Calumet Juvenile Pair Shine in 1947 Race Year
Calumet Farm dominated the 2-year-old ranks with Citation as the top colt and Bewitch the outstanding filly. They won 16 purses totaling 369355, contributing to a record earnings year for Warren Wright's Stable. Citation and Bewitch won early and multiple stakes, with Bewitch disqualified in the Matron and Citation triumphing in the Futurity and Pimlico Futurity. Trainer Jimmy Jones already flagged Citation as Calumet’s Derby horse for 1919, likely winter book favorite in early handicaps.
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New York
Calumet Farm
Citation
Warren Wright
Bewitch
Fox
Washington Park
Chicago
Arlington Park
Hyde Park
Ciilion
Pimlico
Jimmy Jones
Calumet
John B. Campbell
Rutgers Football Schedule For 1947 Opponents Revealed
Rutgers announces 1947 schedule listing seven opponents including Columbia Princeton and Brown. Columbia will open the season at Rutgers Sept 25 and Temple makes its first appearance on the slate meeting Rutgers at Rutgers Stadium Oct 2.
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NEW Brunshick
WN. J
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Rutgers
Columbia
Princeton
Brown
George Little
Temple University
Rutgers Stadium
Brennan’s kickoff return adds 97 yards to Notre Dame win
Army Notre Dame football films confirm Terry Brennan opened with a 97 yard kickoff return rather than 95. He leaped to catch the ball, landed at the Notre Dame three yard line, then sprinted 97 yards along the west sideline for a score in the 27 7 victory.
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Notre Dame
Terry Brennan
Terry
Gifts to Dartmouth Support Ski Team with $2000 in Gifts
Dartmouth College will send a six man ski team to the Inter Collegiate Ski meet at Sun Valley December 27 to 30 through gifts totaling $2000. Monte F Huebsch of Milwaukee Wisconsin gave $1000 and Fred A Harris of Brattleboro Vermont gave $1000 to pay for uniforms and team expenses.
Pete Layden Now In Seven Player Deal With Browns
The seven player trade between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns involves Pete Layden, the former Texas football star. Layden, previously with New Orleans, posted a respectable season last year and is noted as the same athlete who excelled for the Longhorns several years ago.
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Pete Layden
Ren Sox
St. Louis
Browns
University of Texas
New Orleans
Walker and Layne Top S'west Statistics
Doak University All America halfback led scoring with 57 points and 684 net rushing yards from 163 carries. Bobby Layne of SMU topped conference passers with 965 yards and nine touchdowns from 63 completions. SMU led ground gains. Texas yielded 1877, Texas led in punting by Tom Landry with 41.1 yards per punt. Walker of SMU topped scoring with 12 touchdowns and 18 PATs.
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Tex
Doak
Loop
Okey Doak
Clyde
Smackover
Scott
Arkansas
Walker
Dick McKissack
SMU
Pete Stout
TCU
Carl Russ
Rice
Bobby Layne
Texas
Stan Hollmig
Jack Price
Baylor
Gil Johnson
Buryl Baty
A.&m
Price
Tom Landry
Holling
Aggies
Carl Knox
Aubrey Fowler
Morris Bailey
Stout
Byron Gillory
Albany Signs Staucet From Selma in Eastern League Deal
The Albany Eastern League club bought the contract of shortstop Frank Staucet from Selma Alabama of the Class B South, Eastern League. Staucet is their fourth Selma acquisition this week, joining pitchers Jack Bumgarner and Duane Gottschall and infielder Carmine Giordano.
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Miami
Fla
Albany
Frank Staucet
Selma
Ala
Staucety
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jack Bumgarner
Duane Gottschall
Carmine Giordano
Better Bowling: Toe Line and Spare Strategy
This article explains spare bowling technique with focus on toe alignment and aiming at left side pins like 2, 4, 7. It stresses keeping a straight pendulum motion, correct stance adjustment, proper follow-through with the slide, and avoiding forced speed which disrupts balance.
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Aline
Mel Ott Never Won NL Batting Title or MVP
Mel Ott of the New York Giants set NL batting records with 511 home runs, accounting for 23 percent of Giants’ 2,207 round-trippers from 1927 to 1946, yet he never won the league batting title or MVP. Notre Dame has gone 17 games undefeated in two years, with a scoreless tie versus Army the sole blemish, and they face Southern California in the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles on December 6.
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Mel Ott
New York Giants
Ott
Giants
Notre Dame
Army
Southern California Trojans
Los Angeles
Beans and Di Giacomo roll perfect games for Phillies Cigars
Johnny Beans and Al Di Giacomo, top players for Philadelphia Major League, each rolled a 300 in the same match. Beans led off for Phillies Cigars and Di Giacomo batted No 2 for Arnold Offatti's team. The feats occurred during the second game of the program.
