Browns Crush Lions 56-10 in NFL title rout near Cleveland
Cleveland dominates Detroit 56-10 as Otto Graham throws three touchdowns and scores twice, setting playoff marks. TV disputed a turning play involving a muffed punt muff and roughing penalty, while Ray Renfro and Pete Brewster add scoring in a dominant Browns win as crowds exceed 40,000 in Detroit city showdown.
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Graham
Ray Renfro
Browns
Detroit
Bobby Layne
Layne
Lions
Renfro
Pete Brewster
Curly Morrison
Chet Hanulak
Lou
Groza
Cleveland
Bloodworth To Skip to Class A Manager Role in 1955
After three years directing in class B Jimmy Bloodworth moves to class A Sally league as skipper of Charlotte N C for 1955. He previously managed Cedar Rapids in 1952 and Spartanburg in the Tri State league the last two seasons. Bloodworth hit .297 in 80 games and posted a 9-2 pitching mark with a 3.30 ERA in 30 games last year.
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Jimmy Bloodworth
Bloodworth
Cedar Rapids
Spartanburg
Cleveland
Charlotte
N. C
Washington
Ol’ Jim
Sporting News
Hub Kittle
Terre Haute
Yakima
Wash
Kittle
Navojoa
Eddie Barbarito
Quincy
Art Pennington
Culiacan
Hector “Pepino
Azamar
Pepino
C. R
Robert
Sarge” Burns
C. R. Chucker
Guadalajara
Kentucky Remains No 1 In College Basketball Poll
Kentucky extends a 30 game win streak to lead the nation in IN S poll after beating Utah and La Salle to win the Kentucky Invitational at Lexington. North Carolina State holds second with 9-0, Illinois stays third after an upset by Loyola of Chicago.
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Howard Sigmond
NEW York
INS
Kentucky
Adolf Rupp
Wildcats
International News Service
Utah
Lasalle
Lexington
Wildcat
Rupp
North Carolina State
St. John’s
Brooklyn
Illinois
Joyola
South
N. C. State
Niacara
Ilinois &Duuquesne
Daytona
Missouri
UCLA
District pairings reshuffle IA high school hoops
Cedar Rapids two class AA teams miss district showdown after Iowa pairings release. Districts set for Feb 21 week with Roosevelt facing Waterloo East and Franklin vs Iowa City, while Muscatine drew Davenport St Ambrose and Davenport High meets Clinton.
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Boone
Cedar Rapids
Iowa High School Athletic Association
THSAA
Wilson
McKinley
M. Lincoln
M. East
Roosevelt M
Ort Dodge
Sioux City
Heelan
Sioux City Central
Couness Bluffs A.L
Council Bluffs
Ames
Marshalltown
Newton
Mason City
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Waterloo East
R. Franklin
Iowa City
Dubuque
Dubuque Loras
Qekoe
Ttumwa
Arlington
Keokukinton
Davenportavenport
St. Ambrose
Muscatine
Ohio State Players Aid Fire Rescue in Pasadena
Ohio State football players rushed to help when a Pasadena house caught fire. More than a dozen members entered the scene, moving furniture and goods to safety while professional firefighters battled the flames.
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Ohio State
Pasadena
Calif
INS
Graham retires after tough mental pressure of T formation
Otto Graham, 33, quits amid cheers after Cleveland's 56-10 title win over Detroit. He cites mounting pre game tension and mental strain from T formation, saying he hates the pre game feeling and it worsens with years. Graham completed 2 of 15 passes for 20 yards and scored three carries.
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Otto Graham
Bobby Layne
Browns
Cleveland
Graham
Lions
Darrell Brewster
Joe Schmidt
Bill Stits
Detroit
Brewster
Newhall Seeks Weekend Games For January 7
Newhall seeks boys and girls games for the weekend of January 7. Interested teams may contact the school. Monday night games with Garnaville were postponed because of icy roads in northeast Iowa.
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Newhall
Garnaville
Iowa
Thai welter champ stops Rice in eighth at Singapore
Songkitrat of Thailand, welterweight Orient champion, knocked out Ray Rice of the Philippines with a short right to the stomach in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round bout in Singapore.
