Tommy Thomas
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Connie Mack
Joe Moore
Rip Radcliff
Athletics
Moore
Tulsa
Okla
Army Inducts Tiger Fielder
Detroit Tiger outfielder Robert Ned Harris, 27, was inducted into the Army yesterday and will report within a month. He is the sixth Tiger to enter service since 1943 and the 34th on the club’s list. Harris, married with a son, was born in Ames Iowa, lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, and has spent three Tigers seasons. He batted 254 in 1943.
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Ned) Harris
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Ie Tigers
Golf Stars Limber Up For Bond Open In New Orleans
Byron Nelson Jay McSpaden and Harry Cooper lead as pros and amateurs prepare for the New Orleans War Bonds Open. The 72 hole main event starts today after a charity pre tournament where teams of pros and amateurs played best ball for War Bond prizes.
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Byron Nelson
Jay McSpaden
Harry Cooper
City Park
Craig Wood
Chick Harbert
Pete Cooper
Dale Mary
Baton Rouge
Joe Switzer
St Lous
Baugh Tops Aerial Interceptions In Pro Football
Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins led the league with ten interceptions last season setting a new mark, and 112 yards returned. Irv Camp and Don Hutson followed in the rankings as Green Bay players showcased the league's top interception figures with the Packers posting 606 return yards and 42 interceptions collectively.
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Sammy
Bulldog Turner
Chicago Bears
Detroit
Irv Camp
Green Bay
Don Hutson
Packers
Redsking
Bears
Mauriello Chooses to Beat Baksi in Madison Square Garden Bout
In New York a 10 round heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden matches 195 pound Mauriello against 210 pound Baksi. Mauriello, ranked challenger to Joe Louis, is a slight favorite though Baksi is noted for punching power. Four six round preliminaries feature heavyweights Oma Cross Carter and Reddick plus welterweights Turiello Notch. Both fighters carry 4F status from injuries.
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Tami Mauriello
Joe Baksi
Madison Square Garden
Mauriello
Joe Louis
Baksi
Bronx
Cleveland
Jimmy Bivins
Teddy Wink
Gus Dorazio
Kulpmont
Ring Magazine
Lee Oma
Detroit
Wallace Cross
East Orange
N. J
Joe Carter
Rome
Joe Reddick
Paterson
Freddie Schott
Ernest Williams
Newark
Saverio Turiello
Italy
Carmen Notch
Pittsburg
Rangers Tie Wings 3-3 at Garden in NHL stalemate
The New York Rangers halted a month without a win by tying the Detroit Red Wings 3-3 at Madison Square Garden. Detroit outshot 42-18, but the Rangers rallied in the third period as goals from Murray Armstrong and Carl Liscombe gave Detroit a late lead before Bryan Hextall tied it mid-period.
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New York Rangers
National Hockey League
Detrot Red Wings
Rangers
Red Wings
Ken McAuley
Red Shirts
New York
Billy Gooden
Don Grosso
Detroit
Bill Jennings
Dutch Hiller
Murray Armstrong
Carl Liscombe
Bryan Hextall
National AAU Meet Trials Set Amid Large Entries
New York hosts the National AAU indoor meet with heavy entry lists for the 600 and 1000 yard runs. Preliminaries stage in the afternoon with the interscholastic program at Madison Square Garden. finals at night. Johnny Fulton of San Francisco and Joe Nowicki of Rochester enter the 3000 alongside defending champion Jim Rafferty of New York A. A rivalry between Fulton and Nowicki resurfaces after a recent close half mile race won by Nowicki.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Johnny Fulton
San Franccisco
Joe Nowicki
Rochester
Former Sports Heroes Manning PT Boats Rally in Pacific
Nightly in the Southwest Pacific Allied PT boats manned by former sports stars clash with Japanese forces. Notables like Ernie Panney, Bernie Crimmins, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Torby MacDonald sail skilled patrols in New Guinea and New Britain, raiding barges, sinking hundreds of Daihatsu craft, and defending advances with daring raids and air defense feats.
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Lou Smith
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Gy Taylor
Yale
Kermit Montz
Franklin and Marshal
Steve Levanitas
Boston College
Stuart Lewis
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
New York City
George Vanderbilt
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Ed Farley
JG Rumsey Ewing
New England
Siegal Navy Transfer Brings Bears End to Annapolis Notes
Bainbridge Naval Station officials confirm Lieut. (j g) John Siegal former Columbia and Chicago Bears end will report to the U S Naval Academy next month. He may tutor Navy wingmen as part of a coaching plan alongside Cmdr Hagberg and other staff. Osmanski rumored but unconfirmed. Siegal, from Larksville Pennsylvania, played at Columbia and studied dentistry at Northwestern while with the Bears.
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John Siegal
Columbia
Chicago
Bears
U. S. Naval Academy
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
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Naval Academy
Siegal
J.g
Bill Osmanski
Osmanski
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Oscar HB. Hagberg
Chicago Bears
Toto
Hagberg
Keith Molesworth
Rip” Millee
Plebs
Johnny Wilson
Larksville
Columbia University
Lou Little
Northwestern
Bowling night yields mixed results across clubs
Scores and standings from Industrial A and B leagues, plus Hudson Valley Fuel, Behr Manning, and Adirondack Steel keglers highlight a night of high marks including Drescher 222 600 and Morrison 255 211 807. Team shifts include Empire A and local women’s leagues posting top scores and 600s amid varied outcomes.
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Behr-Manning Keglers
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Carvil
Sager
George Luce
Tucker
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al Jupin
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Morse
Behr-Manning
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J. Guralski
Turner
J. Montange
Bryce
ML. Caruso
Arsenal Howitzers
Diamond Rock
Potter
Catwalks and Free Throws Stir Historic Court Debate
Grayson's Scoreboard reports Dr. Forrest C. Allen and Jim St. Clair debating elevated viewing for officials and rule changes to help tall players. They discuss a proposed catwalk above baskets, goal height at 12 feet, and moving goal posts back, while praising Kansas teams' free throw practices and record performances amid Oklahoma A&M and Haskell Indians encounters.
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Forrest C. Allen
St. Clair
Bob Kurland
Cowboys
Phog Allen
St Clair
Foothills Kurland
Oklahoma
Allen
Kansas
Dr. Allen
Jayhawks
Sooners
Haskell Indians
Alien
Chess Winner At Rapid Transit Tourney
Dr. Fred Lowinger won the rapid transit chess tournament at the YMCA rooms with a perfect 12 points. George Dietz took second with eight points, followed by Sergi Pabst with six. Other scores: Beheo five, Kreis four and a half, Hacker four, Zarzycki two and a half.
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George Dietz
Sergi. Pabst
Beheo
Kreis
Hacker
Zarzycki
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