Tide Meets Top Aggies in semifinal from all college tourney
Oklahoma A M hosts Alabama and the Texas duo Baylor and Texas in the semifinal round. Oklahoma A M rode a 47-26 win over Texas Tech while Alabama defeated SMU 42-39 and Texas edged Colorado A M 56-47. Bob Harris led A M with 14 points as Baylor topped Auburn 59-44.
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Hamline
SMU passer Gil Johnson faces tough test against Oregon Cotton Bowl
Dallas dispatch reports SMU quarterback Gil Johnson, noted for late game comebacks, struggles in the Santa Clara game with five attempts two interceptions and one completion. Johnson has 206 passes for 1,591 yards and 14 touchdowns in four years, and eyes a stronger Cotton Bowl showing against Oregon's Webfoots.
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Tulane Center Takes Lead In SEC Scoring Race
Tulane center Jim Riffey shifted to the SEC scoring lead with 128 points in nine games, scoring 22 against Kentucky to overtake Warren Perkins who sits at 123. Georgia’s Bill Healey is second with 125, while Kentucky’s Alex Groza has 117 in seven games.
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Meador
Alex Groza
Virgil Risner
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Earl Davis
Jim Nolan
Georgia Tech
Paul Walther
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Ralph Beard
Bob Schloss
Hugh Jones
Dick Thompson
Joe Jordan
Mike Sermersheim
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Georgia Kelley
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Harry Hamilton
Florida
Art Burris
Melvin Dold
E. L. Rainey
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Julian Miller
Ed Montgomery
Jack Marshall
Mississippi
Wallace
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Hans Taenzler
Joe Keener
Billy Joe Adcock
Willard Daley
Mississippi State
Joe Eldridge
Hal Peck
College Basketball at Orange Bowl Open With Doubleheader
Orange Bowl week features its first college basketball doubleheaders with Florida facing Pittsburgh and Miami meeting Princeton. The Florida-Pittsburgh game opens at 7 30 p m and Miami-Princeton follows at 9 p m marking Pitt Florida athletic ties and Princeton's first Miami visit.
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Four Dropped From The Perfect Records
Four unbeaten college basketball teams fell from the perfect list Washington State Canisius Indiana and Purdue dropped from the ranks while Bradley Stanford La Salle Western Kentucky Duquesne Lawrence Tech and Alabama kept streaks alive. Washington State a 10 game winner lost to UCLA in San Francisco.
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Charles After Crack at Louis
Charles eager to fight Joe Louis for the heavyweight title in June after previously declining. Jake Mintz, Charles' manager, announced in New York that Charles now desires the bout. he had earlier balked after meeting with Joy Baksi on December 10.
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20Th Century Sporting Club
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Massive Cotton Shipment Sets Sail From Mobile to Poland
The freighter Joseph I. Kemp loaded 9,000 bales of cotton, the largest postwar shipment, destined for Poland under a commercial deal. Mobile once led the nation in such cargoes, but volume has declined in recent years.
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Poland
Group To Meet Montgomery For Monument Builders Convention
The annual three day meeting of monument builders from western states opens here, with Als reporting December 28 as the starting date and Montgomery as the host site for the gathering of professionals in the trade.
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Als
Austinville hosts large family dinner with Yale decorations
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Sparkman and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Jordan entertained relatives and friends at their home in Austinville with a cozy Yale decorated setting. A heavy laden table featured baked hams chickens and assorted sides and desserts. Guests included Ike Hill Joe Hill Elizabeth Jackson Floy Sparkman Wilson Kirby Henry Sawyer and others. The honor guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Brock Austin and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Davidson visiting from Murfreesboro.
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Baby Wayne
Elizabeth Jackson
Decatur
Floy Sparkman
Wilson Kirby
Henry Sawyer
Buddie Jackson
Decatur 1
Anne Jackson
John Harold Jackson
Birmingham
John Brock Austin
Guy H. Davidson
Murfreesboro
Robert Broadway
Vols Preview Tough SEC Schedule With Key Road Tests
Tennessee ranked third in the SEC pauses after a 5–2 start led by Paul Walther 95 points and Hugh Jones 91. The Vols face Kentucky January 15 in Knoxville followed by Georgia Tech and Georgia in late January and early February as they aim to rebound from a East Coast two loss trip.
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Paul Walther
Weather clouded Rose Bowl as rain threatens mud game
In Pasadena on December 28, 1947, ahead of the California Golden Bears versus Northwestern Wildcats Rose Bowl, coaches Bob Voights and Lynn Waldorf demanded clear skies. Forecasters offered no long range outlook, while rain pelted Southern California and mud concerns rose for players and spectators. Voights noted mud cleats and Waldorf recalled Seattle’s soggy defeat.
