SEC pennant at stake as Gallipolis hosts Logan
Gallipolis, leading the Southeast Ohio Conference, faces runner up Logan in a pivotal showdown that could clinch or solidify the league title. Logan aims to nudge into first with a win, while Pomeroy Wellston Athens and other mix results shape the tight race across the district.
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Pomeroy
Wellston
Panther
Athens
Middleport
Rockets
Logan
Panthers
Jackets
Nelsonville
Bulldogs
Jackson
Waldorf compared to Shaughnessy in 1947 season
Associated Press sports writer notes Pappy Waldorf as a potential 1947 innovator like Clark Shaughnessy of Stanford. Waldorf’s California Bears aim to surprise as USC looms. Missouri Valley College, a junior-dominated squad, has won 24 straight. Celtics players also played organized baseball this summer, not as major leaguers.
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New York
Pappy Waldorf
Clark Shaughnessy
Clark
Stanford
Waldorf
California
Southern Cal
Bears
Missouri Valley College
Boston Celtics
Pigskin Pickins Preview Headlines College Showdowns
Navy favored over Penn with Minisi expected to excel. Iowa likely to beat Notre Dame if Hawkeyes perform well. Cal looks to avoid losses by pressuring Trojan players. Alabama expected to edge Georgia by a close margin. Rice faces Texas in a grain themed clash not suited for Longhorn cattle. Villanova recalls its 1937 unbeaten run with three alumni on the coaching staff.
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NAVY
PENN
Minisi
IOWA
Notre Dame
Subway
Iowa Hawkeyes
Southern Cal
CAL
Alabama
Georgia
Crimson Tide
RICE
TEXAS
Major League Teams Begin Big Postseason Talent Shakeup
Old age and a youth movement drive a sweeping housecleaning across 16 MLB clubs before spring training. Teams including the White Sox Cubs Pirates Giants Phillies and Tigers trim veteran stars and promote new talent as free agency waivers and drafts loom, with figures like Stan Hack Claude Passeau Bill Lee Skeeter Webb and Ernie Lombardi among those shown the door.
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Avauue Wee
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Lefty Thornton Lee
Sox
Red Ruffing
New York Yankee
Chicago
Yankee
Chicago Cubs
Stan Hack
Claude Passeau
Bill Lee
Billy Jurges
Bill Meyer
Pittsburgh
Roy Hamey
Jim Bagby
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Pirates
Rip Sewell
Hank Greenberg
Connection
Hank
Roger Wolff
Sacramento
New York Giants
Jack Lohrke
Bob Thomson
Larry Jansen
Ernie Lombardi
Phillies
Skeeter Newsome
Detroit
Skeeter Webb
Billy Evans
Tigers
Cecil Travis
Washington
Johnny Murphy
Red Sox
Edgar Smith
Bob Klinger
Mel Harder
Joe Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
Turf stars eye Pimlico Special with Armed set to run
Five or six top turf horses are named for the $25,000 Pimlico Special on October 31. Calumet Farm trains Armed, the sport’s leading money winner, as he chases a second win in the race while rivals include Cosmic Bomb Snow Goose Loyal Legion Stymie and possibly Stymie if Hirsch Jacobs runs him from New York.
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Baltimore
Jones Boys
Calumet Farm
Armed
Ben
Jimmy Jones
Calumet
William G. Helis
Walter M. Jeffords
Snow Goose
Loyal Legion
Ethel D. Jacobs
Pat O
Pimlico
Jeffords
Stymie
First Fiddle
Assault
Syracuse Tops Racine Nine In Weekend Opener
Syracuse defeats Racine 8 to 1 in the series opener as Duckworth goes 4 for 5 and scores the first run. Potts allows three hits over six innings for Syracuse, while Haskins is tagged for eight hits in seven innings for Racine. A rematch is hoped for next Sunday in Racine.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Pomeroy Merchant
Harry Potts, Jr
Denny Moore
Eddie Guinther
Duckworth
Hemsley
Racine
Lee
Ashley
Potts
Houdashelt
Haskins
Boring Hurls No-Hitter for Reedsville Hornets
Speck Boring pitched a no hit game for Reedsville against the Lowell Merchants, fanning 15 of 29 and walking one in a 4-0 Hornets win. An early second inning walk and error created the only traffic, but both were erased as Reedsville seized the victory with five hits and three Lowell errors.
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Reedsville
Boring
Lowell Merchants
Hornets
Lowell
Pro Season Expands To Sixty NFL Games
The NFL season now comprises 60 games up from 55 last fall. Syracuse cross country coach Bob Grieve is noted as a former Western Conference sprint champion.
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Philadelphia
Syracuse
Bob Grieve
Webb Freed by Detroit Tigers Unconditional Release
James L. Skeeter Webb, 36, utility infielder and son in law of manager Steve O Neill, was granted an unconditional release by the Detroit Tigers today. Webb joined Detroit in 1944 from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Joe Orenco.
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Detroit
James L
Skeeter) Webb
Detroit Tigers
Webb
Steve O'Neill
Chicago White Sox
Joe Orenco
Sam Francis Coaches Kansas State Former Olympic Shot Putter
Sam Francis, former U S Olympic shot putter in 1936, is now coaching at Kansas State. He previously trained with the U S Olympic team and brings years of national level experience to the Wildcats program.
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Sam Francis
Kansas State
U. S
Ohio University Faces Miami Redskins In Sat. Football Matchup
Coach Harold Wise said OU is in good physical shape for the Miami game and expects a tough test against the Redskins. Scout Jim Snyder detailed Miami's versatile T formation and passing attack while noting their defense and punting are unusual this year.
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Miami
Ohio
Redskins
Harold Wise
Athens
Elks Club
Wise
Jim Snyder
Bobcat
Bowling Green
Snyder
Marietta Paints Distributed by Four Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. of Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. of Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. of Gallipolis with the Marietta brand through these dealers.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale-~ Wagner CO
Gallipolis
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