Hicks Crowds Arrington For Coach Of Year Lead
Ernie Hicks and Lambert Arrington moved into a near tie for the 1946 Coach of the Year honor as voting narrowed to Arrington with 3308 votes and Hicks at 3282. BeClouded by late ballots, the race remains between Arrington of Beaver and Hicks of Richlands with final tallies due after 8 pm.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Hicks
Arrington
Ernie Hicks
Richlands
Beaver
Lambert Arrington
Clinch Valley
Conley Snidow
Tazewell
Quentin Barnette
Princeton
Beckley
Charleston
Sen Eee
PRESS BOX NOTES ON WHEELING AREA HIGH SCHOOLS FOOTBALL
A columnist criticizes principals meddling in athletics and coaches hiring officials. He discusses Wheeling high school football, praising Wheeling’s season while noting many area teams could beat them, and cites Alec Mihood’s cost estimate of concrete bleacher seats saving money on stadium expansion.
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Heeling
Bellaire
Wheelingsland
Wheeling
Beaver
Princeton
Beaver High
Aree
Alec Mihood
West Liberty Coach Praises 1946 Game vs Concord Athens
The West Liberty College coach Joe Bartell says his state champion squad played its best football of 1946 in the win at Athens over Concord. A sports writer backs Tucker for All America, ranking him above Davis while praising Blanchard and Tripp. Ballots loom for state champions Fairmont West and Class B title contenders like St Albans with Morgantown area teams also noted.
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Joe Bartell
West Liberty College
McLure
West Liberty
Concord
Athens
Joe
All America
Tucker
Philly
Glenn Davis
Doc Blanchard
Charley Tripp
Choo Choo Justice
Catolina
Davis
Princeton
Welch
War
Cam Henderson
Andy Kerr
Quay Jones
Kerr
Quay
Fairmont West
Little St. Albans
University High of
Morgantown
Sissonville
Barboursville
Jim McNeish
Shady Springs
Guene Defends Shift Used Against Tigers
Lynchburg Va December 5 Coach Art Guene of the University of Virginia football team defends the shift used against Princeton. He says the move, from a T formation into wing looks, is ethical and keeps defenses from charging. Virginia beat Princeton 20 7 weeks earlier and Guene hopes it isn t legislated against.
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Lynchburg
Art Guene
University of Virginia
Cavaliers
Princeton
Virginia
Tigers
B.C. Glass
Wuepe
Charlie Caldwell
Guepe
Potomac State Shocks Salem In Openers Thriller
Potomac State College defeats Salem College 48 to 45 in Keyser West Virginia as Ed Burns converts a late foul and holds ball to seal the win. Bobby Doughty sparked Salem early with three field goals and a foul.
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Keyser
W. Va
Potomac State
Salem College
Ed Burns
Burns
Bobby Doughty
Salem
Cats
Sims
Ala
Richmond Tops Drawing Card in 1946 Football Attendance
Richmond Virginia December 5 The University of Richmond Spiders drew the highest home audience among Virginia's Big Six, with 199 050 spectators across 21 home games in 1946. Virginia Cavaliers and Virginia Tech followed, while William and Mary and others posted smaller totals at Williamsburg and Lexington venues.
