Mixer Wins Ted Atkinson Purse at Rockingham Park
Teddy Atkinson honored as mixer jockey presides as steward. Mixer wins the Ted Atkinson Purse in a 1 mile 1 furlong race in 1 50 flat, with Flange second and Penobscot Bay third. Prize payouts: 3.60 3.00 2.20 to win place show. Allesnik and Tony Porter win earlier races. Atkinson presented with inscribed silver plate by Lou Smith.
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Salem
N. H
Teddy Atkinson
Rockingham Park
W. R. Enaud
Mixer
Ted Atkinson
H. M. Boshamer
P. Palladino
Penobscot Bay
Flange
Atkinson
New England
Lou Smith
R. FE
Maryland racing sets new betting records at Pimlico meet
The thirty day joint Maryland tracks meeting at Pimlico shattered betting marks with an average daily mutuel handle of 876 421 dollars, 42 percent above spring levels. Six days topped 1 million dollars, and the closing Saturday drew 18 800 attendees and 1 414 956 dollars in mutuels. Attendance slid slightly from spring though overall handle rose versus 1942.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Maryland
Maryland Jockey Club
Green Island Eleven Downs Osbornes 14 6
The Green Island eleven defeated the Osborne A C of Water Vliet by a 146 score Sunday afternoon at Green Island Memorial Stadium. Singleton scored the opening TD, Dick Cooney led the Osbornes with a lone TD, Lucian Hotte added a second TD for Green Island, Mac McGivern kicked the extra points. The Island eleven, with wins over Garnets and Merchants, faces Waterford next.
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Green Island
Osborne A. C
Watervliet
Green Island Memorial Stadium
Singleton
Dick Cooney
Osborne
Lucian Hotte
Franklin and Marshall Bids for Bowl Berth
Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, undefeated in 1948, bid for a post season bowl invitation. Athletics director Dr Charles W Mayser said Buck Jones of Buffalo and William Jancilli of Altoona Pa Navy trainees named for All America berths would be available to play if a bowl game is arranged.
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Philadelphia
Franklin and Marshall
Pennsylvania
Charles W. Mayser
E. J. (Buck) Jones
Buffalo
William Jancilli
Altoona
Navy
Avenger Quint Defeats Vultures 53-41 in Troy Club Clash
Fitch scored 11 points on five field goals and a foul shot to lead Avenger Quint past the Vultures 53-41 at the Troy Boys' Club gym last night. Ford and B Harrell added ten points each on five field goals apiece, while Willets led the Vultures with ten on four fields and two fouls.
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Fitch
The
Avengers
Vultures
Troy Boys' Club
Ford
B. Harrell
Willets
Springfield Rifle's Echo From Notre Dame Star Bertelli
Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame quarterback dubbed the Springfield Rifle in 1941, rose to prominence as the passing wizard. From West Springfield, Massachusetts, his fame spread through college football headlines of the era.
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Notre Dame
Angelo Bertelli
West Springfeld
Mass
Rose Bowl Sets Travel Precedent For Other Bowls
The Rose Bowl plans to select a West Coast opponent from as far as 1,300 miles away, a move that could influence other bowls to widen their eligible team pools. The piece argues the distance precedent could bring teams from New Orleans reach, with Washington’s selection highlighting travel as a factor and noting potential candidates like Duke, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Tulsa, Texas, and Oklahoma.
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Whitney Martin
New York
West Coast
U. S C
Pasadena
Washington
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Los Angeles
Huskies
Chicago
New Orleans
Notre Dame
Michigan
Penn
Dartmouth
Purdue
Duke
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
Texas
Oklahoma
Maiami
Blue Devils
Navy
Southern California
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Cornell Gridders Hold Long Signal Practice
Cornell's football squad concluded a light session with a long signal drill in the back field. Players alternating at key backfield roles included Al Dekebrun Char lie Weiss and Howard Blose with Frank Accorsi at full, Bud Cushing at quarterback, Nelson Hubble at left guard, and Jim Carter at left end. ineligible status for Grant Ellis Murdo MacDonald and four others was noted. Private Ted Noesges of Chicago delivered the season’s top bowling score at 256, with nine strikes, in a separate Fort Sheridan event.
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Ithaca
Cornell
al Dekebrun
Charlie Weiss
Howard Blose
Frank Accorsi
Bud Cushing
Nelson Hubble
Jim Carter
Grant Ellis
Murdo MacDonald
Fort Sheridan
I. GP
Ted Noesges
Chicago
Sergt
Mike Nmeth
Noesges
Rockingham Park Race Entries and Results Summary
Race card shows purses from 1400 to 3401 with six to seven races for 4yearolds and up, including 6 furlong sprints and 11-16 mile events. Entries feature horses such as Tadac Mildred R Jack Reaper and Blue Button, with results and betting payouts listed for several notables and a track slow condition noted.
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Rockingham Park
Furionga
xEmers
Tadac
Mildred R
Jack Reaper
Uncle Bud
Seminole
Royal Heels
Holton
Wings
Zite
Sun Triad
Haggis
A.l
Sun
Jimine
W W Allams
Calvert
Conrad Vana
Junco
Emory and Henry Stuns Milligan In Tight Football Tilt
In Emory Virginia Coach Tt. L. Porterfield’s squad edged Milligan College 14 to 13. The following week Milligan overwhelmed KE and H 46 to 6 in a lopsided victory.
