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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
6
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New York AP reports a survey of 08 major colleges finds overall grid attendance rose 5.7 percent in the South, with Michigan leading in total attendance at 563,500 for six games and 93,917 per game. TV backlash eyed for NCAA convention. Southeast figures list Tulane, LSU, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State. Florida and Georgia among top SEC attendees.
Georgia Tech fans anticipate a grueling postwar road swing beginning with a Davidson game in Atlanta. The Jackets face Saint Louis, Marquette Bradley, Michigan State, and a Raleigh national tournament, then travel to Chattanooga and Louisville as Mickey Sermersheim leads scoring with 28 points.
Pensacola crushed Chipley in both the main and B games, led by John Tringas with 14 points and Snead adding 11. Shtenver scored nine for Pensacola as Chipley’s Gerald Rogers fought hard. Pensacola led 26-1 at halftime, Billy Reypolde pacing the Bees with 13 points and Howard Chambers contributing. Chipley’s Donald Parker and Billy Holland each had four.
In Athens Georgia AP reports a clash between two top Southern centers Jim Slaughter of South Carolina at six feet nine inches and Schloss of Georgia at six eight, with Schloss boasting a strong defensive average and previous praise from Schloss about Slaughter, as both near key games in the season.
A fragmented wartime style note from Lincoln area describes a hunter named Cole Lingolo firing a shot that badly wounded a man named Bow ard. The report mentions a wing injury and a head injury, with unclear sequence of events and limited details.
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