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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1948
Page
9
Jack Dempsey, in Phoenix, says only Joey Maxim has a chance to upset Joe Louis. He dismisses Ezzard Charles as too big and slow and argues Maxim could win on points. He also laments weak heavyweight depth and urges a national boxing association to clean up the sport, predicting future talent from Europe.
New York AP notes a columnist abandons precise methods and predicts bowl outcomes. Northwestern over California 14-7, Oklahoma over North Carolina 20-7, Oregon over SMU 13-7, Georgia over Texas 21-14, Missouri over Clemson 20-0. He warns these are guesses with many unpredictable factors.
Cleveland News quotes Cleveland Indians president Bill Veeck saying he will ask Bob Feller to take a salary cut in 1949. Feller, who signed for about 82 000 last year and was the highest paid pitcher, notes a weaker 1948 season but expects a reasonable cut to keep him in baseball.
The Commercial league schedules two midweek game nights with three matches each evening. On Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. John Beck's meets Kutchera Coal while 7:45 Bervid DX faces The Goatie and 8:45 Walford clashes with Lafayette at The YMCA. Thursday features Dairy versus Hall's and other matches not fully specified.
Fragmentary text lists names and places with unclear context. A jumble of surnames such as Levine De and Williams appears alongside city references like Rahway and Chicago, yielding no coherent event or actions.
The Belmont Stakes, worth a third of the Triple Crown added money, will drop from 100000 to 75000 next year. Westchester Racing Association mailed nomination blanks for five Stakes to thoroughbred owners. Coaching Club American Oaks remains 50000 with other stakes set at 10000 1950 Futurity 50000 and 1951 Matron Stakes 25000.
The column lists multiple game scores from high school and college play across conferences. Notable results include Webster City 53 Dubuque 43 in Mississippi Valley. Monona 33 Waukon 22. Estherville 45 Thomas Jefferson 37. Big Nine scores include Notre Dame 51 64 bias 55 and Colorado State 63 10 Utah 78 St. Joe 54. Professional section begins with scattered entries.
Frank Kovacs of Oakland won the National Professional clay court tournament in Miami beating Jimmy Evert 6-1 7-5 9-7. He then renounced the title claiming the event was not PLTA sanctioned and that a full ranking field was lacking.
Coe College announces its 1949 football schedule, keeping the same eight-game slate as last year with two non conference opponents Central and Simpson and eight Midwest conference foes. The Kohawks finished seventh in the nine team conference under first year coach Dick Clausen despite narrow yardage gaps and drives stalling near the red zone.
Miami Shriners announced the North South all star college football game would bring in more than 100000 in gate receipts. Potentate Harry C. Ebright of the Mahi Temple said totals were not complete but expected to exceed the mark.
Cleveland Browns announce the signing of halfback Mike Cannovino from Ohio State as their seventh draft pick. The deal confirms Cannovino joins the All America Conference team this season.
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