Sub Rules Set for 1948 Football Substitutions
Palm Springs California reports the Intercollegiate Rules Committee approved changes to substitution rules. Coaches may substitute in platoons when ball changes hands with players ready while the clock runs, and blocking hands must stay in contact with the chest. The committee also clarified scoring on passes in end zones and added a new clipping rule penalizing noncontact across the back below the waist.
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William J. Bingham
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Bingham
Teres
Richter Tops National Scoring In Third Change in Three Weeks
Ralph Richter of Cincinnati Bearcats becomes national scoring leader by 0.03 points over Vince Boryla of Denver with 21.83 ppg in six games. Contenders include Ernie Vandeweighe Colgate and Chester Giermak William and Mary, while Ed MacAuley St Louis leads in accuracy and Bob Cousy Holy Cross dominates free throws.
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Ralph Richter
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Vince Boryla
University of Denver
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Ernie Vandeweighe
Colgate
National Collegiate Athletic Bureau
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Giermak
William and Mary
Ed MacAuley
St. Louis
Tom Laverte
Seton Hall
Chuck Share
Bowling Green
Larry Foust
LaSalle
Bob Brown
Miami
Ohio
Bob Cousy
Holy Cross
Bill Schroer
Valparaiso
Bill Sharman
Southern California
Pete
Dick Schnittker
Ohio State
Middle West
Tony Lavelli
Yale
Joe Noertker
Virginia
Noerther
Kelley
Vanderbilt
Marshall
Mississippi
Slaughter
South Carolina
Cage Results From Associated Press Last Night
East region results include Temple 81 over St John 79 and NYU 68 over Syracuse 45. Dartmouth 50 over Holy Cross and Furman 48 over Clemson highlight the night across multiple colleges.
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Syracuse
Colby
Maine
Franklin-Marshall
Albright
Dartmouth
Holy Cross
Bowdoin
New Hampshire
Stock Car Racers to Receive 1948 Bonus Checks in Daytona
The nation's top 20 stock car drivers will get 5000 in bonus funds at tonight's victory party in Daytona Beach. Robert Red Byron of Atlanta nets 1250 as champion, Fontello Flock also of Atlanta takes 600 for second, with other awards ranging 400 to 100. The 1949 season opens Sunday with the national championship 200 mile race, featuring a field of 75 drivers for a 4500 derby.
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Daytona Beach
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Notice to Independent Basketball Teams in Decatur Area
Daily asks all Independent basketball teams in Decatur and nearby to send their manager’s name and address to the Sports Editor at The Decatur Daily. Please provide by early next week or by Wednesday in January.
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Raiders Tangle With Austinville Tonight
Decatur junior high gym hosts a doubleheader as Raiders face Austinville juniors and seniors starting at 7:00. Meatur seniors seek to extend an unbeaten run while Austinville aims for a county title bid led by starters Briscoe plans and sharp players like Monk Allen and Ralph Sharp.
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Marvin Bragding
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Charles Woodruff
Billy Levin
Marvin Golden
Bob Freeman
Harry Brewer
Roy Freeman
Golden
Ralph Sharp
Scott McClanahan
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Golfers Open in Bing Crosby's Tourney
Pebble Beach Calif Jan 14 Most big names of golf opened a three day grind at Cypress Point in Bing Crosby s 90000 national pro amateur tournament. Practically every well known pro is here except Bobby Locke who could not obtain a visa to reenter the United States from South Africa.
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Daily Crossword Across 53 and Daily Cryptoquote
Inquisitive clues and answers for across and down fill a crossword grid with listed terms and a cryptogram puzzle. The page also includes a King Features syndicated cryptoquote quotation and a partial note about yesterday's solution.
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King Features Bradicaia Inq
Boxing Writers Dinner Reflects on Harvard Roots
At the Harvard Club and Swank Saloon boxing writers dinner, veterans recall history and push for recruiting athletes under the NCAA code. Hamilton Fish urges aggressive New England outreach, noting many Columbia players hailed from near Harvard Stadium. Dan Morgan, 75, honors James J. Walker memorial award with a humorous, spirited address.
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Hamilton Fish
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Columbia
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Humorous Sports Anecdotes From a Lively Chat
Fish jokes about his wife knowing little of football and confusing a Marvard captaincy with a playing position. Dumb Dan shares a yarn about visiting Jack Johnson in a 42nd street flea circus. He recalls Johnson quipping that fleas are better thinkers than heavyweights.
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Shorts and Shells Harrison Dillard on winter speaking tour
Olympic sprint champion Harrison Dillard pursues an extensive speaking tour tied to winter track. Sponsored by Baldwin Wallace College, his alma mater, where he graduated in December. Tony Lavelli, Yale’s accordion playing guard, applies to five music schools in five CBA cities to merge graduate study with pro basketball, aiming to sign with the highest bidder.
