Browns to meet either Rams or Lions in title game
The 1948 Browns lost 37-34 to the Giants while the Rams beat the Steelers 28-14 to keep pace in the National Conference standings. Los Angeles leads Detroit by a half game with Detroit’s 41-6 win over Dallas pending next Sunday's decision in Detroit.
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Norm van Brocklin
Cleveland
Gordon Saltan
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Dan Towler
Giants
Eddie Price
Charley Conerly
Polo Grounds
Badger Cagers Battle Iowa In Big 10 Opener
MADISON Wisconsin opens its Big 10 basketball season tonight at the Badger Fieldhouse against Iowa. Iowa beat Michigan 85 77 to start conference play. Coach Harold Foster will start the same lineup from pre-season games. Wisconsin won two titles and will meet Purdue at Lafayette this Saturday before a Dec 26 home double header with California.
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Pacific Coast
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Washington
Mulloy Connolly Top Choices Of Tennis Association
The U S Lawn Tennis Association tentative top rankings place 38 year old Gardnar Mulloy as the likely No 1 male and teenage Maureen Connolly as the country’s leading woman. Mulloy seeks approval at the January 17 meeting while Connolly, a two time national champion and 1952 Wimbledon winner, remains firmly ranked first.
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Connolly
Tennis Association
New York
U. S
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Coral ‘Gables
Fla
Maureen Connolly
San Diego
Calif
Dodgers Build Own Fish Pond
In Vero Beach Florida the Dodgers plan a private training pond next spring. President Walter O'Malley announced a new baseball plant seating nearly 5000 was completed in 51 days and the dug-out dirt was used to form an artificial pond stocked with bass.
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Fla
NEA
Dodgers
Vero
Walter O'Malley
Syracuse Beats Wisconsin Then Last Big Ten Win
Syracuse, after a 48-7 loss to Michigan State, has not defeated a Big Ten opponent since 1941 when it beat Wisconsin 27-20.
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Syracuse
N.Y
NEA
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Landy Runs Mile In 4 02.1 In Melbourne Meet
Australian track star John Landy of Melbourne University clocked 4 minutes 2.1 seconds for a mile in a Melbourne interclub meet fueling belief he could break 4 minutes soon. Observers describe him as tall olive skinned with a fine running form and potential to shock the track world.
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Australia
John Landy
Melbourne University
Landy
Melbourne
Mal Whitfield
One Count Revitalized by Vitamin Therapy
The horse One Count, once listless after a poor Flamingo Stakes run, was diagnosed with pernicious anemia. A Grayson Foundation blood test led to a B-12 like tonic, and since starting treatment the three year old has won five races, placed second three times, and third once in nine starts. If he races at Hialeah this winter he is aimed at the Widener Stakes with $100,000 in added prize money.
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Walter M. Jefford
Blue Man
Hialeah
Grayson Foundation
University of Pennsylvania
Widener
British sports scribes baffled by American football at Wembley
London observers flocked to the U S Air Force European championship final where the Fursty Eagles beat the Burtonwood Bullets 26 7. Reporters likened the game to a chaos of bands cheerleaders and rough play lauding the sport’s energy while guessing at its rules.
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England
the Express
Piccadilly
Sunday Times
Packers Lose to 49ers in Final 1952 Battle
Green Bay finishes 1952 with a 6 6 league record after a 24 14 setback at San Francisco. Frankie Albert closes his pro career with San Francisco passing and scoring while Joe Perry and Hugh McElhenny spark the 49ers. Tobin Rote and Babe Parilli combine for 324 passing yards as the Packers drop to fourth in the National Conference.
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Frankie Albert
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Albert
Joe Arenas
J. R. Boone
Gordon Soltau
Tobin Rote
Bill Howton
Green Bay
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Howton
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Rote
Parilli
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Los Angeles
Chicago Bears
Washington
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Reichardt
McElhenny
Arenas
Soltau
West Virginia builds new baseball field modeled after majors
WVU opens a new baseball field seating 1,700 fans with potential upgrade to 4,000. The facility follows large league design and is set to host future games and events.
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West Virginia University
College Basketball Season Gains Momentum This Week
The college game schedule sharpens with La Salle and Seton Hall highlight a cross country week. La Salle beat Dayton 73 64 in OT while Seton Hall prepares for Louisville and John Carroll and scales Madison Square Garden. Georgia State?
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John Carroll
Presidents to Attend Rose Bowl at Big Ten Expense
The Big Ten may fund at least 10 800 to send presidents and officials to the Rose Bowl, tied to a renew pact with the PCC. A Berkeley meeting Jan 4 could resolve the issue, with a possible 6-4 pro‑renewal vote among presidents and officials.
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Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Michigan State
John Hannah
Spartans
Wisconsin
Lawrence suffers first defeat of the season to Cornell
Cornell handed Lawrence its first defeat of the season sinking the Cardinals 73-55 and dropping Lawrence from the top of the Midwest Conference standings. In Mount Vernon the twin bill opened with Coe defeating Ripon 75-57, while Carleton beat Knox 75-58 and Monmouth edged St Olaf 66-62. North Central Illinois beat Grinnell 87-82 in OT.
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Monmouth
St. Olaf
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High School Basketball Scores Across Milwaukee Area
Saturday results include St Jinda x Milwaukee Cathedral 52 over Waukesha Memorial 41. Milwaukee Plus 61 over Racine St Catherine 53. Don Bosco 64 over Messmer 61. Notre Dame 44 over Sturtevant St Bonaventure 42 in overtime.
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Sailfish Beat Tuna At Cape Hatteras Towboat
Ed Bennett of Norfolk trolling near Diamond Lightship off Cape Hatteras hooked a three pound tuna. Sailfish surfaced and chased the tuna, one swallowing it. Bennett boated a 48 pound sailfish after twenty five minutes.
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Nea
Ed ‘Bennett
Norfolk
Diamond
Cape Hatteras
Bennett
Sports In Brief Hauls From Across The Nation
New York Gardnar Mulloy tops USTA tentative ratings with Miami. Maureen Connolly leads women’s field from San Diego. Marguerite Ann Norris named Red Wings and Olympia Stadium president in Detroit. Jack Burke wins Miami Open Golf in a sudden death playoff over Dick Mayer. John Landy runs 4 02 1 in Sydney missing world mile record by .7 sec. Don Carter and Marion Ladewig win National All-Star Bowling. Cleveland takes NFL American Conference title as New York loses to Chicago. Los Angeles ties Detroit for National Conference crown. Jimmie Kitts dies at 52 in El Paso.
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Maureen Connolly
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Don Carter
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Marion Ladewig
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