Red Heads Face Garrison's Tonight at Decatur Junior High
The ALL-American Red Heads women’s basketball team visits Decatur tonight at 9 00 p m for a game against Garrison’s at Decatur Junior High gymnasium. Headliners include Gene Love and Hazel Walker with Mary Alice Hatcher among notable teammates in this return visit to Decatur after two years.
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Red Heads
Decatur
AAU
Margie Arends
C. M. Olson
Cassville
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Miss Love
Hazel Walker
Georgia
Peaches
Hatcher
Miss Hatcher
Atlanta Opens Champ Course at Peachtree Club
Atlanta reports the Peachtree Club opens a new golf course led by Bobby Jones as first president. The 240 acre site north of Atlanta features a flexible 6 300 to 7 200 yard layout, large greens, and a historic clubhouse once used by Sherman.
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Rex Sox Signs 61st Contract
Boston on January 26 reports that veteran scout Hughie Duffy has signed his 61st professional contract. He will lead a baseball school for the Red Sox and remains in baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Duffy fashioned a 438 average in 124 games with 236 hits in 539 at bats.
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Garrison’s Independent Faces Red Heads in Decatur Showdown
Decatur’s Morgan County stars clash as Garrison’s Independent led by coach J R Mooney prepares to challenge the Red Heads. Expected starters include Frank Gardner and Joe Jones at forward, J O Braswell at center, with Junior Wallace and Maner at guard as the Decatur Junior High game kicks off at 8 00.
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J. R. Mooney
Morgan County
Frank Gardner
Joe Jones
J. O. Braswell
Braswell
Junior Wallace
Maner
Deadpan Ike Williams Reflects On School Bully Roots
In a candid talk from Pompton Lakes New Jersey dated January 26, lightweight champion Ike Williams recalls childhood schoolyard beatings by James Robertson after moving from Brunswick Georgia to Trenton. He describes his boxing inspirations from Joe Gans and Henry Armstrong and explains his shift from amateur to professional after nine amateur fights.
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Ike Williams
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James Robertson
Joe Gans
Henry Armstrong
Ike
Jesse Goss
Bob Montgomery
Billy Hildebrand
Lew Jenkins
Lou Ambers
Ambers
Williams
Madison Square Garden
Kid Gavilan
College and conference results across divisions
AP roundup of college basketball scores from multiple regions. Notable outcomes include East California Pa Twirs 61 over Clarion 45 and Texas Wesleyan 74 over Hartwick 44 with many other regional results such as Marquette 38, Hamline 52 over St. Thomas, and Ottawa Kansas 77 defeating College Emporia 49.
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Clarion
Texas Wesleyan
Hartwick
St. Peters
N.J
Providence
Midwest
Marquette
Hamline
St. Thomas
Minn
Majors Shake Up at First Base Roster In 1949 Rookie Batch
The 1949 rookie crop includes 16 first basemen competing for majors spots led by Ed Robinson and Steve Souchock among AL clubs. Trades reshuffle rosters with Vernon moving to Cleveland and Torgeson to Boston. Walter Dropo emerges as a notable Red Sox prospect after a standout season in Birmingham with 14 playoff homers and a .359 average.
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Earl Torgeson
Brooklyn
Gill Hodges
University of Connecticut
Birmingham
Dropo
Hartselle Beats Union Hill In Morgan County Gym
Hartselle High won two games over Union Hill in the Morgan County gym last night. In the junior matchup Hartselle led 11 to 4 at halftime and finished 28 to 1 Johnson. Ward Was the high scorer for Union Hill with six, followed by Boyd with five. In the senior game Speegle scored 23 for Hartselle as they led 17 to 14 at the break and went on to a 42 to 30 victory. Ditto and Bowling each tallied ten for Union Hill. Friday Hartselle faces Lawrence County High, with both A and B teams slated to play.
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Union Hill
Hartselle
Johnson
Ward
Boyd
Speegle
Lawrence County High
Morgan County
Hogan's New Putt Wins in Long Beach Open Playoff
Ben Hogan won the Long Beach Open playoff by two strokes over Sam Demaret finishing 67 to 69. Hogan used a new putting style noted by observers as weight on the left leg and a high grip while Demaret critiqued the change. Both golfers planned to compete in the Phoenix Open next.
