Decatur Juniors Open 46 Season With Double Win
Decatur Junior High opens the 1946-47 season with a double victory over Flint. The A team won 38-5 while the B team held Flint scoreless in the first half and finished strong. Bob Freeman led the A team with nine points as Roy and Ralph Freeman contributed early baskets and free throws.
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Decatur
Flint
Raiders
Floyd Briscoe
Freeman Brothers
Roy Freeman
Bob
Bob Freeman
Marvin Golden
Ralph Sharp
D. Halbrooks
Bobman
L. Starr
Golden
Sharp
L. Ward
C. Howard
Larkin Sanderson
Charles Mixon
Ward
Mixon
Taylor
Kentucky Leads SEC Basketball In Strong Conference Start
The SEC basketball season opens with Kentucky favored, led by centers Bob Brannum and Alex Groza as prewar stars return. LSU, Tennessee, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Alabama and others vie for top placement as schedules begin with Georgia vs St Johns and Mississippi against Tulane, and Tech hosting Chattanooga on Dec 13.
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Kentucky
Aswel
LSU
Wildcats
Tennessee
Bob Brannum
Alex Groza
Brannnum
Adolph Rupp
Groza
Tulane
Alex Athas
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Lincoln Memorial
Dick Mehen
Vols
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Alabama
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Tide
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Charley Erwin
Tech
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Dick Collier
Frank Broyles
Herb Bergman
Georgia
St Johns
Madison Square Garden
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Starkville
Florida
Florida Southern
Gainesville
Craig Field
Selma
Auburn
Maxwell Field
Chattanooga
Vanderbilt
Sewanee
Golden 2 Sharp 2 Banks Ward 3 Box Score Note
Box score lists Golden and Sharp with two points each and Banks Ward totaling three. The text also includes an aside about pot holders as easy crafts for gifts to the bride mother or grandmother.
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Decatur
Sanderson
F Mixon
Fteer Golden
F Neal
R. Freeman
Deepeneenes
B. Freeman
Saerees Cee
Ryan
Or! Sharp
Eases
Pruett
Eeennas
TP Starr
Aeenacsivtesee
Banks
Black
C Hogan
Fenansese
Halbrooks
Sreesennvevacseres Howard
Flint
Det Anderson
Baseball trading heats up as off season moves begin
Los Angeles December 5. Major leaguers opened their off season meetings as trading activity picked up. Detroit released Paul Richards, ex Atlanta catcher, to pursue Buffalo manager role, while Cincinnati Reds signed Paul Florence, former Birmingham GM, in an as yet announced capacity.
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Los Angeles
Crosstown
Detroit
Paul Richards
Atlanta
Buffalo
Cincinnati Reds
Paul Florence
Birmingham
Sheppard May Be Next On Louis List
Baltimore promoters can rent Baltimore Municipal Stadium for a flat 5000 dollars for a world heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Curtis Sheppard next May. The 65 000 seat stadium had been rented on the same basis to Navy and the Variety Club amid optimistic talks despite Jacobs reportedly ill in New York.
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Joe Louis
Curtis
the Hatchetman
Sheppard
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City Park Board
Navy
Variety Club
Jacobs
New York
Thomas McDonagh
Athletic Commission
Trippi Tops Southern Conference Scorers with 83 Points
Charlie Trippi, Georgia's All-America half back, led Southern Conference scorers with a total of 83 points. The update from Atlanta on December 5 notes his scoring lead over rivals as the season progresses.
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Atlanta
Charlie Trippi
Georgia
Louis to Be Given an Award Tonight
Joe Louis world heavyweight champion will be presented with an award at the Tribute to Negro Youth dinner in Philadelphia tonight. Outstanding men and women of all races who contributed to interracial understanding will also receive awards. Lightweight champion Bob Montgomery and manager Joe Granby are among the sponsors.
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Philadelphia
Joe Louis
Bob Montgomery
Joe Granby
Oklahoma Accepts Gator Bowl Bid To Meet N C State
University of Oklahoma will play North Carolina State in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville on New Year’s Day. Oklahoma, co champion of the Big Six, has seven wins and three losses this season. N C State won eight of ten. they tied with William and Mary for runner up in the Southern Conference.
