Majors Seek to Aid Minors and Cut Collegiate Intake
Major league owners at a Chicago meeting set a 28 player limit per club for opening day and allowed minor leagues to add 64 players for April. They rescinded a rule banning signing college players after sophomore year, sparking coach protests. Cubs traded for Charlie Silvera and moved toward rosters, while interleague schedule plans failed.
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Logan Graders Dominate West Frankfort In Murphysboro
Logan of Murphysboro jumped to an early lead and held on for a 54 to 31 win over West Frankfort. Brown led with 15 points, Sala added 11, while Reid topped West Frankfort with 10. West Frankfort reserve team won 49 to 22.
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Brookport and Cobden Post Strong Scoring Night In Prep Contest
Brookport Austin led with 21 points and Edmonds 21 for Brookport in a 65 55 loss to Pope County. Cobden’s Burnett 24 and Yates 12 boosted Cobden past Rosiclare 84 59 while Metropolis toppled Rosiclare 84 59 with Nelson 21 and Seay 20 scoring for Rosiclare.
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Hurst Carterville Rivalry Sparks Scoring Run
Hurst Carterville game stat line shows Carterville with 10-53 and Hurst Bush 12 14 16 5 in a high scoring clash. Players Gentry Moore Hampton Bleyer Noakes and Rains feature with double digit totals as Hurst Bush Fann and Emerson lead late bursts.
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Valier Defeats Waltonville In Narrow Prep League Victory
Valier edges Waltonville McCowan 51 48 in a close prep league matchup. Waltonville-Farmer led early but Valier answering run sealed the win as 14 14 8 9 scoring lines show balanced scoring across the teams.
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Midwest College Basketball Scores Report
Midwest college basketball results show Bowling Green 67 Detroit 66 and Valparaiso 72 Washington (St Louis) 65. Other scores include Anderson 105 Manchester 72 and Earlham 105 Ind Central 99. Elmhurst 100 North Central 83 and South Clemson 96 NC State 94 with Wake Forest 60 Virginia 55 in OT.
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Woodlawn Bears Rally Past Royalton in Heartsopner Clash
Woodlawn defeats Royalton 65 52 behind balanced scoring. Key contributors include Bevis Diel and Sides for Woodlawn with Morgan and Farmer adding points. Royalton relied on Guill Starko Young and Spiller to keep pace as Journey Baumgarte contributed.
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Alto Pass Triumph in Scoring Duel at Grand Chain
Alto Pass defeated Grand Chain with a 57 to 53 road win. Alto Pass players Buckner Foster McGill Casey and Dobbs led scoring while Grand Chain’s J Clark West and B Clark contributed notable totals.
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Sparta Triumphs Over Chester In Close League Game
Sparta 18 8 7 22 in a tight match led by Gleghorn 8 and Bardo 9 while Chester received balanced scoring from Segar 7 and Draves 4. Final score reflected a narrow victory as the teams traded momentum in each period.
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Marion Junior High defeats Benton 56 44. seventh graders win 38 37
Marion junior high school defeats Benton 56 to 44 as the varsity outscores each quarter. The seventh graders rally in the final seconds with two layups to win 38 to 37 after trailing all game. Thaxton leads Marion with 13 points.
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Thaxton
Bears Face Lions for First Divisional Title Since 1939
The Chicago Bears must beat the Detroit Lions on Sunday to clinch their first divisional crown in a decade. Injuries to Perry Jeter and Bobby Watkins reduced outside threats, shifting focus to Rick Casares who was contained in recent games. J. C. Caroline moved from defense to offense contributing 68 yards as Chicago chased the deciding score, while Casares gained 117 yards as the Bears pressed for the win.
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North squad named for Jan. 5 Senior Bowl in Mobile
Lenny Dawson and Jim Crawford highlight a 25 man North roster for the Senior Bowl at Ladd Stadium Mobile. Purdue star Dawson set Big Ten marks in passing and total offense while Crawford paced Wyoming to an undefeated season and led major colleges with 1 104 rushing yards. Joe Kuharich to replace Buddy Parker as Yankee coach. South games coached by Paul Brown. Winning squad earns 500 and loser 400. North-South series records stand 4-3 for South. End names include Bomba Khoenle Junker Benedict. Guards Gilkey Stapp Scorsone Voytek. Centers Amstutz Ringer. QB Dawson Hunter. HB Crawford Luppino Barr Morse Podoley Zucco.
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Jim Morse
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Joe Podoley
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Michigan State
Marion Sets Up Basketball Loop
The Marion city recreation department announced nine teen age boys basketball teams in a new city league. Teams split into National division with five older players and American division with four younger players. League play starts next week at Logan School gym. games occur twice weekly. contact Cliff Storme at the community center before Thursday to enter.
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NC State Falls In OT To Clemson In Top 10 Showdown
NC State ranked eighth in the AP poll suffered a 96 94 overtime defeat to Clemson. SMU and Alabama remained unbeaten, SMU routing Wichita and Alabama beating Howard. Clemson’s Vince Yockel scored 31, with Bill Yarbrough hitting decisive free throws in OT.
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Chittyville Beats Pittsburg Graders 41–38
Chittyville grade school cagers edged Pittsburg 41 to 38. Connell led Chittyville with 17 points while Davis scored 15 for Pittsburg. The Chittyville reserves, led by Steinmetz with 18, won the curtain raiser 47 to 23.
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Stockton Bout Ends In Narrow Victory
Dommy Ur Sua, 115, of Stockton, outpointed Mem o Diez, 117, of Manila, in a boxing match held in Mexico City. the contest finished with a 10 round decision.
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Big Ten to vote on athlete aid program reforms
Open forum set for February 22 to finalize a 6-4 approved plan that would centralize needs-based aid for athletes, cap grants per school, and ban transfers after aid offers. If adopted, penalties include loss of eligibility or coaching firings.
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Joe Doaks
Illinois
Michigan
Bill Reed
Reed
Unusual basketball plays stagger early season games
The season opened with odd moments as SIU Fort Leonard Wood led 74 69 late when an Army shot froze between the rim and the board, forcing a jump ball to finish. Earlier a high school free throw hit the backboard and froze, a miss that required a jump ball to resume play.
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Portland Tacoma Phoenixville Fight Result Note
Portland and Tacoma bouts feature Pat McMurtry at 189 pounds losing to Joey Rowe 187 in Tacoma. A third bout in Phoenixville Pa appears listed but details are unclear.
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Phoenixvile, Pa
Pro Basketball Scores Reported Across League Night
Boston 113 over Fort Wayne 97. St Louis 137 outpaced New York 128. Philadelphia 114 defeated by Minneapolis 111. Strong defensive showings and balanced scoring highlighted the card.
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