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Johnny Beans
al. di Giacomo
Philadelphia
Beans
Phillies Cigars
di Giacomo
Arnold Offatti
Caddies get college educations through WGA program
The Western Golf Association funds college scholarships for caddies, transforming life paths for players like Larry Lanzi and Dr. Clarence Norberg. Since 1930, 78 youths have received Evans scholarships, with 30 states involved and more caddies entering the program as tours emphasize better service and opportunity.
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Western Golf Association
Evans
Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr
Chicago
Kennan
Larry Lanzl
Clarence Norberg
Atlantic City Plans New Track In 1948 Inaugural
Atlantic City plans a new one mile turf track as part of the 1948 program by the Atlantic City Racing Association. President John B. Kelly sponsored the proposal after reelection at the annual meeting. The track would be inside the existing mile and an eighth main course and ready for continental type racing for next summer’s inaugural meet.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Atlantic City Racing Association
Association
John B. Kelly
Washington to Lose its Sports Palace
N J Uline owner of the Uline arena announced conversion of the Sports Palace into a cold storage plant next May. The Washington Lions of the American Hockey League and the Washington Capitols of the Basketball Association of America use the arena as home, but face competition from the Federal Government and the local Armory.
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Washington Lions
American Hockey League
Washington Capitols
Basketball Association of America
N. J. Uline
Uline
Sports Palace
National Guard Armory
Lions
Capitols
Aline
Boston Managers Lead In All Time Win Loss Records
The article notes Joe McCarthy of the Boston Red Sox and Bill Southworth of the Boston Braves as leading active managers in all time win loss percentage. McCarthy shows a .615 figure, slightly below Southworth by .003 points at .618.
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Boston Boys
Joe McCarthy
Boston Red Sox
Bill Southworth
Boston Braves
McCarthy
Southworth
Sukey on Rice s All Star Team
New York Penn State guard Steve Sukey of Cazenovia was named to Grantland Rice s 1947 All-America football team in Coltier s magazine. Rice listed ends Swiacks Cleary Southern California Jackles Connor Notre Dame Davis Georgia Tech guard Suhey Steffy Army center Scott Nava quarterback Lujack Notre Dame backs Minisi Pennsylvania Chappis Michigan Evans Kansas.
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New York
Steve Sukeyv
Penn State
Cazenovia
Grantland Rice
Coltier's
Mr. Rice
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Swiacks
Columbia
Cleary
Southern California
Jackles
Connor
Notre Dame
Davis
Georgia
Tech
Guar Suhey
Steffy
Army
Scott
Nava
Lujack
Notre Daame
Minisi
Pennsylvania
Chapphis
Michigan
Evans
Kansag
Race Track Job Vetting Uses Fingerprints
Chicago report says Thoroughbred Racing Association officials credit fingerprinting and records checks with cleaning up the sport. Spencer Drayton notes many applicants with arson records were rejected and that hundreds of serious arrest records have been compiled to screen personnel and stall applicants. He cites 147 horse tattooing in the year and zero ringer cases, plus 62 suspensions or fines by stewards and 23 through courts or commissions.
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Chicago
Spencer Drayton
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
Drayton
Thoroughbred Racing Association
Protective Bureau
Texas Texas L S A to Clash in 1948 Season Opener
Texas A M Texas to open the Longhorns home season September 18, 1948, at the expanded 66 000 seat memorial stadium in Austin. The Texas LSU football series began in 1896, with the last meeting in 1941 a 14 0 Texas win. The current series record stands 5 wins for LSU, 4 for Texas, and 1 tie.
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Austin
University of ‘Pesas
Louisiana State University
Alhetic
Dana XN
Texas
Sugar Ray Robinson seeks trust for Doyle’s mother
World welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson met with attorneys in Los Angeles to set up a trust fund for the mother of fallen boxer Jimmy Doyle. He pledges part of his 9922 dollar purse from a bout with Jackie Wilson and portions from bouts with Flashy Sebastian and Sammy Serreet to provide the mother fifty dollars a month for ten years.
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Los Angeles
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jimmy Doyle
Robinson
Jackie Wilson
Flashy Sebastian
Sammy Serreet
Berardino Deal Voided by Chandler
Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chandler voided the deal between the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns in which Washington would have sent infielder Gerry Priddy and $40,000 for second baseman John Berardino.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Washington
Gerry Priddy
John Berardino
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