Notre Dame Tops Nation In Offense And Defense For 1946
Notre Dame led the nation in combined offense with 4,061 rushing yards and 911 passing yards for 3,972 total, plus a 441.3 yard per game average. Defensively the Irish allowed 141.7 yards per game, holding nine opponents to under 142 yards. Oklahoma A&M set passing records with 252 attempts, Nevada led in yardage per attempt, Pennsylvania had the best completion rate, and Georgia posted the most completions and touchdowns.
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Austin Bealmear
NEW York
Oklahoma A & M College
National Collegiate Athletic Bureau
Georgia Bulldogs
Bureau
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma A & M
Georwia
Georga
Georgia
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Last Night's College Basketball Results Summary
Dartmouth 42 Union 32. Texas A M 54 Siena 47. MIT 54 Boston U 48. Notre Dame 70 Indiana 60. Purdue 55 Wabash 34. Minnesota 65 South Dakota 33. Tenn Poly Tech 22 over Tenn 65. Kentucky 65 Idaho 35. North Carolina 4 Catawba 33. Cherry Point Marines 48 East Carolina Teachers 42. Lenoir Rhyne 43 Caldese All Stars 34. Quantico Marines 49 Virginia. Washington and Lee 58 Fort Belvoir Engineers 56. South West Texas Wesleyan 62 Denver 51. Loyola of Chicago 45 Texas Christian 39. Rice 55 Loyola of New Orleans overtime.
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Siena
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Mid West
Notre Dame
Indiana
Purdue
Wabash
Minnesota
South Dakota
South McCray Eagles
Wake Forest
Tenn
Tenn. Poly Tech
North Carolina
Catawba
Kentucky
Idaho
Cherry Point Marines
East Carolina
Teachers
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Caldese All- Stars
Quantico Marines
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Fort Belvoir Engineers
Texas Wesleyan
Denver
Loyola of Chicago
Texas Christian
Rice
Loyola of New Orleans
Golden Eagles Beat Cedarsville In Opener
Charleston December 10 The Goldenables of Morris Harvey defeated Cedarsville 64 to 39 in the Eagles opening basketball game of the 1946 47 season. Forward Geo King led the attack as Morris Harvey built a first half 29 17 lead and never relinquished it.
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Charleston
Goldenables
Morris Harvey
Cedarsville
Eagles
Geo King
Fox Promises Feb Knockout Of Lesnevich For Title
Billy Fox, riding a 42nd knockout in 42 fights, vowed in Philadelphia he would flatten Gus Lesnevich in February to win the light heavyweight title. Blackjack Billy faces Cliffside’s Lesnevich at Madison Square Garden on February 28 after a recent win. Fox knocked out Shelton Bell in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden before 5,882 fans paying $17,976.
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Philadelphia
Billy Fox
Gus Lesnevich
Billy Tangles
Cliffside
N. J
Madison Square Garden
Shelton Bell
Youngstown
Ohio
Arena
Sports Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr
Western conference meeting activities loom as they draft Rose Bowl plans and arbitrate eligibility rules. Southeastern and Big Nine dynamics add tension while pro and college circles weigh implications for football and baseball salary limits.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Big Nine
Southeastern
St Albans Tops North South Rankings Of West Virginia Schools
Eddie Bartrug coaches St Albans High School to first in the final North-South Football Game ratings with nine straight victories. Weirton, Stonewall Jackson, Fairmont West and East Bank follow in descending order amid final placements and a controversy over East Bank’s 6 0 win. The list notes other drops and cites a Thanksgiving victory as a factor. A later line gives a nut roasting recipe unrelated to the sports items.
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West Virginia
Mt. Hope Wheeling
Bridgeport
Bartours No
Fairmont East
University Morgantown
Moundsville
Charleston
Beckley
Bluefie
Princeton
Clarksturg Victory
Wellsboro
Gauley Bridge
William
South Charleston
Sissonville
Eddie Bartrug
St. Albans
Fairmont West
East Bank
Stonewall
Frank Knight
Williamson
Ohio Miners Strike In Protest Against Fines
Ohio's Powhatan mine idle as 100 miners quit over $1 daily fines for a recent strike. Fines averaging $7 per man to be deducted from pay and directed to the miners welfare fund.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Powhatan
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Grafton Moose Win Narrowly Over Philippi Outfit
Grafton Lodge Moose, led by Chuck O Connor and Lansbury, edged Philippi Collegians 60 to 56 in a tight league bout. Dunham led Philippi with 19 points as Beaumont beat St Augustine's 56 to 34 in the night’s other Y League game.
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Philippi Collegians
Alderson-Brcaddus Rattlers
Rex Pyles
Grafton
Lodge
Moose
Chuck O’connor
Lansbury
Philippi
Big E O
Harley Dunham
Phil Collegians
Iones
Beaumont
St. Augustine's
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E. O'Connor
Skaggs Pease
Barkins
Setler
Poppalardo
BSB Swisher
Gil
L. Gennett
St. Augustine
D. Waters
Tucker
Leland Byrd Named Captain Of 2016 17 Mountaineers
Morgantown December 10 Leland Byrd selected captain of the 2016 17 West Virginia Mountaineers by coach Lee Patton Byrd a regular for two years led last season with 305 points and was all tournament at Madison Square Garden finishing as top scorer in three games Baltimore Maryland and Pittsburgh host matchups loom as Patton battles illness among players and Tech debuts under new coach Bill Donohoe while WVU faces Maryland in a home major game Saturday
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Leland Byrd
Jur’ Oaka
Trea
Veronia Uni
Lee Patton
Byrd
Mountaineer
Madison Square Garden
Bob Carroll
Foward
Wheeling
Patton
Mountaineers
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Mike Medich
Fred Schaus
Bill Zirkel
Eddie Beach
Albert Wittebort
Tom Levette
West Virginia
Tech
Bill Donohoe
West Virinia
Maryland
Capitol Building Suffers Second Fire in Week
Charleston dispatch reports a short blaze at the state capitol confined to a first floor fuse box. The fire burned wiring and left a burnt rubber odor in the east wing but caused only minor damage. Firemen arrived after hand extinguishers had saved the building.
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Charleston
State Capitol
Smith Works to Return for Pirates by Spring Training
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Vinnie Smith, sidelined by a severe knee injury and two operations, has begun a series of exercises aimed at restoring knee strength in time for spring training.
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Pittsburgh
Vinnie Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates
Notice of Motor Carrier Hearing in Clarksburg WV
Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear Adolphus T. Leach on December 19, 1946 at 9:00 am in Harrison County Court House Clarksburg to consider a contract carrier permit for coal transport from a strip mine to a loading tipple near Wendel Taylor County under contract with C. W. McAllister. Objections may be filed.
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Harrison County Court House
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Wendel
Taylor County
C. W. McAllister
Adolphus T. Leach
Applican Simpson
Oddities in 1946 College Football Mirror Oddities
Recap of quirky games and strange happenings across the 1946 season. Washington and Lee and West Virginia mud battle ends with a player unknowingly on the wrong side during a trick play. Bowling Green edges Canisius on a freak sequence, Bud Agnew and Darrell Braatz misplay, Mark Welker scores. Miami of Ohio vs Miami of Florida prompts narration fixes. LSU tops Tulane with ten freshmen scoring all TDs. Baylor oddity: always lose after winning the toss. Big Six sees four leaders deadlocked late.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Washington and Lee
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Bill Chipley
Bowling Green
Ohio
Canisius
Jack Freitas
Canioius
Bud Agnew
Darrell Braatz
Mark Welker
Miami
Florida
Louisiana State
Tulane
Kenns
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Baylor
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