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physical they cited figures that More than 51 per cent of draftees had been rejected for Phy Sical defects and a million others inducted had to be released for body texan wins at Abbassian service tourney March 16 the National service invitational Basket Hall tournament will he held Here March 1c through 18 with out standing service teams Union College prexy Dies Dixon Ryan president of Union College for ten to was an authority on american i interlude at baseball meet substituting on a boxing Bill at Abbassian last Owen of Payne earned an upset decision Over British George Palestine police department Smith right of san a former Golden gloves easily took the first rounds and built up a Lead which the Tommy  wipe Smith weighed in at 170 and Cable tipped the Scales at signal corps photo by Eugi Bivins wins first with to Harold Green Toon a unanimous decision Over Morris his Brownsville in ten round bout at Madison Square Green weighed 147 and Rief Jimmy Bivins made his first heavyweight Start since his army stopping Georgie Parks with a fourth round technical knockout in Elmer violent Stop Ped Johnny in the first round in new York for his Kayo in 24 straight Willie Joyce pounded out a ten round decision Over former Feather Champ Chalky Wright in Philadel Willie Feather out pointed Aphis twin Willie Roache in new winning every round of a ten round hammering Armstrong scored a unanimous ten round de Over Genero los an Geles in Jackie Minneapolis got a ten round nod Over former Feather and Bantam Champ Harry Jeffra in Minne Apo hype Igoe Dies in new York hype Vete ran sports writer and boxing authority for the journal me died of an intestinal ailment in a Hospital where he was a patient since a native of Santa Igoe was for hurly on the news staff of the san Francisco examiner and the old he leaves a widow and four the latter in the Larry Macphail president of the new York and Robert general manager of the Philadelphia Confer As 10man committee of major league baseball ebbs met in new Yorks hotel new Carpenter is the ton of Philadelphia press hoop sters Appeal ouster verdict new York five Brooklyn College players who were expelled from school for accepting of a bribe to throw a Basket Ball game announced they will Appeal to the municipal Board of education for Harvey one of the three accused made the first attempt to destroy the states conspiracy Case against his attorney filed a motion to permit him to withdraw a plea of not guilty and interpose a de Murrer to the this Means Stemmer claims the conspiracy Law Doest apply to bribery of athletes and therefore there is no basis for the indict the statute defines conspiracy As to commit any act injurious to Public one assistant a said under mining the Public Faith in snorts is injurious to Public morals in my medal for Petropoulas s Peter Petropoulas of former minor league Pitcher and professional basketball Star with the Saratoga was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the presentation was made at the general Hospital gambling too books giving coaches headaches school casks hit two Kew Yolk quintets hard this lost Bill speedy Forward and team of Scholastic inefficiency and Jot Ivriy Goodeno Long Island University a Ace quit College because he was far behind in his add troubles of Igli Isidar Haegg the flying to arrive Irit this failed to appear and Dan eur athletic Union said apparently missed the passage had been booked from England but nobody seemed to know just Why Haegg and his tra Veling companion Haakon Lidman didst make some High racking government of Ciaire Are unofficially suggest ing abandonment of the present big league baseball setup Tor the the reorganization of one Eastern and one Western Iea gue to save Man Miles of they propose an East West Victory league alignment with two Philadelphia teams in one group and and Detroit in nearly passenger Miles of travel would be it is baseball Arent expected to particularly for be cause their schedules Are already about 250 horses Are now in training at be Lenont reports Al Laney of the Herald rite who went out to make an estimate of the this is 100 More than the surplus being mate up of nags that would nor Mally be running in Florida and by april 1 be Moat will stable to superintendent Neil Boyle Testim All horses now at the track said those arriving must for the duration of the racing about 100 trainers and helpers Are now employed in keeping the Hor ses in condition exactly As if they were going to the races at All approximately 400 were discharged from the services Dur ing 1944 for physical or mental mostly for punctured ear intense headaches and fallen warriors of the prize ring Are found to be Brittle As a class than Ordinary according to those who should lefty Gomez had his own explanation As to Why the Yankees were sold to the Larry Macphail Syndicate at such bargain according to lefty the former owners heard he was thinking of making a comeback and they wanted to escape before that Fate 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