Sport Roundup Highlights and Military Football Notes
The page reviews rehabilitation golf efforts for wounded veterans, notes Army and Navy football mascots and coaching promotions, and mentions players like Les Horvath and Navy Cross recipients John Tripson and Bob Herrick in a military sports context. It also references Capt. Walter Weber Jr. and past polo links to Oklahoma A&M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Tripson
Bob Herrick
Pierce
Fla
Navy
Air Force
Walter Weber, Jr
Pacific
Oklahoma Military Academy
Big Ten Attendance Rises Over 1943 Figures
Chicago December 1 leaders Indiana State and Western Conference schools report total 1,304,803 fans attended 47 home games this season, up from 1,000,530 for 44 contests in 1943. Associated Press tally notes a gain of 304,273 despite wartime disruptions.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Robertson Picks Army by 2 or 3 Touchdowns
Army is favored to beat Navy by two or three touchdowns. The column previews major bowls and matchups, noting Georgia Tech and Texas Christian as likely bowl entrants, with Tulane, Nebraska, and Oklahoma also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ong
Army
Navy
Navy School
Robertson
Bob Jenkins
Great Lakes
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Duke
Tech
TCU
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Horned Frogs
Tulane
Louisiana State
Dub Jones
LSU
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Cornhuskers
Sooners
North Carolina
Virginia
Hank Walker
Southwestern Rice
Rice
Arkansas Aggies
Arkansas
Tulsa
Miami
Landis Memorial To Be In Form Of Instruction
Plans for free baseball instruction booklets for American boys as a Landis memorial. The effort is led by Raymond Dumont of Wichita at his request of Col Reed Landis, son of the late Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. Col Landis notes his father wished against funeral services or statues in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kans
UPR
Boys of America
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Reed G. Landis
Raymond Dumont
National Baseball Congress
Cooperstown
N. Y
Sedalia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hugh Fullerton JR
New York
George ‘Eensboro
Earl Bilaik
Rmy
Andy Bustafson
Ohio
Les Horvath
Rams
Buckeyes
Big Ten
Patsy Clarke
Brooklyn Footll Dodgers
Fahey
Joe Palooka
Cene Akern
United
Tun
U.S Pet
Ommin
Ouch
Blondie
By Chie Young
Dagwood
Jack
Ham Fisher
Major Moseley
Dick Tracy
Furthur
Omar
Chester Gould
Gservice
Edgar Rice Burrough
Ape-Man
Karg
Little Orphal
Annie
Harold Cray
Melvin
Donald Duce
Walt Disney
Unca Donald
By Orlo Robertson
Army-Navy
Ft. Pierce
Zenith Cleaners
Tucson Fertilizer Co
Tidmarsh Engineering Company
Rainbo Kids
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