Backward Punt For Touchdown Tops 1949 Oddities List
A backward pass play that led UCLA to a 6 0 upset over UCLA is named the top oddity of 1949 by 31 of 62 Associated Press sports writers. Other quirks include a dog on the field at Indiana Illinois, a controversial Colella play, and a double vote on the foul.
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New York
Kiser
UCLA
Calfforna
Fiank Greenberg
Hurner
Chicago Cubs
Sters
Indiana
Phil Colella
Colella
Virginia
Drexel
Langer Opposes Stettinius Nomination for UNO Post
Senator Langer of North Dakota challenges President Truman by opposing Ed ward R. Stettinius Jr. for secretary of the United Nations. The protest is viewed mainly as a record gesture rather than a real political impact.
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United Nation Organization
Langer
R-Nd
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Racing and Candy Operator Mrs E V Mars Dies at 57
Mrs E V Mars, long tied to Mars Candy and Milky Way farms, died at 57 in La Jolla California after four years of illness. Her brother William Kruppenbacher said death was sudden. She built Milky Way stables in Pulaski Tennessee into a top money winner through high priced yearlings before selling the stable five years after Gal’s Kentucky Derby win.
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la Jolla
Calif
V. Mars
Mars Candy Company
Milky Way Farms
Pead Mars
Mrs. Mars
William L. Kruppenbacher
Chicago
Mrs. 0
Milky Way
Pulaski, Tenn
Jast
Gal
Charles the Fat: Emperor and West Frankish King
In medieval titles, Charles III is identified as Charles the Fat, recognized as a Roman emperor and king of the West Franks for his rule and lineage.
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Charles the III
Charles the Fat
Christmas visits and gatherings across the region
A long list of holiday calls and gatherings across Madison, Mineral Point, New Glarus, Monroe and surrounding towns. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Carlen, Dr. and Mrs. Stan Ley Thomas, Miss Mary Margaret Schnurr, Miss Esther Wiseman, and many families shared the season with relatives, friends, and local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W.ova
Carlen
Madison
D. L. Zentner
Minneapolis
Stanley Thomas
Crystal Brusveen
Elmer School
Hilda Mohns
Sue Joyce
Seattle
Christ
Mary Margaret Schnurr
Mineral Point
Herman Feenie
Middleton
Esther Wiseman
Kendall
George Wittner
Ernest Wittner
Dick Dugdale
Tommy and
Dick, Jr
Sheridan
Ind
H. L. Karlen
Lester Bleiler
New Glarus
Postville
W. J. Abe
Junior Abe
Florida
Betty Jane Karlen
Royal Kar- Bites
Margaret Boyum
Herman Klassy
Robert Eby
Indiana
Wallace School
Jacob Disch
Mmes
Terrance Freitag
Jacob C. Hoesly
Frank Judd
James Pierce
Za Updike
Chester Disch
Fred Disch
Fred Meiers
Cheries Derendinger
Fred Moser
Ruth Abely
Nordeen Judd
Lois Updike
O. Weller
Warren Weller
J. M. Harden
J. W. Barlow
M. E. Lynn
Norman Rosen
H. A. Becker
Willis Babler
Henry E. Babler
Bernice
Henry Sippel
Browntown
Capt
Harris Babler
New Jersey
Emil Escher
Liberalized Timeout Rule Sought by Big 10 Teams
College basketball discussion centers on a proposed rule to allow mass substitutions without delays. The plan would liberalize timeouts to ease use of offensive and defensive units, affecting game flow and substitution patterns across Big Ten programs.
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Big 10
Chicago
Christmas visitors and athletic conference notes in Wisconsin
Local social notes list visitors including Miss Morrison and Miss Jo Condon from Madison and Milwaukee with parents. Students from Wisconsin attend Christmas vacation with families. Conference coaches at winter meeting discuss rule changes for football including hand use, timeouts, and play-based pacing. Bo McMillin advocates free use of timeouts.
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Marvin Thosten- SaaNd Suuuy
Logerion
Auiss Mauge Lyons
Chicago
Ana Miss Wenevi
Ve .Yous
Duli- Wounce
Myria
Lawvett
Lora Perryman
Kelly Morrison
Mir
Jack Zimmerman
Jerry Boss
University of Wisconsim
Marion Byjorg
Mary Jo Condon
Weir
Irs
M. J. Cannon
Sony Bjork
Murphy
Gaugnier
T. K. Miisverer
Andrew Kiefbeck
Coldren
Paul Croake
St. Rose Catholic Church
Father Croake
William Rice
Florence Palmer
Oregon
Stanley Fleck
Green County Bank
Emma Pinnow
Charles Marshall
Doris Brobst
Madison
Minnie A
Brobst
Anderson
Pvt
Clayton Ross
Mrs
Claytonross
Christmas Gatherings and Visits Across Monticello and Monroe
Residents and guests circulated between Monticello Madison Monroe and Footville for holiday gatherings and family visits. A birthday surprise for Henry Elmer, multiple family attendances at home gatherings, and travel to Champaign for business are noted along with Christmas exchanges and hospitality among the Voegeli Schlittler Gempler and Stauffer families.
