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Chicago braces for major sports run in midsummer
The city gears for golf and baseball events plus a boxing clash between Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. Frank Thomas leaves Alabama due to illness. Tommy Thomas could be Alabama’s next great coach, with a strong football landscape in the South. Dixie Walker’s long baseball career spans 13 clubs as a premier combination hitter.
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National League
Tony Zale
Rocky Graziano
Tony
the Rock
Louis
Conn
Mauriello
Chicago
Crimson Tide
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Southern
Hed Drew
Thomas
Wallace Wade
Wade
Duke
Notre
Don Hutson
Jenkins
Don Whitmire
Navy
Johnny Cain
Hopke
Duce Howell
Bil Lee
Ruey Smith
Tarzan White
Holt Rast
Vaughn Mancha
Harry Gilmer
Gilmer
Tommy
Tennessee
Georgia
L.5.c
Tulane
Vanderbilt
South
Bob Neyland
Wally Butts
Bill Alexander
Bobby Dodds
Georgia Tech
Red Sanders
Henry Frnka
Carl Snavely
North Carolina
Red Crew
Mississippi
Fred
Dixie
Walker
Albany, Ga
Villa Rica
Stan Musial
Joe DiMaggio