High Rivals Prep for District Clash in Harlingen
Brackenridge Eagles and Harlingen Cardinals enter Saturday's district tilts with identical season records. Harlingen dominated District 16-A, with just one loss in 10 starts, while Brackenridge also has a single setback, to Kerrville. Weslaco upset the Cardinals 21 74, as Harlingen tallied 271 points to 66 against.
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Tharkepridge Park Women to Enter Tag Tournament
Members of the Tharkepridge Park Women’s self association are urged by officers to participate in a tag tournament at 9:90 Wednesday. TASA officials meet. Latite American Sports association holds meeting at the Tinnntal hotel at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montes and Vera Clash for Texas Lightweight Title
Montes from Mexico City battles Luis Vera, former titleholder from El Paso, for the vacant Texas lightweight championship in a 12 round main event at the municipal auditorium promoted by Martin Zuniga. Referee Artie Dorrell. Tuesday’s bout. San Antonio debut for Vera. prelims feature Buddy Baggett against Sammy Galvan. other six round bouts include Gibbons vs Ramos and Blair vs Ramon.
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Dan Non
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San Antonio
Buddy Baggett
Dallas
Sarmmy Galvan
Paso
Big Nine Draws Almost 3 Million Attendance Record
Western conference football teams set new high attendance totals across the season with top crowds at Ann Arbor 86 032 for Michigan vs Minnesota and Minnesota 63 659 against Purdue while Michigan led home attendance with 185 005 across nine schools.
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Hot Wells and Sam Houston Face Off In Tuesday Game
Hot Wells Blue Dresss and Sam Houston Cherokees, two local high school teams, will play a basketball game at the Sam Houston gym Tuesday evening. A preliminary between TE teams is set for 6 45 p.m.
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Blue Dresss
Sam Houston Cherokees
Will Toret
Sam Touston Gymnal
Southwest Conference attendance soars past 1946 total
Attendance across seven Southwest Conference schools climbs from 763,312 in 1946 to 776,803 in 1947, averaging 25,058 per game. Gains come from Texas Christian, Arkansas, Texas A&M, and Texas. SMU trails after hosting fewer games and Baylor sees a small rise.
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Brackenridge Leads Star District 15 AA Team
Brackenridge coach Brackenridge earns three stars on the all-District 15-AA squad with Gerald Olive Charles Shaw Jack Schleming. Jefferson adds Pat Knight at fullback. Corpus Christi and Austin place three players each, with Kerrville’s Mike Michon named at end.
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Brackenridge
Dizzy Dean Leads Quail Party to 24 Quail Bag
Dizzy Dean and his hunting party bagged 24 quail on opening day in the Red Tiger bottoms north of here. Dean, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and current radio sports announcer, lives in Dallas in winter.
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Dallas
Fight results from Corpus Christi and beyond
Boxing results list multiple small bouts last night with winners from Corpus Christi and other cities. Tiny El Zondo and Joé Amaya scored early knockouts, while Bill Wilson won by sixth round decision. Other results include Keith Hamilton defeating Johnnie Villanueva in New Orleans and Pat Donahue stopping Vie Costa in a separate card.
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Tiny Elzondo
Johnny Bullard
Kansas City
Joé Amaya
Baxter Horne
Oklahoma City
Bill Wilson
Corpus
Christ
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New Orleans
Keith Hamilton
Johnne Villanueva
San Antonis
Ecigion
Pat Donahue
New’ Orleans
Vie Costa
New York
Osta
Artoro Godoy
Kite
Phil Muscato
Burial Higaal BO
Leon Thommean
Harteie
Oyenaimed “Bues
Brown
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Edison High to Host Kerrville Goalers Basketball Doubleheader
Edison High School Golden Bears meet Kerrville Goalers in a basketball doubleheader at Edison gym on December 12 with B team at 7 p.m. and A team at 8 p.m. Return games set for Kerrville on December 25. Coach Roy White spoke.
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Kerrville
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Brackenridge Pro Am Winners Lead Week Golf Roundup
Arthur Gordon Frank Ma dhock Capt Jack Flood Mario Ramirez combined for a best ball 64 to win the Brackenridge Park weekly pro am. A playoff left Holguin Trevino Jennings Kunnecke tied for second after Holguin birdied No 2. Miller Boone Castro Guidera also shot 65 to tie for third. Additional teams and women’s flights noted among 451 players.
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Arthur Gordon
Frank Madhock
Jack Flood
Mario Ramirez
Brackenridge Park
Tony Holguin
D. Trevino
Gene Jennings
Col. Kunnecke
Holguin
Jim Miller
Daniel Boone
C. Castro
Women Bowing Event Sets March Dates at Turner Club
The San Antonio Bowling Association schedules the week end of March 6 7 and March 14 15 for the Turners club tournament. State trophies go to Lighting Fixture Supply team as Class B champs and to Alice Otis and Dorothy Gold as Class A doubles champs. About 20 local teams expected for WIBC Dallas tourney in April.
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San Antonio
Laicifie Judmaler
Linda Dulling
Fern Jordan
Dallas
C. M. Baetz
Fourth Army bowling tournament planned at Ft Sam Houston alleys
Elaborate plans are under way for the Fourth Army bowling tournament to be held at the Ft Sam Houston alleys over the weekend. Representative teams include Sam Houston Camp Hood 10th Air Force Brooksfield Red River arsenal Texarkana Brooke Army Medical Center U S Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Sandia base Albuquerque N M 589th Bomb Wing Roswell N M Lackland Air Base San Antonio Veterans Administration Waco Ft Bliss Dallas district and Ft Sam Houston. Event features men teams and winners by tears doubles and singles determined by high three game score total with prizes for top individual scorers in all events.
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Corsicana Star Out For Bi-District Game
Corsicana Dec 2 Max Carter star of the Corsicana high school Nyrer fanthal team will be unable to play in Friday's bi district game against Breckenridge Buckaroos due to a chipped bone in the left leg Coach Boyd Payne said Carter suffered the injury in a recent game and will be sidelined.
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Douglas to Seek Women’s Swim Bid From Omaha
Alamo Heights Mayor L. A. Douglas travels to Omaha on Wednesday to bid for the 1948 women's national AAU outdoor swimming championships. He plans to enter the bid at the first opportunity as the city prepares a new Olympic‑sized pool, slated for completion by June and ready for major events.
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Yale Schedule Adds Two New 1948 Football Opponents
The roundup notes two fresh opponents for Yale in 1948. It cites NFL official Alexis Thompson supporting a common draft for college players by two leagues. End Joe Smith and Center Roland Neighbors of Texas Tech to play in the Blue Gray game at Montgomery on December 27 before the Sun Bowl fling. Kenny Sailors sold by Philadelphia Warriors to Providence Steamrollers for $7500 to free cap space for Charley Halbert.
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Brooks Cagers Begin Two Day Flying Tour Schedule
The Brooks College basketball team departs Wednesday for a nine day tour by air. They open with a game at Roswell New Mexico airbase, then play at Davis Monahan Field Tucson December 4, March Field California December 6, Hamilton Field California December 9, Lowery Field Colorado December 11, and Kirtland Airbase Albuquerque New Mexico December 12.
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Albuquerque
Lujack Wins Heisman Trophy in Annual Grid Award
Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame is named Heisman winner with 742 points in a poll of sports writers and broadcasters. Michigan's Bob Chappuis is runner up with other top vote recipients including Dowk Walker and Charley Conerly. the presentation is set for December 10 at the Downtown Athletic Club.
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