Red Raiders Take Two From Talladega
Decatur junior high hosted Talladega for two basketball games. Decatur B won 51 to 25 behind a 17-2 first quarter run, while Decatur A edged ahead to finish 37 to 22. Eddie Rogers led Talladega with 10 points, Crim and Garnett added nine each. Decatur next visits Austinville for return games.
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Decatur Junior High
Decatur Red Raiders
Talladega School For the Deaf and Dumb
Decatur
Talladega Boys
Decatur A
Talladega
Eddie Rogers
Hartselle
Rogers
Logan
Phillip Kyle
Crim
Garnett
Decatur Boys
Raiders
Bain
Hipp
Shaneyfelt
Austinville
Decature
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Ais Ecenanas
State Champ Ruled Out State Champ Ruled Out
Wayland DuBose, last year’s Southern heavyweight champion, has been declared ineligible by Southeastern AAU president Ed Shea. DuBose, now at Murphy High School Mobile, planned to box in the state Golden Gloves but loses his spot as amateur status is questioned.
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Jerry Bryan
Wayland DuBose
DuBose
Troy State Teachers College
Alabama
Mobile
Shea
NuBose
Troy Battler
Thee Murphy
Jack Dempsey
Murphy
Montgomery
Talladega
Huntsville
Dickey Davis
Johnny Burke
Butch Bahakel
J. L. McLaughlin
Jeb Stewart
Ervin King
Gadsden
King
Carrollton to Open With New Heads
Carrollton Hornets to start Georgia Alabama League play late in April with a new manager Bobby Seals and a new club president. Seals age 29 from Vicksburg Mississippi, a former Southeastern League shortstop and third baseman with over .300 batting average for two seasons.
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Carrollton. Ga
Carrollton Hornets
Bobby Seals
Vicksburg
Miss
Vicksburz
All-America Conference restructures with new commissioner
The All-America Football Conference ends its leadership limbo by naming Oliver O. Yessing as commissioner after Admiral Jonas Ingram resigns. The league adopts a 12 game home and home schedule with a Shaughnessy playoff to decide the title and assigns byes to handle seven clubs in 1949.
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Chicago
All-America Football Conference
National Football League
Shaughnessy
Oliver O. Yessing
Jonas Ingram
Kessing
Ingram
Tor Ingram
Navy
Commodore
Admiral Ingram
U. S. Naval Academy
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Chapel Hill
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South Pacific
Japan
Missouri
AAC
Daniel R. Topping
New York City
Louis J. Carroll
New York
Robert A. Embry
Baltimore
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Rockets
Vanderbilt schedules Arkansas for Oct 22 in 1949 season
Vanderbilt completes its football slate by adding Arkansas for a Oct 22 home game. The 10 game schedule includes Alabama Mississippi Auburn Tulane and Tennessee Tech with Georgia Tech Florida LSU and Tennessee as away games. A two year Arkansas pact covers 1949 and 1950. Dean Fred J. Lewis announced the plan as the athletic board shifts to hiring a new coaching staff after Henry R. Sanders resigned to join UCLA.
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Dean Fred J. Lewis
Arkansas
Little Rock
Vanderbilt Athletic Board
Henry R
Red) Sanders
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California
Two South Alabama Officers Face Federal Trial
Clarke County Sheriff Jenkins Hill and Deputy Willie Ray Harrell, both 35, prepared for trial in February on federal civil rights charges. Indicted for depriving nine negros of rights under the 14th Amendment, they pleaded innocent and posted $5,000 bond. Each count carries up to one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
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Mobile
Ala
Clarke County
Jenkins Hill
Willie Ray Harrell
U. S. Atty. Percy Co
Hill
Harrell
Arbor Day Proclaimed in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama January 22 Friday has been proclaimed in Alabama by state authorities declaring Arbor Day observances statewide and encouraging tree planting and conservation efforts across communities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
California Wins Move to Air National Tennis Championships
The U S Lawn Tennis Association voted 42 100 to 12 600 to shift the national championships from late August to August 29September 5 at Forest Hills, aiming to boost top player exposure before the Davis Cup. California backed the change with Ted Schroeder promised to compete, countering concerns about player rest and timing after the Davis Cup challenge.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
California
Forest Hills
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
West Coast
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Tex
Hic
Renville McMann
Forest Hills Club
Alan Herrington
Los Angeles
Ted Schroeder
Schroeder
Julian Myrick
Pancho Gonzales
Frankie Parker
Patricia” Caving ‘Toda
la Jolla
Calif
Red Shield Boys Club to Hold Monday Practice
The Red Shield Independent basketball team will practice Monday night at the Red Shield Club. Anyone wishing a game should call 298-5.
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Red Shield
Red Shield Boys Club
Hogan Fires Five Under Par In Rain Warm-Up
Ben Hogan shot 66 in a driving rain at Lakewood Country Club to lead the Long Beach Open at halfway with a 134 total. Jack Burke 137, Freddy Haas Jr and Smiley Quick 137 and 138 close. Mangrum and others struggle in tough conditions.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Lakewood Country Club
Jack Burke
New York
Freddy Haas Jr
New Orleans
Smiley Quick
Los Angeles
Baltimore’s 1821 Gas Street Lighting Milestone
Baltimore becomes the first American city to light streets with gas in 1821. This historic shift marks a turning point in urban public illumination and urban infrastructure development.
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Baltimore
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