Sugar Bowl Amid Multi Sport Festles The Sugar Bowl To Feature Expanded Events
Sugar Bowl carnival shifts focus from basketball to a star loaded line up in football boxing tennis and track. Georgia Tech and Mississippi top the football slate while Olympic and college stars headline tennis and track events. The basketball tournament opens with LSU vs Villanova and St Bonaventure vs St Louis as part of a three day series with a third place contest and final.
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James Saggus
New Orleans
Nationa
St. Bonaventure
Villanova
Louisiana State
St. Louis
Georgia Tech
Mississippi
Tech
Michigan State
Maryland
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Tom Brown, Jr
San Francisco
Noel Brown
Los Angeles
Olympic
Parry O’brien
Southern California
Cy Young
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Robert Richards
Walt Davis
Texas A & M
Syracuse
Leake Pontchartrain
Gulf Coast
LSU
O'Brien Seeks 1 Point To Break College Scoring Mark
Johnny O'Brien of Seattle scores 29 points in 102-101 win over New York University to tie the college season record of 2,592 points and approach the career record of 2,902 set by Nate DeLong. Twin Eddie adds 33 points as the brothers continue standout seasons and possible pro interest lingers from Pittsburgh.
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New York
Johnny O’brien
Seattle
New York University
Nate DeLong
River Falls
Wis
State Teachers College
O’brien
DeLong
Johnny
Eddie
South Amboy
N. J
Twins
al Brightman
Wichita
Kan
Pittsburgh Pirates
Psaltis Ineligible For Rose Bowl Clash With Wisconsin
USC halfback Jim Psaltis was ruled ineligible to play in the Rose Bowl on January 1 against Wisconsin after it was found he played two games for Santa Rosa Junior College in 1949. The decision followed a secret Pacific Coast Conference faculty poll and was confirmed by Hugh Willett, USC faculty athletic representative.
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Pasadena
Calif
Trojans
Southern California
Jim Psaltis
Wisconsin
Psaltis
Santa Rosa
Galif
Hugh C. Willett
USC
NCAA
Willett
California Junior College Association
Stan The Man Cinches 1952 Swat Title
New York Stan Musial added another title to his 1952 season with leading NL batting slugging percentage at .538. The Card inals star tops the league for the sixth straight year, with Hank Sauer second at .531 and Ted Kluszewski third at .509. Ralph Kiner led in walks with 110, while Eddie Mathews struck out 115 times as a rookie.
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New York
Stan Musial
Tnal
St. Louis Cardinals
Associated Press
Musial
Hank Sauer
Chicago Cubs
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Gil Hodges
Duke Snider
Sid Gordon
Boston
Kiner
Eddie Mathews
Boston Braves
City Independent Basketball League Fails to Form
Officials said the plan collapsed due to late season, lack of interest, and packed schedules after a cage meeting at the Decatur Armory. One contingent had more than ten January games. a venue shortage also hindered progress, though a solution was later found for cost and space.
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Decatur Armory
Britain institutes universal conscription for two-year term
Britain imposes universal military conscription for a two year period. The measure mobilizes the draft across the population, affecting all eligible citizens. Authorities say the program will sustain armed forces during ongoing security needs.
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Britain
Rival Blue Gray All Stars Brace for Blue Gray Game
Montgomery reports two days before the annual Blue Gray game the Blues drill on ground plays with selective passing while the Gray squad leans on aerial runs. Hal Ledyard and Ray Graves spark Gray passing as Warmath shifts top passers to halfback roles in practice.
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Montgomery
All Star
Yankee
Rip Engle
Blues
Hal Ledyard
Chattanooge
Ray Graves
Texas A. & M
Gray
Murray Warm
Drew Calls For More Work For Crimson Tide
Alabama coach Harold D. Stassen called for more defensive work against passes as the Crimson Tide closed out home practice for the Orange Bowl. The squad will be released for Christmas Day then report back Friday and depart Birmingham at 10 a.m. for Miami.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Harold
Tide
Birmingham
Miami
Jack Smalley
Bart Starr
Ralph Carrigan
Harry Lee
Jerry Lambert
Betsy Rawls Tops 1952 Ladies Golf Money List
Betsy Rawls of Austin Texas earned $14 505 to lead all women golfers on the 1952 professional tour with Fred Corcoran noting her margin over Betty Jameson and Louise Suggs who followed with $12 660 and $10 083 respectively. Babe Zaharias who missed much of the summer due to surgery finished fifth with $7 503 and other players earned smaller amounts.