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Golden Bears
Washington
Seattle
Jackie Jensen
Family Tournaments Open In North Carolina
Wilson North Carolina December 28 71 A tournament to decide the country s best ball playing family opened with the Griffins of Elm City North Carolina clashing with the Hartleys of High Point in the first game of the sixth annual national family basketball tournament The Hartleys boast the tourna ment s oldest player a 61 year old Ss Hartley The Moores of Wilson were set to meet the Joyces of Fieldale Virginia in the second game of the first round The eight surviving teams advance to the quarter finals tomorrow with semifinals Thursday and the finals the same day
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Fieldale
Schroeder Tries For Third Sugar Bowl Title
Ted Schroeder of California, ranked No.2 nationally, seeks a third Sugar Bowl singles crown at the New Orleans Country Club. Seeded first in a 16 man field, he previously won in 1944 and 1947 and would retire the trophy with another victory. First round opponent is Dick Savitt of New Jersey. The weekend note mentions Queen angelfish with powdery blue bodies and yellow fins.
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Schroeder
Dick Savitt
Orange
N. J
Nation's Top Punt Returners in Sugar Bowl But No Punts
Sugar Bowl previews spotlight Oklahoma and North Carolina return specialists. Oklahoma's Jack Mitchell and Darrell Royal post the season's top returning yardage while Charlie Justice of North Carolina nets 326 yards on 19 returns. Royal aims punts to sidelines. Justice often kicks back toward danger.
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Fuich
Oklahoma
Jack Mitchell
Darrell Royal
Mitchell
North Carolina
Charlie Justice
John Clements
Charlie
Georgia
Virginia
Justice
Royal
Maryland
Non-Contact Basketball Sparks Coaching Debate
Visiting coaches discussed rules and play style after a game at Gene Leone's Steaks, noting that wider foul lanes could loosen under-basket play. Yale and CCNY voices argued the big man alters offense, while Utah's Vadal Peterson questioned consistency among officials and its impact on competition.
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Gene Leone
Yale
Howard Hobson
Stanard
Hobby
Nat Holman
CCNY
Vadal Peterson
Utah
Peterson
Rupp Memoir Notes Notre Dame Visit and Adolph Rupp
The account highlights Blue Foster of Miami Ohio recounting Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp. It notes Rupp's reaction after a challenging Notre Dame trip where he observed a gray-haired gentleman practicing shots in the gym.
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Coach’s Threat Highlighted by Looming Notre Dame Loss
A former high school coach was described as someone whose mind was weakened by repeated losses. Adolph watched a few more shots and warned that if they lose to Notre Dame again, he plans to guard the shooter himself.
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Notre Dame
Earl Brown missing after Auburn rollercoaster season
Auburn coach Earl Brown has not been seen in Auburn Alabama since a 55 0 loss to Alabama on December 4. He and his aides respond from the sidelines that a strawman squad is planned. Schroeder, the nation’s No 2 amateur, paid his own way to Bob Stranahan’s sports dinner in Toledo to protect amateur status. He hinted a turn to pro if he wins the 1949 national singles title.
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Alabarma
Earl
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Bob Stranahan
Toledo
Side Splitter Ex-Jockey Wins Big on Radio Quiz
Ex jockey Clifton Powers won $9,020 on a radio quiz show last week. He invested $4,000 in a house and spent $5,000 on a race horse named Break The Bank after the program, with radio folk continuing coverage.
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Leahy Predicts Ga Over Texas in Orange Bowl Hope
Miami Florida December 28 Coach Wallace Butts of Georgia says the Bulldogs can win the Orange Bowl if they block and tackle better. Frank Leahy of Notre Dame predicted Georgia would beat Texas. Butts criticizes yesterday’s tackling and keeps focus on strengthening defense and second team practice rushing Johnny Rauch.
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Fla
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Georgia Bulldogs
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
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Miami Chamber of Commerce
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Butts
Johnny Rauch
Clemson Expected To Arrive Today In Gator Bowl Build Up
Clemson arrives in Jacksonville to prepare for the Gator Bowl New Year's game. Coach Frank Howard reports the team in good physical shape aside from tailback Carol Cox who will be unable to play in the fourth annual Gator Bowl. Missouri also reached Jacksonville by train and began workouts at nearby Jacksonville Beach. Clemson will practice at the Jacksonville baseball park.
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Fla
Clemson
Ay Missouri
Jacksonville Beach
Frank Howard
Carol Cox
Seestines and Clifton Weigh Rename for Show Name
The caller asks if Seestines or Clifton must rename the show after a nag begins a few times or if the horse Break Powers must be renamed. The note contemplates possible branding changes and horses involved.
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Clifton
Birds Bathe in Frigid 10 to 20 Degree Warmth
Reports describe birds bathing outdoors despite air temperatures only 10 to 20 degrees above freezing.Observers note unusual resilience as birds seek shallow water to clean feathers amid cold conditions.
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