La Crosse Hosts Four-Team Holiday Basketball Tourney
La Crosse Teachers College prepares a two night mini tournament with Mankato State Teachers St Marys and Illinois Normal University. Schedule lists Friday games St Marys versus Mankato and La Crosse versus Illinois Normal followed by Saturday rematches. Coach Orville Brault fields 12 players including starters Britelli McElgowney Mannebach Skinner Strand Sakota Knapton and Pleckinger with guard duties shared by Humphrey Richter Schumann.
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Indians
Midwest
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Illinois
Orville Brault
College Training School
Clark van Galder
Brault
Superior
Teachers College
Joe Britelli
Told McElgowney
Don Mannebach
Bill Skinner
Don Strand
Ralpa Sakota
Bill Knapton
Pleckinger
Knapton
Glynn Humphrey
Art Richter
John Schumann
Bradley Edges Indiana 64 62 In Sugar Bowl Tourney Clash
Bradley tops Indiana 64 62 in New Orleans with Charley Grove scoring the winning field goal with 14 seconds left. Bradley sank 28 of 35 free throws to overcome a 51 43 deficit, set to face St. Louis in Sugar Bowl tourney if they win.
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New Orleans
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Associated Press
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All College
Oklahoma City
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Denver
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Clyde Lovellette
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Burley
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Iowa State
La Crosse Fans Push North-South All Star to La Crosse
Ken Blanchard covers La Crosse TC Valparaiso in Tampa on New Year’s Day with Ronnie Gillmeister filling in. La Crosse Central Red Raider Rooter group urges Wisconsin Coaches Association to move the North South high school football All Star game to La Crosse for 1951 citing facilities crowd appeal and regional growth.
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Fla
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Board of Wisconsin Coaches Association
Logan
Aquinas
Western Wisconsin
Green Bay
State Teachers College
Teachers College
Memorial Field
Board of Coaches
Wisconsin
Blugolds Face 6th Victory Bid At Aquinas Clash
Aquinas high school eyes a sixth win as St. Thomas led by 6-7 center John Horan travels to Blugolds on the local hardwoods. Aquinas counters with Bill Skemp and Jim Temp while guard Tom Bruha gears up against Horan. Skemp tops team scoring with 109 points, Bruha and Shimshak also slated to start. Next up for Aquinas is Central in the intra city showdown on Jan 5. Logan meets Eau Claire the same night.
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St. St. Thomas
John Horan
John Michuta
St. Thomas
John Stellick
Warren Delegrave
Dave McPeak
Matt Putzier
Larry Kane
Tom Biegle
Joack Hoffner
Jerry Conroy
Ed Mergens
Tom Bruha
Wizbe
Aquinas
Bruha
Logan Rangers
Skemp
Aquénas
Logan
Temp
John Shimshak
Dave Weldy
Dan Skemp
Central
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Eau Claire
Ranger
Badgers Prep for San Jose State Clash in Madison
Wisconsin coach Bud Foster prepared the Badgers for San Jose State in Madison after four workouts in two days. Markham remained sidelined by a leg injury, with tentative starting forwards Buechl and Markham, center Clinton, and guards Nichol as and Ward penciled in.
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Wis
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San Jose State
Badgers
Foster
Bill Buechl
Markham
Jim Clinton
al Nicholas
Tom Ward
California Bears Face Air Game Gap Ahead of Michigan
California’s Lynn Waldorf says the Golden Bears must improve their passing to challenge Michigan in the air on New Year’s Day. Michigan’s Chuck Ortmann threw 41 of 105 with seven interceptions for 590 yards, while Cal compiled 646 aerial yards across six passers, with Michigan edging California 184 to 100 in attempts across nine games versus ten.
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Golden Bears
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Wolverines
Chuck Ortmann
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Cal
Bears
Lynn Waldorf
Waldorf
Ortmann
Sparta Cage Twin Bill set for Thursday in Sparta
Sparta Trojans aim for a fourth consecutive league win after a 113 31 victory over Merchants in the first game against Nor walk The Merchants seek their first win following a Cashton triumph The opener tips at 7 30 p m in Sparta Wisconsin.
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Pro Basketball AP Scores New York Over Philadelphia
New York defeats Philadelphia 79 to 74 in a National Basketball Association game. Rochester tops Fort Wayne 74 to 68. Minneapolis beats Baltimore 81 to 6. Sheboygan wins 77 to 74 over Waterloo. Denver defeats Louisville 76 to 7.
