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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1948
Page
5
The writer describes a train journey en route to New Orleans, praising smoker car conversations as the true education of travel. He recalls past trips, noting lively debates and loquacious speakers that emerge as the wheels roll.
In a travelogue from the train to Birmingham the author notes a carnival of ticket chaos for the bowl game. Scalpels circle as sports scribes trade, collect, and promote scarce Sugar Bowl ducats while families travel homeward amid comic misadventures and a looming New Orleans trip.
New York unveils a packed week with 11 college doubleheaders and pro games at Madison Square Garden. Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco tournaments join Sugar and Orange Bowl attractions as Ray Eliot questions basketball’s time. Bench-sitters, trades, and Green Bay needs spark talk amid a flood of games. Little Creek amphibs sink 27 of 28 foul shots in a single game.
The Phillies rate Robin Roberts highly for his pitching record and decisive nature. After a meeting with a Philadelphia scout post Michigan State, Roberts chose signing over bigger offers, accepting a $25,000 bonus and telling his father the Chicago trip would be on him.
Monday matinee notes show University of Mississippi football players polled on the free submarine policy. Coaches and staff weigh opinions as school leaders seek clarity on cafeteria offerings.
Oklahoma guard Myrle Greathouse said Dee Andros was the toughest blocker he faced in drills. He also named teammate Jack Mitchell as the trickiest back, praising Greathouse’s own scrimmage experience against them.
Ben Hogan was named 1948 leading money winner by the PGA with $32,112 in official earnings and led the Ryder Cup list with 916 points. Lloyd Mangrum edged Hogan for total prize money after non PGA events, while Hogan won the Vardon Trophy with a 69.30 stroke average over 76 rounds. Demaret finished high but was disqualified in some events.
Carolina's Tar Heels begin a rigorous stretch toward the Sugar Bowl with Oklahoma. Coach Carl Snavely signals a focus on hard work, while the squad handles travel plans, training logistics, and Christmas gifts as they approach the game.
The Echo bowl in San Francisco on December 29 1949 will pit the country s losingest teams for a charity showcase. Sponsored by the American Legion Jimmie Lynn Post the event promises full ceremony bands and paroled contenders while honoring the most forgotten squads led by Daily Echo editor Bill Mason.
Carnegie Institute of Technology announces coach William Donohoe will leave his football and basketball posts when his contract ends July 1 1949. Donohoe, a long time Tartans figure, informed athletic director Clarence Overland he wants a teaching focused role and to pursue other opportunities. His three seasons as football coach yielded 1 win 19 losses while basketball tallied 9 wins 34 losses, including a 1 4 mark this season.
Texas Mines and West Virginia began heavy workouts in El Paso for the Sun Bowl game on New Year’s Day. WVU coach Dudley De Groot said rain would not hinder his squad as they planned two drills daily, aiming to match Texas Mines’ speed and stop star Fred Wendt. Mines coach Jack Curtice gave players a two day Christmas break before reporting back today.
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia California begins its 12th turf season with the $50 000 added California Breeders Champion stakes kicking off a 750 000 purse program for a 50 day meeting Entries are taken for opening day two year old mile and a sixteenth test a field of 12 home grown entrants is expected Saturday features the $50 000 added San Carlos handicap at seven furlongs and the track’s famed trio of 100 000 stakes the big handicap derby and maturity
The line ends with a note that the contest persists until the final dogie is roped tied and branded and the deciding points added. The opening was a miss as the proposition appeared doomed from the start.
New York sports column notes Kentucky the NCAA champion may face St. Louis the National Invitation champion in the Sugar Bowl basketball carnival at New Orleans on Wednesday night. If both win, Kentucky and St. Louis would meet again Thursday. otherwise the dream remains unlikely.
High Point High hosts Wilson High in Wednesday's decisive home opener as Coach Tony Simeon works to sharpen offense after a tough loss to Thomasville. Key players Charlie Bryant Jack Powell and Ken Yarborough highlighted the lineup with Bryant possibly earning a start over Frank Hassell while depth will be tested against the speedy Cyclones.
AP dispatch notes that five of the eight underdogs in major bowls show better offensive records than their favorites. California in the Rose Bowl, Oklahoma in the Sugar, and Oregon are among underscored teams challenging expectations as Bowl selections loom.
California's unbeaten Golden Bears head into the Rose Bowl sector to face Northwestern in the third renewal of the Big Nine Pacific coast conference postseason series. Northwestern is a seven point favorite amid a storied Rose Bowl past and coach Bob Voigts comments.
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