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Richmond
University of Richmond
Virginia
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Hampden- Sydney
Virginia Miliary Institute
Randolph Macon
Virginia Tech
William and Mary
Spiders
University of Virginia Cavaliers
Hampsden-Sydney
Virginia Military Institute
West Virginia
North Carolina
Washington and Lee Generals
Lexington
Hampden - Sydney
Catawba
Davidson
Citadel
VMT
Lane Gridmen Named for Cattle Bowl Tilt
Marshall Tex Dec 5 Lane college for Negroes at Jackson Tenn was named to meet Arkansas A M college of Pine Bluff in the first New Year's day cattle bowl game at Fort Worth announced today by J Irving Scott Cotton Bowl president Scott dean of Wiley college Marshall and president of the flower bowl association also stating Delaware state college for Negroes at Dover has been chosen to play Florida normal college in the sixth annual flower bowl game at Jacksonville Fla
East Players Dominate 1946 All America Team Choices
The East supplies most of the players on the Associated Press top all America squad for 1946 while the Midwest and Southwest contribute standout stars. Notable selections include Robert Hawkins Evansville and Rudolph Mobley Hardin-Simmons, with Mobley leading an undefeated season to the Alamo Bowl. Collela St Bonaventure is the back, and Mobley is a 24 year old mite. Roberts Chattanooga is a star on offense with 117 points in 10 games. Asbury Victory Oklahoma City University tops scoring with 124.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Southwest
Robert Hawkins
Evansville
Ind
Rudolph
Little Red) Mobley
Hardin-Simmons
Phil Colella
Notre Dame
Hughie Devore
Little St. Bonaventure
Upstate
George Bibighaus
Muhlenberg
Tony Stallon
Delaware
Burt VanderClute
Wesleyan
Hawkins
Mite Reed
Louisiana Tech
Vander Clute
Chef Rothrock
North Dakota
State
Biblzhaus
Marvin Goodman
Willamette
Blocker
de Luxe
Speed Merchant
Colella
Mobley
Gene Roberts
Chattanooga
Hank Cayer
Presbyterian
Mite
San Antonio
Tex
Denver
Coiela
St. Bonaventure
Mlinois
Tony Minisi
Navy
Penn
Roberts
Amon
Asidy Victory
Oklahoma City University
Sam Snead Takes Miami Leadership in Open Golf
Sam Snead, the British Open champion, shot a five under par 65 amid strong winds to lead the Miami Open at the 6310-yard Miami Springs course by two strokes. Behind him, Herman Batson and Al Smith posted 67s, with a crowd-pleasing round buoyed by Snead's hot putter and long drives.
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Miami Springs
Ang
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White Plains
N. Y
al Smith
Danville
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Herman Keiser
Akron O
Johnny Palmer
Baden
N. C
Sammy Byrd
Detroit
Jimmy Demaret
Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Jim Ferrier
Chicago
Charles Ward
London
England
L. Broward
Jacksonville
Doug Ford
New York City
John Barnum
R. E. Barnes
Kansas City
Kaw
Ellsworth Vines
Los Angeles
Chick Harper
Harry Todd
Dallas
Tex
Henry Ransom
Ravinia
Til
Harold Ostman
John J. O’donnell
Norfolk
Johnny Re‘volta
Evanston
Hd Oliver
Wilmington
Del
George Schoux
Mamoroneck
Clyde Usina
West Palm Beach
Fred Haas, Jr
New Orleans
Henry Picard
Cleveland
Dick Scott Named 1947 Navy Captain
Navy center Richard Scott of Highland Falls New York was unanimously elected captain of the 1947 Navy football team by teammates. Scott, 22, is praised as a standout center with strong defense and punting ability and earned honorable mention on the All America list.
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Navy
Richard
Dick" Scott
Highland Falls
N. Y
E. B. Taylor
Scott
Army
French Middleweight Debuts in U S Against Pug Abrams
Marcel Cerdan, famed French middleweight champion from Casablanca, makes his delayed American debut at Madison Square Garden in a 10 round bout against Georgie Abrams of Washington. The bout draws a strong crowd amid Cerdans war era glory and noted training quirks.
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U. S
Pug Abrams
New York
Marcel Zerdan
Casablanca
Madison Square Garden
Georgie Abrams
Washington
Reading
North Africa
United States
Cerdan
Cleto Locatelli
Saverio Turtello
Paria
Holman Williams
Pankowiak
Abrams
Redskins Ready For Giants Despite Wounds
Washington players claim to be the most injured team in football history and vow readiness for the Giants in New York. A win would keep a shot at the Eastern division title alive but would set up another Giants game the following week for the tiebreaker.
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Washington
Washington Redskins
Giants
Redskins
New York
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