New Gimmick Looms Over Dodgers In Earned Base Average
Oscar Fraley notes Branch Rickey tasering players with the idea of an earned base average. Dodgers face testing times as Deacon Hickey can summon a statistician to compare total bases walks and hit by pitches to at bats. Gene Hermanski posted last season's top earned base average at .557 though he hit only .290 in batting.
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Hogan Wins Crosby Invitational at Pebble Beach
Ben Hogan, a dominant figure in golf, regained victory at the Bing Crosby Invitational in Pebble Beach Calif collecting 2500 dollars. He posted 208 three rounds on Cypress Point Monterey Peninsula and Pebble Beach courses with 70 68 70 while defeating rivals including Jim Ferrier and Lefty O Doul in a weathered field of pros and amateurs.
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Mulloy wins singles and doubles in St Petersbuгg tennis
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami claimed the singles title at the Florida West Coast tennis tournament with a 6-2 6-1 6-3 victory over Gardnar Larned of Rollins College. He then teamed with Sidney Schwartz of the University of Miami to beat Larned and Ricardo Balbieri 6-2 6-4 for the doubles crown.
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Beau Jack Fights Boston Garden Return
Beau Jack former Georgia shoeshine boy and two time lightweight champion heads to Boston Garden for a ten round bout against Jackie Weber of Pawtucket Rhode Island tonight. The report notes this is Jack’s first appearance at the arena and places the match in a period tone. It also includes an unrelated line about a severe cold spell and a separate statistic on U S fire losses for a year.
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Darkhorse Alabama Five Still Charges In Standings Race
Southeastern Conference basketball tightens as Kentucky leads with Alabama LSU and Tulane vying behind. Alabama defeats Tennessee, Kentucky topples, Tulane climbs to fourth. Georgia and Tennessee split, impacting first division. Week schedule includes Alabama LSU in Baton Rouge and Alabama Tulane in New Orleans with key shifts in standings.
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Law Would Protect Umpire From Battles
A Texas bill aims to curb missiles at sports events. Senator Keith Kelly proposes fines from 5 to 25 dollars for anyone who throws a battle cushion rock or similar missile at football baseball or other athletic contests. The measure follows a request from the Texas Inter Scholastic League which oversees many games statewide.
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Another Maxie New York Heavyweight Contender
German heavyweight Hein Ten Hoff, undefeated in pro boxing, arrives in New York to aid the scrambling heavyweight scene. At six feet four and 203 pounds, he holds the German unlimited crown and is under a six month contract with Lew Burston of the Twentieth Century.
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Alabama State League To Operate With Eight Clubs
The Alabama State League is expected to run as an eight club circuit in 1949. Ozark and Andalusia were poised to join. others may fill gaps if Andalusia does not organize today. Season opens April 18 with 126 game schedule and 17 man rosters, and an All-Star game on July 7.
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Rip) Hewes
Wildcats at Tech in Atlanta Tonight Upset Bid
Kentucky Wildcats visit Georgia Tech in Atlanta for an expected upset attempt as Tech limits attendance to students and families. Groza and Nolan face off as Kentucky seeks its tenth win against one loss while Tech sits at five and five in the SEC.
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St. Louis
Kovacs Leads Top Pros In National Clay Courts
ST AUGUSTINE FL AP Most of the nation's top professional tennis players start action tomorrow in the national clay courts championships. Top seed and defending champion Frank Kovacs opens against Sam Shore of New York City, with a likely semi final against Pancho Segura on Saturday if seedings hold.
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Daytona Beach Race Crowned Speed Champion 2002
Marshall Téague won the national championship at Daytona Beach Fla in a 43 mile road course event. He completed 47 times at an average speed of 88.23 miles per hour marking a record beating.
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Slipping Tiger Varsity Faces Two Strong Foes This Week
Dothan Tigers basketball, fresh from a 50-43 loss to Malone, host Colquitt Ga in a seven pm doubleheader, then travel to Pensacola for a likely tough game. Malone leads 6-4. Be sure rival Malone and Bees push Dothan. Tigers and reserves trend.
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Wiregrass League Prepares For First Half Finish Friday
The Wiregrass Basketball League will complete the first half of the season Friday as the ninth round of games is played. Doubleheaders start at 6 45 with B teams first. Abbeville varsity tests Hehobeth while Columbia hosts Slocomb in a key showdown.
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St Louis Long Unbeaten Run Faces Aggie Five
College basketball's longest major winning streaks into jeopardy as St Louis University seeks to extend a 16 game run against Oklahoma A and M in Stillwater. The Bills must counter the Aggies defense and outside shooting while Minnesota risks an 11 game streak at Iowa.
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Crack Field Ready For Tampa Tourney
A top field for the third annual $3,000 Tampa Women's Open at Palma Ceia in Tampa Florida features pros Babe Didrikson Louise Suggs Patty Berg Kathryn Hemphill Hope Seignious and Mary Mozel with amateurs Polly Riley Peggy Kirk Dot Kielty Marjorie Lindsay and Pat Devany. Suggs posted the best practice round a four over par 74 on the 6093 yard layout ahead of Thursday’s start.
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Robed Klansmen Attend Baptist Service in Atlanta
In Inman Yards Baptist church about 75 Klansmen and women, led by Grand Dragon Samuel Green, wore robes and masks during Sunday services then undressed before leaving. The crowded church, seating about 200, heard Rev. Ed Peek preach on Ye Must Be Born Again as Fulteen County police said no officers were assigned to the event.
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Ed Peek
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Neal Ellis
Ancient Babylon surgery dangers and early battery inventor
In ancient Babylon a careless surgeon could lose hands according to Encyclopedia Britannica. The first electric storage battery was produced in 1859 by Gaston Plante, a French physicist.
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Saddler Knocks Out Finnegan in Panamanian Ring
Sandy Saddler defends his world featherweight title by KOing Young Finnegan of Panama in round five. Saddler weighs 127 1 2 pounds, Finnegan 135, as a left to the stomach and a right to the head end the bout.
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Heath wins seventh Melrose scratch singles title
Bill Heath of Birmingham captured $500 first prize in Nashville at the Melrose scratch singles bowling tournament. He totaled 1272 on six games, averaging 212 pins per game and missing the tournament record by half a pin held by Bernard Carberry of Memphis.
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