US Net Cup Hopes Rise as Trabert Shows Peak Form
In Adelaide Tony Trabert demonstrates peak tennis form on Memorial Drive as Davis Cup ties loom. The crowd and Australian observers see his workout as a threat to Australia’s defense, while Sedgman also impresses, boosting hopes that the U S can win with Trabert and Seixas in singles and a key doubles plan.
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Adelaide
Australia
United States
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Memorial Drive
Trabert
U, S
Frank Sedgman
Sedgman
Vic Seixas
U. S
Chaice
Sell
Ken McGregor
Mervyn Rose
Rose
McGregor
L. S
Seixas Trabert
Rough Year in '53 For Sports Champs
A 1952 trend shows champions across baseball boxing football archery bowling curling yacht ing shooting rowing and more losing titles. Only horseshoe billiards and chess repeaters remain. Jimmy Carruthers Archie Moore Rocky Marciano and others saw dethronements. Frank Sedgman starred in tennis. Yankees and Musial led baseball. Willie Hoppe retired. many sports welcomed new titleholders.
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Steve Idea
New York
Sandy Saddler
Yoshio Shirai
Dada Marino
Jimmy Carruthers
Vic Toweel
Ray Robinson
Archie Moore
Joey Maxim
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joey Valeott
Frank Sedgman
Wimbledon
U. S
New York Yankees
Ferris Fain
Athletics
Stan Musial
Caras
Rndals
Willie Hoppe
Navy Backfield Remains Intact for Bowl
San Diego Navy training center coach Tay Brown will start the same backfield against Camp Breckinridge in the Selad Bowl in Phoenix on New Year’s Day. Jim Monachino will move to left halfback, replacing Jim Waddell, and Dale Atkeson shifts from fullback.
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San Diego
Tay Brown
San Diego Naval Training Center
Camp Breckinridge
Phoenix
Ariz
Bolling Air Force Base
Jim Monachino
San Francisco 49Er
Speedy
Jim Waddell
Compion
Star
Monachino
Dale Atkeson
Wisconsin Nips Bears In Hard Fought Wisconsin Basketball
Wisconsin beat California 64 to 57 in Madison as the Badgers harried the Bears late. Tom Ward led with 16 points, Dick Cable 14, Charles Siefert 12, while California forward John Rickson scored eight field goals and fouled out after a late surge. Wisconsin held a 33 to 27 halftime edge and maintained control in the final minutes.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
California
Bill
Bears
John Rickson
Tuwa
Oregon
Tom Ward
Badgers
Dick Cable
Charles Siefert
Ward
Siefert
Green and Ferdinand Vie in Legion Bout Tonight
Charlie Green the state bantamweight champion meets Esau Ferdinand in a 10 round main event at Hollywood Legion Stadium. Green is favored about 2 to 1 in the non title scrap after knocking out his last six opponents and winning the Southern California Bowling Writers Best Prospect of the year award.
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Charlie Green
Esau Ferdinand
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Green
Southern California Bowling Writers
Judge Books a Bet on Rose Bowl Score
Superior Judge Mildred Lillie agreed to a $1000 bet on the Rose Bowl score with mentalist Jack Swimmer who sealed a chest with a slip predicting USC versus Wisconsin. If the score is wrong he donates $1000 to the judge’s favored charity, to be opened Jan 5 at a National Guild meeting. Swimmer also dropped predictions for the Grange and Cotton Bowl for fun.
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Los Angeles
Mildred L. Lillie
Jack Swimmer
Swimmer
Lillie
National Guild of Prestidigitators
49ers Beaten By SC Frosh
SC Frosh defeated Long Beach State 74 to 55 on the Pacific floor. Troy freshmen led early and held it, with F. Nagi scoring 20 and Jack Dunne 19. The 49ers fell to 5 losses, 7 wins, and next faced UCLA JV in Westwood for a pre Oregon State UCLA game.
