Trautman Touted As New Head Of Minor Leagues
Support for George Trautman of the Detroit Tigers to succeed Judge Bramham as boss of the minor leagues gained strength. Major league backing could secure a 4 to 1 vote, though some clubs fear major control. Bramham plans retirement for health reasons.
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Trautman
Ted Smits
Los Angeles
George Trautman
Detroit Tigers
W. G. Bramham
Tigers
Judge Bramham
National Association
Clock rules and co champions mix in early roundups
December sports notes cover Asa Bushnell on clock rules in the Army Navy finish and clarifications at West Point. Ed McKeever and Jabbo Jablonsky weigh substitutions and timing signals. Also noted are Batavia Jamestown co-champs in Pony League playoff history, Bear Wolf praised by Miami alumni, Arnold Ferrin back at Utah, Adolph Rupp’s deep bench at Kentucky, Wichita DuMont’s junior league pass program, Auburn star Travis Tidwell and Whitey Overton, Kansas prospect Earl Jones, and a Sudden Death NFL Playoff contrast to Cleveland’s cold December.
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New York
Asa Bushnell
Ed McKeever
Army
Jabbo Jablonsky
West Point
Pony League
Batavia
Jamestown
N. Y
Batavia Clippeds
League
Florida Grid
Miami
Bear Wolf
Arnold Ferrin
Utah University
Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Wichita
Ray
Dumont
Auburn
Travis Tidwell
Whitey Overton
Kansas
Earl Jones
K. U
Glenn Cunningham
Cleveland
N J C Grid Star Remains Hospitalized After Injury
Market Junior College left guard Lee Dunaway Jr. of Burkburnett is confined in a West Texas town with back and hip injuries after an Hardin College game. Coach Jim Malone reports X rays will show if further complications exist and a return to Monroe may come later in the week.
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Lee Dunaway Jr
Market Junior College
Hardin
West Texas
Jim Malone
Monroe
Dunaway
Lee Dunaway
Burkburnett
Wichita Falls
Ouachita Cubs and others win opening Junior League NBA games
The Ouachita Cubs Spatafora Druggists and First Baptist Church clubs won opening Junior League basketball games at Ouachita Parish High School gym. Ouachita beat Louisiana Training Institute 22 19 led by Roberts nine points Wilkins eight for LTI. Spatafora beat Key club 24 8 led by Messina Lyons five. First Baptist edged Red Shield 13 12 with George Red Shield eight Hale six. Midget League games tonight feature Quachita Jeeps vs Spatafora and LTI vs Red Shield.
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Ouachita Cubs
Spatafora Druggists
First Baptist Church
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Recreation Department
Jack Hesketh
Ouachita Five
Louisiana Training Institute
Quint
Pelicans
Ouachita
Roberts
Wilkins
Spatafora
Messina
Lyons
First Baptist
Red Shield
Quachita Jeeps
Georgia Bulldogs Rest Before Sugar Bowl Tilt
Georgia coach Wallace Butts let the undefeated Bulldogs rest today as he left for New Orleans to arrange Sugar Bowl plans with North Carolina. He said players would return to light practice next week to stay in shape before departing for the New Year’s Day game.
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Athens
Wallace Butts
Georgia
Bulldogs
New Orleans
North Carolina
Butts
Swanson and Wyatt Headline Natchez Quarterback Club Meeting
Red Swanson LSU line coach and Bowen Wyatt MSU end coach spoke at Natchez Natchez Quarterback Club season finale. Fifty local high school players from Natchez High and Catholic High attended as guests of honor.
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Natchez
Miss
Red Swanson
Louisiana
Bowen Wyatt
Mississippi State
Natchez High School
Minneapolis teachers avert strike with new settlement
Minneapolis teachers accepted a settlement delivering a $150 cost of living bonus and a $600 boost for 1947, with further salary scales set for 1948 reaching up to $4,600 for doctors with degrees. Reclassification to new pay bands would run 12 years, boosting annual budgets by about $2 million. In St Paul, charter changes were proposed to raise $3.9 million yearly as strains continued.
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Minneapolis
American Federation of Teachers
A. F. of L
Charles E. Boyer
Willard E. Goslin
Goslin
St. Paul
Charter Commission
St. Paul Ministers’ Association
Fires scare Monroe with multiple blazes and light damage
The Monroe fire department responded to several incidents Monday including two roof fires at 1406 Grammont Street and 811 Olive Street both caused by chimney sparks. Firefighters also extinguished two grass fires and a truck fire at Parlor City Lumber Company, all resulting in little damage.
