Raiders Cagers Roll Past Trinity in Twin Games
Decatur juniors beat Trinity 35-9 as reserves played much of the junior game and Don Murphy led with nine points. The seniors won 42-26 after building an 8-2 first period edge and extending the lead through the game, Roy Freeman scoring 13 to lead Decatur.
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Trinity
Decatur
Decatur Boys
Floyd Briscoe
Ene Jumniol Nalaers Nau Putu
Raiders
Don Murphy
Ook
Horrors
Murphy
Burns
Hendon
Johnson
MecDanial
Weatherford
Trinity Cagers
Bob Freeman
Ethel
Roy Freeman
Maner
Etheredge
Woodruff
Raiderrs
Brown
Sesamiae
Ogle
Britwell
Trinity Irs
Bore
McDaniel
He Bogle
Press
Steward
Berryhill
Buster Terry
Peace Hopes Falling Fast in NFL-AAC Tug of War
Chicago reports the All-America Conference and the National League of Professional Football remain split as owners meet in hotels to decide if the AAC will stay at eight teams or drop Dodgers and Rockets. Bell notes no peace talks and a mutual draft is unlikely.
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Chicago
All-America
National Football League
Stevens Hotel
Blackstone
National League Mabobs
Benjamin F. Findheimer
AAC
National League
T Bell
NFL
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Rockets
Lindheimer
Dan Topping
New York Yankees
Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns
Bell
Rockets
Dodgers
Art McBride
Anthony J. Morabito
San Francisco 49Ers
Oklahoma A and M Faces St Louis Top Defense In College Clash
Oklahoma A and M, famed for zone defense under Hank Iba, aims to limit St Louis University and end the Billikens 11 game win streak. St Louis tops AP poll. Cincinnati leads national scoring with 74.4 points per game through Jan. 15.
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New York
Oklahoma A
St. Louis University
Hank Iba
St. Louis
Ed McCauley
Aggies
Billikens
Associated Press
National Collegiate Athletic Bureau
Cincinnati
Rhode Island State
Manhattan
Joe Noertker
Virginia
Tony Lavelli
Yale
Dick Schnittker
Wyoming
Western Kentucky
Tulane
Lousville
Kentucky
Alabama
Babe Zaharias Favored In Tampa Women’s Open
Babe Zaharias entered as clear favorite at the Tampa Women’s Open as interest grew over who would finish second behind her. Her practice rounds of 66 and 67 set high expectations at the Palma-Ceia course where the event opened with Louise Suggs, playing her first tournament as a professional.
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Tampa
Fla
Babe Zaharias
Babe
Palma-Ceia
Louise Suggs
Atlante
Pri
Boley And Lentz Honored At Cumberland Football Banquet
Carl Boley and Gene Lentz of Decatur were lauded at Cumberland University’s annual football banquet in Lebanon Tennessee. Both players earned All-Star honors and MVP recognition for their 1948 season. Boley scored twice in the 14 7 win over Georgetown Kentucky and is expected to be key in 1949. Boley, son of Charles A Boley, and Lentz, son of Ruth Lentz, are sophomores with strong Decatur High School pedigrees.
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Carl Boley
Gene Lentz
Decatur Boys
Comtland University
Lebanon
Tenn
Red Raiders
Walter Kruschwitz
Lebanon School
Decatur
Cumberland University Bulldogs
Carl. Boley
Boley
Charles A. Boley
Sixth Avenue South
Decatur Senior High School
Carl
Cumberland
Georgetown
Volunteer State Athletic Conference
Joe Black Hayes
Ruth Lentz
301 West Church
Gene
Cumberland Bulldogs
Hot Races Held At Florence Muscle Shoals Field Trial
Florence Ala January windup of the All Stakes field trial sees 56 dogs put down since Monday. Drug News owned by Mrs Otis Brown Florence and driven by Lee Worstell moved up among leaders. Favorites include Turkey Mountain Doctor Bomberette Sub Deb Farley's Secret Weapon and Knockdown. Open Derby slated to start this afternoon with contestants Patty Berg Kathryn Hempbills and Hope Seignious.