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Miami
Fla
Betsy Rawls
Austin
Texas
America
Miss Rawls
Fred Corcoran
PGA
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Chicago
Louise Suggs
Carrollton
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Ill
Mildred
Babe) Zaharias
Tampa
Marlene Bauer
Sarasota
Marilynn Smith
Wichita
Kans
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Alice Bauer
Betty Bush
Hammond
Ind
Betty McKinnon
Dallas
Senior Bowl selects LSU and Auburn trainers for North and South
Marty Broussard of Louisiana State and Kenny Howard of Auburn named trainers for the North and South squads in the January 3 Senior Bowl. Howard, 26, will condition the North team and previously worked with the 1952 U S Olympic team at Helsinki and has been Auburns head trainer since 1948.
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Mobile
Marty Broussard
Louisiana State
Kenny Howard
Auburn
Howard
Helsinki
Majority of College Leaders Oppose Football Bowl Games
A National Collegiate Athletic Association survey finds 31 percent of responding presidents approve bowl games while 53 percent disapprove. Among coaches and athletic directors, support is higher but remains below majority for bowls. The report notes experience with bowls raises approval and will inform recommendations at the upcoming NCAA convention.
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National Collegive Athletic Association
Washington
Tuesday Nights Fights Report
AP notes boxing results from Los Angeles Miami Beach and Newark with fighters Jesus Fuentes Georgie Benton Bobby Fenty and opponents listed by weights and decisions in three bouts. Fuentes stopped Moran in Los Angeles while Benton outpointed Joseph in Miami Beach and Fenty defeated Slaughter in Newark.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jesus Fuentes
Nick Moran
Mexico City
Miami Beach
Fla
Georgie Benton
Philadelphia
Charlie Joseph
New Orleans
Newark
N. J
Bobby Fenty
New York
Charlie Slaughter
Westfield
South Coach Predicts Victory In Christmas Shrine Clash
In the Shrine charity football game at the Orange Bowl on Christmas night the South coach predicts victory despite the North claiming readiness. South plans a five man line with three linebackers and features players from Maryland Texas Christian and Baylor among others. Kickoff is 8 15 p m EST with an expected crowd of 45000 and proceeds to the Shrine crippled children’s hospitals.
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Miami
Fla
Andy Gustafson
North
Stu Holcomb
Purdue
Gustafson
South
Wayne Martin
Texas Christian
Dick Modzelewski
Maryland
Bill Athey
Baylor
Jim Lawrence
Duke
John Alderton
Don Wade
Vanderbilt
Rex Shiver Miami
C. O. Brocato
Ed Fullerton
Bob Tata
Virginia
Don Gleisner
Oklahoma
Buck McPhail
Brocato
McPhail
Joe Koch
Wake Forest
Jack Scarbath
Holcomb
Dale Samuels
Harry Agganis
Boston U
Pete Bacharous
Illinois
Earl Heninger
Bob Brandeberry
Kansas
Frank Brady
Navy
Fred Franco
Chuck Hlay
Ohio State
Hlay
Ed Luke
Michigan
Bernie Flowers
Ernie Stockert
UCLA
Rex Smith Ofllinois
Shrine
Bums Reds And Braves Lead NL In Fielding Honors
The Brooklyn Dodgers Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves topped NL fielding stats with two players each on the list. Billy Cox Roy Campanella Ted Kluszewski Grady Hatton Johnny Logan Sid Gordon among leaders. Jim Hearn led chances. Dodgers set NL record with .9822 team fielding and 106 errors. Giants racked 175 double plays. Cardinals tied .982 in 1945. official final fielding release confirms.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
Dodgers
Redlegs
Braves
Billy Cox
Roy Campanella
Ted Kluszewski
Grady Hatton
Cincinnati
Johnny Logan
Sid Gordon
Jim Hearn
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cardinals
New York Giants
Associated Press
Cox
Primitive and advanced peoples both make pottery
The article notes that pottery is produced by some primitive groups while others with higher civilization levels have not adopted the craft.
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Fise Tires
Decatur
Tom Hamilton
U.S. 31
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O'Brien
Kreeling
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Southern Cal
Stan the Man Cinches
Basketball League
Joe Szombathy
Alpha
Carolyn Stroupe
Roberta Montague
Marion Ettie
Nadine Peterson
Diane Sena
Drew
Crimson Tide
Bank St
Vine Sts
Kansas City
Merry E
Monty Motor Sales, Inc
FORD
Reds
Neal Stephenson
Austinville
P.O
Decatur Trade School
American Legion
Morgan County
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