Davis Cup Returns to United States in Win Over Australia
Ted Schroeder and Jack Kramer led the Americans to a decisive 6-2 7-5 6-4 doubles victory at Kooyong as Bromwich and Quist struggled. Bromwich then withdrew from the final singles, with Gardnar Mulloy replacing Kramer to face Dinny Pails, while Schroeder was set to meet Quist in the exercise-only final.
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Melbourne
Ted Schroeder
Jack Kramer
Australia
Ings Riee
John Bromwich
Adrian Quist
Schroeder
Bromwich
Kooyong Courts
Brooklyn
Quist
Kramers
Cre
U. S
Gardnar Mulloy
Kramer
Mulloy
Dinny Pails
Pails
Peanut Bowl tickets near sellout at Memorial Stadium
Columbus Ga December 27 Ticket sales for the Peanut Bowl exceed 8000 with a 22000 seat stadium expected to sell out for the New Year’s Day game between Benton Missouri and Atlanta Tech High. Sponsors Columbus Exchange Club plan a postgame banquet and M R Ashworth will present the Ledger-Enquirer trophy. Teams to be honored at a dance afterward.
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Columbus
Memorial Stadium
Benton
Atlanta
Tech High
Columbus Exchange Club
M. R. Ashworth
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Parrish High School’s record touted in New York roundup
In a New York sports roundup by Hugh S Fullerton Jr the Parrish High School basketball team is cited as potentially holding an 71 game win streak and 86 straight regular season wins. The piece notes other records such as Tifton high football with eight wins, one tie and one loss using 13 players and mentions college baseball coaches plans and spring football prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Selma
Alabama
Parrish High Scoul
Conner Simms
Bill Wise
Parrish
Bill
Tifton
College Baseball Coaches’ Association
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian U
Larry Powell
Red Sox
Boston
San Francisco
Salt Lake
Larry
Georgia
Charley Trippi
Tom Kaminski
Wilkes-Barre
Atlantic States
Oklahoma Sooners Open Florida Practice for Gator Bowl
Oklahoma's husky Sooners began their first workout on Florida soil as they ready for the New Year’s Day Gator Bowl. North Carolina State, their Jan 1 opponent, was to arrive and move to Ponte Vedra Beach for practice sessions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Oklahoma
Husky Sooners
Florida
Sooners
North Carolina State
Ponte Vedra Beach
Armed heads list Miami mile race nominees at Hialeah
The Armed heads list shows 64 nominees for the $50,000 Widener at a mile and a quarter to be run February 22 at Hialeah race course. Racing Secretary Pin McLellan announced today.
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Armed Heads
Miami
Fla
Calumet Farm
Hialeah Race Course
Pin Means J. McLellan
Toay
Alexander the Great Conquers World at Age 24
The famed conqueror, at twenty four, expands his empire across vast territories. His rapid campaigns consolidate power, shaping Hellenistic influence and altering ancient geopolitical boundaries.
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Alexander the Great
Community Dinners and Local Weddings Highlight Weekend
Lord and Mrs. Lee host relatives for Sunday dinner as families from Barkley, Boger, Duncan and others visit. Iimogene Johnson and J. D. Williams wed at Church of God parsonage with Rev. Moody officiating. Gossipy notes cover shopping trips in Decatur and Hartselle, family visits, and holiday travels.
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Imogene Johnson
Tollie Johnson
J. D. Williams
Alford Williams
Route One
Church of God Parsonage
Melvin Moody
J. W. Winton
Hartselle
Santa Anita Opens 10th Season With California Breeders Stakes
Santa Anita in Arcadia California begins a 50 day meet with the California Breeders Champion Stakes for two year olds worth 50000 dollars. It marks the first of ten 30000 dollar events during the meet and runs tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Calif
Portal Wage Suit Filed Against Stockham Pipe Fittings
A $500000 portal to portal wage suit was filed in U S district court in Birmingham by the CIO United Steelworkers of America. The action lists 198 employees as plaintiffs and claims violation of the fair labor standards act since October 1938. The union recently filed a similar suit against Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad for $5 million.
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Birmingham
Ala
Stockham Pipe Fittings Company
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
U. S
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Musial Slugging Champ as Slaughter Keys Cards Title
Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals repeats as NL slugging king with a .587 mark based on 366 total bases in 624 at bats. Enos Slaughter drives in 130 runs and hits .300, while Ralph Kiner leads with 109 strikeouts and 23 home runs. Dixie Walker, Johnny Mize, and Del Ennis also figure prominently in the season stats.
