Kentucky Has Hot Hoop Unit
New York United States. Kentucky solidly defeated St John s at Madison Square Garden 70 to 50 to extend its win streak to 24 over two seasons and nine this year. The Wildcats impressed with Groza Beard Holland Rollins and Tingle guiding a stifling defense while remaining unbeaten alongside New York University Minnesota Iowa West Virginia Oregon and others in a congested national picture. Purdue also shows a three game run but faces UCLA DePaul and Notre Dame upcoming.
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City College of New York
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Western Michigan
Holy Cross
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Seton Hall
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Washington
Louisiana State
Illinois
St. John’s
Madison Square Garden
Wildcats
Alex Groza
Ralph Beard
Joe Holland
Ken Rollins
Jack Tingle
UCLA
DePaul
West Texas League Becomes Longhorn League in 1947
The West Texas Class D circuit is renamed the Longhorn League at a December meeting in Sweetwater. Six teams Odessa Vernon Sweetwater Midland Big Spring and Ballinger join with salary guarantees and territorial rights. The 1947 season starts April 23 with a 132 game schedule and revised pay and admission scales. President Howard Green announced a Jan 12 meeting in Abilene.
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West Texas
Longhorn League
Sixteam Loop
Odessa
Vernon
Midland
Big Spring
Ballinger
Howard Green
League
Abilene
Amarillo Sandies Pace Christmas Vacation Schedule
REST Coach T. G. Hull leads the Amarillo High School Sandies who remain undefeated as they post several scores including 34 29 39 25 52 37 and 31 21. They pause practice until Thursday and face four tough foes next week starting December 31 with Dumas and continuing January 1 Stratford here and January 23 El Reno here with Jan 4 Graham.
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T. G. Hull
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Grover
Ada
Claude
Dumas
Stratford
el Reno
Oklahoma
Graham
LSU Favored By 12 Points In Cotton Bowl Tilt
Dallas scene notes LSU as a 12 point pick to beat Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. LSU features a powerful backfield led by Knight, Cason, and Tittle, plus an strong line and All-American hopefuls Worley Barnes Lindsey. Arkansas counters with a tough schedule and a share of the SEC title ambitions.
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Louisiana State
Arkansas
John Barnhill
Ozarks
Razorbacks
Louisiana
Bernie Moore
LSU Tigers
Georgia Tech
Rice
Tennessee
LSU
Gene
Red) Knight
Jim
Slim) Cason
Y. A. Tittle
al (Rusy) Heroman
Dan Sandifer
Willard Landry
Wren Worley
Walt (Piggy) Barnes
Clyde Lindsey
Veteran with near blindness earns straight A grades
Ex GI student W P Curtis A Vice at Alabama Polytechnic Institute maintains an all A average despite near total blindness. He served at a weather observatory on South Hampton Island in the South Pacific and lost his sight from malnutrition.
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Auburn
Ala
W.p—Curtis A. Vice
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Vice
South Hampton Island
South Pacific
Cotton Bowl Singles Classic Draws Top Bowlers
Ned Day Buddy Bomar Connie Schwoegler headline the second annual Cotton Bowl Singles Classic in Dallas with over 200 entrants. Eight shifts run 3 6 and 8 PM on Saturday Sunday and December 30 at Young Street Alleys.
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Ned Day
Buddy Bomar
U. S.S
Connie Schwoegler
Wisconsin
Young Street
Border Loop Fresh Eligible Until 1948
El Paso December 23 Officials of the Border Conference favor extending the Sun Bowl Carnival host role to a conference team at the New Year’s Day game. The Winter meeting backed a verbal postwar arrangement with the Sun Bowl Association and restored freshman eligibility to be effective Fall 1948. Conference members also approved a four-game minimum against conference foes and deemed Dean Johnson of West Texas State eligible to play. The council meets May 10 in Albuquerque to elect officers led by President W. C. Wagner.
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EL Paso
Border Conference
E. L. Larson
University of Arizona
Dean Johnson
West Texas
Johnson
Albuquerque
W. C. Wagner
University of New Mexico
Women From Afar Study Journalism at Syracuse U
Eight nations on four continents are represented among journalism students at Syracuse University this fall. Countries include Egypt, Turkey, India, Iraq, Sweden, Norway, Canada, and the United States. Three foreign students are women: Chaturi Vaswani of Karachi, Birgit Elfwen of Stockholm, and Mrs Sergi Albjorg Wallberg of Bergen.
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N. Y. WP
Syracuse University
Egypt
Turkey
India
Iraq
Sweden
Norway
Canada
United States
Chaturi Vaswani
Karachi
Birgit Elfwen
Stockholm
Sergi Albjorg Wallberg
Bergen
Odessa High faces Jefferson in state high school finals
In Austin on Saturday Odessa and Thomas Jefferson meet for state crown in football. The preview notes Odessa’s potent offense matching up against Jefferson, with high hopes Odessa may win by roughly four touchdowns to two. The piece recalls Odessa’s prior playoff win over Highland Park and reflects on fan opinions and local sentiment.
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Thomas Jefferson
Austin
Jefferson
F Odessa
Highland Park
Baylor Kentucky Clash and Texas Invitational Week Rundown
The Southwest Conference faces a busy week as Baylor meets Kentucky in Lexington while Texas A&M and Texas eye strong showings. Texas heads to the Oklahoma City invitational with Rice and Baylor, drawing Missouri and facing Aggie Rice winners if advances.
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Baylor Bears
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Wildcats
Lexington
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Baylor
Musial Dominates NL Batting Honors in 1946
Stan Musial of the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals nearly swept the National League batting titles official averages show. The 26 year old from Donora, Pa., led in batting percentage 365, at bats 624, runs 124, hits 228, total bases 366, and singles 142.
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Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
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Clouter
Donora
Browns Win Grid Crown in Comeback Victory
Cleveland claims its second major league football title after a 14 to 9 win over the New York Yankees. The Browns, Western Division America Conference titlists, rallied from behind twice to defeat the Eastern champions and secure the AAC grand championship. Cleveland finished the season with 12 wins in 14 games.
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U.P
Brown
New York Yankees
Browns
Yankees
Brazos River Carries Texas Soil to Sea
Texas A and M agronomists estimate the Brazos River carries about 16,000 acres of soil to the sea each year. An agronomy class notes roughly 16,000,000 tons of sandy loam silty loam and clay with organic materials flow past College Station annually.
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U.P
Brazos River
Texas
Texas A. and
M. College Agronomists
Mid-River State
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