Parnell Named ALs Top Pitcher of 1949 for Red Sox
Mel Parnell, Boston southpaw, led the American League in wins with 25, ERA 2.78, and complete games 27 in 39 appearances. He edged Virgil Trucks 2.78 to 2.81 for the best ERA, with Bob Lemon 2.99 in third. Trucks led in strikeouts with 153 while posting a 19-11 record.
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North and South All-Star Football Scrimmage Tactics
North and South all star squads closed pre game practice with a 50 minute scrimmage in Miami. Yale coach Herman Hickman praised his Yankee team as four touchdowns were scored and he paid a dollar per touchdown. Notable players included John Sandusky of Villanova and co captains Billy Bye Bob Lally and Al Cannova. Miami coach Andy Gustafson said workouts would be trimmed to one per day and praised his 28 man squad. About 50 000 spectators expected for the charity game at the Orange Bowl with proceeds for the Mayo Shrine Temple children’s hospital fund.
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Billy Bye
Bob Lally
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al Cannova
Boston College
Andy Gustafson
Southern Rebels
Gustafson
Mahi Shrine
Children’s Hospital
Kentucky Hands Purdue 60 54 In Hard-Fought B matchup
Kentucky defeated Purdue 60 54 at Lafayette Indiana as NCAA champions built a 34 17 halftime lead before holding off a late Purdue rally. UCLA and USC scored decisive wins while Illinois De Paul split with two minute rule waived in final play and Northwestern toppled Michigan State. Missouri beat SMU for fifth straight, Kansas State routed Springfield. Ohio State beat California and Washington edged Stanford.
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College coaches clash with baseball scouting ban
New York reports that college baseball coaches failed to win a change to the major leagues ban on combining coaching and scouting. Chandler indicated a veto while winter meetings showed little movement. Coaches seek a modified rule allowing a coach who scouts to sign players on his own team, arguing low pay drives extra work.
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Metkovich joins actors guild and odds for TV stint
George Metkovich, White Sox outfielder, becomes a screen actors guild member and may outshine umpires in TV. Hugh Stewart, top tennis recruit at USC, avoids basketball to focus on tennis. San Francisco U basketball roamed 14,886 miles last season. Miami footballers will exceed that with an 11,000 mile Hawaii round trip in 1951.
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Year-end Cheer From The Gridiron Columnists
A holiday note thanks the column’s grand contributors for the past year and wishes them a perfect day at the plate and safety from tackles behind the line in 1950. The message keeps a light sports tone and looks forward to the new season.
Grapette Closes Gap With Four straight Wins
Grapette swept McNelly Motors Tuesday night to move closer to the second place team in the ladies league. Garrison’s split with Goodyear, Casey Electric won four straight from Cooper Wells, and L. Sellers led Garrison’s with 186 single game while Iris Barron topped Grapette with a 474 series and Grapette’s 728 game and 2143 series. McNally leads high year series at 2146.
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Iris Barron
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Braves hire Bucky Walters as pitching coach
The Boston Braves announced the signing of Bucky Walters, former Cincinnati manager, to serve as pitching coach. Walters brings major league experience to Boston as they bolster their staff for the upcoming season.
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Cincinnati
Miami racing feature winner at Tropical Park
Racing in Miami Florida, Midchannel at Tropical Park won a tight head in the featured event. Betting during the first 18 days of the current meeting showed a drop of about half a million dollars. New Orleans connections include owner-trainer W. H. Bishop and jockey Hai Keene.
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Independents Increase Lead In City League
The Independent team extended its first place margin by winning three games from Blackwell Motors, while Baggett won two from Decatur Transit. Evans Metals swept three from Butane. J.C. Ray led with 220 game and 564 series, Evans posted team high 2395, and Decatur Transit had high game at 850.
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Cage Results From East to Southwest Across Colleges
East West Virginia 61 Fordham 37 Barooklyn College 71 Wagner 51 Kansas 53 Springfield Mass Midwest Kentucky 60 Purdue 54 Ohio State 78 California 67 Northwestern 68 Michigan State 46 Nebraska 66 Idaho 45 Iowa 73 Carnegie Tech 42 UCLA 65 Illinois 63 Southern California 57 DePaul 52 South Tampa 79 Mississippi 7 Southwest Missouri 53 Southern Methodist
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Blue Gray Squads Open Hard Work
Montgomery Alabama December 24 college All Stars picked for the Blue Gray game begin two daily workouts with a Christmas day off. Coaches Cherry and Eliot trade barbs about tactics and praise Auburn star Travis Tidwell as a key part of a dream backfield in the North South clash.
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Wildcats Plagued by Key Injuries Ahead of Orange Bowl
Kentucky’s Wildcats end a six day Florida training in Cocoa with many hurt players. Coach Paul Bryant plans a second scrimmage before the Orange Bowl Jan 2 against Santa Clara. Injuries include Bill Leskovar’s pulled thigh, Lee Truman’s leg infection, Ralph Genito’s cold, and Bobby Brooks’ head injury. The 44 man squad heads to Miami tonight, staying at the Flamingo Hotel.
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Bear) Bryant
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Christmas drive in Czechoslovakia mirrors Soviet youth indoctrination
Mackenzie's column notes Czechoslovakia's communist radio urging mothers to buy children Yule tide books promoting class conflict and Lenin and Stalin. The piece compares this to Russia's system, likening it to Hitler's youth movement in its zeal and broad reach targeting the young to foster unwavering loyalty to Stalin and the party.
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Wright Letter Aims To Preserve Davis Coastal Home As Shrine
Bellingrath sent a check with a letter expressing hope that the coastal home where Davis lived in later years be kept as a genuine antebellum shrine representing Old South traditions.
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Bellingrath
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Rewriting Czechoslovak Education Undercuts Western History
The account describes methodical purges in schools removing anti-communist professors and stories. Textbooks rewritten to praise workers. Western heroes removed. history favoring the Red Army and Moscow. Parents face fights over child indoctrination as state controls media and cinema. The pattern spans satellite nations via teachers converted to communism.
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Bellingrath Funds Keep Open Jeff Davis Shrine
Walter D. Bellingrath, 80, founder of Bellingrath Gardens, sent $5,000 to Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright to perpetuate the Jeff Davis shrine at Beauvoir. The donation comes as the Beauvoir site remains a landmark tied to the Davis legacy amid regional interest. Additionally, college scores highlight Far West and Stanford’s 62-56 finish, with Wyoming at 43 and Washington State in the mix.
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Three Straight Winners Score on Fairgrounds Card
Jimminy Gosh paid 6.80, Don Coventry 6.80, and Billcella 6.00 as the trio finished first in sequence on the fairgrounds program.
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Don Coventry
Billcella
Jamerson Resigns. Crowell Little Named Davidson Coach
Davidson College announces Charlie Jamerson resigns as football coach. Crowell Little, UNC freshman coach, is appointed to succeed him while Jamerson will continue as Davidson's baseball coach.
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