College Football Sees Two Platoon System Sparks City Booing
Frank Eck reports on a 1948 college football season marked by fan grumbles at two platoon play. Army, Michigan, California and Notre Dame led top rankings as pro and college leagues diverged, with Heisman winner Doak Walker and a Cleveland Browns title run highlighted amid notable coaching and player moves.
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Frank Eck
AP Newsfeatures
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Army
Stanford
Earl Blaik
Army- Stanford
Michigan
Wolverines
Bennie Oosterbaan
Fritz Crisler
Notre Dame
California
North Carolina
Southern California
Trojans
Northwestern
Navy
Mounties Face Rutgers Tonight
West Virginia hosts Rutgers in Morgantown for the last home game before January 15. The Mountaineers chase a 48 game home winning streak while welcoming Rutgers and a scholastic audience including high school coaches and players from across the state. The day includes a noon basketball rules clinic by the University and the High School Athletic Association with M Springcraft leading the discussion. West Virginia also schedules games with Cincinnati on New Year’s Eve, Niagara on January 8, and City College at Madison Square Garden on January 31.
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Beckley Top Honoree At Scribes V A Fete
Beckley High School coach Jerome Van Meter named coach of the year at the Victory Awards dinner hosted by the West Virginia Sportswriters Association. Other honorees include Mark Workman of Charleston High and Randy Broyles of Beckley High with sponsors marking annual state champions and all‑state selections. Distinguished speakers Bucky Walters, Earle Neale, and Fritz Howell shared anecdotes and career insights. The North-South Game secretary announced the year’s match will be played August 19 at a site to be announced.
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Greasy) Neale
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Tecretary
Multiple College Basketball Scores From Various Matches
A batch of scores from collegiate games lists Sisterville 36 Alumni 29 and Huntington Central 43 Ceredo Cenova 36. Also East NYU 76 Yale 67 and La Salle 76 Lewisville 78. Western Kentucky 65 Canisius 5 Duquesne 43 Rutgers 43 Buffalo 65 Lafayette 59. More results include Notre Dame 51 Purdue 40 and Kent State 69 Muskingum 36.
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Kansas State
Nebraska
Oklahoma City
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Texas
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Brooklyn Fights Result In Knockouts And Outpoint
Fights last night in Brooklyn Baltimore and Chicago featured Cees Fong Apso of 183 Brooklyn stopping Tony de Micco 169 Brooklyn Archie More 163 St Louis knocked out Charlie Williams 75 Raluway NJ and Luther Rawlings 139 Chicago outpointed Tim Dalton 139 Chicago over ten rounds in a busy boxing card.
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Chicago
Luther Rawlings
Tim Dalton
Leaders Edge Mabscott In Close Church League Game
In a tied church basketball night after a holiday break First Baptist edged Mabscott 26 to 25 while Episcopal held on to defeat Presbyterian 28 to 24. Christian routed Catholic 37 to 17 and Methodist edged Methodist Temple 50 to 27 as several teams jockeyed for position.
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Temple
Methodist
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Presbyterian
First Baptist
Baptists
Marisvall Baptist
First Methodist
Methodist Temple
Mariscoll
Ian Shuiver
Paul Saunt
First Avenue Baptist
Martin Pollack
West Virginia
Peck
Pollack
Charlie Snead
Bud Tromy
Episcopat
Tommy Craft
Robby Pettry
Cofton White
Lewis McManus
Hancock
Methodists
Melvin Tolle
Welch
Matsentt
Snead
Trump Calloway
FE Cook
C Bowman
C. Snead
Shawver
Troutman
Sanna
Marshall Players Face Eligibility Hearing Today
The West Virginia College Conference eligibility committee meets in Clarksburg to hear charges that Norman Willey Gene James and Jim Bakalis of Marshall College played in an independent tournament at St Albans last March making them ineligible. Marshall officials say only Norman Willey’s elder brother played, Bakalis was dropped before the tourney and later reinstated. Chairman Jasper Colebank said a decision would be announced after the hearing and could be appealed to the conference.
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Eddie King
Morris Harvey
Norman Willey
Gene
Goose) James
Jim Bakalis
Marshall
St Albans
Marstiall
Willey
Bakatis
Video helps and hurts sports TV outlook in 1948
AP News notes television boosts some sports while reducing attendance for others. Baseball shows the clearest gains with rising league totals, yet minor leagues suffer. boxing and football see mixed results as TV pricing and home viewing reshape night crowds and college rights.
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Non-Contact Basketball Sparks Coaches Debate and Odd Bets
Sports roundup notes visiting coaches debating the non-contact game led by Yale’s Howard Tokson and C C N Y’s Nat Holman who argue the big man changes the game. Utah’s Vadal Peterson calls for more end changes, while Adolph Rupp jokes about guarding a veteran Notre Dame shooter. Ex-jockey Clifton Powers wins 9020 on radio quiz, spends on a house and a horse named Breaks the Bank.
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Class B Players Name All State Team From 1948 Voting
Sports Editor George Springer of Beckley Post Herald announces a 12 man unofficial Class B all state football team from a players vote. The selection includes Dempsey Lewisburg Hamrick Webster Springs Ferrise Lumberport Musick Elkhorn Grimm Wahama Anania Charleston Catholic Murray Ridgeley Harmison Romney Zimmer man Lewisburg Darby Marsh Fork Curtis Smith Petersburg Miller Rowlesburg.
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Beckley Post-herald
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Lewisburg
George Hamrick
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Tony Ferrise
Lumberport
Claude Musick
Elkhorn
Charles Grimm
Triple-Header Opens L A Hoop Tourney In L A
The second annual Los Angeles College Invitational starts with a triple header featuring North Carolina State versus Wyoming as the feature game. Marshall College of Huntington faces Pepperdine, and Hamline meets Loyola of Los Angeles. Brigham Young and Montana begin action tomorrow.
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Goose) James
Everett Case
Dick Dickey
Wyoming Cowboys
Ron Livingstone
John Pilen
Loyola
Tulane Greenies in Sugar Bowl tourney bid faces tough field
New Orleans awaits as Tulane and three other Indiana linked teams enter the Meadows tournament with Kentucky St Louis and Holy Cross in the mix. The Greenies aim to extend Tulane’s 38 straight home wins while Indiana born contenders eye a title shot in June.
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