Durocher Expected Back as Dodgers Manager
Brooklyn report says Branch Rickey will announce at a press conference that Leo Durocher will return to manage the Dodgers. The move follows Rickey obtaining a green light from Commissioner Chandler who suspended Durocher for the 1947 season for conduct detrimental to baseball, with Catholic Youth Organization withdrawing support in the days ahead.
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Rickey
A. B. Chandler
Catholic Youth Organization
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Burt Shotton
Ray Blades
Clyde Sukeforth
Jake Pitter
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San Domingo
Miami
Maryland
Cecil de Mille
Hollywood
State Terrors Set for High Point Challenge This Night
North Carolina State College Terrors, led by Everett Case, bring a 20-man roster and a 59.2 point per game average from last season to face High Point College Purple Panthers in a high stakes showcase. The squad features Ed Bartels Dick Dickey Warren Cartier Leo Katkaveck and Bob Hahn, with heavy Indiana influence and plans for a new Raleigh gym to seat 12 000.
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Foothills) Kurland
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American University
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Pack Faces High Point Inundated Wolfpack Home Opener
The undefeated North Carolina State Wolf Pack meets High Point College tonight in a two game slate, with a junior varsity matchup preceding the varsity contest at 7 00. Dickey and McComas lead the forward lineup with Horvath at center and Katkaveck and Bartels at guards. Norman Sloan and other lettermen provide depth as State seeks a third straight win and fifth of the season.
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New York City
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Gary, Ind
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Ford City, Pa
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Horvath
Leo Katkaveck
Ed Bartels
Catawba
Norman Sloan
Sloan
Warren Cartier
Charlie Stine
Hal Snow
High Point
Durocher Returns as Dodgers Manager Under Rickey
Brooklyn announces Leo Durocher will resume managing the Dodgers after Burt Shotton’s interim tenure. Rickey confirms the move, noting no salary terms. Durocher had signed a 1947 contract for 50000 dollars before suspension for conduct detrimental to baseball.
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Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Burt Shotton
A. B. Chandler
Durocher
Dodgers
California
North State Cage Tourney Moves to Elkin
The North State conference basketball tournament was moved from High Point to Elkin by a 5 to 3 vote. The move places the event in Elkin during the last week of February, with the Elkin junior chamber of commerce organizing. High Point college officials opposed the shift but offered assistance if the event stayed in High Point.
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High Point
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AL Jennings Enterprise
Salisbury
Furniture City
Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Panther College Gymnasium
Furniture City Saycees
High Point College
Ralph James
Bill Faircloth
Bill Currie
James
Clarence Stasavich
Lenoir Rhyne
Red Bird
Atlantic Christian
C. R. Hinshaw
Catawbba
Woman’s College hosts instruction for 200 girls from northwest district
A varied program of instruction was given at Woman’s College today for more than 200 girls from 12 high schools in the northwest district of the girls athletic association.
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Greensboro
Woman's College Today
Northwest
Girls Athletic Association
Villanova Favored Over Kentucky in Great Lakes Bowl
Cleveland December 6 Villanova holds a one touchdown edge over an injury depleted Kentucky squad in the first annual Great Lakes bowl game.
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Cleveland
Villanova
Kentucky
Irish Meet Trojans Today in Los Angeles Showdown
Notre Dame seeks its first undefeated season since 1930 and a national grid title claim as it faces USC before an estimated 103000 at Memorial Coliseum. rain chances loom but a sellout crowd persists with Leahy’s Irish favored to challenge the Trojans and Michigan in the Rose Bowl mix.
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Los Angeles
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Fighting Irish
Southern California
Trojans
Mammoth Memorial Coliseum
Frank Leahy
South Bend
Ind
Rice
USC
Associated Press
Michigan
Demaret Leads Orlando Open at Dubsdread
Jim Demaret of Ojai California led a tight field of 61 golfers at the Orlando Open after 36 holes at Dubsdread. He carded 185 for the first 36 with 67 and 68 rounds, one stroke ahead of Ed Furgol Pete Cooper and Frank Stranahan who each posted 137 at halfway.
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Fla
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai
Calif
Demaret
Dubsdread Country Club
Ed Furgol
Detroit
Pete Cooper
Ponte Vedra Beach
Wia
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Furgol
Cooper
Stranahan
Herman Keiser
Akron, C
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Johnny Palmer
Badin
Frank Moore
St. Louis
Fayetteville Bulldogs Win Piedmont Bowl Title
Fayetteville's state AA high school football champions return home after beating Children’s Home 20-0 in Winston-Salem before 9,000 fans. The victory, led by three swift seatbacks, earned the Bulldogs another Piedmont bowl title.
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Fayetteville
Winston-Salem
Bulldogs
Judges' Scorecards Show Louis Loss On Points In Walcott Fight
Joe Louis retained his heavyweight title in a split decision over Jersey Joe Walcott at Madison Square Garden before 18,194 fans. Walcott earned seven rounds from referee Goldstein and won overall on the cards, while Louis took eight rounds from judge Forbes and nine from judge Monroe. Louis, 33, fought with a bruised left eye and a damaged right hand, though he proclaimed the bout not his best and suggested a potential rematch with a million-dollar gate.
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Joe Walcott
Louis
Ted Smits
New York
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Walcott
Madison Square Garden
Frank Forbes
Ruby Goldstein
Marty Monroe
Joe Webster
Eddie Eagan
New York State Athletic Commission
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Webster
John
Roxborough
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Harry Baloch
Forbes
Goldstein
Monroe
Dan Florio
Max Schmeling
Jersey Joe Walcott
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Associated Press
Sports Writers Favor Walcott
A New York report notes that 20 of 38 sports writers who scored last night’s Joe Louis vs Jersey Joe Walcott fight favored Walcott. Scorers include Wilbur Wood, Hank O’Donnell, John Carmichael, Heid Meier, and many others. even radio viewers sided with Walcott. The consensus: Joe Louis is ready to be taken.
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Joe Louis
Chicago Daily News
Walcott
Heid Meier
Associated Press
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