Baseball’s 1950 toll of famed sportsmen recalled
A Dec 29 report lists Grover Cleveland Alexander and Kiki Cuyler among the baseball greats who died in 1950. Also noted are Jewel Ens, Dr. Robert F. Hyland, Blake Harper, Art Fletcher, and others, along with several boxing, football, horse racing, and cycling figures who passed away that year.
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Or York
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Kiki Cuyler
Jewel Ens
Robert F. Hyland
Enlane Amend
Tnen
Hyland
Blake Harper
St. Louis Cardinal
Art Fletcher
New York Giant
Yankee
E. Lee Keyser
St. Louis Browns
Robert Schroeder
Philadelphia A’s
Florence Wolf Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh Pirates
Helen Bigsby
Cardinals
Lavern Roach
Sam Lopez
Alfred
Sonny Boy) West
U. S
West
New York
Oklahoma Emerges No 1 In Topsy Turvy 1950 Football Season
Oklahoma Sooners, riding a 10 game win streak and a flawless 1950 campaign, secure the No 1 ranking from United Press, heading to the Sugar Bowl against Kentucky. Notre Dame faltered, Army stumbled from a peak, while California, Michigan, Texas and others capped notable bowls and conference titles. Princeton led the East with an 9–0–0 run, Charley Caldwell hailed as Coach of the Year.
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Ne York
Oklahoma
Sooners
Leaili Lur
Notre Dame
Army
United Press Rating Board
Bud Wilkinson
Kentucky
Tennessee
Purdue
Irish
Navy
Cadets
Vito Parilli
Prilli
Alabama
Princeton
Wyoming
Tigers
Charley Caldwell
West Virginia Stars Beat Ohio Quintet 69 54
Don Reese scored 18 points to lead Wheeling Central Catholic past an eastern Ohio team 69 to 54. Dino Hadjis added 12 for Wheeling, while Dick Valloric of Bellaire led the Ohio squad with 17 in a clash of last year’s northern West Virginia graduates.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Don Reese
West Virginia
Ohio
Reese
Wheeling Central Catholic
Dino Hadjis
Dick Valloric
Bellaire
Opening Santa Anita season kicks off with $15,000 feature
ARCADIA Calif Dec 29 The 14th annual Santa Anita meeting opens with an expected 30,000 on opening day The day’s feature is the $15,000 Anita Chiquita for fillies and mares drawing 11 entrants and racing at Santa Anita Park
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Arcadia
Calif
Santa Anita Park
Caps Upset Buffalo 6 1 as Bears Beat Springfield 3 1
Caps rally from last place in western division with unexpected 6 1 upset of the Buffalo Bisons to trim the eastern division lead to three points. Hershey Bears return home after three weeks with a 3 1 win over the Springfield Indians as two third period fights punctuate the Hershey game.
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United Press
Indianapolis Caps
Hershey Bears
Buffalo Bisons
The
Caps
Buffalo
Hershey
Springfield Indians
Deaf Mute Hairston Favored in Garden Bout Tonight
Eugene Silent Hairston a 21 year old deaf mute from New York is listed as the favorite at 14 5 to defeat substitute J T Ross in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight Ross a 6 1 2 foot 162 pounder from San Jose Calif arrived as last minute replacement for Walter Cartier who withdrew due to a severe cold This bout caps the Garden card as the year ends with Hairston aiming for his eighth straight win
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New York
Eugene
Ross
Walter Cartier
Cartier
Perhaps You Know By A. C. Gordon
Friction prevents constructing 100 percent efficient machines. Corsica is famed as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. The torpid winter state in which some animals pass cold months is hibernation.
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A. C. Gordon
Corsica
Napoleon Bonaparte
Daily Pattern Seva greet VIPs with high coat-dress style
Pattern 4550 for Teenage sizes 10 through 16 features a high neck scarf and pleated pocketed coat-dress in 35 inch length. Size 12 uses 4% yards with nap contrast. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams at The Canton Repository Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th Street New York 11 NY with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
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New York
N. Y
Tomato Bouillon Crisp Crackers Bombay Salad Recipe
A vintage recipe card blends tomato bouillon and Bombay salad with duckling and chestnuts. Ingredients include chestnuts mushrooms Long Island duck, celery and curry powder with French dressing and mayonnaise. Serve in lettuce cups with watercress or shredded coconut. Makes four servings.
