Sugar Bowl Invitation Track Meet Heads to New Orleans
Thirty two athletes from nineteen colleges enter the Sugar Bowl Invitation track meet at City Park Stadium New Orleans. Five events including 120 yard hurdles one mile and relays. Weather forecast clears with cool mid fifties conditions. First race slated for 2 pm CST.
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New Orleans
City Park Stadium
Weather Bureau
Marty Glickman
Syracuse
Perrin Walker
Georgia Tech
Paul Brenz
Tulane
Maurice Fuqua
Oklahoma A
Don Campbell
Colorado
John Robertson
Charlie Parker
Texas
Ohio State
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Penn State
Duke
Columbia
Manhattan
Missouri
Louisiana State
Texas A
Viculi and College Meet Results Then and Now
Multiple college basketball scores show Viculi and Vitali leading the Sugar Bowl with Kentucky 78 over Tulane 47 while St Louis 61 defeats Holy Cross 52. Drake 47 edges Vanderbilt 46 as Texas 60 beats Alabama 39 in the final round for 3rd place.
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Kentucky
Tulane
St. Louis
Holy Cross
Drake
Vanderbilt
Texas
Alabama
Auburn
Colorado A
Texas Tech
Colorado
Harvard
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Mississippi Delta
New Mexico State
Kentucky Defeats Tulane 78 47 in Sugar Bowl Cage Fight
Kentucky's national champions routed Tulane 78 to 47 in New Orleans to reach the Sugar Bowl final against St Louis University. St Louis downed Holy Cross 61 to 52 in the earlier game, with Macauley dominating for the Billikens and Beard and Jones leading Kentucky.
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Austin Bealmear
New Orleans
Kentucky
Tulane
St Louis University
St. Louis
Holy Cross
Municipal Auditorum
St Louis
New York
Jim Riffey
Greenies
Wildcats
Wallace Jones
Ralph Beard
Husky Jones
Beard
Alex Groza
Riffey
All-America
Ed MacAuley
Billikens
Bob Schmidt
Macauley
Big Ed
George Kaftan
Charles Bollinger
Bollinger
Bob Cousy
Crusaders
Holy Cross Club
Couay
Masllariey
Masses
Laska
Csesseceawes
McMullan
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Forman
Schatzmann
Ossola
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Barker
Jones
Nitine
Hirsch
Csoeves
Groza
Barnstable
Stough
Townes
Perkins
Ayton
Amison Fee
State College to Name New Maroon Coach Soon
Mississippi State may name its new head football coach within the next week, athletic director Dudy Noble said. Several candidates are under consideration, with no names disclosed, as the school seeks stability after the 1948 season.
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Starkville
Miss
State College
Dudy Noble
Noble
Murray Warmath
University of Tennessee
Mississippi State
Allyn McKeen
Maroons
University of Mississippi
Scalpers Ask $50 For Rose Bowl Seats
Pasadena Calif December 30 scalpers were reported asking and getting fifty dollars a pair for Rose Bowl tickets. This is about par for the course at this stage of the week. If history prevails the bottom will fall out the day before the game and on New Year’s day hawkers will offer tickets around the bowl entrances at or even less than five dollars and fifty cents. Befarias are often called the rho dodendrons of the tropics.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cowboys and Wichita Tangle In Camellia Bowl Showdown
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys meet University of Wichita in the Camellia Bowl at Lafayette on Thursday before an expected 17 000 crowd. Injuries include Wilson Davis and Brooks Allen out for Hardin-Simmons and Wichita guard Bob Schreiner hurt. Weather forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions after rain.
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Lafayette
Hardin-Simmons College of Abilene
Tex
University of Wichita
Lodi
Calif
College of Pacific
Little Rock
Ark
Quachita College
Wilson Davis
Brooks Allen
Hardin-Simmons
Wichita
Bob Schreiner
Nevada
Warren Woodson
Davis
Allen
Jim Trimble
Hardin-Simmons Pos
Steadman
Kappick
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
College of the Pacific
Hardin- Simmons
Pro Football Pay Cuts Hit Lesser Stars in 1949
Philadelphia Eagles General Manager Charley Ewart warns that top players like Steve Van Buren Tommy Thompson and Pete Pihos will still command high salaries but substitutes and rookies face reduced pay in 1949. He cites plans to cut rosters from 35 to 32 and trim salaries for second and third string players saving about 20000 per club annually.
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Philadelphia
Charley Ewart
Philadelphia Eagles
Ewart
National Football League
Eagles
Steve van Buren
Tommy Thompson
Pete Pihos
Hockey on European tour signals AHA AAU truce
New York reports an American Hockey Association led exhibition in Berlin New Hampshire ahead of a three month European tour. The plan includes a Garmisch-Partenkirchen army game and world championships in Sweden with AHA controlling hockey while AAU maintains open class players.
