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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1948
Page
3
Coach Jack Gray leads eight man Longhorns to Oklahoma City by train after a 90 minute practice. In the NCAA All-College tournament seeded No. 2, Texas will face Colorado A&M in a first round game Monday in Oklahoma City.
Southwest Conference basketball teams posted a rough week with six losses in nine games. Texas remained unbeaten but did not play as SMU split with Missouri, Baylor fell to Oklahoma A&M, and Arkansas dropped to the Sooners. Texas Christian beat none, Rice lost big to St. Louis, and Texas led the scoring with Jack Brown of SMU. The All-College tournament in Oklahoma City looms with Alabama, Baylor, SMU and Texas among entrants, and play begins Monday.
The University of Georgia football team of 48 players arrived in Miami to prepare for the Orange Bowl against Texas on New Year’s Day. Coach Wallace Butts said the squad is in good shape aside from three injuries and will hold daily practice on Memorial Field at Miami Beach. The Bulldogs boast five prior bowl appearances with wins in the Rose Sugar Orange and Oil bowls and a 21 21 Gator Bowl tie, never having lost in bowl play.
In Dallas on December 26 Oregon coach Jim Aiken says his team is in good condition but must perfect a defense to stop Doak Walker and Gill Johnson. SMU nurse an injury list with only center Fred Goodwin likely out. Sam Wood expected to start in his stead as the Cotton Bowl approaches.
New York Dec 26 Ike Williams is named fighter of the year and Rocky Castellani rookie of 1948 in Ring magazine annual ratings.
The Lone Star Conference resumes basketball with a lighter schedule. North Texas State goes to Enid Oklahoma for an all college event. Southwest Texas State faces Lackland Air Base in San Antonio. Brooke Medical Center hosts, Stephen F. Austin plays Texas Christian in Nacogdoches, and Sam Houston State meets Shut Shot Battery in Huntsville. Stephen F. Austin holds a 5 1 record after five wins and one loss.
Western stars for the East-West game in San Francisco New Year’s Day showed strong form after a Christmas Day practice at Stanford. Coaches Ike Armstrong Utah and Dutch Meyer Texas Christian praised the squad as Bob Goode and Jim Winkler of Texas A&M excelled in punting with kicks over 50 yards.
New Orleans hosts the 15th Sugar Bowl carnival of Sports with a week of events. Yacht race led the opening day on Lake Pontchartrain. Monday and Tuesday feature a two night basketball double header with Kentucky Tu lane St Louis and Holy Cross. Wednesday brings LSU boxing versus Michigan. Final day centers on the Oklahoma Sooners versus the North Carolina Tarheels in the Sugar Bowl.
Utah's Redskins lead the Big Six as the league's strongest team by record with a 5-1 start. They face St Joseph's, St John’s and Canisius this week in Philadelphia, New York, and Buffalo before their Jan 7 conference opener with Colorado A&M in Fort Collins. Wyoming posts an 8-2 mark after beating Oregon State and Oregon in Oregon. Brigham Young and the Punchers head to a Los Angeles tourney with three games each before Friday night conclusions.
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