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Long Beach State
49Ers
Pa Pacific
Troy
F. Nagi
Jack Dunne
Westwood Gym
Ucla JV
Oregon State
UCLA
SC Prosh
Jang Beach Staty
Peaktia
Jecker
Nnne
F Fernit
Schaar
C Sothan
Nagi Geg Davig
Fisell
Hathine
Acore
Go Frosh
Pannier
Long Beach
Jonnne Armstrong
Walker
Carat Watt Qulat
College Cage Scores Roundup Shows Busy Weekend Games
College basketball results feature Wisconsin 64 over Calli Washington 62 while Rice 68 tops TCI Sut Joe 88 and Kansas 79 beats Kansas State. Missouri 85 Nebraska 6 and Texas 87 over Saint Louis. Hofstra 74 and Santa Clara 42 among other scores. various teams and venues listed with mixed outcomes. Yesterday fishing notes report limits on rock cod and other bottom species at Pacific sportfishing grounds with Pierpoint described as productive.
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Tme
Wisconsin
Calli
Washington
Eee Lous U
St. Rice
TCI
Joe Dtala
Stanford
Kanaas
Nebraska
Baylor
Texas Warmington
St Lo
Gt. John
Eavy
Wagner
Mankato
Augustana
Hofstra
Seven
Santa Clara
Loyola
Lions Browns Clash Faces Injury Hit Championship Bid
Detroit Lions coach Budd Parker loads 31 players for a trip to Cleveland as they prepare to face the Browns in the NFL title game. Cleveland relies on five rookies and aims to overcome knee injuries to Speedie and Jones while hoping Darrell Brewster and Rey Renfro spark the offense. Advance sales hint at a near 50,000 crowd.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Paul Brown
Darrel Brewster
Ray Renfro
Detroit
Budd Parker
Lions
Browns
Parker
Briggs Stadium
Pat Harder
Darrell iPete Brewster
Rey Renfro
Mac Speedie
Dub Jones
Brown
Bert Rechichar
Tennessee
Bon Gain
Kentucky
John Kissell
Joe Skibinski
Purdue
Speedie
Jones and Kissel
Lonny Gadee
Jug Girard
Missouri Kansas in Tourney Victories
Missouri University edged Town State 63 to 61 while Kansas rallied to beat Nebraska 73 to 66 in opening Big Seven basketball tourney games in Kansas City. Near 8500 fans witnessed the traditional rivals advance to semi finals Monday night with finals Tuesday.
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Kansas City
Missouri University
Town State
Kansas
Nebraska
Midlands
Baylor and Rice Open Southwest Conference Tournament With Wins
Baylor University and Rice Institute held form in Dallas as preseason favorites. Rice defeated defending champion Texas Christian 58 to 49 to push TCU to the consolation bracket. Baylor then beat favored Texas 57 to 43 to start the tournament with an upset.
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Dallas, Texas
iGh
Baylor University
Rice Institute
Rice
Texas Christian
Don Luman
Baylor
Texas
Enhances Ring Ranking Chavez TKO'd in 10th
Georgie Dunn of Edmonton defeated Carlox Chavez of Los Angeles by a 10th round technical knockout at 2 39 in the final round to improve his world lightweight ranking. The bout ended as Chavez hobbled and Dunn advanced, with Dunn's purse reportedly held up by the Edmonton Boxing Commission. The main event faced a 2 minute delay as Dunn refused to fight while referee Johnny Smith stood inside as non scoring official.
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Edmonton
Georgie Dunn
Carlox Chavez
Los Angeles
Dunn
Chavez
Dunn-Chavez
Edmonton Boxing Commission
Hartford
Conn
Johnny Smith
Smith
Last Minute CC Rally Nods Stockton, 54-51
Long Beach City College trailed early but closed the gap in the final three minutes to defeat Stockton JC 54 to 51 in the Sam Barry tournament at Glendale. Clarence Smith and John Ranling sparked late scores as Smith finished with 23 points. Other Friday results: Orange Coast beat Valley 82 to 53 and Santa Monica edged San Bernardino 54 to 53.
