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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
5
L would like to enter your Golden Gloves Tournament starting Feb 2 in Beckley. Please send an entry blank signed street. APPLICANTS NOTE: on a separate sheet use previous experience, bouts, non bouts, any comments. If you have a picture send it along. Deadline is Feb noon.
The Associated Press reports Lou Boudreau is set for a two year contract around 80 000 dollars a season with the Cleveland Indians likely making him baseballs highest paid player in 1949. Will Veek and Boudreau meetings were delayed by weather as Feller also lines up for talks next week with potential bonus adjustments.
Minnesota's undefeated Gophers visit Champaign to face the once-beaten Illinois. In Chicago Oklahoma A and M seeks revenge on DePaul after their earlier win over St. Louis. Hamline and Villanova also feature in a crowded national slate with rankings cited and upcoming showdowns.
The National Field Trial Club opens its derby championship in Shuqalak Mississippi with 18 two year old pointers in the starting field. The week long trials also feature the 34th annual free for all championship and are expected to last at least a week.
Swedish stars Erik Amiden and Tagvar Bengtsson electrified a 10,724 crowd in Boston by winning events and challenging indoor marks. Ahlden ran 9 03.2 for the mile and Bengtsson marked 2 14.5 in the 1000 as the visitors boosted promoter prospects for the season.
Sunday collegiate games show St Francis Pa defeating Gannon 70 to 43 and La Salle beating Canisius 69 to 43. St Josephs Pa beat Rhode Island State 91 to 71 and Geneva fell to Carnegie Tech 75 to 48. Kentucky defeated DePaul 56 to 45. Bradley downed Pitt 52 to 40 and Notre Dame edged Denver 49 to 46. Western Kentucky beat Miami Florida 63 to ?
Eaglets lead the Church League with undefeated Episcopal and Mabscott clashing as top games anchor tonight's slate. Beckley area action includes Catholic vs Temple and Presbyterian vs Methodist with junior high and scholastic contests on the schedule. Referees volunteer and proceeds go to the March of Dimes.
The piece surveys shifts in coaching across regions from the Army to the West Coast, noting arrivals like Aiken Howel Waldorf and Sanders that promise new ideas. It highlights Oregon resisting Nebraska pressure, a West Coast line innovation, and West Virginia basketball rising with Mark Workman. It also mentions Bud Wilkinson’s Norman support and Frank Howard’s Gator Bowl fame.
Burke, 25, from Houston and based in White Plains, trains for victory at the $10,000 Jangfach Open with a 203 after 54 holes. Hogan sits one behind at 204 after 68 66 70. Demaret trails at 206 with DeF erments and Marbers tied near 208 to 210, while a large group includes Snead and Worsham several shots back.
Sophinx edged Bearden 34 31 as Hancoa Totals posted a 15 34 scoreline in a game with several lead changes and a narrow finish.
Cleveland pitcher Gene Bearden, fresh off a 20–7 year and a key playoff win, says the sophomore jinx is a superstition. He discusses his 1948 season, being named town baseball man of the year, and plans for 1949 with the Indians. Also: three hunters return to Sault Ste. Marie with six Arctic caribou after a 7,000 mile flight in six days.
WVU basketball takes a pause for exams with seven games scheduled Saturday including a Cincinnati visit. Davis and Elkins plans three conference games at Alderson Broaddus Glenville and home to WV Tech. Conference standings show Morris Harvey and Fairmont leading with Davis and Elkins dropping to third amid a busy week.
Patty Berg wins the Tammpa Women s Open in Tampa with 295 tying the U S medal play record. Babe Zaharias finishes one stroke behind after 63 holes and 296 total. Louise Suggs places third at 297 as top amateurs Dot Kielty and Polly Riley at 302. Berg earns 900 dollars with Zaharias taking 640 and Suggs 3500.
E L Mohler of Raleigh Motors promotes 1949 Pontiac Silver Streaks and a new Streamliner line at a dealer meeting in Cincinnati. Officials say 1948 production was 245500 cars and expect higher 1949 output with ten body styles including a convertible taxied or sedan delivery. Over two hundred dealers attended a full day of merchandising and service programs.
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