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William Schuler
Madison
Fred Moser
Alfred Meiers
Monroe
Jacob Voegels
Henry C. Elmer
Elmer
Joan Dahnke
Anton Heity
Robert Holcomb
Leon Voegeli
Emil Escher
Fannie Loveland
Adam Duerst
O. D Curtis
Royal Woelffer
Camp McCoy
R. W. Woelffer
Glenna Gempler
Gordon
Belleville
Kenneth Schneider
Albany
Albert Gempler
Jacob Stauffer
Stauffer
Walter Gempler
Billy
Anna Gempler
James Gempler
Bobby
Joann
Footville
Fred Newman
Paul
Donald
Caroline Newman
Martha Gempler
Afton
Kate
Ernest Gempler
Louise
Fred Gempler
Ray Luchsinger
Marian
Fred Stauffer
Calvin
Carl Stauffer
Aes Cc
M. Stauffer
Uth
Clifford Riese
Alley
Mary Ann
Pleasant
Don Broughton
Brooklyn
Wilbert Dick
Champaign
Ted Butler
Ralph S. Butler
Lydia Voegeli
Fannie Benkett
Rosa Roth
Ed. Schlittler
Walter
Ed. J. Marty
Herman Schlittler
Carl Wyss
John C. Elmer
Willis
Henry Loveland
Florence
Walter Ott
Monticello
Carl Schlittler
Anton Hefty
Washington Township
Jacob Voegeli
Jack Hoskins
Charles Schnetzler
Anna Stauffacher
Ella Voegeli
Fred Beer
Frieda Benkert
Charles Niles
Lou Ann Moritz
Chicago
Sylvia Moritz
Edna Schuler
Eleanor Marty
Marty School
State School Yuletide Gifts Aid 322 Children
Wisconsin citizens donated money toys candy nuts fruits and other gifts for the 322 children at the state school though no solicitation was made Supt Franklin R King said hundreds of gifts would bring Christmas cheer to the youngster on holiday traditions
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Yuletide
Sparta
Wisconsin
Franklin R. King
Sugar global production in 1850 reaches 1.5 million tons
The 1850 world sugar output is recorded at about 1.5 million tons, reflecting early industrial-era scale of cane and beet processing and international trade impacts on price and supply.
Six Wisconsin Trotters to Spring Meet at Santa Anita
Wisconsin trainer Guy Crippen plans to enter at least six Wisconsin trotters and three from other states in the $400,000 grand circuit meet at Santa Anita, Calif., April 15-18. Crippen will take seven horses including D W Spencer and Awake owned by A A Hoyer, Mark owned by Guy Waufile, Gene Talmade owned by Del Miller, Jimmy Mack owned by Fred Streitch, and Bib owned by Harry McKay, plus others from Alex Smith and Frank Moore. Crippen says the circuit offers equal class racing and sizable purses, with seven daily dashes at $1,000 each and a $2,500 daily feature.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Santa Anita
Calif
Guy Crippen
Crippen
Sevat State Fair Park
California
D. W. Spencer
Alex Smith
Akron
N. Y
Frank Moore
Minneapolis
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Truman
E. V. Mars
Txy
Big Sister
Robin
Glondie
Byles Forgrave
Fred Escher
Shirley
Art Escher
Janice
Harry Klassy
Eleanor Benkert
Thelma Benkert
William Bene
Ruth Stauffer
C. M. Stauffer
Flora Duerst
John Christopher
Miss Duerst
Flora
Lydia Voegels
Caroline
O. D. Curtis
Doris
Fannie Benkert
Kathryn Stauffer
Theo Benkert
Dayton
Kenneth Johnson
Platteville
Kenneth Holcomb
A Kay
Fred Zweifel
Lillian
Robert Holcomb, Jr
Nancy
Fred C. Marty
Lawrence
Clarence Holcomb
Lucille
Charline
Ruth
Alvin Ott
Bernice Babler
Willis Babne
Mt. Pleasant Town
Bernard Biederman
Ida Schenk
Chic Young
Mandrake the Magician
Carol
Greg
Alex
Lee Falk
Phil Davis
Hepzibah
Brodhead
Wonaia L. Colius, Cor
Bierman
Minnesota
Jim Masker
Kenneth
Tug) Wilson
Thorya
T. A. Hoesly
Monroe, Wis
Dodgeville, Wis
Hahn Bldg
R. J. Telford
Biel 'Hst
Jack Benny
H. Bogart
Coca-Cola Company
Freeport Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Goetz
Edward G. Robinson
Margaret O'Brien
Ed Jackie
Butch Jenkins
Stooge
Disney Cartoon
Wisconsin Trotters
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
Shullsburg — Dubuque
Janesville
Beloit
Whitewater
Kenosha
al Cardinal Lines Inc
National Trailway
E. Randolph St
Loop
Marshall Fields
Monroe and Vicinity
Cardinal
Union Bus Depot
Ted Schmedhin
Met
Orl
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