Indians and Phillies Pull Major Trades at Winter Meetings
At the winter meetings Cleveland gains Mickey Vernon and Early Wynn from Washington in a four player swap with Eddie Robinson Joe Haynes and Ed Klieman going to the Senators. Philadelphia lands Eddie Waitkus from Chicago in a four player deal that includes Dutch Leonard. No cash changed hands.
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Robinson
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Bobby Feller
Gene Bearden
Bob Lemon
Steve Gromek
Tribe
Chicago White Sox
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Army Trouble
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Durocher Fitzsimmons Hearing Highlights Tense Evidence
Leo Durocher and Freddy Fitzsimmons faced an hour and forty five minute hearing with Commissioner Chandler over alleged tampering while Durocher was under contract to the Braves. Laraine Day supported Leo as truthful, while Fitzsimmons produced a Braves release and admitted approaching Durocher for a coaching role.
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Scholastic Basketball Scores Across West Virginia Teams
A sequence of high school and college games reports scores for Staunton, VMI Frosh, Milton, Ceredo Kenova, Hamlin, Wayne Sharples Madison Hurricane Griffithsville Kingston Fayetteville Huntington East Point Pleasant Burch Johns Creek Guyan Valley Fort Gay Garnet Charleston Sumner Parkersburg St Albans Washington District Newburg Kasson Bruceton Fellowsville Morgantown Kingwood Parkersburg Ravenswood Williamstown Bartlett Salem Wallace Trap Hill Shady Spring Stock Alumni Mark Twain Pearisburg Oakvale Warwood Wheeling Linsly Martins Ferry Triadelphia Wheeling Central Bridgeport Wellsburg Wheeling McKinley Union Sherrard Hundred Cameron Chester Burgettstown Weston Burnsville.
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Parkersburg
St. Albans
Washington
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Bruceton
Fellowsville
University of Morgantown
Kingwood
Chester
Burgettstown
Weston
Burnsville
Grundy Wavemen Top Haysi 39 34 In Closely Contested Bout
Grundy overcame a first quarter deficit to beat Haysi 39 34 as Looney and Smith led with 11 points each for the Wave. Haysi girls defeated Grundy 45 24 in the prelim.
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College basketball scores sweep across 1960s era list
American U. fell to Penn State by 26 as West Liberty defeated Westinghouse and Niagara edged Cornell. Yale and Connecticut lost, while City College beat Brooklyn College. Clemson beat Wofford, Baltimore U. topped Western Maryland, Randolph Macon downed Medical College of Virginia, Princeton beat Lafayette, East Carolina defeated Norfolk Naval Air Station, William and Mary over VMI, Capital routed Denison, Holy Cross beat Bowling Green in overtime, Morris Harvey topped Wesleyan, Oklahoma A M routed Long Island.
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Naval Air Station
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Morris Harvey
Wesleyan
Oklahoma A. & M
Long Island
Beavers face criticism over All-Area picks and Marshall protest
Welch and McDowell counties clash over thirteen Beavers named to first second and third teams and an honorable mention. The dispute expands to Beaver schedule fairness with McDowell schools and Eddie King’s protest of Morris Harvey players. Local columnista condemns both sides while defending neighborly schedules and CAM Henderson’s Marshall stance.
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Charleston Galett Sports Scrivener
Cam Henderson
Marshall College
Morris Harvy
Cam
Purdue Biggest Hop Of Season
New York December 14 Purdue named college football flop team of the year by Associated Press writers and coaches after a 3-6 season highlighted by a 28-27 loss to Notre Dame. Michigan named team of the year, with Notre Dame North Carolina California Oklahoma and Army following in the final poll.
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Kansas
Texas A. & M
Big Creek Owls Rally Past Tazewell Bulldogs 56 54
The Big Creek Owls defeated the Tazewell Bulldogs 56 to 54 in a tight Virginian gym showdown. Big Creek built a four point halftime lead and held off a late Bulldog rally to seal the win before a near capacity crowd.
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Ike Williams Wins Neil Memorial Plaque In Boxing honor
Ike Williams, reigning lightweight champion who defended his title three times in the past year, received the Edward J. Neil Memorial plaque from the New York Boxing Writers' Association. The award, established in 1938, honors a boxer or boxing figure judged to have done the most for the sport in the past 12 months and to have shown skill and sportsmanship. Neil, a former AP boxing writer, was killed in 1937 as a war correspondent in Spain.
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Montcalm Grade Team Triumphs Over Elgood Quintet
The Montcalm eighth graders led early and rolled to a 24-12 win over Elgood as Princeton Alumni and Montcalm clashed in a high school gym. Montcalm, boosted by Shopshooters and late frame surge, finished 51-32 in favor of the alumni in the nightcap.
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Mountaineersdefeat Wake Forest to extend home win streak
West Virginia beat Wake Forest 62 to 49 to extend its home record to 46 straight wins. WVU led 30-14 at halftime as Wake Forest went over 11 minutes without a field goal. Free throws plagued both teams with WVU 18 of 32 and Wake Forest 9 of 27.
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William and Mary Top State Team of the Year
William and Mary, crowned the Old Dominion’s outstanding athletic team for 1948, finished the football season with six wins, two ties, and two losses. They tied Virginia for the Virginia Big Six title and claimed the Southern Conference crown, after a dramatic November surge and key wins over Davidson, Richmond, VMI, and Virginia Tech, with notable results against North Carolina, Boston College, NC State, and Arkansas.
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Underwood Portable Typewriter Ad Promises Merriest Christmas
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia offers an Underwood portable typewriter as a gift idea for a merry Christmas.
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Ramblin Reds Fall to East Tennessee Tech Quintet
Johnston City, Tenn. November 14 Bluefield Ramblin Reds lost 75 to 57 to East Tennessee Tech. An early 11-3 lead faded as the Reds trailed 37-27 at halftime. Wright and Vilseck led with 12 points each followed by Walker with 11.
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