Champ Wins Open golf title at Lake Charles
Frank Champ of Lake Charles captured the Louisiana State Open title with a 215 total at the Lake Charles Country Club, beating Fred Haas Jr of New Orleans by two strokes. Haas finished 217, with Cotton Hill of Shreveport at 219, while Gray Little and Lionel Hebert tied at 219 for low amateur.
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Frank Champ
Lake Charles Country Club
Fred Haas, Jr
New Orleans
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Cotton Hill
Shreveport
Hill
Gray Little
Lionel Hebert
Lafayette
Louisiana Hayride Jamboree Thursday Night Show
A Thursday night Louisiana Hayride Jamboree starts at 7 30 P M. Admission is 50 cents for children under 12 and 75 cents for adults. The event promises family entertainment and lively country music.
Roundup of sports notes and school stories from coast to coast
Frank Boucher doubts depth of hockey talent as war slows talent pool and expansion would strain rosters. Danny Zawadinski, German-born displaced student, joins a U.S. high school basketball team, facing language barriers but earning a uniform. Adolph Rupp notes Kentucky’s NCAA title team earned 182000 last season. Columbia heads west on Christmas trip to Denver Seattle and Eugene. Harvard football on verge of big decline. Oklahoma routs Missouri 27 7 as Bud Wilkinson faces Minnesota coaching rumor controversy.
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Danny Zawadinski
Germany
Watertown
S. C
Cletus Clinker
Clinker
Danny
Adolph Rupp
Kentucky
N.C. A
Giants
Columbia
Denver
Seattle
Fugene
Ore
Lions
West Coast
Harvard
Florida offered Red Sanders head football coach post
Gainesville December 5. Henry Red Sanders said Florida has offered him the job of head football coach. University of Florida President J Hillis Miller declined comment. The state board of control met but gave no hint on purchasing the remaining Bear Wolf contract. Wolf met with the board and declined to comment. Sanders, speaking in Los Angeles, said he wants talks with UCLA officials before deciding, noting Florida’s offer is hard to pass up. Sanders left Vanderbilt for UCLA a year ago and lifted the Bruins to second in the PCC. Army has faced 130 different foes with Fordham joining the 1949 schedule.
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Fla
Dee
Henry
Frank M Harris
Tallahassee
Wolf
Sanders
Los Angeles
Florida
Irish to Lose Several Aces On Notre Dame Exit
Dallas Dec 5 Notre Dame’s gridiron champions end 1949 with a 36 2 record and a 27 20 win over Southern Methodist. Coach Frank Leahy says the 1949 squad was the greatest he ever coached though nine and a half starters depart and 10 more from the first string. Twelve veterans return but no standout freshmen are seen and Leahy predicts five losses next season.
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Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Southern Methodist
Leahy
Bob Lally
Fred Wallner
Lally
Wallner
Leon Hart
Jim Martin
Emilk
Sitko
Bill Wightkin
Ralph McGehee
Frank Johnson
Walt Grothaus
Frank Spaniel
Larry Coutre
Bob Williams
Happy Boys
Doug Waybright
Ray Espenan
August Cirelli
Ed Hudak
al Zmijewski
Steve Oracko
Jim Dailer
Gerald Begley
George Dickson
Mike Swistowicz
Bill Barrett
Bill Gay
John Landry
Ernie Zalejski
Fidel Gander
Williams
Paul Burns
Bob Toneff
Jim Mutscheller
Bill Flynn
Leahy Saye
Ed Krause
All-Mississippi Big Eight names star squad
Jackson Mississippi December 5 The All Mississippi Big Eight Conference football team was chosen by the Big Eight Conference Sports Writers Association at its fall meeting. Coach Doss Fulton of Jackson was named outstanding coach after an 11 game undefeated season and conference title. The league also elected Eldredge Thompson as president along with other officers. The conference plans to announce the full all conference team and outstanding player later this evening.
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Selecttons
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Tupelo Journal
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Thompson
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Greenwood Morning Star
Northern
Odell McRae
Laurel Leader-Call
Southern
Carl] Walters
Jackson Daily News
Leonard Lowrey
Hattiesburg American
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Fulton
Dixie League Elects Art Decatur President In Alabama
The Dixie League a proposed Class C circuit for six towns including Rome Ga Gadsden Anniston Florence Decatur and Huntsville elected Art Decatur of Talladega as president. The league awaits release of Gadsden and Anniston from the Southeastern League before formal organization in Baltimore this week.
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Rome
Art Decatur
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Decatur
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Florence
Huntsville
Ben Chapman
Vandy Selects All For Eleven Vandy Team
Knoxvill e Tenn Dec 5 Four players from Mississippi and Mississippi State are on the all opponents team of the University of Tennessee football team Fullback John Dottley of Mississippi SEC rushing leader with 1312 yards was the only unanimous choice The team Ends Jack Stribling of Mississippi and Arthur Tait of Mississippi State Tackles Bob Gain of Kentucky and Bill Theris of Alabama Guards Pat James of Kentucky and Mike Mizerany of Alabama Center Jerry Taylor of Mississippi State Backs John Dottley of Mississippi Charles Justice of North Carolina Herb Rich of Vanderbilt and Bobby North of Georgia Tech
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Tenn
Mississippi
Mississippi State
University of Tennessee
John Dottley
Jack Stribling
Arthur Tait
Bob Gain
Kentucky
Bill Theris
Alabama
Pat James
Mike Mizerany
Jerry Taylor
Charles Justice
North Carolina
Herb Rich
Vanderbilt
Bobby North
Georgia Tech
Southern Adopts Schedule for 1950
The Southern Association set a 154 game season from April 14 to September 10 with opening matches Chattanooga at Nashville Mobile at New Orleans Birmingham at Atlanta and Little Rock at Memphis. Atlanta Crackers president Earl Mann announced two new signings Forrest Kennedy and Harry MacPherson and recalled players from Pensacola Waycross Gainesville and Burlington led by Bert Hefferman and Al Henenbeck.
