Army Football Teams Plan Fall Campaigns
Army football could field strong squads next season with an Ivy League coach possibly joining Fort Knox and air corps school at Keesler Field lining up a ten game schedule. Opponents mentioned include Miami Alabama Purdue Texas A&M Tulsa and Mississippi.
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Wide World
New York
Navy
Army
Louisville
Greasy Neale
Fort Knox
Air Corps Technical School
Keesler Field
Miss
Miami
Alabama
Purdue
Texas Aggies
Tulsa
Mississipi
Today’s guest star Walter Lynch on Joe Louis tax gambit
Walter Lynch of the Jacksonville Journal questions the idea of lending Joe Louis $117000 to cover his income tax. The quip highlights the heavyweight champion's financial and tax scrutiny in a humorous column.
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Walter Lynch
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe Louis
One Minute Short Page Highlights Tony Galento and Family Ties
Jimmy Frain reports Tony Galento, after a varied career as iceman, bartender, saloon keeper, fighter, referee, umpire, songwriter, singer and actor, has branched into films with a short movie and his own song The Mender of Broken Guitars. Corp. Jim Turnesa explains his silence as born of a large family habit of not talking. Rip Russell recalls infielders paying to get into games after his Army-Navy debut with the Cubs.
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Jimmy Frain
Tony Galento
Tony
Jimmy
Mender
Corp
Jim Turnesa
P. G
Ensign Dobson Honored for Submarine Service and Basketball
Ensign Cleo John Dobson, once Oklahoma A M basketball captain under Hank Iba, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for sinking a Japanese sub and raiding the Marshal and Gilbert islands. In a letter to his parents he notes his basketball training helps in the field. Architect Lionel Levy, famed for seating plans at major fights, has earned a captain's commission and reports to Norfolk for construction work under Col. John Reed Kilpatrick of Madison Square Garden fame.
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Cleo John Dobson
Hank Ihba
Oklahoma A
Marshal
Gilbert Islands
Dobby
Iba
Lionel Levy
Mike Jacobs
Norfolk
John Reed Kilpatrick
Madison Square Garden
Heffelfinger Brothers Set for Yale Duty
Minnesota brothers known as the Heffelfingers with uncle Pudge head to New Haven for service in Yale athletic circles. They excel in football basketball baseball and hockey. Chalky Wright versus Harry Jeffra fight postponed to June 19 in Baltimore to avoid clashing with an Army show.
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Yale
Heffelfinger
Minnesota
Pudge
New Haven
Chalky Wright
Harry Jeffra
Baltimore
Foxx Moves to Cubs as NL Seeks Junior League Stars
Jimmie Foxx, legendary right handed slugger, sold from the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs. The deal mirrors a trend of American League veterans crossing to the National League as clubs vie for pennants. Foxx cites a desire to play every day, recalling a .349 batting season in 1938.
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Chicago Cubs
Boston Red Sox
Cubs
Dahlgren
Glen Russell
Phil Cavaretta
Foxx
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dixie Walker
Rowe
Detroit
Double X
Athletics
Red Sox
Boston
Armstrong Gains TKO Over Taylor in San Jose
Henry Armstrong, former world champion in three divisions, stopped Irish Johnny Taylor in the fourth round of a scheduled ten rounder in San Jose. Armstrong dominated early rounds and landed a decisive left hook that led referee Frankie Carter to stop the bout. Taylor weighed 147 to Armstrong’s 148. Lozada could not fight due to injury.
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Calif
Henry Armstrong
Exworld
Johnny Taylor
Cecilio Lozada
Armstrong
Johnny
Taylor
Frankie Carter
Feather
Lozada
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