Sports column notes mix of jockeys, athletes and hall of fame
Death of Cal Shilling recalls the 1912 Derby won aboard Worth. Ocky Fain rode Duval, Ferris Fain’s father, for the Athletics. Harrison Dillard speaks on baseball with the Indians. Of 310 NL players, 17 have 10 or more years. Minnesota’s Captain Myer Skoog and Maynard Johnson lead scoring. Notre Dame cage team features former St Ignatius captains Kevin O'Shea and Jack Neumayr. 17-year-old So Good shows racing promise with $80 earnings in 1949. Conn of the Cleveland Barons boxed pro in Calgary, winning eight. Baseball Writers vote on Hall of Fame. Ohio Wesleyan crushed Rio Grande then struggled. Anise among entrants at Hialeah. Centennial Turf Club boards. Zawoluk takes scoring lead at St. John’s with 235 points in 14 games. Bud Wilkinson credits Don Faurot, Iowa Pre-Flight era. Alex Groza shoots .462 for Indiana in NBA. Marquette features a Puerto Rico cager named Francisco Ramirez de Arellano. Bill Sharman scores 231 in 12 for Southern Cal. A Santa Anita observer recalls Citation’s speed. Blue Peter, Derby favorite 1949, recalls racing record by Carillon’s son. Blue Peter earned $189,185 in purses and set three track records at Garden State Park.
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Cal Shilling
America
Shilling
Worth
Duval
Ocky Fain
Ferris Fain
Philadelphia Athletics
Harrison Dillard
Cleveland Indians
Myer Skoog
Maynard Johnson
Minnesota Cagers
Notre Dame Cage
St. Ignatius
San Francisco
Kevin O
Baseball Writers Association of America
Ohio Wesleyan Cage
Rio Grande
Anise
Hialeah
Centennial Turf Club of
Denver
Colo
Aseph
Bob Zawoluk
St. John’s
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Don Faurot
Missouri
Bud
Faurot
Iowa
Alex Groza
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Marquette
Puerto Rico
Francis Mariano Ramirez de Arellano
Bill Sharman
Cal
Stanford
Santa Anita
From Football to Basketball Weighs Fans and Scores
A retrospective on how football blocking and tackling shape high school sports enthusiasm, contrasting football grit with basketball’s faster pace. The piece notes players like Tackerson, Knapp, Yager, Wilson, and Hols, plus local game results from Trinity, Circuit, and several teams, reflecting on players' scores and team showings.
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Tackerson
Knapp
Yager Manuever
Johnny Wilson
Jack Hols
Pin Points Bowling Scores Across Local Clubs
Dutch Uffelmann led St. Luke's with 567 followed by Dick Wolverton's 580 for First Evangelical as they beat Grace Methodist. St John's swept Christian while Zion beat West Burlington with Sorenson at 528 and Peterson at 677 for West Burlington. Pete Bloom posted 513 on 160 189 games.
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Dutch Uffelmann
St. Luke’s
Dick Wolverton
Evangelical
Grace Methodist
Paul Murphy
del Wade
St. John’s
Christian
Zion
West Burlington
Sorenson
Peterson
Pete Bloom
U S Hunting License Fees Reach New High in 1948 49
U S interior figures show 1948 49 hunting license sales hit a new peak with 12 758 698 licenses sold and 34 966 687 dollars in revenue the high marks reflect state fee increases. Michigan led with 977 879 licenses and 2 847 018 dollars, followed by Pennsylvania and others in the top ten. Iowa sold 347 351 licenses bringing 693 888 dollars in fees with non resident revenue totaling 24 349 25.
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United States
U. S. Department of the Interior
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
California
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Washington
Iowa
New Deputy Vic Stuart Faces Arizona Cattle Rustlers
Vic Stuart arrives as Roaring River Valley deputy amid rancher skepticism. Mark Raoul and Rex Rupert fear modern methods, while Stuart offers “new fangled ideas” and trust in brains over brawn to outwit rustlers. Rex returns hopeful yet wary as tension rises.
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Roaring River Valley
Paradise
Mark Raoul
Arizona
Rex Rupert
Mark
Vic Stuart
Committee of Welcome
Rex
Vic
Raoul
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Messiah Lutheran
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Frank Wells
Coney Ita
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Charlie Gerdner
Lucille Strauss
Lucille
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J. S. Schramm
Melva Moerke
Fischer Drebenstedt
Lida
Ann Niewoehner
Ester DeFinck
Wischmeier Motor
Mississippi Inn
J. C. Penney
Ideal Cleaners
Harriet Crabtree
Bock’s Flower Shop
White House
Kiwanis
Johnny Bishop
Team Four
Doc Limbecker
George
Acheson
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Dean Acheson
Washington National Press Club
John 8. O’brien
Press Club
Tom Connally
Texas
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Richard Hill Wilkinson
Chanen’s Auto Supply
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