Illini Purdue Drop Decisions in Holiday Schedule
Illinois falls 65-63 to UCLA as George Stanich clutch basket seals win. Purdue loses 60-54 to Kentucky after trailing 34-17 at halftime. Ohio State beats California 78-67 without Dick Schnittker, while Northwestern defeats Michigan State 68-46. Bradley rolls to 7th win in eight by beating Fresno State 83-57. Southern Cal tops DePaul 57-52.
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U.C.L.A
George Stanich
Wally Osterkorn
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Lafayette
Ind
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Howie Williams
Columbus
Ohio State
Dick Schnittker
California
Buckeyes
Ted Jacobs
Schnittker
Towa
Carnegie Tech
Frank Calsbeek
Chicago
Northwestern
Michigan State
Ray Angel
Michigan
Minnesota
Oregon State
DePaul
Bradley
Oregon
Loyola of Chicago
Fresno State
Southern Cal
Hard Work For Blue Gray Men
College All-Stars chosen for the Blue Gray game begin double daily workouts with one off day on Christmas. Coaches Cherry and Eliot brag about rival teams strategies and strength, including heavy Northern linemen and plans to outguess or outmaneuver the other side.
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Montgomery
Ala
Blar Cherry
Texas
Ray Eliot
Illinois
Cherry
Yankee
Eliot
Southern
Prep Schedule December 24 No games scheduled
December 24 shows no games. January 3 features Carbondale at Herrin Metropolis at Cairo Marissa at Sparta Vergennes at Gorham Christopher at Lesser Shawneetown at Mill Shoals January 4 Elkville at Royalton Cobden at Mound City January 5 Thebes at Cairo St Joseph Jane McLeansboro at Ridgway Vergennes at Hurst Bush Alto Pass at Cobden Harrisburg at Centralia Attacks at Cairo Sumner Mt. Vernon at West Frankfort Salem at Fairfield Pinckneyville at Murphysboro Anna Jonesboro at University school Cairo at Cape Girardeau Central Benton at Mario Sparta at Carbondale Brookport at Galatia Golconda at Shawneetown Cave In Rock at Equalit Chester at Du Quoin Lawrenceville at Robinson Bridgeport at Mt Carmel January 7 Ridgway at Eldorado Attacks at Zeigler Salem at Mt Vernon Collinsville at West Frankfort Anna Jonesboro at Chester
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Royalton
Cobden
Mound City
McLeansboro
Ridgway
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Alto Pass
Harrisburg
Centralia
Attacks
Sumner
Mt. Vernon
West Frankfort
Salem
Fairfield
Pinckneyville
Murphysboro
Anna-Jonesboro
University School
Cape Girardeau
Central Benton
Mario
Elks Williams Fives Still Tie For First In League
In Thursday bowling at Carbondale the two leaders, Williams quintet and Elks, split a 3 game series with Williams totaling 2768 to top all teams while Elks posted 2764. Dave Dillon topped individuals with a 571 series while Ira McLaughlin led Murphysboro Sandy Construction with 553.
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Williams
Illinois Central
Jim Williams
Susie Hemphill
A. C. Kenny
Dave Dillon
Harold Halterman
Elks
Walter
Ira McLaughlin
Dr. C. L. Wright
Ted Crew
James E. Johnson
Nyle Huffman
Ken Burger
Archie Walters
Leo Smith
Murphysboro
College Basketball Scores from East and Midwest Regions
East region results include Brooklyn 71 Wagner 51 and Kansas 53 Springfield 43. Midwest games feature Bradley 83 Fresno St 51 and Nebraska 66 Idaho 45. Southern Illinois beat Wayne 57 42 and Cal 78 beat California 467.
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Wagner
Kansas
Springfield
Marshall
Akron
W. Virginia
Fordham
Midwest
Tampa
Mississippi
Missouri
Knicks Top Nuggets In Denver To Narrow Gap In East
New York defeated Denver 83 to 72 to move within four and a half games of the idle Nationals in the NBA Eastern division. Washington Caps beat Boston 86 to 73 as only 991 fans watched at home.
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New York Knickerbockers
National Basketball Association
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Knicks
Denver Nuggets
Denver
Nats
N.B.A
Washington Capitols
Boston Celtics
Caps
Washington
Boston
Mel Patton Honored By Helms Foundation
Sprint star Mel Patton named Southern California Athlete of the Year by the Helms Athletic Foundation executive board. The former USC standout, world record holder in the 100 yards with 9.3 seconds in 1948, also chased the 220 world mark.
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Los Angeles
Mel Patton
Southern California
Helms Athletic Foundation
Patton
University of Southern California
Fresno Jays
U.C.L.A
Detroit Lions Show Big Operating Loss
The Detroit Lions released a financial statement showing rising costs and deficits. Payroll rose from 75 000 to about 275 000 last season while stockholder ownership and a 165 000 sale of the franchise are noted. Estimated 1949 deficit stands at 93 798 with a 123 705 12 projection for 1949, leaving a balance of 117 496 79 from an original 500 000 capital.
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Lions
Fred L. Mandel, Jr
Grade School Basketball Schedule Highlights Local Matchups
The schedule lists upcoming grade school games across Johnston City Herrin St Marys Carbondale Murphysboro Pinckneyville Benton Royalton DuQuoin Carterville Gorham Grand Tower and Marion. Key dates include January 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 and 19 with varied home and away games and start times around 2 to 6:30 p.m.
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Herrin
Royalton
St. Mary’s
Carbondale
DuQuoin
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s
Carterville
University
Gorham
Johnston City
P.m
Marion
Lincoln
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