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Emory
Tt. L. Porterfield
Emory and Henry College
Emory and Henry
Milligan College
Milligan
Buffalo Cage Games Schedule At Memorial Auditorium
Dr James H Crowdle Canisius College graduate manager of athletics announced a winter doubleheader schedule at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium featuring eight days of games. The program includes teams from Utah and a Naval Training Station service team plus western and eastern opponents. Main event pairs list Sampson and Canisius matchups on each date from December to March.
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Buffalo UP
Buffalo
Memorial Auditorium
James H. Crowdle
Canisius College
Utah
Naval Training Station
Sampson
Oklahoma Aggies
Canisius
Brigham Young
Kentucky
University of Havana
de Paul
Arkansas
Western Kentucky
University of Rochester
West Virginia
City College of New York
Temple
Washington and Jefferson
Long Island University
Toledo
Brooklyn
Miami
New York University
Colgate
St. John's
Westminster
Oklahoma
Carnell
Plan Three C Y O Cage Leagues Form Plans at Hotel Troy
Parish representatives met at the Hotel Troy to organize three C Y O leagues Senor Junior and Grammar School for the upcoming season. Dec 4 5 opening weekend targeted. Senior eight to ten teams listed including St Peter's Sacred Heart St Lawrence's St Anthony's St Patrick's St Mary's St Joseph's St Augustine's St Michael's and the K of C of Watervliet. Junior eight teams named Sacred Heart St Peter's St Anthony's St Patrick's St Mary's St Augustine's St Lawrence's St Paul. Grammar School four teams joined Sacred Heart St Peter's St Joseph's Green Island and St Patrick's with more expected.
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Troy
Lawrence J. Buechler
St. Lawrence's
Cliff Sanhein
Christopher $. DiFiore
O.F.M
St. Anthony’s
John Harzynski
St. Patrick's
Joseph H. Conway
St. Paul's
Leo Sheridan
St. Michael’s
Frank Mitter
Wallace Curley
St. Joseph’s
Green Island
Ned McNamara
St. Augustine’s
Marty Dwyer
Jack Lowery
Don Caswell
St. Peter's
Ed Quinn
Sacred Heart
Gene Gilchrest
Junior K. of C
Watervliet
Ned Rooney
Jim Moran
C. Y. O's Senor
Sanhein
St. Anthony's
St Mary's
St. Augustine's
St. Michael's
K. of C. of Watervliet
St. Patrick’s
St. Mary's
St. Paul
Grammar School
St. Peter’s
St. Joseph's
Prices Dip at Lexington Fall Thoroughbred Auction
Temperature influenced bidding as 64 broodmares, weanlings and stallions sold with only four bringing $1,000 or more. Top bid went to Trace Call for $3,040. a bay mare by St Germans sold for $1,200 to Mary Dewitt Snyder. Weanlings fetched low figures, while overall averages ranged from $524 for breeding stock to $735 for both stock and yearlings. Elmhurst Stud dispersal postponed after three yearlings averaged $283 with light attendance.
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Lexington
Trace Call
Samuel D. Riddle
Call Boy
Ed Janss
California
Come In
St. Germans
Hal Price Headley
Mary Dewitt Snyder
Menon-Reprove
Headley
A. L. Ferguson
Johnstown-Impetus
Belair Stud
Bill Chinn
Elmhurst Stud
Shaw to Supervise Mutuels at Tropical Park Race Track
President H L Straus of the Gables Racing Association announced Mort Shaw will supervise the mutuel department at Tropical Park during the meeting opening December 15. Shaw formerly served as guest manager at Santa Anita and at mid west tracks. Herman Frank of Baltimore, recently named to the position, died of a heart attack days later.
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Baltimore (P
H. L. Straus
The
Gables Racing Association
Mort Shaw
Tropical Park Race Track
Shaw
Gutuess
Santa Anita
California
Mid-West
Herman Frank
Baltimore
Giants Reclassify Ewald Pyle To 1-A For Physical
The New York Giants announced they have reclassified left handed pitcher Ewald Pyle from Minneapolis in the draft to 1-A and he reports for his physical. Pyle, a Du Quoin resident, is married with three children.
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New York
New York Giants
Ewald Pyle
Giants
Minneapolis
Pyle
du Quoin
Til
Whizzer White Runs 97-Yard Punt Return for Colorado
Byron Whizzer White of Colorado returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown against Utah, producing the longest punt return in the 1937 intercollegiate football season and highlighting White's standout performance for the Buffaloes.
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Byron
Whizzer) White
Colorado
Utah
Odell May Move to Tailback for Cornell Game
Penn coach George Munger said Bob Odell, a versatile back, may shift from quarterback to tailback for the Thanksgiving Cornell game. Odell has played quarterback this season as the team’s best blocker and field general.
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Philadelphia
Bob Odell
Penn
Cornell
George Munger
Odell
Duke Looms as No 1 Cotton Bowl Visitor Pick
Duke emerges as the favored visiting team for the Cotton Bowl on January 1. With Texas or Texas A&M hosting after the Southwest Conference title game, Duke’s strong 7-1-1 record and bowl pedigree boost its candidacy over Georgia Tech and others.
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Duke
Cox
Philly
Palooka Star Cox Reclassified 2-B for War Effort
Joe Palooka New York Pi-William D. Cox 33, president of the National Baseball League and Philadelphia Phillies, is reclassified 2-B and deferred six months. Henry G Bartol, local draft official, says Cox’s lumber company work at Pil ing Associates, Inc. is essential to the war effort. no baseball mention. Cox is married with one child.
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New York
William D. Cox
Philadelphia Phillies
Henry G Bartol
Sid
Barton
Piling Associates, Inc
Cox
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