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New York
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis
Canals
Sam Breadon
le Mans
Musial
Donora
Navy
Slaughter
Harry Walker
Birds
Johnny Mize
del Ennis
Phillies
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn
RBI
Ed Stanky
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Vince DiMaggio
Kiner
Bobby Blattner
Musial Davis Among Outstanding Names
The Los Angeles Times awards list names outstanding in sports for the year at a banquet. honorees include Stan Musial baseball Jim Pollard and Bob Kurland basketball Leon Rollick bowling Joe Louis boxing Bert LaBrucherie coach Glenn Davis Army Bob Waterfield Rams football Ben Hogan Mildred Didriksen Zaharias golf Eddie Arcaro Willie Molter horse racing Max Bentley hockey Jimmy McLane Pauline Betz tennis Jack Kramer and Robert Fitch track and field.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Stan Musial
Jim Pollard
Bob Kurland
Leon Rollick
Joe Louis
USCLA
Bert la Brucherie
Glenn Davis
Army
Bob Waterfield
Los Angeles Rams
Ben Hogan
Mildred Didriksen Zaharias
Eddie Arcaro
Willie Molter
Max Bentley
Jimmy McLane
Ann Curtis
Jack Kramer
Pauline Betz
Robert Fitch
Pirates Buy Leesburg Club in Florida Deal
Leesburg Fla Dec 27 The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League have purchased the Leesburg baseball club and its franchise Sydney Herlong Sr president of the Class D Florida State League entry will remain as head of the local club.
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BUCS
Greenville votes to join Cotton States League and builds ballpark
Greenville Mississippi residents at a mass meeting voted to enter the Cotton States Baseball League and to hasten construction of a baseball park for the league opening in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
Cotton States Baseball League
Oregon State Bows to Long Island in Garden Intersectial Showdown
Oregon State ends its unbeaten run with a 56-50 loss to Long Island University in the first half of an inter-sectional doubleheader at Madison Square Garden before 18,422 fans. A separate note mentions citrus fruit and tomato per capita consumption rising from 44 to 117 pounds between 1909 and 1946.
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New York
Oregon State
Long Island University
Madison Square Garden
Pleasant Hill Lettering of Family Visits
Pleasant Hill Tennessee relatives are noted visiting kin across towns. Mr. and Mrs Ollie Fowler and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Orion Moore and their child in Childersberg. Mr. and Mrs T M Nelson of Birmingham were guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs J W Winton and family for Christmas Eve.
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R. R. Henderson
Decatur
Charlie Maples
June
Estelle
Amity
Ruby Maples
G. Bikell
Don
Elliot Johnston
Hugh Mitchell
Mmtchell
Elizabeth Mitchell
Delrose
Tenn
Lannie Clemons
J. S. Martin
Albert Lyle
C. P. Johnston
Don Mikell
The
Strand
Hartselle
J. W. Winton
E. W. Wilson
Wilson
Church of God
Moody
Ollie Fowler Jr
Mildred
Wilda Jean
Childersberg
Lovick Sharp
Birmingham
Mamie Sharp
Pleasant Hill
Ollie Fowler
Orion Moore
T. M. Nelson
Gilmer Falcone Duel Set for 1947 Blue Gray Battle
Montgomery dispatch notes the 1947 Blue Gray game will feature Alabama's Harry Gilmer and Penn's Carmen Falcone as probable starters. Gilmer, in his first North-South game, is famed for his aerial play and 1945 Sugar Bowl/1946 Rose Bowl appearances. Falcone, heavier by ten pounds, led last year’s intersectional and drills daily with overhead plays.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Harry Gilmer
Carmen Falcone
Penn
Gilmer
Crimson Tide
Duke
Southern California
Bama
Rebels
Falcone
Mason-Dixon
Associated Press
Phil Colella
St. Bonaventure
Chattanooga
Gene Roberts
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Ray Morrison
Temple Meyer
Daled
North Pos
South Jenkins
Ake Des Armstrong
Penn V
Okla
A.M
Ivy
Satterfield
Vanderbilt
Weemlak
Columbia
Bednarik
Mancha
Penn VA
Sowinski
Milner
Ates
Garrett
Miss. State
Sullivan Eee Poole
Villanova
Mississippi
Falcone AE Dieraanatia Eae
TCU
Colella Backs Gilmer
St. Bon'ture
Siosdol
Inca Tew
Temple
Nejman
McWilliams
Wary Ducks Slip Past Hunters in Chesapeake Bay
In Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area ducks now feed at night and leave blinds before daybreak. State Game Warden Ernst A. Vaughn cites record hunter numbers pushing ducks to nocturnal feeding. Smithsonian’s Dr Edwin S Hasbrouck observed empty blinds by day then hundreds of ducks after dark on Nanjemoy Creek.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Ernest A. Vaughn
Vaughan
Edwin S. Hasbrouck
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Hasbrouck
Nanjemoy Creek
Charles County
Bruins and Illini taper for Rose Bowl showdown
In Pasadena on December 27 both Illinois and UCLA began tapering for the January 1 Rose Bowl. Coach Ray Eliot reduced drills and shifted Illinois to lighter one a day workouts while UCLA coach Bert LaBrucherie cut three hour sessions to two hours indicating the teams are easing toward the game.
