ICAA Rules Committee Weighs Bench Quarterbacking Change
The ICAA Rules Committee proposes liberalizing free substitutions and ending bench quarterbacking after plays. Advisory panel favors allowing substitutions only when the clock runs and timeouts are called, plus other reforms to reverse center rules and game flow.
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Russ McLaughry
Dartmouth
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Dodgers Sign Reynolds and Richeson for Next Season
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the All American Football Conference announced the signing of Henry Reynolds a 6 3 195 pound end from Mississippi Southern College. Reynolds 24 from Starkville Miss is the third newcomer after Lou Kusserow and Ray Richeson.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Henry Reynolds
Mississippi Southern College
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Dodgers
Lou Kusserow
Columbia
Ray Richeson
Alabama
Starkville
Miss
Masters Tournament Sets Practice and Playing Dates
Professionals and amateurs entering the 1949 Masters at Augusta National will be allowed four days of practice on the course. Practice rounds begin April 3. The tournament runs April 7 through 10 with rounds scheduled across those dates.
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Augusta National Golf Club
Georgia Tech wrestling slate before SE AAU tourney
Georgia Tech will face seven opponents this winter ahead of the Southeastern AAU tournament in Atlanta on March 4. The slate includes Tanocoga and Vanderbilt in Atlanta, Auburn in Atlanta, Duke in Durham, Vanderbilt in Atlanta again, Maryville Teachers in Maryville Tennessee, and Auburn in Auburn Alabama. Scientists say ancient animals suffered the same arthritic types as humans today.
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Vanderbilt
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Durham
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Ala
Athlete Of Year vote goes to Lou Boudreau in AP Poll
New York AP reported Lou Boudreau, player manager of the World Champion Cleveland Indians, named male athlete of the year for 1948 after edging Tulare’s Bob Mathias in the AP year end poll. Mathias led with 34 first place votes to Boudreau’s 33. Indians’ success included a 156-149 point tally.
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Boston Red Sox
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Ted Williams
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinal
Ben Hogan
Hershey
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Johnny Lujack
Doak Walker
Southern Methodist
Walker
Harrison Dillard
Gene Bearden
Charley Justice
North Carolina
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Ike Williams
New York Yankee
Oe DiMaggio
Wally Ris
Midland City Fliers Sweep Ariton In Basketball Tilt
Midland City Fliers win twice over Ariton cagers in an intra county double header. The Bees open 22-15, varsity 45-23. Long John Whiddon leads Flier varsity with 15 points, McAlister 12. Tatum and Langford post six to eight points for Ariton. Payne scores 10 for Midland City, York seven.
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Moscow Theatre Grows From Foreign Ministers Hall
In Moscow the hall once used by the Council of Foreign Ministers is partly converted into a leading cinema. The building, famed for hosting ministers and historic events, has also served as a restaurant and later a club. The piece notes 26 rhododendron species exist in the United States and Canada.
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Hogan Opens Los Angeles Open Faces Hogan Challenge
In Los Angeles Riviera Country Club hosts the 15 000 prize Los Angeles Open with Ben Hogan defending after wins at Hillcrest and Riviera and a National Open victory. challengers include Sam Snead Jimmy Demaret Horton Smith plus amateurs Stranahan Evans and Ferentz among others seeking Hogan’s scalp.
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Hillcrest C. C
Riviera
Little Ben
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Jimmy Thomson
Chicopee
Mass
Johnny Bulla
Phoenix
Ariz
Stewart
Horton Smith
Springfield
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Charles
Chick) Evans
Chicago
Hogan
Macdonald Smith
Glendale
Calif
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai
Mike Ferentz
Huntington Beach
Swiss Engineer Konts Jet Propelled Car Invention
Swiss engineer Hans Berger of Thun has built a jet propelled automobile. A six by three foot test model reached 35 mph at an airfield in Gstaad, with a planned full scale car capable of 72 mph. The propulsion uses a rear jet engine and no drive shaft clutch gears or differential.
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Hans Berger
Thun
Coast Guard Rescues Exhausted Pigeon Near Chicago
An exhausted pigeon lands on a Lake Michigan intake crib four miles off Chicago. Coast Guard crew responds to a radio call from the Animal Welfare League, retrieves the bird in a crash boat, and transports it to league headquarters to rest before returning home.
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Boudreau to receive Paul Shannon trophy in Boston dinner
Lou Boudreau, star shortstop and able playing manager of the World Champion Indians, will be awarded the Paul Shannon memorial trophy by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association at the annual dinner on February 3. The honor recognizes his outstanding play in 1948.
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Rheumatism More Common Than Major Diseases
A historical health note states rheumatism surpasses tuberculosis diabetes cancer and heart disease combined in prevalence, highlighting its impact on the population and health concerns of the era.
Lyons In Line Birmingham
Adie Lyons the speedy second baseman signs his 1949 contract with the Birmingham Baron as General Manager Exidie Glennon confirms the deal reached during a visit yesterday Lyons is from Winston-Salem North Carolina The other item notes estimates that rheumatic diseases cost Americans about 750 million dollars yearly in lost wages relief payments and medical bills
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Adie Lyons
Exidie Glennon
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