St Louis U meets Iowa in a clash at Iowa City
Iowa Hawkeyes sharpen for Big Ten play with St. Louis U tonight at the Iowa City fieldhouse. Coach Popsy Harrison restates starting guards Wilkinson and Postels with Clayt Wilkinson at center and a forward duo of Ives, Wier, or Danner as options. Iowa seeks a fast start after a 41 39 win over Illinois as St Louis U aims to cap off a resilient season with a win over the Hawkeyes.
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Noble Jorgensen
Tony Guzowski
Theron Thomsen
Charley Mason
Wier
Charley Horse
Weisner Ives Schatzman
Frier MacAule
Teoee
S. Wilkinson Femon
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Gos Postels
Merry Christmas and New Year Roar From Wartime Memoir
Red Peppers runs a humorous wartime reminiscence by Tait about Christmas contrasts and New Year signals. It recalls a gone manager, a desk cleanout, a World War I veteran’s vivid jokes on training, trenches, and the parade of mishaps from boot camp to France, ending with a hopeful 1946 toast.
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Tony Galento
France
Will
P.S
Illinois Cagers Face Wisconsin in Big Ten Opener
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois' youthful basketball squad seeks its first conference win as it travels to Madison to face Wisconsin in the Big Ten opener. Iowa plays St Louis and Indiana meets Butler in non conference action.
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Butler
Rumor Ohio State coach Widdoes to leave job
Columbus AP report says Ohio State football coach Carroll Widdoes, who led the Buckeyes to a Big Ten title and 16 victories in 18 games, asked that someone else take over. Athletic director L. W. St. John would not confirm. Bixler said he would accept if offered.
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Ohio State
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Widdoes
Paul Bixler
Paul E. Brown
College basketball scores and results roundup
Camp Atterbury, 0, Miami Ohio 59. Akron, Ohio U 68. Westminster College 51. Ripon 54, Carroll 39. Iowa Preflight 48, Iowa State 34. Northwestern 51, Great Lakes 50. Marshall Huntington W Va 54, Bradley 47. University of Minnesota 45, DePaul 36. Marquette 48, Nebraska 36.
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DePaul
Marquette
Nebraska
De Paul Loses To Gophers In Narrow Big Ten Clash
De Paul, once billed as the 1945-46 season kingpin, suffers its second straight defeat as Minnesota tops the Demons 45 to 36. George Mikan held to 11 points. Northwestern edges Great Lakes 51 to 50. Other scores: Marquette 48 Nebraska, Syracuse 65 West Ontario, Marshall over Bradly Tech in OT, Ripon 54 Carroll 39, Camp Atterbury 80 Miami Ohio 59, Ottumwa Navy 48 Iowa State 35.
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Bowl Games At A Glance
United Press lists major post season games with locations times attendances and networks. Alabama faces Southern California in Pasadena, Oklahoma A&M meets St Marys in New Orleans, Holy Cross confronts Miami in Miami, Missouri tackles Texas in Dallas, Shrine East versus West in San Francisco, Georgia faces Tulsa in Houston, Denver meets New Mexico in El Paso, Wake Forest plays South Carolina in Jacksonville, Drake meets Fresno State in Fresno, Texas College vs Tennessee State in Birmingham, Louisiana Normal vs Lane College in Jacksonville, Knoxville College vs Florida N in Orlando, Bethune Cookman College vs Albany State Teachers in Miami. Attendance figures range from 5 000 to 97 000 with broadcasts on NBC ABC CBS Mutual and Sun.
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Linderman Brothers Win Top Rodeo Honors
Salinas California dispatch reports Bill Linderman of Red Lodge Montana named world’s champion all around rodeo for 1945 with his brother Bud as runner up. The brothers also claim the dronc riding title and bareback runner up. Ken Roberts wins bull riding. Toots Mansfield takes calf roping. Homer Pettigrew earns steer wrestling title.
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Rodeo Association of America
Five Harness Racers Destroyed By Flames
IRONTON Ohio AP five harness race horses destroyed in a 12000 fire at an Ironton attorney 500 acre Brodrick farm. One horse sired by world champion pacer Billy Direct. Nine draft horses two mules and a cow also perished. Barn valued at 7000 destroyed. Cause undetermined.
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Ralph Dunham Stars In Grid Battle In Japan
In Tokyo the 11th airborne division led by Ralph Dunham former South Carolina halfback defeated the 41st division 25 to 12 in the Tokyo bowl before 15000 fans. The win earns a Jan 13 match with the Philippines champions here for a chance to face the Hawaiian all stars for the Pacific title on Jan 26.
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University of South Carolina
Philippines
Graveside for Grun Dy Center Trainer Reed Set
Da vid Reed 79 a noted race horse trainer will be buried in Grundy Center Wednesday afternoon. Reed dies Monday in an Eldora hospital after guiding Buck Apple to fame. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Buck Apple
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Miami University Chief Denies Pro Play by Star Player
Dr. B F Ash president of Miami University denied a circulating rumor that Miami football star Harry Ghaul had played as a professional in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. He said the rumor had been heard before but is not true.
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B. F. Ash
Miami University
Harry Ghaul
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Sluggers Loom On Sports Horizon
A sweeping 1946 sports boom looms with Joe Louis and Ted Williams highlighted. Baseball eyes top talent returnees, boxing bats for a record gate, and TV’s first major bid for national reach. Promising eras in racing football track and tennis gear up with new stars and revived leagues.
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New York
NEA
Joe Louis
Ted Williams
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Tom Henrich
Joe Gordon
Phil Rizzuto
Red Sox
Bobby Doerr
Tex Hughson
Cardinals
G.I
Billy Conn
1946 Sports Outlook With Quist Bromwich and New Leagues
The piece previews 1946 sports rising to new heights in football with two leagues the National and the All America Conference and potential to rival a World Series. In golf tennis and auto racing wartime pauses end with stars like Byron Nelson Ben Hogan Jag McSpaden in the U S Open at Canterbury June 13 15 and Fred Haas favored in the National Amateur.
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Adrian Quist
John Bromwich
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Jag McSpaden
Cyclones Bow To Seahawks in 48 35 loss on home court
AMES AP The Iowa Pre flight school basketball team defeated Iowa State 48 35 at Ottumwa. Preflight led early then held a 22 17 halftime edge, the Cyclones closed to 34 30 with four minutes left, but Preflight finished strong scoring 14 to Cyclones five to secure the win.
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Graves to fight in Minneapolis headline boxing show
Promoter Tony Stecher signed featherweight Jackie Graves of Austin Minnesota and Charley Lewis of Havana for the main bout of a boxing show in Minneapolis on January 17.
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Tony Stecher
Jackie Graves
Austin
Minn
Charley
Cathey) Lewis
Havana
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