U S Names Davis Cup Singles Team Schroeder and Kramer Chosen
Ted Schroeder of Glendale California and Jack Kramer of Montebello California were named to share the singles duties for the United States in the Davis Cup opener at Kooyong. Parker was left out as Kramer and Schroeder were chosen for the doubles as well, with Parker unhappy at the decision.
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Melbourne
Ted Schroeder
Kramer
Frank Parker
Uncle Sam
Schroeder
Parker
At and
Bes
Associated Press
Pate
Schroed
United States
Sehroed
Kooyong
Gardnar Mulloy
Ide
Mulloy
Bill Talbert
Tom Brown
Mullo
Max Bonner
Austria
Crosby Pro-Amateur Kicks Off January 10 at Monterey
Crosby announces the Crosby pro am event in Del Monte California January 10 11 and 12 with stars Marvin Bud Ward and Frank Stranahan headlining. Amateurs will pair with professionals for a 54 hole best ball format across Cypress Point and Pebble Beach courses. The event moves to Monterey peninsula from San Diego and Pebble Beach also hosts the 1947 National Amateur Championship.
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del Monte
Calif
Marvin
Bud Ward
Spokane
Wash
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ng Crosby
Crosby
Monterey Peninsula
San Diego
Cypress Point
Pebble Beach
Illini Arrive for Rose Bowl Game Prepares for UCLA clash
Illini football, arriving in Pasadena amid light rain, meet a 200-strong welcome crowd before a Brookside Park workout. UCLA, practicing nearby, works under coach Bert LaBrucherie with quarterback Ernie Case aided by Bob Waterfield, as both teams scout and prepare for New Year’s Day showdown and new T offense.
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Calif
Der
University of Illnois
University of California At
Los Angeles
Alhambra
Brookside Park
Far West
la Brucherie
Ernie Case
Bob Waterfield
Los Angeles Rams
iNinois
Uclans
Southern California
Bruins
Case
Trojans
Invaders
Giants' Grid Heads Questioned on Eve of Bribery Trial
New York Giants figures Steve Owen and Jack Mara were questioned by Assistant District Attorney George Monaghan on the eve of a bribery trial involving backfield stars Merie Hapes and Frank Filchock. Mayor Dwyer ordered an inquiry into a hospital gambling case linked to a Bellvue trusty.
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New York
New York Giants
George P. Monnaghan
Giants
Chicago Bears
Steve Owen
Jack Mara
Poach
Monaghan
Merie Hapes
Frank Filchock
William JO Dwyer
John M. Murtagh
Harvey Stemmer
Bellevue Hospital
Harvey
Alvin 7
Paris
Novelty Company
Hapes and Filchock
City Correction
Peter Amoroso
Stemmer
Trusty
East and West Speed Work for Shrine Classic
East and West football stars trained intensively for the Shrine charity game on New Year’s Day in San Francisco. Western first-stringers joined contact scrimmage under Norton Stiner and Saver, with three absentees en route from New Orleans to join practice tomorrow. East drills at Santa Clara emphasized passes as Sacrity Wake Forest and Dorsey Brown were featured throwers. Ed Allen Penn State joined after foot treatment, boosting fullback depth for Pinos Indiana and Cody Purdue.
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San Francisco
Homer Norton
Lon Stiner
George Saver
Mickey McCandle
Jim Callahan
John Ferraro
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Southern California
Tulane
Hubert Bechtel
University of Texas
Gene Wilson
Southern Methodistend
Martin Chaves
Oregon State
Jim Kekeris
Missouri
Santa Clara
Bernie Bierman
Andy Kerr
Nick Sacrinity
Wake
Forest
Tom Dorsey
Brown
Eda Allen
Pennsylvania
Allen
Pete Pinos
Indiana
Ed Cody
Purdue
Tiger Cagers to Leave For Oklahoma Today
Missouri coach Wilbur N. Stalcup moved up the Tigers departure to Oklahoma City with a 15 man squad to avoid a late arrival. The team will practice in Kansas City and Oklahoma City ahead of Thursday’s first round against undefeated Texas in the three day tourney.