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Jacksonville
Fla
University of Oklahoma
North Carolina State
Oklahoma
N. C. State
William and Mary
Trippi Tops Conference Scoring After Georgia Tech Game
A final recap notes Trippi did not score until the third game but then tallied three of his 14 touchdowns including last Saturday against Georgia Tech. John Donaldson led teammates with 60 points while Tidwell, Jernigan, and Bowen also posted high point totals in the race.
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Trippi
Georgia Tech
John Donaldson
Travis Tidwell
Auburn
George Jernigan
Georgia
Allen Bowen
Attendance sets record as college football draws crowds
New data show 87 leading colleges reporting a 4.84% rise in attendance in 1946 with Michigan at Ann Arbor Stadium leading the list with 514,579. Michigan's gross reported at 1,121,000 helped push college football revenues past 22 million nationally as seven games at Franklin Field pushed Penn over the half million mark.
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New York
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Wolverines
Bom
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Campus sport cards show 1946 draw power leaders
The report lists top in line drawing power among 10 schools led by UCLA 429,423 Ohio State 371,017 California 367,000 Yale 357,000 and others. It notes a 58 percent South rise across 26 schools totaling 2,528,032 with Tulane LSU Miami and Georgia among pace-setters. The Middle West tops regions with 3,580,783 while Penn led the East total.
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UCLA
Ohio State
California
Yale
Minnesota
Tulane
Southern California
Northwestern
Louisiana State
Miami
Georgia
Middle West
Penn
Bates Squad Heads for Glass Bowl Tilt
Bates College leaves Lewiston for Toledo to face the University of Toledo in the Glass Bowl first game. The undefeated Bates team has won seven games this year by scoring 89 points to opponents' 10.
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Lewiston
Bates
Toledo
Ohio City
Little Maine College
Wozniak Named to South Squad in Blue Gray Tilt
Three more Northern players and two Southerners were added to the Blue-Gray game roster at Montgomery. Frank Jenkins of Pennsylvania and Temple backs Joe Nerman and Phil Slosburg join the North. South selections include Wash Serini of Kentucky and John Wozniak of Alabama.
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Ona
Frank — Jenkins
Pennsylvania
Joe ‘"Nerman
Phil Slosburg
Temple
Tilt
Wash Serini
Kentucky
John Wozniak
Alabama
Mike Jacobs Remains in Serious Condition After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Fight promoter Mike Jacobs, 66, head of a major enterprise controlling top boxing services, stays in St. Clare's hospital in New York after a cerebral hemorrhage caused his collapse in Manhattan on Tuesday. Doctors report slight improvement today.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Fisth
Joe Louis
St. Clare’s Hospital
Manhattan
Footballinformed Basketball Tactics Spark Garden Court Idea
Valparaiso coach Loren Ellis plans a T formation esque setup against Long Island, with a line under the basket a quarterback in the free throw circle and two halves outside. The piece notes this scheme as a basketball curiosity and compares it to football formations.
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New York
Loren Ellis
Valparaiso U
Garden Court
Long Island
Ellis
Auburn Tigers name all opponents eleven for 1942
Auburn's Tigers select an all opponents team with Paul Duke of Georgia Tech unanimous at center. Charlie Trippi of Georgia gains a near unanimous backfield berth. Ends Jay Smith and Joe Tereshinski. tackles Al Sidorik and Alf Satterfield. guards Herb St John and Tex Robertson. backs Harper Davis Frank Broyles Ed Price and Trippi named among the lineup.
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Auburn
Tigers
Paul Duke
Georgia Tech
Charlie Trippi
Georgia
Jay Smith
Mississippi Southern
Joe Tereshinski
al Sidorik
Mississippi State
Alf Satterfield
Vanderbilt
Herb St. John
Baseball executives meet amid Bramham gambling blast
Major league baseball executives opened talks in Los Angeles as minor leagues seek Bramham’s successor after his farewell report condemning decadence in the sport. Bramham asserts widespread gambling influence with players throwing games while proposing a united effort to clean up the game.
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Los Angeles
W. G. Bramham
National Baseball Association
Bramham
George Tyautman
Detroit Tigers
American Association
Billy Vans
Southern Association
Married men purchase 44 percent of gifts for wives
A brief note states that married men spend 44 percent of their gift purchases on their wives, reflecting spending patterns in household giving.
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