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New York
Philadelphia
Rochester
Fort Wayne
Minneapolis
Baltimore
National Sheboygan
Waterloo
Denver
Louieville
Oklahoma and Kentucky Set For Sugar Bowl Duel
Oklahoma and Kentucky travel different paths to the Sugar Bowl with passing and deception featured. Bud Wilkinson and Bear Bryant assess their teams after workouts in New Orleans with Oklahoma aiming to extend a 31 game win streak and Kentucky highlighting willingness to sacrifice for success.
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New Orleans
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Miss
Arists
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Bear) Bryant
Wilkinson
Recreation Christmas Cage Meet Junior Tournament Highlights
Del's Packards 52 defeats Yellow Jackets 12 as Blue Devils top Phantoms 11 and Wolverines 33 beat Raiders 17. Badgers 35 edge Panthers 28 Swishers 75 to Roosevelt 25. Longfellow No 1 and No 2 advance to second round with wins over Swishers and others. Globe Walkers 4 Merchants 26 Sagay's Sure Shots 51 defeats Swanies 35. Moose Mongers 76 over Arenz Shoes 38.
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High School Basketball Scores Across Wisconsin Districts
The Associated Press lists boys basketball results including Stevens 57 over Waukesha 35 and Wisconsin Rapids 66 over Shorewood 42. Other scorelines include Kohier 55, Burn 38, Delavan 47, Port Washington 45, Appleton 43, Whitefish Bay 33, Milwaukee Lutheran 63, Marinette 63, West Allis Hale 46, Brooklyn 48, Rio 44, Granton 4, Patch Grove 38.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Shorewood
Kohier
Burn
Delavan
Port Washington
Appleton
Whitefish Bay
Lutheran
Milwaukee Lutheran Marinette
West Allis Hale
Brooklyn
Rio
Granton
Patch Grove
State athletic groups gather for high school sports talks
MOBILE Ala delegates from state high school athletic associations converge for a four day National Federation meeting. Topics include easing a ban on professional baseballers courting prep athletes standardizing football colors and the impact of television on high school sports. No formal action was taken.
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Ala
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations
Lyle T. Quinn
Boone
Iowa Association
Quinn
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley
W. Va
AP Selects 1950 All-Pro Grid Team
Doak Walker of the Lions Joe Geri of the Steelers Marion Motley of the Browns and Tom Fears of the Rams unanimous for the AP 1950 All-Pro. Walker led NFL scoring with 128 points as a rookie star for SMU and Cal. Bears’ Lujack Connor and Barnagan join Bednarik and Sigingo on the first team. Second team includes Speedie Box Huffman Reinhard Ramsey Bray Townemaker Waterfield Grimes Strzykalski and Hoerner. Motley led ground gainers 810 yards while Geri gained 705 yards and ranked high in passing and scoring. Lujack totaled 1731 passing yards and 11 rushing TDs for Notre Dame.
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Chuck) Bednarik
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Waller leads BRF Boosters past Camp Douglas 44 39
George Waller scored 21 as Black River Falls Booster edged Camp Douglas 44 39 in a tight game. Douglas led 35 30 entering the fourth quarter before BRF pulled away. Stowell topped Douglas with 13. Boosters travel to Kendall Sunday.
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Kendall
Flood Stops Diamond in New York Bout at St Nicholas Arena
Jimmy Flood of New York stopped Artie Diamond in the first round at St Nicholas Arena after fighting in the area codes, delivering a decisive knockout record in the arena bout.
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Associated Press
New York
St. Nicholas Arena
Jimmy Flood
Artie Diamond
Beloit Romps Springfield 109 63 In Midwest Tour Win
Beloit, Wis Beloit College defeated Springfield Massachusetts 109 to 63 Wednesday night. Ron Bontemps scored 21 and Babe Baptist 20 for Beloit while Al Schutte led Springfield with 12. Beloit built a 31 13 first period lead and dominated with pressing defense and fast breaks.
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Babe Baptist
al Schutte
Marquette Hosts New Year Cage Doubleheader
Milwaukee event features Iowa facing Chicago Loyola at 8 p.m. and Marquette meeting Northwestern in the late game at 9 30 p.m in the university arena. The schedule shift moves the pair by three nights due to Christmas holiday placement.
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Chicago
Loyola
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Big Seven First Round Upset in Minnesota Victory
Minnesota defeated Colorado 74 to 68 in the Big Seven Tournament first round. Other first round results include Kansas 75 over Iowa State 31 and Oklahoma City events with Arkansas 53 Tulsa 44.
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