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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1953
Page
7
A non conference game pits Baylor against Houston as SMU and Rice compete for scoring leads. The matchup at Dallas follows a week of unsettled standings with Coach Starkey and Rice's Gene among top scorers. tight races in the standings loom.
Philadelphia January 26 The government charges the National Football League with restraint of trade for banning televising games to distant cities. District Judge Allan Grim will hear the case without a jury, with about 65 witnesses expected to testify. Commissioner Bert Bell defends the policy as vital to league life and argues it is reasonable restraint.
The perjury trial of Bil Spivey former University of Kentucky basketball star goes to the jury as the prosecution accuses him of lying about taking bribe money to fix games. Witnesses Hirsch Line testified to a fixing plan and payments while Spivey denied fixing games in his own defense.
Seton Hall, the nation’s only major undefeated team, has a tough week with a home win expected overAlb right and a pivotal Saturday clash at the Philadelphia Palestra against Villanova. The slate features five conference leaders in key league showdowns across Oklahoma A&M Wyoming LSU North Carolina and Arizona with several top teams aiming to defend status and tighten standings.
The NFL moves to a new scheduling system giving all 12 teams equal choice of dates. Each club will play every other team within its division twice and split one home and one away game with teams from the opposite conference for a 12 game season. Eastern division includes Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Washington Cleveland and Chicago Cardin.
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