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Florence
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Ifty-Six
Drug News
Otis Brown
Lee Worstell
Turkey Mountain Doctor
Garner and Scott
Booneville, Ark
J. Truett Payne
Biham
Dan Gilchrist
Courtland
Farley
J. S. Farmer
Pontiac
Mich
Leroy Allison
Byhalia
Mass
Decatur Boys Basketball Faces Hartselle Tigers Friday
Decatur juniors and seniors travel to Hartselle Friday night for key games against the Tigers led by 6'4" Speegle. Hartselle is favored by about 20 points with other threats like Chunn Stephens Kracke and Weaver supporting their captain. The following night the Decatur seniors meet Talladega Deaf and Mute at 7:00 at the Decatur junior high.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Tigers
Raiders
Austinville
Speegle
Talladega School For
Talladega
Decatur Junior High
Alabama
Easy Ed and Co Face Aggies in Stillwater Showdown
St Louis Billikens top ranked in college hoops clash with fifth ranked Oklahoma Aggies at Stillwater Oklahoma. Earlier results include Temple rallying to beat La Salle 54 36 and Yale star Tony Lavelli pushing his career scoring to 1601.
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Ted Meier
New York
St. Louis
Billikens
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Aggies
Stillwater
Oklo
Macauley & Co
Missouri Valley
Temple
LaSalle
Philadelphia
St. Joseph
Albright
Yale
Tony Lavelli
Fordham
Cincinnati
Texas Wesleyan
Kansas
Drake
Rhode Island State
Brown
Vermont
Middlebury
Baltimore
Loyola
Seton
Ver
Pennie
Army
Williams
Athens College Shifts Game to Tanner High Gym
Athens College will play Bethel College in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Tanner High School gym tonight at 7 30. The move from Athens due to scheduling conflicts keeps Coffman McElwain Sibley Lumpkin and Wood in the lineup while Tanner hosts the contest.
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Athens College
Bethel College
Tanner
Athens
E. M. Smith
Coffman
McElwain
Sibley
Lumpkin
Wood
Army Coach Endorses Two Platoon System in Football
West Point reports Earl Blaik supports the two platoon concept and says the current substitution rule is right. He notes coaches will substitute full teams but fans will not endure constant clock running substitutions. Blaik also cites the challenge of running a coaching school.
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West Point
N. Y
Army
Earl Blaik
Blaik
Upstanding Athlete Recalls Wagner Bowerman Mathewson Link
Baseball historian Ernie Lanigan in Tucson recalls an incident involving Honus Wagner and the late Frank Bowerman who became Christy Mathewson's catcher. The vignette highlights notable figures in early 20th century baseball and preserves a slice of the sport's past.
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Ernie Lanigan
Tucson
Ariz
Honus Wagner
Frank Bowerman
Christy Mathewson
Rugged athletes recalled from Denison-Uhrichsville days
A reminiscence recalls Bowerman of Denison-Uhrichsville colliding with the grandstand while chasing a foul ball in the old iron and oil league. Bob Quinn quoted Ernie saying, We had rugged athletes in those days.
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Bowerman
Denison-Uhrichsville
Ohio
Bob Quinn
Ernie
Coaches Linked Across States In Football Shuffle
One minute sports page notes Jesse Fatherree Louisiana state backfield coach may move to Mississippi State to join his old teammate Slick Morton. Also Ted Shipkey joins Santa Anita staff after leaving the Los Angeles Dons coaching roster. Rufus Stanley Woodward edits Sports Illustrated and authored a book Sports Pages for aspiring sports writers.
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South
Jesse Fatherree
Louisiana State
Missippi State
Slick Morton
Ted Shipkey
Los Angeles Dons
Santa Anita Racetrack
Sports Illustrated
Rufus Stanley Woodward
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