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New York
American Olympic Committee
Amateur Hockey Association
Berlin
N. H
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Sweden
Amateur Athletic Union
Boston University targets Fall River star in big bid
Boston University aims for Fall River’s Joe Andrews who has drawn many college offers alongside Harry Agganis. The piece notes Andrews as a strong baseball player and football talent. It mentions Waite Hoyte and Stu Clancy, with Cliff Thompson joining the Bruins as hockey’s off-season undertaker.
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Boston University
Harry Agganis
Fall River
Joe Andrews
Agganis
Waite Hoyte
Stu Clancy
Football Giants
Cliff Thompson
Bruins
Bowl game odds shift with UNC Missouri lead over NC State
Odds for the January 1 bowls show North Carolina and Missouri gaining, while William and Mary and Nevada slip. Shrine East All Stars favored over West by seven points. Rose Northwestern over California by 6 1/2, Sugar NC over Oklahoma by 2, Cotton S M U over Oregon by 6 1/2, Orange Georgia over Texas by 7, Gator Missouri over Clemson by 7 1/2, Delta William and Mary over Oklahoma A and M by 5 1/2, Dixie Baylor over Wake Forest by 6, Harbor Nevada over Villanova by 1/2.
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North Carolina
Carolina
Charley Justice
Hosea Rodgers
Baylor
Wake Forest
Republic
Texas
Peahead Walker
Chicago White Sox
Arkansas State College
Hialeah
Ed Voynon
New York
Missouri
Willliam
N. C
Oregon
Georgia
Athlete Wins Sugar Bowl Handicap At Fair Grounds
The Circle K Farm's Athlete secured victory in the $3,500 Sugar Bowl Handicap at the Fair Grounds New Orleans. Rider P Tenaglio paid $19.80 and $5.80 with Dad second and Tennessee Kid third in a five horse field. Betting totaled $223,870 from 5,075 fans.
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New Orleans
Circle K Farm
Sugar Bowl
Fair Grounds
Dad
W. H. Bishop
P. Tenaglio
R. A. Brown
Tennessee Kid
D. Madden
Henry Forrest
Checkerhall
Boden
Pal
Athlete
Frank Keene
Cotton Bowl Predicted to Be Free-Scoring Scramble
Oregon favored to win 21 18 by Ted Smits as Oregon's weight age and Norm Van Brocklin's passing clash with SMU star Doak Walker. S. M. U. holds a 6 1/2 point edge in local betting. Weather clear. coaches Bell and Aiken predict high scoring New Year’s Day.
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Dallas
Oregon
Southern Methodist
Norm van Brocklin
Doak Walker
Matty Bell
Jim Aiken
Prize trade ins advertised for tickets to game
New Orleans December 30 a seller could swap a washing machine or a prewar built in bath for Sugar Bowl tickets. Two football passes could fetch the tub while the washer price was unspecified. Other ads offer liquor or a pedigreed dog in exchange for games. Trade rates vary, with a basketball turnout fetching football passes in some exchanges. Police say no ticket sale complaints yet.
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New Orleans
U. S
North Carolina
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Kentucky
Holy Cross
Tulane
Need for a new amateur golf hero to revive public interest
The column argues a new amateur like Bobby Jones is needed to revive enthusiasm for golf as pros dominate. It notes Willie Turnesa and Frank Stranahan as near fits, but says only an amateur of Jones's stature could front page headlines again. It reflects on public passion, era shifts, and the rarity of truly grand amateur champions.
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Harrison Johnston
Minneapolis
Johnston
Jones
Willie Turnesa
Frank Stranakhan
New York
Turnesa
Stranahan
Bobby
Johnny Goodman
Simon-Pyre
Bud Ward
Ben Hogan
Sir Galahad
Frank Stranahan
Sugar Bowl prep brings Tar Heels Sooners clash
North Carolina and Oklahoma ready for Sugar Bowl as Tar Heels study Oklahoma line and Sooners refine single wing defense. rain cooled practices in Biloxi and Hammond while key players like Charlie Justice and Jack Mitchell work through illnesses and injuries.
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Austin Bearmear
New Orleans
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Oklahoma
Charles
Bud) Wilkinson
Biloxi
Miss
Nebraska
Kansas State
Sooners
Carl Snavely
Darrell Royal
Claude Arnold
George Thomas
Dee Andros
Thomas
Soonerbacks
Jack Mitchell
Wilkinson
Hammond
Charlie Justice
All America
Bill Maceyko
Justice
Ted Hazelwood
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