Pro Billiards Showdown: Cochran vs Schaefer in Chicago
Maurice Daly reports for United Press that Wesker Cochran and Jacob Schaefer begin a 1500 point pro balkline world championship at the Hotel Pennsylvania tonight. The match introduces five blocks of 300 points each, a first for such a title decider, with Cochran defending against the former champion and son of Jake the Wizard. One block will be played tonight in a major winter billiards spectacle.
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Maurice Daly
United Press
Otis Oy
New York
Wesker Cochran
Jacob Schaefer
Pennsylvania
Cochran
Jake the Wizard
Mieensy
All-State football team chosen by Dallas AP staff
The Dallas AP lists 1948 all-state high school football selections with players from Abilene, Waco, Sherman, Waxahachie, Corsicana and other Texas towns. The first and second teams include tackles Christian and Lambert, guards Hunter and Leyendecker, ends Earle and McNutt, backs McClelland and Moore, among others.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Victor Davis
Dallas News
Pruitt
Waco
Vasee Abilene mTinn
Athens
Christian
Abilene
Hunter
O, Franklin
Sherman
McClelland
Moore
Minus Legs, Crosses Continent for Swim
New York dispatch describes Charles Zimmy a 34 year old stunt diver from Long Beach California who swims with an Australian crawl without kick and crossed the Golden Gate channel in 52 minutes. He plans a winter dash across Hell Gate and a voyage to England next spring to attempt the English Channel. He drives across the country on one roller skate and performs high dives for fairs while supporting a wife and two children.
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New York
Charles Zimmy
Hell Gate
England
Zimmy
Long Beach
California
Golden Gate Channel
Popular Australian jockey Bobby Lewis noted
The article praises Bobby Lewis as Australia’s most popular jockey. It identifies him as a four year old and highlights his prominence in Australian racing circles.
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Lewis
Tery
Australia
Bobby Lewis
Alex Connell's Hockey Career From Joke to Star
Alex Connell rose from a joking remark at Barriefield to become Ottawa Senators' famed goalie. A novice when he joined hockey, he surprised by strong play despite poor skating and posted impressive debuts in Cornwall and Ontario Hockey Association. His army posting and persistence propelled him toward professional acclaim with the national champions.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alex Connell
Ottawa Senators
Connell
Barriefield
Ontario
Kingston
Ontario Hockey Association
Con
Tfe
Cornwall
Cliffsides
T. P. Gorman
Clint Benedict
Benedict
Montreal Maroons
Russia to stage its own Olympics in Moscow
Soviet athletes battle for elite status in a planned Spar takiade to run August 12 to 22 in Moscow with 1 600 competitors from workers' sport groups abroad. A winter Spartakiade follows the Bi Moritz model starting February 8 with skiing and skating highlighted.
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Moscow
Bi. Moritz
Switzerland
Norway
Yale backs rely on Bruce Caldwell in Jones era
New Haven Dec 19 Coach Tad Jones at Yale used three backs to interfere and one to carry the ball. Until Caldwell was ruled ineligible, the ball carrier was almost always Bruce Caldwell.
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New Haven
Conn
Tad Jones
Yale
Bruce Caldwell
Hollanders reclaim land for Olympics in Amsterdam
Philadelphia December reports describe Amsterdam transforming swamp into a 128 acre Olympic site for 1028 games. A 40,000 seat stadium 855 by 555 feet, football center, running and cycling tracks, a Wimbledon-scale lawn tennis stadium, cricket ground, and reporter telephonic link to New York are planned. Costing guilders 2 million funded by one million donors, the complex aims to host about 12,000 athletes from around 40 to 50 nations.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Holland
Amsterdam
Olympic Grounds
P. J. Groenendaal
Netherlands
Wimbledon
England
Olympic Stadium
New York
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Kings OF Billiard Universe
Jake Schaefer
Welker Cochran
Chicago
Burger
Pierce
Swift
Meers, Waco
Salkeid
Walter
Alex Cornell
Leon Cost
Amarillo. Motorcycle Co
East 4Th St
Amarillo, Texas
Russia
Panhandle
The
Gulf
Onsolidated Cigar Corp
E. Sth Street
Western Wholesale CO
Amarillo
Texas
M. & L. Transfer & Storage Company
Third St
Santa Fe
United States
Arthur
Grove
Price
Stove
Grondal
Washington University
Nature
British Columbia
Epowoop
Enowooo Homes
Consolidated Shingle Mills of British Columbia Ltd
Magee Building
Vancouver
B.C
Amarillo Lumber CO
Brazelton Lumber CO
W. F
J. F. Barnes
WM. Cameron & Co., Inc
Campbell Lumber CO
Clem Lumber CO. Panhandle Lumber CO
Reppert Lumber CO
Roberts & Olver
Clem Lumber Company
J. T. Elliott Lumber Company
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber CO
H. H. Hardin Lumber CO
Higginbotham-Bartlett Company
Canyon
Canyon Lumber CO
Lyon-Gray Lumber Company Panhandle Lumber CO
John E. Quarles
Temple Lumber Company
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