Red Raiders Hold Long Practices
Decatur's junior and senior Raiders push through a heavy practice week as they prepare for two games on Thursday and Friday. Friday's schedule shifts to 6 30 start times with travel to Danville and later a home series against Cullman A and B teams, while Moulton Heights juniors meet local juniors. Roy and Bob Freeman miss the early sessions after attending the Orange Bowl. Marvin Taylor Wayne Ridgeway forward rotation includes Horton Levin Crim and Crim in guard duties.
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Senior Bowl Stars Begin Practice in Jacksonville
Half a hundred football stars trained today for Saturdays Senior Bowl game in Jacksonville Florida. Doak Walker and his Yankees learn from Bo McMillin as Charlie Justice and Steve Owen coach the Rebels. Finalists include All-America selections Justice Walker Wade Townemaker and others with Froggie Williams among three Rice players staying eligible for spring sports.
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Southwest
Dixie Net Tourney Advances to Second Round
In Tampa on January 4, Sidney Schwartz the sixth seed from Brooklyn and the University of Miami faced Dr Arnold Beiser of New Orleans in the Dixie tennis tournament second round. Beiser upset Dana Groff 6 2 6 1 yesterday and Schwartz beat Keg Toole 6 2 6 1 as Bitsy Grant and Gardnar Mulloy prepared for later play.
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New two minute rule tested at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden hosted a first test of a new version of basketballs two minute rule drawing unanimous approval. Coaches McGuire and Holman praised the change as speeding the game while Beavers and St Johns traded a 54 52 finish before a crowd of over 18000.
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Cage Results From The Associated Press Scores
East region CCNY 54 St. John s Univ 52 Manhattan 76 George Washington 64 Duquesne 67 Arizona State Tempe 63 South region North Carolina State 69 San Francisco 54 Dukes 58 Maryland 46 South Carolina 52 Furman 41 William and Mary 48 Wake Forest 34 Maryland State 58 Kentucky State 53 Midwest Houston 47 George Pepperdine
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City League Reopens Tonight at Decatur Armory
The City Basketball league resumes tonight at 7:15 with two games. Wolverine leads the standings, facing second place Hartselle, a matchup poised after both clubs were undefeated before Christmas. Admission is 25 cents.
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Far West basketball results report
In overtime Columbia defeated Oregon 46 to 35 while Wyoming won 41 to 38 against Colorado A and M. Washington State led 42 in a clash with Oregon State with final score not shown.
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CCNY Defeats Favored St. Johns In Key Upset
CCNY toppled unbeaten St. Johns 54-52 as Sammy Ranzino scored 28 for NC State in a 69-54 win over San Francisco. Other top results include Washington State over Oregon State 42-38 and Kansas State beating Utah State 70-45. Major games listed for today feature Kentucky, DePaul, Duke, and more.
Navy Nearer Getting New Head Coach
Navy officials in Annapolis planned talks with Eddie Erdelatz 36 to decide if he becomes the new head football coach. As the top candidate, he could take the job if terms are agreed. otherwise Navy will bring in another consultant.
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Skater Dick Wins the Sullivan Award Prize
Harvard sophomore Richard T. Button the first American to win the Olympic figure skating title is awarded the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy for 1949. The 19-year-old from Englewood New Jersey is praised for sportsmanship and achieved holder of major titles including world and Olympic champion. Runner up Joseph Verdeur and other top placers include Bob Mathias James Fuchs Fred Wilt.
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Navy Pursues Coaching Change After Staff Departures
The record notes include Erdelatz serving as end coach in 1945 46 and 47 and a former St Marys College California star end and heavyweight boxer who graduated in 1935. George Sauer resigns as Navy mentor when the Naval Academy athletic association declines to renew contracts for assistant coaches Vic Bradford and Bob Ingalls.
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Navy Athletic Association
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Tar Heels Cash Big Bowl Payouts Amid Record Receipts
North Carolina earned the largest single bowl payout despite a Cotton Bowl loss to Rice 27 13, collecting about 125 951 dollars. Ohio State’s Rose Bowl win over California yielded far less, while other bowls paid varying sums. overall bowl receipts topped 2 million dollars with distributions to conferences and schools and impending NCAA rules on minimum payouts. Alabama’s Carver Day proclamation by Gov. Folsom marks George Washington Carver’s day in Montgomery.
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Seven outstanding amateurs named by national panel
A nationwide panel of sports authorities selected the seven top amateur performers. The group includes Doris Hart of Jacksonville and Barbara Jensen of San Francisco in tennis and swimming, with Allen Stack of Hingham recognized for backstroke and setting world records.
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Locke seeks PGA reinstatement after car incident abroad
New York reports Bobby Locke damaged an expensive 1949 American car in South Africa and wrote to the PGA asking reinstatement on the approved tournament players list. He plans to return to the United States mid March for tune ups before the Masters. Fellow golfer Peter Thomson is due in San Francisco Jan 11 and Norman Von Nida calls Thomson possible one of the greatest.
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Onslow’s Sunday Baseball Jest Before Portsmouth Justice
White Sox manager Jack Onslow recalled a time he was pinched in Portsmouth Virginia for playing Sunday baseball. Still in uniform he faced a county justice who set a $25 fine plus costs as Onslow argued furiously in his spiked shoes.
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Navy name Eddie Erdelatz as head coach candidate
Yesterday in Annapolis Eddie Erdelatz emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Sauer as Navy head coach. In Los Angeles Deke Brackett an Arkansas assistant was named assistant football coach at UCLA, officials announced.
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Montrose Purse Victory at Park by Gibson
Kay Gibson rode to a half length victory for Miami in the Montrose Purse at Park with Calumet’s Armed runner up. Sageness won the Crowley Purse at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans while Coaltown carried top weight at 232 pounds for the Widener Handicap set for February 25 in Miami. Pee Wee Reese, Dodgers shortstop, underwent a hernia operation. Ben Hogan plans a comeback at the Los Angeles Open after ten months out following an auto crash. Army Names track coach replacement at West Point and Palm Beach Shores hosts a road race won by George Huntoon of Miami.
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Jack’s reckless room escape ends with loan for linoleum
Jack damages JP’s office floor by dragging across it with spikes. A rescuer offers a loan to cover the repairs and Jack pays up. Onslow wryly notes the money buys new linoleum.
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Mann Named Carolina Baseball League President
Ted Mann the Duke tub thumper received a healthy raise as president of the Carolina baseball league. Florida Southern College plans a course in business management of professional baseball clubs featuring lectures on the Rickey system of player merchandising.
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