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Ben Hogan
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Hamline Wins 14th Straight With 52 49 Victory Over St Thomas
Hamline extended its unbeaten streak to 14 games by defeating arch rival St Thomas of St Paul 52 49. Northwestern crushed Marquette 70 38 while Texas Wesleyan beat Hartwick 74 44 and Southwestern of Kansas edged Tulsa 54 53. Other results include Kent State over Baldwin Wallace 86 59 and St Mary's California topping San Jose State 53 49.
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York
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Western Kentucky
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Villanova
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Ray Angelis
Texas Wesleyan
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Oneonta
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Kansas
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Baldwin-Wallace
North Carolina
State
Quantico
Athens College to host Lambuth tonight in gym matchups
Athens College meets Lambuth College from Jackson Tennessee at 3 30 PM in the Athens High School gym with the Athens College B team to face Athens High School at 7 30 PM Lambuth won the Mississippi Valley Conference title last year but is not in the conference this season Athens College seeks a conference crown title bid despite height disadvantage with Coffman McElwain Flannagan Dinsmore and Smith listed as starters for the Bears coached by E M Smith
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Smith
Bears
Munger Sees Penn Penn State Series As Annual Opening Bid
Hazleton Pa January round up notes Penn coach George Munger favors an annual Penn Penn State clash with Penn opening the season while the Nittany Lions prefer a November big game. The piece also touches Hazleton basketball playoff hopes and pro football salary debates involving Sammy Weiss Lou Kusserow and Fritzie Zivic.
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George Munger
Penn
Penn State
Quakers
Philadelphia
Philly
Sammy Weiss
National Football League
All America Conference
Sammy
Columbia
Lou Kusserow
Glass
Brooklyn
New York City
Fritzie Zivic
United States
Georgia
Fritzie
Broadcasters Lee Handley and Stan Musial Pace Winter Games
Lee Handley, once a Pirates fielder, excels as basketball broadcaster this winter. Stan Musial, another announcer, preferred playing to baseball. Observers say Musial moved down the floor with speed akin to Country Slaughter and cleared those who blocked his path. A new golf score card being rolled out at Florida courses shows a hole by hole map and is fragile if torn along the dot pattern for woods.
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Lee Handley
Pirates
Stan Musial
Stan
Florida
Auburn Ole Miss to Play at Montgomery Site
Auburn announces opening football game vs Mississippi Rebels will be at Montgomery this fall. First meeting of SEC teams since 1932, set for Friday night September 23.
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Ole Miss
Capital
Ala
Auburn Athletic Council
Montgomery
Mississippi Rebels
Louis Polled Winner In Orange Bowl Exhibition Bout
World heavyweight champion Joe Louis weighed 221 1/2 pounds and defeated Elmer Ray in a six round non decision at the Orange Bowl before about 15 000 fans. Newspaper polls indicated Louis as the winner. Louis to appear in Florida exhibitions next. Ropeways historically used for mountain transport for 1900 years.
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Florida
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Ray
Orange Bowl
Hastings
Louis
Women Play Big Tourneys DITALA Dallas golf plan eyed
Fred Corcoran, organizer of men’s big-money circuits, en route to Miami, discusses a planned ten winter and ten summer women’s tournaments. Patty Berg backs the push after Babe Didrickson Zaharias announced she would play. He cites 13 women pros available including Zaharias, Suggs, Jameson, Berg.
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Fred Corcoran
Corcoran
Miami
Fla
Feminine Links Brigade
Patty Berg
Women’s Professional Golf Association
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Louise Suggs
Official Golf Guide
Ted Williams
Zaharias
Switzerland’s aerial cable railway climbs 3600 feet high
The system rises 3600 feet over a 13000 foot span and can carry 450 passengers per hour. Twin seats hang from its table structure, offering a suspended ride.
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Female Hercules moth lays about 200 eggs in three days
A female Hercules moth laid roughly two hundred eggs over a three day period, indicating high reproductive output. The event highlights the species’ prolific breeding capacity in a short span.
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