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Bones) Dillard
Baldwin*Wallace College
Tony Lavelli
Yale
Basketball Associations of America
Florida State Prison Farm Hosts End of Season Banquet
Joe Sherman notes that Railford based Florida State Prison farm held an end of season football banquet for its team. A prisoner MC quipped that the only uncomfortable player was the center who played between two guards.
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Florida State
Railford
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East-West Game Nets Record All-Star Fund
The 1949 All-Star East-West football game in San Francisco raised a record sum of 117059.18 dollars. The East and West teams contributed to a substantial payout with proceeds benefiting their selected causes, reflecting strong spectator turnout and postwar sports support.
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San Francisco
Top College Teams Hit Hard Court Across Nation
Western Kentucky stayed unbeaten with a 72 66 win over Evansville as Dartmouth upset Holy Cross 50 44 ending a two year New England domination. Temple beat St Johns 81 79 in OT NYU crushed Syracuse 68 45. LaSalle beat Toledo 62 51 Brad ley routed Dakota Wesleyan 80 37 Rice edged Texas A&M 54 53 Furman beat Clemson 48 45 Cincinnati Xavier topped Ohio Miami 61 48 and Virginia defeated Richmond 68 61.
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Western
Ted Meier
New York
Western Kentucky
Dartmouth
Straigh
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Holy Cross
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Crusaders
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Temple
New York University
Madison Square Garden
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LaSalle
Toledo
Bradley
Dakota Wesleyan
Rice
Texas Aggies
Furman
Clemson
Cincinnati
Xavier
Ohio
Miami
Virginia
Richmond
Newfoundland Chapel Audience Delighted by Overtime Sermon
A Newfoundland fishing village chapel once relied on visiting clergy from the nearest town. On a wet Sunday the preacher preached to a single man in the back, who praised the sermon as the service dragged on for 40 minutes. The preacher only realized at the end he had addressed the boatman delivering overtime.
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Post No Bills Sign and a Streetcar Encounter
In a humorous vignette two glamour girls ride a crowded streetcar. One aims to embarrass a passenger into giving up a seat while a stranger consoles a weary woman and a bold exchange reveals a jail rumor linked to a wash day.
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God Country Billboard Sparks Campaign Against Fire
A Philadelphia bulletin notes a billboard near Mauch Chunk reading This is Gods Country Dont set it on fire and make it look like hell placed by a growth of evergreens. Smith promises to repair a broken window after taking measurements and buying glass. A hospital for crippled chis en topped the previous year’s record by seven thousand dollars, with managing director Bill Coffman reporting gross ticket sales totaling £227,534.
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Newnan Rallies for Georgia Alabama Class D Ball Club
Sheriff Lamar Potts announces Newnan will field a team in the Georgia Alabama Class D League next season after a rally of 200 backers. The club plans to hire a manager to replace Norm Veazey and build around veteran players, aiming to restore strong fan interest.
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Dodgers Announce 28 Exhibitions in 1949 Schedule
Brooklyn president Branch Rickey unveiled a 28 game spring exhibition slate starting March 12 against the Boston Braves in Miami and ending with a three game home and home set with the New York Yankees April 15 to 17. Jackie Robinson invited to appear in every city as the club tours Texas Oklahoma Georgia South Carolina and North Carolina on the way home. Rickey called the 1949 squad the best Dodger team yet and about 610 players will pass through Vero Beach training base this spring.
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Notice of Petition to Probate Will in Morgan County
Notice to heirs and parties of interest that Lola Richardson filed a petition to probate the last will of C. H. Richardson in Morgan County Alabama. A hearing is set for January 25, 1949, with the opportunity to contest. Court date and parties named.
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Kirkville
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Hazel Proctor
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Elmer Richardson
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Flora Illinois
Beva Taylor
Mildred DeLaune
Lockport
Louisiana
T. C. Almon
New Faces At Garden Feature Three Boxing Prospects
At Madison Square Garden promoter Harry Markson presents new faces of 1949. Vince Foster meets Tony Pellone, Roland La Starza faces Bill Weinberg, and Arthur King fights Willie Beltram in the 8th Avenue showcase aiming to revive the sport. Foster is 22 from Omaha, La Starza is 21 from City College of New York, and King is the British empire light welterweight champ from Toronto.
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Roland la Starza
Arthur King
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Omaha
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Tony Tony Pellone
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Caribou Reindeer Species Nomenclature Note
The American species of reindeer are called caribou. This distinction marks the regional naming used in North America for Rangifer tarandus.
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