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SPORTS
The Esquire Sports Poll
Fans veto raising basketball goals and favor abrogating one-year rule for soldiers returned from the war
January
1
1944
HERB GRAFFIS, RALPH CANNON
The Esquire Sports Poll
HERB GRAFFIS, RALPH CANNON
January
1
1944
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SPORTS
The Esquire Sports Poll
Fans veto raising basketball goals and favor abrogating one-year rule for soldiers returned from the war
January
1
1944
HERB GRAFFIS, RALPH CANNON
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