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Bill Stern tells three sports stories on the Colgate Sports Newsreel, with Hollywood star Madeline Carroll as his guest. The first concerns Duke football player Sonny Bragg and his friend Jimmy McHugh, whose friendship began at the 1939 Rose Bowl and resumed in letters during the war. Bragg describes a near-collision with a German plane, and McHugh turns the account into a song. Carroll then speaks about her work for the United Seamen's Service and reads a letter from American merchant seamen held in a German prison camp, who ask for sports equipment. The broadcast also profiles former prizefighter Mike Carr, who gave up boxing to become a songwriter of Western songs despite having never been to the American West.

With Bill Stern, Madeline Carroll, Sonny Bragg, Jimmy McHugh, Mike Carr.

Listen for: Carroll's reading of the letter from merchant seamen in a German prison camp asking for sports equipment, and Stern's account of Sonny Bragg's letter about the collision with a German plane.

First aired on April 17, 1943.

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Bill Stern hosts the Colgate Sports Newsreel from Baltimore, Maryland, on October 24, 1942, where Navy football coach Commander John Welsh talks about his team's loss to Georgia Tech that afternoon. The program also covers a round-up of college football scores from around the country and short sports stories. Welsh says Navy fought hard, that Georgia Tech's interception and 92-yard return for the first touchdown decided the game, and he congratulates the winning team. Other segments include a profile of boxers Max Schmeling and Primo Carnera, who are said to have been kept from fighting each other, and a story about a Vienna technical school student who invented pole vaulting.

With Bill Stern, Commander John Welsh, Red Grange, Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera, Abe Green.

Listen for: Commander John Welsh's post-game interview with Bill Stern about Navy's loss to Georgia Tech

First aired on October 24, 1942.

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Bill Stern hosts this 1942 episode of the Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, sponsored by Colgate, and his guest is trumpeter Harry James. The broadcast opens with baseball scores and a short item about Yankees manager Joe McCarthy. The main story follows a circus horse in Beaumont, Texas, who saves a six-year-old boy from being trampled during a performance, and the city later honors the horse with a memorial. Harry James then describes how the boy grew up to become a trumpet player, and the episode closes with a few brief sports news items.

With Bill Stern, Harry James, Joe McCarthy.

Listen for: The story of the circus horse in Beaumont and Harry James's account of how that event led him to become a trumpeter.

First aired on September 12, 1942.

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