Florida Eleven Outweighs Dothan In Tallahassee Finale
Dothan High Tigers travel to Tallahassee for the season finale against the Lions, champions of the Northeast Conference. Ned Rip Hewes notes the Tigers’ senior class will play for a last career win as Tommy Brown, Burkett, and Sebring lead the offense while Beck anchors the line on defense and special teams.
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Dothan Ph Tigers
Tallahassee
N High Lions
Iida
Tigers
Ned
Rip Hewes
Allahassee
Ord
Florida
Lions
Makesllahassee
Do UN
Tommy Brown
Lion den
Tom Sebrig
Brown
Sebring
Dothan
Burkett
Parrish
McGowan
Tiger
Hewes
Tallashassee
Beck
Faulk
Max Morris
Big Nine Weds Rose Bowl Plan Amid Gatekeeping
The Rose Bowl pact with a $100000 guest-guarantee narrows invitations to Big Nine and Pacific Coast teams. The 1947 game would exclude Army, amid a five year agreement framework. The pact allows alternation between conferences and independent entrants with a limit of one bid every three seasons.
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Tommy Devine
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Army
Pacific Coast Conference
Big Nine
Stanley Freeborn
University of California
Decatur Heads Alabama Georgia League
Talladega city clerk Arthur Decatur, a former major league pitcher and last season’s Cleveland Indians scout, was named president of the Class D Alabama Georgia League. He will keep his city post but end scouting duties and assume the presidency on January 1.
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Talladega
Ala
Arthur Decatur
Cleveland Indians
Decatur
Tallassee Realizes 50th Straight Victory Chase at Lanier
Unbeaten Tallassee High School heads to Montgomery for a game against Sidney Lanier as about 15 000 fans expected. Stores and mills close early to allow workers and students to attend. Coach Jim Ryba faces Lanier Fullback Butch Avinger against Lanier’s Beavers and Holmes. Tallassee will be outweighed.
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Montgomery
Tallassee High School
Sidney Lanier
Jim Ryba
Lanier
Butch Avinger
Hot O'Brien
Jimmy Beavers
Bobby Holmes
Tallassee
Welfare Workers Attend Southern Regional Child Welfare Meet
Mrs C L Collins Miss Nell English and Miss Jane Bailey of the Houston County Department of Public Welfare will attend the four day Southern Regional conference in Jacksonville starting Sunday. Guest speakers include Grace Browning Howard Hopkirk and Gertrude Folks Zimand.
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C. L. Collins
Nell English
Jane Bailey
Houston County Department of Public Welfare
Child Welfare League of America
Jacksonville
Grace Browning
Howard Hopkirk
The
Gertrude Folks Zimand
National Child Labor Commission
Ted Williams Named Most Valuable Man in AL for 1946
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was elected the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1946 by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He totaled 224 points, edging Hal Newhouser, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky in the season awards voting.
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NEW York
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Sugger
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Joe Jackson
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Detroit
Hal Newnhouser
Red Sox
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Mickey Vernon
Washington Senators
Williams
Ted
Bobby Feller
Cleveland
Dave Boot Ferris
Ferriss
Hank Greenberg
Dom DiMarcio
Boston
Lou Boudreau
New Scout Troop 101 Formed in Dothan
A new Scout Troop 101 organized in Dothan is sponsored by First Christian Church with Rev. R. E. Tipton Carroll on the troop committee. William L. Bruckart is registered as scoutmaster and John W. Lill Jr. as assistant scoutmaster. Charter members include Theo Carroll Jack Tolar Marion Conner Tipton Carroll and Charles Morris. Papers for a Negro troop 84 in New Brockton have been received. it is sponsored by New Brockton Junior High School with leaders Clarence Cole P C Youngblood W E F Smith and Dink Thomas.
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Dothan
First Christian Church
RE. Tipton Carroll
William L. Bruckart
John W. Lill, Jr
C. C. Bush
Rev. Carroll
Charles Waiddon
Theo Carroll
Jack Tolar
Marion Conner
Tipton Carrol
Tiger Patrol
Charles Morris
Lowell Hansen
J. Harvey Etheridge, Jr
J. Buckner Pullen
Wolf Patrol
New Brockton
Council Scout
Dotaan
New Brockton Junior High School
Clarence Cole
Scoutminster
P. C. Youngblood
W. EF. Smith
Dink Thomas
Midland City Youth Aboard USS Estes
Touie So Chapman is identified as a seaman aboard the USS Estes. The ship serves as a new type of amphibious force command ship, operating from Tecontace, and acts as a communications center supporting Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns under Admiral Charles M. Cooke Jr. of the Seventh Fleet.
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John B. Chapmeno
USS Estes
Adesusai
Charles M. Cooke
Seventh Fleet
Navy Palic Relations Office
Estes
Tecontace
Cie
Isshes
Sao Geton
Jima
Okinawa
Sugar Orange Bowl Big Wigs Hail Bowl Pact
Southern bowl leaders hail the Rose Bowl compact as a boon to post season football. Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd predicts SEC exclusivity with Sugar or Orange Bowls. Wally Butts and Harold Drew comment on implications for the Rose Bowl and southern teams.
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South
Atlanta
New Orleans
Miami
Sugar
R. D. Freeman
Georgia Tech
Bobby Dodd
Dodd
Tennessee
Digby
Army
Wally Butts
Georgia
UCLA
Mississippi
Harold
Red) Drew
Alabama
Drew
Georgia Army Sugar Bowl tilt talk stirs Southeastern fans
Unbeaten Georgia fans push for a Sugar Bowl showdown with Army after plans for a post season bid circulate. Georgia faces Auburn in Columbus tomorrow while Sugar Bowl committees stay mum.
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Georgia-Army
Associated Press
Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia
Army
Bulldogs
Auburn Tigers
Columbus
Quarterback Club To Hear Georgia Coach Monday Night
J. W. Sikes of the Georgia Bulldogs will be guest speaker at the Dothan Quarterback Club meeting Monday night. Dan Morgen is captain. Coach highlights include motion pictures of the Jacksonville game. The event starts at 7 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel.
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J. W. Sikes
Georgia, Bulldogs
Quest
Dothan
Clyde Severn
Fc Teday
Jacksonville
Dan Morgen
Wis Mes
Wagon Wheel
Midland City Game Here Cancelled
Midland City cancels the game with Donalsonville due to a mix up in rules. Coach Roy Knapp says the Midland City team will instead host the Eufaula Bees in Midland City at 1 p.m. today.
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Donalsonville
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Ules
Roy Knapp
Midland City
Eufaula Bees
Wildcats in top shape for West Virginia game
Kentucky coach Paul Bryant says the Wildcats are in top physical condition for Saturday’s showdown with West Virginia. Tennessee faces Boston College in Boston while Mississippi State meets Northwestern Louisiana in Starkville. Ole Miss has a bye.
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Paul Bryant
Wildcats
West Virginia
Tennessee
Boston College
Boston
Mississippi State
Northwestern Louisiana
Starkville
University of Mississippi
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