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Monroe
Grammont Street
Olive Street
Parlor City Lumber Company
Coaches named for all star grid tilt in Gray Blue clash
Montgomery Alabama December 3 The Gray selectors name Allyn McKeen L R Dutch Meyer returning as Gray coaches for the December 28 all star game with Vanderbilt Henry Red Sanders joining the staff The Blue coaches are Lynn Waldorf Bo McMillin and Ray Morrison selections announced by Cramp Pickens and players named include Armstrong Poole Mote Satterfield Summers Jenkins Fenimore Daniels Ghaul Watson Eldridge Colella Deal Gruben Burns and Burns as listed from Oklahoma A and M Duke Indiana Clemson Miami Notre Dame and Cornell
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Montgomery
Ala
Allyn McKeen
L. R
Dutch) Meyer
Henry
Red
Vanderbilt
Jack Summers
Furman
Frank Jenkins
Clemson
Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma A
Lee Daniels
Texas A
Harry Ghaul
Miami University
Nate Watson
David Eldridge
Phil Colella
St. Bonaventure
Notre Dame
Russel
Mutt
Mutt) Deal, Indiana. Guard Ralph Gruben
Drake University
John
Red) Burns
Cornell
South
Official denies Navy deserved another play in Army Navy game
Philadelphia dec 3 Fred R Wallace field judge at the Army Navy game denied that the Middies should have had time for one more play in the final seconds of the 47th annual service classic at Municipal Stadium Saturday. Wallace spoke before the week
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Philadelphia
Fred R. Wallace
Municipal Stadium
Wallace
Quachita 5 to Play Oak Ridge Tonight
The Ouachita Parish Lions meet Oak Ridge High School in the season opener at the parish gym at 8 o clock. Coach Country Holloman starts Sonny Webb at guard with Ernest King sidelined by a knee injury. Oak Ridge brings a 1945 46 roster likely to test the home eleven.
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Quachita Parish
Holloman
Oak Ridge
Ouachita
Lion
Ernest King
Kendall Bailey
Gerald Matkin
Winford Rawls
Charles Moore
Charles Oxford
Mark Boatright
Jerry Autrey
Harold Phillips
Billy Milstead
Floyd Miller
Lawson Fleming
Robert Kirby
Clyde Webb
Wolverines in Michigan Questioned by Naturalists
Michigan is called the Wolverine State though no wolverines now live there and some naturalists doubt the species ever inhabited the region.
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Michigan
Maxwell Stoppage Secures Navy Upset Bid
Navy halted Army style clock to end Cadets comeback bid. Maxwell said there was no reason to stop the clocks as time ran out on Navy’s attempt at a season defining upset.
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Ly Maxwell
Navy
Heisman Trophy Winner Felix Blanchard Noted in 1945
Sports Mirror recalls Felix Blanchard winning the Heisman in 1945 with Glenn Davis as runner up. It also notes St. Louis clubs allowed 21 night games in a season, Washington excluded, and past attendance gains and Rose Bowl expectations involving Pittsburgh and Washington from 1936 eras.
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Associated Press
Felix
Doc) Blanchard
Army
Glenn Davis
St. Louis
Washington
Virginia Tech Accepts Sun Bowl Bid
Virginia Tech Gobblers unanimously voted to play in the Sun Bowl at El Paso Texas on New Year s Day against an opponent yet unnamed. The bid was accepted tentatively by VIP vice-president Dr Walter S Newman pending final squad decision. Southern Methodist University declined the invitation.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
el Paso
Texas
Walter S. Newman
Southern Methodist University
Wake Forest Optimistic on New Year Dixie Bowl Bid
Wake Forest and an opponent to be named may clash in Birmingham on New Year’s Day in the Dixie Bowl. Other potential bidders include Boston College Texas A M and William and Mary. Alabama had been considered but declined the invitation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wake Forest
Boston College
Texas A. and M
William and Mary
Alabama
O Bama
Frank Thomas
Tulane Sets Southern Attendance Record for Home Games
Tulane University drew 298 430 paid spectators across seven home games this fall with one match remaining against Southern California on December 21. Notable crowds included Alabama 62 751 Florida 29 371 Rice 39 115 Auburn 30 942 Mississippi State 45 129 Clemson 25 281 and Notre Dame 65 841. Tulane also drew about 30 000 in Atlanta against Georgia Tech and 43 000 in Baton Rouge versus LSU. Last season Tulane hosted eight home games and 244 700 paid attendees.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Greenies
Southern California
Alabama
Florida
Rice
Auburn
Mississippi State
Clemson
Notre Dame
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
LSU selects all opponents on all star squad
Louisiana State's 45 man squad, champions of nine of ten starts, named an all opponent team featuring top foes. Four players received unanimous votes: Bob Davis Georgia Tech Weldon Humble Rice Paul Duke Georgia Tech Harry Gilmer Alabama. Other selections include Ray Poole Ole Miss Tony Yoviscin Miami Monty Moncrief Texas A M Mike Mihalic Mississippi State Tom Shorty McWilliams Mississippi State Charlie Conerly Ole Miss and Dinky Bowen Georgia Tech with Don Fortier Tulane as an alternate back. An average US cotton year will use 303400 bales for toweling.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State
Bob Davis
Georgia Tech
Weldon Humble
Rice
Paul Duke
Harry Gilmer
Alabama
Ray Poole
Ole Miss
Tony Yoviscin
Miami
Monty Moncrief
Texas A. & M
Mike Mihalic
Mississippi State
Tom “Shorty” McWilliams
Charlie Conerly
Dinky Bowen
Don Fortier
Tulane
Tulane Wishes Tigers Success In Cotton Bowl
Louisiana State University coach Bernie Moore and Tulane mentor Henry Frnka shared goodwill ahead of the Cotton Bowl confrontation with Arkansas. Frnka noted 20 of 34 Saturday starters were freshmen. Moore said gate receipts in Baton Rouge set a record, with LSU near 62,000 from the Cotton Bowl, while Y. A. Tittle joked about leaving with Moore when he departs.
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Louisiana State Tigers
Henry Frnka
Thlef
Tulane
Tigers
Arkansas
Frnka
Tige
Bernie Moore
Bernie
Dallas
Freka
L. S
Moore
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Moo
Y. A. Tittle
Whoassing
Tittl
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