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Southern Association
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Mobile
New Orleans
Birmingham
Atlanta
Little Rock
Memphis
Earl Mann
Forrest Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Harry Mac
Pensacola
Bert Hefferman
al Henenbeck
College basketball scores roundup from various games
A long list of college games shows Yale defeating Rutgers 73 to 64 and Temple besting Vanderbilt 55 to 3. Other results include Connecticut 56 over Springfield 36, Villanova 83 over New York A C 53, Kansas 55 over Rockhurst 34, and Arizona 88 over Nevada 2. Multiple teams posted wins and losses across the nation with scores ranging widely.
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Yale
Rutgers
Niagara
Texas A. & M
St. Josephs
Penn
Louisiana State
Dartmouth
Vermont
Temple
Vanderbilt
City College New York
Lafayete
Cornell
Gettysburg
Harvard
Tufts
Holy Cross
American Ind
Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
Rice Arkansas Play in Louisiana to Open 1949-50
Baylor opens the 1949-50 season tonight against North Texas State. Friday Rice and Arkansas head south with Rice at Tulane in New Orleans and Arkansas vs Louisiana State at Baton Rouge. Saturday Arkansas at Tulane and Rice vs LSU in Baton Rouge. SMU goes to Buffalo to face Niagara. Baylor meets Stephen F. Austin in Longview. Texas meets North Texas State.
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Baton Rouge
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Buffalo
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Niagara
Stephen F. Austin College
Longview
Tex
Texas
North
Texas State
Kosciusko and Meridian Meet For State Class A Title
Kosciusko High School and Picayune clash in Meridian next Friday for the Mississippi Class A state football title after MHS A set dates and sites. It also announced Class B playoff games Sallis versus Crosby and Class BB Sardis versus Taylsville in Jackson. Cincinnati Reds led NL pennant race in 1939 but trailed St Louis by 18 points in team batting.
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Cagers Battle Inconsistent Weekend for SEC Teams
In a mixed SEC weekend, Tulane beat Spring Hill 83 to 66 as Mississippi defeated Birmingham Southern 61 to 46. St Joseph's upset LSU 61 to 59 while Florida downed Mississippi State 63 to 45. LSU’s Paul Senesky hit a late winner, scoring 27 for St Joseph's, and Florida’s Ted Jaycox led with 17.
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Hanes
Associated Press
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Green Wave
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Jules Mugnier
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Tom Amsden
L. S. U. Tigers
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Dick Thompson
Senesky
Bob Meador
Gators
Maroons
Ted Jaycox
Haggett
Southwestern Louisiana Institute to meet Tulane tonight
Southwestern Louisiana Institute, fresh from a 46-26 win over Rice Institute, faces Tulane University at New Orleans. Tulane beat Spring Hill 83-66 last Saturday while SLI trimmed Houston. Bill Moody led SLI with 16 points as Rice struggled early with no score until five minutes into the first half.
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Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Rice Institute
Tulane University
New Orleans
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Spring Hill Badgers
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S.L
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Bill Moody
J. D. White
Record milestones and past sports notes in AP column
A look back from the AP Sports Mirror recalls Mel Patton’s 93 for 100 yards as AU accepted the mark a year ago, Sam Snead's five under par 65 leading the first round of the $10,000 Miami Open Golf Tourney three years ago, Army’s top national ranking in AP’s final poll five years ago, and Tulane and Texas A&M agreeing to play in the Sugar Bowl ten years ago.
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Associated Press
Mel Patton
Amateur Athletic Union
Sam Snead
Army
Ohio State
Tulane
Texas A. & M
Atlanta Buys Two From Lafayette
Baltimore, Dec. 5. The Atlanta club of the Southern Association announced the purchase of pitchers Tom Spears and Joe Mallet from the Lafayette Louisiana Evangeline League club. Spears went 20 and 2 with 144 strikeouts and 47 walks in 181 innings last season. he is 23. Mallet went 17 and 6 with 160 strikeouts in 193 innings.
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Atlanta
Southern Association
Tom Spears
Joe Mallet
Lafayette
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Mallet
Pensacola Beats Southern 39 to 33 in Season Opener
Pensacola Air Station led most of the game to defeat Mississippi Southern 39 33 in Hattiesburg. Forward John Barrows top scored with 11 points while A. T. Bishop and Jack Gallagher added nine each for Southern as Pensacola maintained the lead late in the second half.
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Pensacola Air Station
Mississippi Southern
Pensacola
John Barrows
A. T. Bishop
Jack Gallagher
Southern
Williams Risks Title Tonight In Lightweight Defense
Ike Williams meets Freddy Dawson in a 15 round lightweight title defense at Convention Hall Philadelphia amid a suspension by the National Boxing Association. Top ticket price is $6.50, with about 10 000 fans expected. Williams has beaten Dawson twice before but is under a cloud over a promoter-related issue and a potential move to welterweight.
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Ike Williams
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Freddy Dawson
Williams
Phil Glassman
Convention Hall
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