All-Star Gridmen To Be Feted At Banquet Tonight
North-South all star high school football game participants will attend a 6:30 p m banquet today at the Santa Rita hotel. Coach Mike Casteel leads the event with gifts for each player as Rollin Gridley plans two equal squads for the Saturday game at University of Arizona stadium.
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University of Arizona
Santa Rita
Mike Casteel
Casteel
Rollin T. Gridley
Tucson
Gridley
Marvin Scott
Mesa
Art Pacheco
Joe Kelly
Don Hunsaker
Jim Tolley
Norman Saba
Tom Fridena
Wilford
Whizzer
White
Oscar Carrillo
Lee
Carey
Jimmie Davis
Charles Ackerman
Bisbee
George Bingham
Ray Nielsen
Safford
Nils Johanssen
al Negri
Douglas
Wayne Crutchfield
Brian Tenney
Jake Davis
Yuma
Johansson
Hal Woods
Thatcher Lad
Gus Hadington
Woods
Headington
Jerry Crawford
Mack McEuen
Coolidge
Max Hancock
McEuen
Cliff Miller
Prescott
Miller
Stars of the South
South
Badger
Manuel Aja
Glendale
Barry Arney
Ernie Walkup
Phoenix Union
Steve Owens
Mel Hein
Ken Strong
Giants
Arnie Herber
Sugar Bowl Teams Get Back To Work After Party
In Biloxi Mississippi on December 25 the St Marys Gaels and Oklahoma A and M Cowboys enjoyed a Christmas party hosted by the Sugar Bowl committee. Coaches Lookabaugh and Phelan say practice will resume in heavy conditions, with flu and bad weather affecting workouts back home.
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Phelan
Maryland Bars 17 Turf Figures
Maryland racing officials suspended 17 figures including seven jockeys a trainer and a jockeys agent over charges linked to a November 30 steeplechase race deemed fixed. Commission Chairman George Mahoney said full charges would be released February 11 and the Marinland Jockey Club pledged cooperation to ensure honest Pimlico racing.
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Ed Christmas
Sugar named fighter of the year by Ring magazine
Three years ago Ray Sugar received Ring magazine’s fighter of the year honor. Five years ago Earl Blaik resigned as Dartmouth football coach to assume a similar post at West Point.
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Ring Magazine
Earl Blaik
Dartmouth
West Point
Trojans Take Day Off From Practice
Southern California, a 13 point underdog, rested on Christmas while Alabama traveled toward Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Coach Cravath planned two drills the next day and focused on pass defense against Alabama quarterback Harry Gilmer.
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Southern California
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Alabama
Trojans
Crimson Tide
Frank Thomas
Occidental College
Cravath
Harry Gilmer
Trojan
John Aguirre
Middlesboro Lions win 1945 achievement award
The National Baseball Congress named the Middlesboro Lions Club as the nation’s top civic team for sponsoring a standout program. Enid AAF earned the No 1 Army team honor after national semipro championship success this year. Other awards went to General Electric and Cessna Aircraft as top industrial teams.
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Middlesboro
Lions’ Club
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Okla
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General Electric
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cessna Aircraft
Waco Aaf
Texas
Orlando Army Airbase
Florida
Columbia
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Cométs
A. A. Baroni’s Top Row Wins 5000 Christmas Stakes
Ten years ago at Santa Anita Park the A A Baroni owned top colt Top Row won the $5,000 Christmas Stakes on opening day. Jockey and trainer details not specified.
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A. A. Baroni
Santa Anita Race Track
Will Hoppe and Arkansas Wonder Boys Dominate Holiday Sports Page
The column notes Willie Hoppe returning to tournament play at 57 and highlights Arkansas Polytechnic College’s 8–0 football season, the Wonder Boys. It mentions McBride courting Creighton Miller for the Browns, early bowl favorites Alabama over USC and others, plus Navy coaching questions and Giants’ player turnover.