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Singapore
Songkitrat
Thailand
Ray Rice
Philippines
Ring Deaths Declined to Six in 1954 Boxing Fatalities
Ring Magazine editor Nat Fleischer reports six boxers died from ring injuries in 1954, a reduction from 22 in 1953. The article notes pros and amateurs who died, with locations including the United States, London, Samoa, and Pensacola. It attributes the decline to better safety measures and closer state commission cooperation.
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New York
Ring Magazine
Nat Fleischer
United States
Bobby Callaghan
London
Ralph Weiser
Portland
Ore
Andra Sanders
Los Angeles
Fleischer
Benefit Cage Tilts At Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point hosts a charity basketball double header sponsored by the Sportsman's club with Elkader indees facing Strawberry Point indees in the feature. Proceeds aid the high school band and speech club. Elkader lists Jack Dittmer and Lloyd Olmstead. Curtain raiser at 7:30 p.m. features Fredrick's Follies against Wiley's Wildcats, composed of local Strawberry Point business men.
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The
Gazette
Strawberry Point
Elkader Indees
Strawberry Point Indees
Sportsman's Club
Elkader
Jack Dittmer
Milwaukee
Lloyd Olmstead
Cornell
Fredrick
Follies
Wiley
Wildcats
Strawberry Point Business Men
Trabert Seixas Give U S 2-0 Davis Cup Lead
Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas won four sets each to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Davis Cup challenge round at White City. Seixas upset Rosewall 8-6 6-8 in the opener while Trabert defeated Head 6-4 2-6 12-10 6-3. The crowd size reached 25,578, a Davis Cup record, and the Americans appeared favored to clinch the cup with at least one more win in Tuesday's doubles or Wednesday singles.
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United Press
Sydney
Australia
Tony Trabert
Vic Seixas
United States
White City Stadium
Seixas
Hon Rosewall
Ee Crewcut Trabert
U. S
Blond Lewis Head
Trabert
Hoad
Rosewall
Deuce
Billy Talbert
U.S
Cincinnati
Ohio
Star
Associated Press
America
Lewis Head
Techmakers Seek Cotton Bowl Edge in Fourth Straight Major
Georgia Tech aims to ride bowl-experience to victory against Arkansas in Dallas. Veterans Larry Morris Buddy Jones and Ben Daugherty have started every major bowl in a row, with Bill Brigman also part of the squad in 1952.
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Dallas
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets
Arkansas
Tech
Larry Morris
Buddy Jones
Ben Daugherty
Bill Brigman
Morris
Tech faces Georgia Tech in bowl tilt with strong bowl history
The article notes Tech’s bowl success with wins over Mississippi 24-7 in the 1953 Sugar Bowl and West Virginia 42-19 in 1954. It recalls Baylor in the Orange Bowl and mentions Brigman not playing that game. Arkansas, last in a bowl in 1948, has a tougher recent record but isn’t daunted by Tech’s bowl prowess.
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Morris
Jones
Daugherty
Tech
Mississippi
West Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia Tech
Cassady Hurt but He Il Be Ready Jan
Ohio State faces Rose Bowl prep with key backs on limited work. Fullback Hubert Bobo to begin light contact drills after a knee sprain while Heisman hopeful Howard Cassady rests a hairline rib fracture, under doctor orders to avoid heavy scrimmage until game time.
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Cassady
Jan
LOS Angeles
INS
Ohio State
Hubert Bobo
Howard Cassady
Bobo
Pasadena
Woody Hayes
Hayes
Buckeyes
Waleter E. Duffee
Decorah High School Christmas Bowling Tourney Set
Decorah Elks lodge sponsors the sixth annual Christmas bowling tournament for Decorah high school students at Oneota bowling club on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Decorah Newspapers donate a large traveling trophy for both boys and girls teams, plus 22 individual trophies. Bob Johnson and Jeanette Vine lead as organizers, with Maybelle Brown supervising and Decorah Ladies' League members handling scorekeeping.
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Decorah
Decorah Elks Lodge
Oneota
The
Elks
Bob Johnson
Jeanette Vine
Maybelle Brown
Decorah High School
Decorah Ladies’ League
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Vaipou Ainu’u
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Fla
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