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UCLA
Pasadena
Calif
Illinois
Ray Eliot
Bruins
Bert la Brucherie
Maryville College football set for Tangerine Bowl appearance
Officials welcomed the Maryville College football squad in Orlando as they begin workouts for the January 1 Tangerine Bowl against Catawba University. About 400 players from Tennessee expected to participate. Catawba arrives from Salisbury, North Carolina, the following day.
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Orlando
Fla
Maryville College
Catawba University
Tennessee
Catawba
Salisbury
N. C
Pennock predicts Boston favored for 1947 pennant
Boston may win the 1947 National League title if the Braves' pitching staff delivers, says Philadelphia Phillies General Manager Herb Pennock. If not, he says the Dodgers or Cardinals could seize the pennant.
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Philadelphia
Herb Pennock
Phillies
Boston
Braves
Pennock
Dodgers
Cardinals
Scramble for Tickets for Orang Bowl Reaches Fever Pitch
Ticket seekers flood Miami for the Orang Bowl as Rice Owls prepare for a New Year’s Day clash with Tennessee. Prices vary with reports of a $10,000 pair of 50 yard line seats offered to aid two Miami hospitals. Coaches Neely and Neyland lead their teams through early workouts while city officials bolster traffic and security for the crowd.
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Toda
Rice Owls
Miami
Fla
Orana
Miami Herald
Jac Bell
Jess Neely
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
American Legionnaires
Orange Bowl Stadium
John G. Thompson
Miami-Holly Cross Gam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Poultry weight ranges per Agriculture standards
The USDA dressed chicken standard sets a broiler weight at up to 2 1 2 pounds a fryer at 2 1 2 to 3 1 2 pounds and a roaster above 3 pounds. The sizes reflect common market categories for fresh poultry products.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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TuaeRe
Johnny Mack Brown
Chines
Chick Carter
Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr
Scott
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Marotiri Island
By R.j.scoti
Colorado
Pan-Am
Moody's
Servicenter
Vine
WILEY
Morgan County
Lebanon
Jackie Boger
Lewis Miller
J. J. Lee
Raymond Cooper
Frances Shaneyfelt
Vondale Shaneyfelt
Joe Duncan
Charleston
South Carolina
Walter Duncan
James Pearson
Homer Boger
Lou Dorman
Tyrers Dorman
Pinson
Clayton Hicks
Raney B
Faye Nelle Lake
Dean Goff
Buddy Knox
Solon Hughes
Mitchell
Hubert Lee
Shirley
Betty "Jean Lake
Faye Nelle
J. D. Lake
All States Cafe
Somerville
Sardia Winton
Pat O’brien
Claire Trevor
RKO Radio
Cestarring
O’brien
Mia
Herbert Marshall
Bobby Weant
Dan Stiegman
University of North Carolina
Edgewater Park
Bobby
Dan
Lyons Electric Company
Tim Lyons
Ave
Morgan
Toe Wheeler & Moulton
Capitol
Theatre
Charles Starrett
Durango
Trand -Hartselle
John Loder
Lenore Aubert
Monte Cristo
Eddie Dean
Wyoming
Neseee
Brien
Collins An
Cowboy
Hoosier Hotshots
Ken Curtis
Jeff Donnell
Eager Beaver
Hunt Stromberg
Hedy Lamarr
Jin
George Sanders
Louis Hayward
Kraft Inspectoscope
Tire Service
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