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Long Beach City College
Stockton JC
Sam Barry
Glendale
Vikings
Compton
Nick Romanoff
Stockton
Jerry Mitchell
Clarence Smith
Bob Conk
Long Beach
Romanoff
Smith
John DeRitter
Marv Sippel
John Ranling
Tom Sutherland
Charlie Church
Orange Coast
Valley
Santa Monica
San Bernardino
Campion
Santa Ana
Binke
Roianore
Micheli
Bember
Harkness
Ey G Buckman
Sand Peas
NeKee
Acecess Stockton
Long Beye
Cone Beach
Cooe
Sper
Lyseroumton
Russel
Wichita fires coach Carlson and staff after two seasons
University of Wichita will not renew contracts for head football coach Bob Carlson and three assistants. Line coach George Bernhardt, freshman coach Earl Hamilton, and end coach Jim Valek will depart. Carlson, who took over in 1950, oversaw five wins and ten losses in two seasons, with a new coach named soon to be announced.
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Wichita, Kan
University of Wichita
Bob Carlson
Norvell Neve
George Bernhardt
Earl Hamilton
Jim Valek
Carlson
Wichita
Jim Trimble
Trimble
Philadelphia Eagles
University
Asl
Martinez in TKO Victory Over Garden Foe at MSG
New York report says Vince Martinez Paterson welterweight rose to 12 straight wins with a technical knockout of Don Williams Worcester in 1 35 of the ninth round before 1934 at Madison Square Garden. Martinez improved to 25-1-0. Williams fell to 24-5-0 as blood and a gash marked the bout. Martinez displayed a sharp jab, straight right and uppercut while avoiding heavy punishment.
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Vince Martinez
Patterson, N
Don Williams
Worcester
Mass
Madison Square Garden
Martinez
New York
ISP
Paterson
N. J
Ruby Goldstein
Williams
Westings House
Sammy Giuliani
Woriday
Bama Arrives for Orange Bowl Workouts
In Coral Gables Florida coach Red Drew brings 48 Alabama players to the Orange Bowl site for a workout ahead of the January 1 game against Syracuse. Drew doubts fullbacks Travis Hunt and linebacker Harry Lee will be ready by game time.
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Cural Gables
Fla
Alabama
Hyrle Ivy
Jack Smalley
Fred
Miami
Mimi
John Snodderly
Jerry Watford
van Marcus
Syracuse
Joe Curtis
Clell Hobson
Bobby Marlow
Tommy Lewis
Bobby Luna
Feller Lowers 1953 Goal After Tough Season
Bob Feller revises his career target downward after posting a 9-13 season with the Indians. He now says reaching 300 wins is unlikely and plans to retire after three more seasons, needing about 20 wins per year to reach the mark.
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New York
Bob Feller
Feller
Indians
al Lopez
Tel
Smalke
Feiler
Lopez
Bob
Mike Garcia
Early Wynn
Bob Lemon
Felter
Gottlob May Star In Shrimp Bowl
In Galveston Texas on Friday Northeastern Oklahoma State College Redmen from Tahlequah meet Sam Houston State in the first Shrimp Bowl, a successor to the Oleander Bowl. Gottlob, Sam Houston quarterback, aims to outpace a hoped high scoring affair while Northeastern seeks a strong defense to slow him. Gottlob recently set a national total offense record of 2470 yards, mostly through passing.
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Galveston
Tex
Don
Cotton) Gottlob
Northeastern
Oklahoma State College
Redman
Tahlequah
Okla
Gottlob
Sam Houston State
Redmen
Gottjeb
Sam Houston
Evolution of East West All Star Football Rivalry Across Decades
The recap lists notable East versus West all star games from 1939 to a recent telecast, naming players like Bill Osmanski, Marshall Goldberg, Bob Waterfield, and Kyle Rote. It traces scores and outcomes from 14-0 wins to 13-7 thrillers, with standout performances from Bobby Robertson, Frank Nagie, and Eddie LeBaron among others.
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Joe Routt
Alex Schwartz
George
Tommy Harmon
Lncup
New Orleans
Herman Wedemeyer
Bob Waterfield
West
Jackie Jensen
Walter Heap
Mickey McCaridle
Johnny Lujack
Lou Aguse
George Connor
Tony Minis
Bob Dean
Eddie le’ Baron
Gordon Soltau
Art Murakowski
Leon Hart
Clayton Townemaker
Arnold Galiffa
Lynn Chandnois
Kyle Rote
Frank Nagie
Tthe West
Theastern
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