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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1950
Page
10
An open forum item notes there will be no preliminary discussion and the session will be the final home game before January. The piece continues from page 9 and emphasizes reader opinion as valid as a case.
Northern quarterback Bob Heimerdinger led small college backs in total offense with 1,782 yards this year, completing 102 of 210 passes for 13 touchdowns and 1,597 rushing yards. He is a junior and is highlighted alongside other sports notes and comments from Branch Rickey on total war.
The article surveys 1950 batting averages for St. Louis Cardinals and Browns explaining poor team hitting. It lists top hitters Musial Garagiola Slaughter Glaviano Howerton Schoendienst Kazak Diering Marion Nelson D Rice Miller H Rice Walker Lindell Blatnik Bilko Bucha and others under .200. It notes Bill Wight went 60 times to the plate without a hit for the Red Sox and recalls base stealing, balk calls, ERAs, and notable fielding and error figures across teams including Raschi Lanier Hearn Maglie Jansen Feller and Schoendienst among switch hitters.
Brooklyn announces three pricing options to boost attendance. Plan 1 covers 77 home games with lower box seats at 219 and upper box at 182 50. Plans 2 and 3 add night games and Sundays with varied prices including a 1 75 grandstand seat and reduced lower box rates.
Grade Boxes Miami Jockey Joe Culmone nation’s leading rider with 370 winners took a day off at Tropical Park after his Saturday spill.
Five Murphysboro athletes received Northwestern football honors as the Wildcats went 6-3, finishing fifth in the Big Ten. Tackle Bill Williams and center Ben Daniels earned varsity letters. Wayne Cross, Frank Borgsmiler, and Dick Copin earned freshman numerals. Northwestern toppled Illinois 14 to 7 to cap the year after wins over Iowa State, Navy, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Purdue.
Marion Bowl led the league but lost two games and total pins to Fredman Furniture. Orville Kuehner topped three games with 603 for the Veterans. Army Armstrong had 227 in singles for the Bowls. League standings show Marion Bowl 28 17 and Herrin VFW 28 17 at the top.
Tommy Henrich, longtime Yankee outfielder, retires from active play due to a bad knee and accepts a coaching position with the New York club. Grace Comiskey, White Sox president, says the club will not alter its stance on Commissioner Chandler. Marty Marion, Cardinals manager, has knee surgery deemed successful by doctors.
Ohio State University announced three applicants for the vacant head coaching post left by Wes Fesler. The candidates are Nick Wasylik, now Colgate assistant and former OSU quarterback. Warren Gaer, Drake University coach. and John Tomlin, Port Arthur high school coach with a 42 game win loss record.
A mixed boxing card featured Rocky Marciano stopping Bill Wilson in Providence. Ike Williams outpointed Rudy Cruz in Trenton while Brockton’s Brockton man faced Rocky Marciano. Jack Nelson scored a KO in Tooele, and Sonny Orrocks fell in Spokane.
Hill Prince, a 3 year old owned by Christopher T Chenery Virginia, led the Turf and Sports Digest poll with 122 of 167 votes to be named horse of the year 1950. Battlefield won best 2 year old colt Noah Noor led best handicap runner but Hill Prince topped three polls.
Dec 19 matchups list Herrin Carbondale Anna Jonesboro Vienna Attucks Mound City Lovejoy Zeigler Elkville Johnston City Pinckneyville Cobden McClure Rosiclare Galatia Trico Gorham Vergennes Alto Pass Valier Thompsonville Chester Sparta. Dec 20 Madisonville Ky Metropolis McClure Dongola Anna Jonesboro Marion. Dec 21 Paris Carbondale Hurst Bush Cairo Grand Tower Trico Chicago Austin. McCarthy, 47, University of Chicago backfield star in the 1920s, dies.
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