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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
13
Georgia Tech clinched the Southeastern Conference title with a 23-9 win over Georgia, ending Tech’s wait since 1944 and tying Tennessee for a share earlier in the season. The Engineers improved to 6-0-0 in conference play, while Georgia dropped to fifth. Ole Miss and Tennessee led the race with mix of results across the league.
The report discusses the NCAA television committee meeting in New York to craft a long range policy on college football telecasts. Led by Yale’s Robert A. Hall, it reviews the 1952 program and seeks a policy to submit at the January convention. The current plan limits one major game weekly and bans dual TV shows for institutions.
Sam Giammalva of Houston wins his second consecutive junior singles title at the national indoor event. He also teams with Richard Schuette to capture the doubles crown, defeating Holtman Raskind in straight sets. Giammalva, 18, will age out of the division after this year.
Critics led by the University of Pennsylvania and Notre Dame oppose a shared TV profits program arguing it would harm fair play and attendance. Supporters say all schools should freely contract, while Hall and his TV committee warn of a football aristocracy privileging a few and harming smaller programs.
Evangelist Billy Graham left Albuquerque for Los Angeles while unsure his Korea trip will be allowed. His secretary will meet with Defense Department officials in Washington to resolve sponsorship and clearance issues. Graham had been denied chaplains board sponsorship due to prior commitments, but may still go if military clearance is granted.
Manila reports Japan has replaced the United States as the leading supplier of textile machinery and spare parts to the Philippines. Trade data for the first half of 1952 show Japan close behind the U S as a buyer of Philippine mahogany sugar scrap metals sea shells and hemp.
SEC title race ends as Georgia Tech clinches with a 23-9 win over Georgia and Tennessee falls to Vanderbilt, 46-0. Mississippi State slips to sixth. Alabama moves to fourth after beating Auburn 21-0. LSU surprises Tulane 16-0, Tulane drops to ninth. Kentucky and Florida grapple for seventh. Tech meets Mississippi in Sugar Bowl. Tennessee faces Texas in Cotton Bowl. Alabama meets Syracuse in Orange Bowl. Florida plays Tulsa in Gator Bowl.
Otto Graham sparked the Cleveland Browns to a 48-24 victory over the Washington Redskins delivering undisputed first place in the American Conference. The Browns overcame an early deficit as Graham connected on two TD passes to Mac Speedie and Bill Jones, ran for a score, and even featured a 55 yard punt return by Ken Carpenter.
In Ipoh Malaya a landslide buried a mine engine shed where four Chinese miners slept. A fifth man escaped with minor injuries. The disaster follows another similar incident weeks earlier after heavy rains.
At the Phoenix winter meetings Jackie Robinson accuses the Yankees of racial prejudice prompting a strong denial from New York. Leo Durocher denies quitting baseball and confirms plans to manage the Giants as long as Horace Stoneham owns the club. Minor league officials prepare for a 51st convention addressing radio TV rules recalls and realignment.
New York report suggests the Oklahoma Sooners should join the Southwest Conference for stronger competition and bowl access. The piece notes the economic and competitive incentives, plus potential Cotton Bowl eligibility if the title is won. It also mentions Australian track star Ray Weinberg and contrasting payments to athletes in Australia versus the United States.
Dartmouth College teaching fellow Bill Mattox walks campus with a falcon, his fifth bird, trained since high school days. After his last falcon flew away, Blondie was given to replace it by a fellow falconer who learned of the loss.
Britain reduced its coal types from eight thousand varieties marketed before nationalization to only eight types in common use today. The shift reflects industry consolidation and standardization as state control took hold.
The Louisiana AP Sports Writers Association selected 22-man all-state squads for classes A and B and 11-man first and second teams for class AA. Truman Stacey presided, with LSU athletics hosting and attendees from major Louisiana papers.
In Miles City Montana police thwarted burglars who left behind eighty dollars worth of goods including half eaten rings of bologna and a red ink stained barrel. Suspects are two juveniles aged 11 and 13 said to be from the State Industrial School and linked to consecutive incidents at a filling station and a store. They allegedly wrecked a coke machine and show case, took small change candy gum and fifteen dollars from a cash register and caused further damage including fried hamburgers on the grill.
The Pelicans finish 1952 with five wins two losses and one tie after beating Holly Ridge 18 to 14. Johnny Hernandez scores his 66th point and earns MVP honors while Bob Fisette and Don Barret star at back and end positions. Coach Kermit Youngblood plans a six state 1953 schedule with Columbia Training School and others in a Southeastern Association lineup.
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