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Columbia, Mo
Dee
Wilbur N. Stalcup
University of Missouri
Oklahoma City
Stalcup
Chandler Questions Durocher on Dice Game in His Home
Baseball Commissioner Albert B. Chandler disclosed he questioned Leo Durocher about a March 1944 dice invitation involving a friend with access to Durocher’s apartment. The interview followed syndicated claims and a Cincinnati Times-Star letter explaining the probe and Chandler’s actions dating to 1945.
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Chandler
Durocher
Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Leon Durocher
Brooklyn
Oakland
Calif
Westbrook Pegler
Nixson Denton
Cincinnati Times-Star
Denton
Leo Durocher
Judge Landis
Pegler
Landis
Happy Chandler
Babe Zaharias Named Woman Athlete of the Year
Mrs Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Denver was voted the outstanding woman athlete of the year in the Associated Press year end poll. She earlier won the 1948 women's National Amateur Golf title and becomes the first woman to win the award three times, joining Glenn Davis as a three time male Athlete of the Year.
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New York
Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Denver
Associated Press
Zaharias
Glenn Davis
Army
Rose Bowl Ticket Seekers Riot at Sales Closure
Pasadena crowds waiting in line since Saturday night rioted when the Rose Bowl ticket office closed after two hours of open sale. About 200 entered the tournament offices amid accusations that 7,500 tickets remained unsold. UCLA is slated to play in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, with host school UCLA handling ticket disposition. Some organizers discussed legal action to force UCLA to sell tickets, while others reported thousands still in line and a chaotic scene with bottles thrown at police.
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Pasadena
Calif
Tournament of Roses Association
Drummond MecCann
University of California At Los Angeles
UCLA
Fincis
Roy F. Almstead
DCLA
Ati P. m
William Long
Paul Ransom
Suspended Referee Battles 60 Day Ban in Court
Springfield dispatch reports Missouri Athletic Commission chair Floyd W. Jones saying he did not inform referee Jack League by letter but that League was notified. Judge Blair ordered reinstate League or appear by January 6 to explain the 60 day suspension, amid claims League was not told why he was suspended.
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Springfield
Floyd W. Jones
Missouri State Athletic Commission
Jack League of
League
Joplin
Miss N. Walker
Aggies Rally To Beat St Marys 34 33 In Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&M trailed St Marys by one point with a minute left before finishing strong to win 34 33 in Stillwater. The brief game report notes a late push and a single digit final score.
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Aggies
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma Aggies
St. Mary’s
Russia Relaxes Its Economy Controls
Moscow reports the Soviet government issued a decree reorganizing economic planning to grant ministries more planning power, allow annual plans, and create a science planning department. The changes aim to modernize postwar planning while preserving collectivist principles and the state’s guiding role.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Journal of Planned Economy
Amvets Plan State Convention in Columbia
The second annual state convention of the American Veterans of World War II AMVETS will be held in Columbia February 8 and 9. John J. Meyer and Tom Mander announced the event and noted Ray Sawyer the new national commander would attend.
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ST. Louis
The
American Veterans of World War II
Amvets
Columbia
John J. Meyer
Tom Mander
Ray Sawyer
Nominate Candidate For Meanest Man
The Somerton Lions club nominated a candidate for the meanest man after someone stole 25 strings of Christmas lights and other ornaments from a community Christmas tree the club had spent five hours trimming in the rain. United States ships have rights of navigation on the St. Lawrence River under a 1872 treaty.
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Philadelphia
Somerton Lions Club
United States
St. Lawrence River
Savings Down in 1946 Third Quarter Figures
Philadelphia report from AP notes total personal savings across the United States in the third quarter of 1946 reached 4.3 billion dollars. Cash and deposits rose by 3.6 billion, with 0.9 billion added to government insurance equity, 0.7 billion to U S government securities, and 0.2 billion to savings and loan associations.
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Philadelphia
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Commission
U. S
Eugene Talmadge Buried in Georgia Funeral
Eugene Talmadge, a white supremacy advocate, was buried in Telfair County, Georgia, after a statewide funeral held in Atlanta. About 2,000 attended the funeral service and several thousand filed past his bier in the capitol. The article also notes an oddly inserted regional weather line about summer in the South Pole.
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Eugene Talmadge
Mcrae
Telfair County
Georgia
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