Miami Announces Starting Lineup for Orange Bowl
Miami revealed its expected starting lineup for the New Year’s Day Orange Bowl against Holy Cross. Star fullback Harry Ghaul will start. left end is undecided between Eddie Del Grande and Ed Moyer. Other starters include Frantz at left tackle, Cameron left guard, Levitt center, de Marco right guard, Corrigan right tackle, Nell right end, Krull right halfback, Bowman left halfback, and Mazeika at quarterback.
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Pittsburgh
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Hurricane
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Ed Cameron
Bill Levitt
Mario de Marco
Philip Corrigan
John Nell
Joe Krull
Robert Bowman
Ernest Mazeika
Old Friends Remember Jimmy Hurst Stories From Kansas City
Retired W P A tool supervisor Jimmy Hurst of Jefferson City was famed for vivid tales and boxing lore. Kansas City Star editor C E McBride called him Mr Boxing of Kansas City in the past, with colorful anecdotes of Pancho Villa and a lively life in and out of the ring.
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Lions Plan Court Fight Over Sinkwich Contract
Detroit Lions announce they will go into court if the new All-American Conference signs Frankie Sinkwich to a 1946 contract. Sinkwich, just discharged from the Army, has reportedly been approached by representatives of the new league, though the Lions say his contract still runs for one more year.
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Kansas University Jays Ehe Victory Over Rice Cagers
Kansas University basketball edged Rice Institute 42 to 34 in the All-College tournament first round. Charlie Black led with 17 points, Otto Schnellbacher added 12, while Rice’s C. B. Herbert scored 13 as Kansas built a 24 to 11 halftime lead and held on through a cautious second half.
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Tulsa Short Man On Trip To Oil Bowl
Tulsa University coach Henry Frnka and 39 players boarded a train for Houston to face Georgia in the Oil Bowl on New Year’s Day. A knee injury kept center Bob Thomas from the trip. 2,000 to 3,000 Tulsa fans expected in Houston. Coaches plan workouts to fine tune offense and defense. About 5,000 of Wyoming’s 18,000 qualified voters were women when statehood arrived in 1890.
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Blue Gray Grid Teams Practice For Blue Gray Game
Northern and Southern All-Stars began practice for Saturdays Blue Gray game in Montgomery. Blue squad named Morton Hochheiser captain, as both sides run the T offense with emphasis on passing and deception. Gray team coached by Dodd Bell Moore, while the Northerners lose Bo McMillin to influenza and improvise with Waldorf Morrison as coaches. Early bets favored the Gray team by three to six points.
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Temple
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Northwestern
Lynn Waldorf
Ray Morrison
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
Matty Bell
Southern Methodist
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State
Bob Kennedy
Nick Scollard
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Missouri Tigers Aflicted With Shin Splints Ahead of Cotton Bowl
Missouri coach Chauncey Simpson voiced concern over a shin splints outbreak among players during the fourth workout ahead of the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day against Texas. He noted hobbling players, considered weather and field conditions, and planned scrimmages for the next two days with lighter sessions and a rest day before the game.
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Longhorns Boast Vets For Cotton Tilt
Texas brings five bowl veterans to the Cotton Bowl clash with Missouri in Dallas. Ed Heap, Ralph Ellsworth, Jim Pyler, Harlan Wetz, and Ransom Jackson share Cotton Bowl experience from 1943 to 1945 with Texas and other teams. Missouri has no prior bowl players.
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Hopes Sun Bow Is Hot for Game
ALBUQUERQUE December 26 AP Coach Clyde Hubbard and the Denver University Pioneers flew south to El Paso Texas hoping for warm weather to sharpen the Sun Bowl offense for the matchup with New Mexico University Hubbard said he hopes it is downright hot in El Paso so they can get in contact work He declined to predict a New Year s Day victory for his squad.
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