The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1945, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE NEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, JANIL P—— e e E = o SPORTS LA , 1945 HIGHLIGHTS OF A WAR YEAR - 1944 ASSOCIATED PRESS ' r 5 by ‘MEC Nl S t SUCCUMEBS — claimed Judge Kenesaw Moun- Death tain Landis (above), high com- missioner of baseball for a gen- ion. Pending naming of a ssor, Ford Frick, Will Har- e and Leslie O'Connor were IVE AT FOREST HILLS yrancisco Segura misses the ba } 3 chisen to ABSUISIEE 1 el Hills fennis match with Bill Talbert, who later lost in men’s final % i PAYOFF PLAY AS CARDS WON SERIES—_The Cardinals won the world baseball series in an all-St. Louis s s struggle with the Browns. Here Ray Sanders, Card first baseman, comes home in fourth inning rally that won fina o S % 1 i 3 NO-HITTER n ; v e e (2 (above), Boston B LICHTWEIGHTS IN ACTION _with many fighi«is ‘\‘i'l'; ‘i:“fl’-:" £ in the armed forces, boxing languished in the doldrums. Onc & . ; ) i tue better tithe maiches pi Bob Montgomery (vight) agains: 3 Bear. Jack in a I13-rounder won by Montg PENSIVE WINS KENTUCKY DERBY—warren Wright's Pensive won the 70th ri n- Havold New ning of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, with Broadcloth second and Stir Up third, sdo Marty Ma " ) UTAH CAGERS W IN_Herb Wilinson and Arnold Fer- 7in of Utah, with com; torfs (3) of St. John's, 4 Teap for a rebound in the Madison Square Garden basketball final which gave Utah the national title. ® ARMY TOUCHDOWN ROMP — standout fooiball team of the year was Ari, over all opposition, including Navy. Here John Minor runs to a scere azainst Notre Dame, beaten GRIDIRON STAR — Les Horvath of Ohio § versily, shown with the Heisman trophy, was voled the “ ing colece feotball player in 2 voil of 700 sports w MILER — Arne Andersson (above) of Sweden set a new world record of 4:01.6 for the mile at Stockholm July 18. Gil Dodds of Boston turned in a new HORSE OF “ seen | of the world. Gl SPORTS IN FAR PLACES —Basehall, football and other iyp 1 remote corners cal American sporis were Here bronzed GUs play volleyball at a New Guinea canip. THREE-TIME WINNER — Pauline Betz of Los Ans geles won the women's tennis singles for the third year in suc- cession. Above Miss Betz (left), holding the trophy emblematic of the title, talks wifh runnsr-up Margaret Osborne, indoor record, making a one- man race of the Bankers mile at the Chicago Relays in 4:06.4, 'CORN TASSEL’ CL tenian trottine elassic year-cld filly owned by Warren Wright, was named “hovse of (b2 year” for her string of 11 straight track victories and he: triumphs in the Pimlico Special and Arlinglon Classic, nkee Maid, with Henry Thomas driving, won the Hambles s roturned this year to its traditional sitc ol Godienn, N Y