SWC Chase In Bowl Week Matches Across Conference
Southwest Conference basketball opens with six of seven title contenders facing tough showdowns. Arkansas hosts Texas as Texas seeks revenge after a 7 4 start. Rice meets Christian at Houston while TCU regroups to a 7 5 mark. The Aggies clash with SMU at College Station, SMU rebounding from a weak 3 8. Thursday SMU goes to Aggieland. Baylor opens in Houston against Rice and TCU starts at Waco with Saturday clash vs Texas.
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Arkansas
Baylor
Rice
Texas
Parkers
Christian
Houston
TCU
Texas Aggies
Southern Methodist
College Station
Aggies
SMU
Aggielard
Waco
Baptist Temupie and Presbyterian Win in Baytown Round
In Baytown JH gym last night Baptist Temple and First Presbyterian won in the Ceptue best piay round. Presbyterians edged Methodist 29-27 after a 12-12 halftime. Garrett led with 39 points as four Caureh League teams set games for next Monday night.
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First Presbyterian
Baytown
the Temple Becena
Ud Oh
Stead
Presbyterian
Garrett
Caureh
Wooster Baptist Meeting
Channell View Baptist
St Blark’s Methodist
Baytown First Baptist
Forty-niner Coach May Go With Navy
Eddie Erdelatz, then assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, may become Navy head football coach after talks with the Navy Athletic Association. He seeks agreement on salary, assistants, schedule, and materiel before signing, contingent on approval by Superintendent James B. Holloway Jr.
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Eddie Erdelatz
Navy
Wes
Navy Athletic Association
Erdelatz
Erdeletz
San Francisco Forty-Niners
West Coast
Navy Charities
Erdelaitz
James 3. Holloway, Jr
Bell Warns Alumni May Force Good Coaches To Quit
Los Angeles January 4 Southern Methodist Coach Matty Bell warns alumni pressure could push many capable coaches to quit or shift careers. He cites rumored moves by Wes Fesler and notes strong evaluations of players from Army Michigan State Notre Dame and California. Bell praises Leon Hart of Notre Dame and Eddie Lebaron of California for standout play and discusses regional biases in Shrine game selections between East and West squads.
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Los Angeles
Southern Methodist
Matty Bell
Southern
Ohio State
Wes Fesler
Fesler
Clayton Townemaker
Minnesota
Dick Sempthorn
Michigan
Hart
Nagurski
Bell
Notre Dame
Renewal Of Rose Bowl Pact To Be Considered
In Pasadena on January 2, 1934 the renewal of the Rose Bowl agreement between the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast Conference will be discussed at the NCAA meeting in New York next week. PCC commissioner Victor O Schmidt says the West does not seek to abrogate the pact despite West defeats in four games under the current five year arrangement.
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New York
Victor O. Schmidt
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Serrano Wins Unanimous Decision In Juarez Bout
Frankie Serrano of Juarez captured a 19 round unanimous decision over Monito Flores at Juarez Auditorium before about 2000 fans. Serrano floored Flores for a six count in the fourth round and dominated the late exchanges.
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Suarez
Mexico
Frankie Serrano
Juarez
Mexico City
Monito Flores
Juarez Auditorium
Flores
Hunting Season Lacks Luck As Baytown Duck Hounds Report Sparse
Amid mid season, Baytown hunters report few birds and slow results. Odom logs daily outings with grimne and Hailts scarce, while Nel son of DeHariis Sporting Goods cites nocturnal feeding by ducks and geese as a factor. Clyde Oleson bags an eight point buck at season end, and a Kerrville rancher recollects a hornless buck after a misquel shot. The piece also notes woodcock in Liberty County and modest saltwater yields at Offats Bayou.
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Baytown
Lost Lake
Jim Nelson
DeHariis Sporting Goods
Clyde Oleson
Wooster
Clyde
Kerrville
Usnali
Den
Liberty County
Dor
Ray Mertin
Johnnie Cross
Baird
Hishlands
G. O. Gray
K T Zarthman
Ice Skater Dirck Button Wins AAU Sullivan Trophy
In New York January 3 1953 the Amateur Athletic Union awarded its top honor to Dirck Button the 18 year old figure skating champion from Englewood New Jersey winner of the 1949 James E Sullivan memorial trophy He won 234 first place votes from 425 ballots cast in the annual AAU poll of leading sports figures.
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Amateur Athletic Union
Dirck Button
Englewood
New Jersey
James HL Sullivan
Utten
Barvard
Brackett Joins UCLA Football Coaching Staff
Brackett 39, back field coach and head baseball coach at Arkansas, signs with UCLA as an assistant. Bruin Head Coach Red Sanders announced Brackett will serve in an overall capacity.
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Los Angeles
Herert B
Deke) Brackett
University of Arkansas
UCLA
Brackett
Bruin
Henry
Red) Sanders
Yresterdey
Wilkinson Named Top Bowl Coach for Sooners
New York January 4 United Press reports Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson has steered the Sooners to 21 straight victories including a Sugar Bowl win over LSU. Wilkinson, 24 years old in 1939, was named Man of the Year by 298 coaches in a World Telegram and Scripps-Howard poll. He credited his players for the success and reflected on his coaching lineage under Bernie Bierman at Minnesota.
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Easch
Charles
Bud
Wikinson
New York World-Telegram
Associated Scripps-Howard
Thin
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Bierman
Wilkinson
Harold Keith
Denny Myers
Boston College
Okies
Green Bay Packers
Jim Tatum
Sooners
Santa Clara
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Othey
Houston Cougars Edge Pepperdine Five 47 46
In a see-saw basketball game Houston beat Pepperdine College of Los Angeles 47 to 46. Pepperdine's Charles Gibbons led with 14 points while Houston's Herb Richardson scored 13, including a pivotal late free throw with 45 seconds left.
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Houston
University of Houston
George Pepperdine College of Los Angeles
Charles Gibbons
Pepperdine
Herb Richardson
Dallas Eagles Farm Out Pitcher Catcher
The Dallas Eagles of the Texas League farmed out pitcher Fred Pollock and catcher Floyd Economides to the Gainesville Big State League. Pollock, an 8-3 winner last season in East Texas, and Economides, who hit 300, are assigned as part of a split roster readaptation.
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Dallas Eagles
Gainesville
Fred. Pollock
Glade Water
Floyd Economides
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