Conference title race in NFL ends season with co champions
Cleveland Browns and New York Yankees vie for the conference crown at Yankey stadium as the league finishes its regular schedule. Spec Sanders may return from an ankle injury for the Yankees while the Browns boast a 13 1 record. Chicago Bears and Cardinals contest the Western Division lead in Chicago, with a potential rematch next week if tied. The Eagles host Green Bay aiming to join idle Pittsburgh atop the Eastern Division as Halas’s Bears seek a ninth playoff berth.
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Sphia Eagles
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Pittsburgh Steelers
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Eagles
State College Basketeers Start New Cage Spin
Bethany and West Virginia Wesleyan edged in a tense 64 51 contest at Buckhannon with a late Dumisinez field goal and foul breaking a 51 51 deadlock. Beckley College defeated Ashland 68 47. Alderson Broaddus beat Potomac State 66 60. West Liberty routed Rio Grande 70 54. Xavier U topped Morris Harvey 72 48. Marietta crushed Fairmont State 63 41. Marshall embarks on a three week western tour, starting with Indiana State in Terre Haute tonight.
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Buses Fail Inspection. Taylor County Board Given Week
State police inspected Taylor County School buses on Wednesday and rejected five of twelve for mechanical defects. The Taylor County Board of Education has one week to repair the buses, with another inspection planned next Wednesday.
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Dutch East Indies
Year of the Peet dess Pivotmen stirs college hoops chatter
A Chicago stadium drive hypes the 1947-48 basketball season as the year of the Peet dess Pivotmen with centers Groza Kerris Brennan Williams Mikan Hannum among standouts. Hank Iba and Dolman noted, Phillips game in Bartlesville highlighted coaching misreads. Mel Ott eyes Andy Tomasic for Giants. Long Island golf honors Bill Richardson. Muhlenberg picks Iannicelli at fullback. Oklahoma A&M runners and Spec Sanders noted. Joe Louis weighs in on boxing rules.
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Kentucky
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Loyola
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Notre Dame
Ward Williams
Indiana
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Jim McIntyre
Hank Iba
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H. A. Dolman
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Bartlesville
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Bob Kurkland
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Mel Ott
Andy Tomasic
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Giants
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Muhlenberg
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Éall Hank
Spec Sanders
Stillwater
Joe Louis
Hawaiian Warriors Players Face Court on Betting Charge
In Honolulu 13 Hawaiian Warriors players including star Melvin Abreu and ex-teammate Muerto Alvarez will answer district court charges of betting on themselves in the title game against the Los Angeles Bulldogs. Investigator Kennedy says the players pooled 6700 to bet on leading by seven at halftime and winning by 14, but most money was lost as the Bulldogs won 7 to 6.
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Los Angeles Bulldogs
Kennedy
Fall ceremonial draws 600 visitors to Nemisis Shrine
In Parkerburg the fall ceremonial of Nemisis Shrine Temple drew expectd visitors from West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. In Washington a House committee heard Walter S Hallanan chairman of the National Petroleum Council say expanding crude oil supply, not government control, will meet rising oil product demand.
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Washington
Walter S. Hallanan
National Petroleum Council
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Grace Smith Sentenced to Three Years for Threatening Letter
Federal Judge W. E. Baker orders a three year term at Alderson for Grace Smith of Cumberland Maryland after she sent a threatening letter through the mails. The case involves questions about Warden M. E. Ketchum and the release of Mark McCauley, a convicted slayer of a state policeman, from the state penitentiary.
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W. E. Baker
Alderson
Grace Smith
Cumberland
M. E. Ketchum
Mark McCauley
Local Scholastic Scores From West Virginia and Virginia Games
St Francis of Morgantown defeated Alumni 46 to 40 while Monongalis of Morgantown beat Piedmont 27 to 26. Rowlesburg routed Newburg 42 to 17 and Bruceton topped Terra Alta 32 to 24. Aurora beat Fellowsville 64 to 44. Tunnelton won 30 to 25 over Masontown. Pocahontas Va beat Herndon Burch of Delbarton 51 to 42. St Joseph of Huntington edged Gary 42 to 35. Branwell defeated Walton 42 to 33. St Patrick’s of Weston beat Pickens 44 to 46. A stray sentence On the science note: Yeast is described as tiny grainy bodies each under three thousandths of an inch in diameter.
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Fellowsville
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Branwell
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Title Shot Grows HTD War of Words
New York dispatch reports a looming Joe Louis Jersey Joe Walcott rematch dispute. Louis hints Gus Lesnevich as a possible opponent while Walcott accuses of a brushes off. Louis says matches are promoter’s decision as Walcott demands 40 percent and June bout terms.
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New York
Joe Louis-Jersey
Joe Walcott
Joe
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Twentieth Century Club
Gus Lesnevich
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Twentieth Century
Lesnevich
Potomac State Crowned 1947 WV Intercollegiate Football Champion
Clarksburg reports Potomac State was named 1947 football champion of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Conference and West Virginia Tech earned poet titlist status after conference action. Potomac State finished with six conference wins and one tie after Glenville’s tied result was removed for ineligible players. West Virginia University also had an undefeated record with one win and one tie in conference play.
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Potomac State
West Virginia
Tech
Glenville
Westerly
Deer harvest in West Virginia sets 1947 record
West Virginia deer hunters totaled an estimated 5473 deer for 1947, crushing the 1946 high. The season yielded 43328 antlered deer plus 1145 does and five fawns from a one day antlerless season in Monongah and Preston counties. Tucker County led with 580 bucks, followed by Grant 492 and Preston 419. Only one hunter was officially reported wounded, despite several injuries in news reports.
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West Virginia
Monongahy
Preston
Cooper's Rock State Forest
Tucker County
Grant County
Malenkov Speech Cited by London Press on Soviet Policy
London newspapers quote the Moscow radio as reporting Georgi M. Malenkov saying Russians are drilling leaders to carry out the Communist Party's external policy. He claimed they will be taught how to defend socialist state interests in the international arena.
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Moscow Radio
Politburo
Georgi M. Malenkov
Sugar Purchase Alleged Overpayment Under McCarthy Probe
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy charged a billion pounds of sugar was bought at an excess of ten million dollars above market value. Tracy Voorhees testified no cheaper sugar was available for occupied areas, as Congress heard testimony in Washington before the Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Kenneth Royall
Tracy Voorhees
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