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Russellville
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Wonder Boys
Danny Kaye
McBride
Cleveland
Alabama
California
Oklahoma A. & M
St. Mary’s
Texas
Missouri
Holy Cross
Miami
Bill Fox
Indianapolis News
John Lardner
Red Smith
Frank Lanning
Providence
Sid Feder
Fraley
Oscar Hagberg
Navy
Hagberg
Eastern Players Hold Hard Drill Ahead of Shrine Game
In San Francisco on December 25 the East team held a heavy drill to regain practice time for the New Year East-West Shrine game. Walt Trojanowski of Connecticut and Jack Breslin of Michigan State led ball carrying. George Savitsky of Penn and Bob Dobelstein of Tennessee were sidelined by heavy colds. End Max Dodge and Tackle Buster McClure of Nevada starred on the line, with Jake Leicht and Jack Price of Baylor competing for backfield signal duties.
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San Francisco
U.P
Walt Trojanowski
Connecticut
Jack Breslin
Michigan State
George Savitsky
Penn
Bob Dobelstein
Tennessee
Max Dodge
Buster McClure
Nevada
Jake Leicht
Jack Price
Baylor
City Hoop Teams To Hold Workouts
City will keep the Armory gymnasium open for basketball practice Wednesday through Friday from 5 to 10 p m. The schedule lists Manhat tan Chargers exhibition Ochoa Center Hornets Hawks, Les Beaus Rats Raiders, and a Friday open session. League play resumes Jan 2 with Hawks vs Junior Hi Y then Les Beaus vs Bluejackets and Hornets vs All Saints.
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Airborne Gridmen Rally to 35–6 Tokyo Bowl Win
The 11th Airborne Division defeated the First Cavalry 35 to 6 to advance to the New Year Tokyo bowl. Airborne faces the 41st Division in the bowl, then would meet Jack Sutherland’s Hawaiian GI stars on January 26 in the Pan Pacific Olympic games. Swarthout and Swisley each scored two touchdowns. Noble added two conversions.
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Tokyo
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Airborne
Jack Sutherland
Jack Swarthout
Prosser
Wis
University of Montana
Tom Swisley
New Brunswick
N. J
Jack Noble
Kirksville
Northeast Missouri Teachers
Football leagues ready to suspend operations
Elmer Layden, commissioner of the National Football League, announced that the league is prepared to suspend operations today if a speedier victory in the war effort would result from such a move. The remark was made as nations press for accelerated wartime production and mobilization.
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Elmer Layden
National Football League
Madigan Picks Pro Club for San Diego Trip
San Francisco December 25 UPI The unusual Shrine luncheon drew attention as Slip Madigan signed a $25,000 annual contract to run an Angel City pro team. He pledged education first and pledged to recruit top football players while maintaining college eligibility. Wildcats basketball squad led by Enke heads to San Diego and San Diego State, with injuries and recent results noted.
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San Francisco
U.2
Edward P
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Midas
Los Angeles
Angel City
St. Mary’s College
Stundall
Marvin Borodkin
Tim Ballantyne
Johnny McIntyre
Hal Goodman
Jack Troutz
Fred Enke
Louie Silverstein
Lee Bradford
Bill Storie
Leon Lampner
Link Richmond
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Navy
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Ballantyne
Borodkin
Udall
Cats
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New Mexico A. Lobos
Ft. Bliss
Bear Down
New Mexico
Tucson
Aztecs
Whittier College
Jim Barnes
Wildcats
New Mexico Aggies
Ticklish Mexican Foot Injury Stuns Indiana Railroad Accident
Narciso Puga, 39, suffered a lacerated foot after a railroad section gang accident in Goshen Indiana. A nurse and three men restrained him on his cot as a doctor stitched the wound while Puga, a Mexican national who cannot speak English, remained silent rather than cry out from ticklish nerves.
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Ind. U.P
Narciso Puga
Puga
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