Denison Faces Harvard and Ohio Powerhouses
Cincinnati and Toledo continued winning as Denison crushed Harvard 55 46 for their second victory in six. Cincinnati Bearcats beat Xavier 83 70 with Larry Imburgia scoring 12 before a first half injury. Toledo 91 54 over Mississippi College as 14 players saw action. Baldwin Wallace 90 65 over Hope College. Muskingum 72 62 over Kansas Wesleyan in Terre Haute semi finals. Ohioans meet Central of Missouri for the title.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ohio
Denison
Harvard
Granville
Crimson
Cincinnati Bearcats
Xavier
Bearcats
Larry Imburgia
Mississippi College of
Clinton
Miss
Jerry Bush
Baldwin Wallace
Hope College of Holland
Mich
Muskingum
Kansas Wesleyan
Terre Haute
Ind
Ohioans
Central of Missouri
Belmont Classic Restored to 100000 Dollars for 83rd Stakes
Belmont Park announced the Belmont Stakes will return to its former 100000 dollar purse for the next year. Nominations close January 15 with 100 dollars due per nomination and 1000 dollars to start a horse. Geldings are ineligible. last year 102 were nominated but only nine ran. The race will be the 83rd running and Middleground won previous edition.
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New York
Belmont Park
Middleground
Wooster Defense Group Seeks 25000 Dollar City Aid
Defense Director E V Ault announced a 25000 dollar appropriation to speed civilian defense plans will be requested at the city council meeting Tuesday. Col Julius Stark urged that pre bombing evacuation preparedness is the key task in Wooster’s civilian defense program. The committee was told that council may lack 25000 dollars to allot since previous appropriations were set last August.
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Wooster
E. V. Ault
Julius Stark
Defense Committee
Pitt Loses Eighth Straight on West Tour
UCLA Bruins defeated Pittsburgh 68 to 44 last night to snap a three game skid and give the Panthers their eighth consecutive loss on the western swing.
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Los Angeles
U.C.L.A. Bruins
University of Pittsburgh
Panthers
Culmone Leads Riding Derby With Two Wins
Joe Culmone rides two winners at Tropical Park to push his 1938 year total to 380, two ahead of Willie Shoemaker who had one winner at New Orleans. The rival pair plan to race through Sunday, with Culmone set to ride in Cuba and Shoemaker in Agua Caliente, Mexico.
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Miami
Flia
Joe Culmone
Willie Shoemaker
Little Joe
Tropical Park
Shoemaker
New Orleans
Culmone
Cuba
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Giants Sign Dark to Major Contract for 20,000
The New York Giants secured captain Alvin Dark with a new contract likely worth at least 20000 dollars. Dark ended last season with a .279 average, 16 home runs and 101 double plays, joining fellow signees Sheldon Jones Sal Maglie Bobby Thomson and Eddie Stanky.
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New York
New York Giants
Alvin Dark
Dark
Giant
Sheldon Jones
Sal Maglie
Bobby Thomson
Eddie Stanky
Chicago White Sox reach 13 contracts for 1951 season
Chicago news notes the Chicago White Sox have signed three more players bringing total signed to 13. Pitcher John Zaprkovich, a 6-9 winner with Memphis, shortstop Joe DeMaestri hitting .283 with Birmingham, and outfielder Jim Busby hitting .308 with Sacramento joined the club for the upcoming season.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
John Parkovich
Memphis
Joe DeMaestri
Birmingham
Jim Busby
Sacramento
East Starts Two Bucks in East West Classic
San Francisco December 29 Bill Trautwein tackle and John Biltz guard from Ohio State will start for the East squad in the East West classic tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Bill Trautwein
John Biltz
Ohio State
Champion Liar Tells Story Of Hard Burial in Icy Ground
A Californian named Frank J. Goulette won Burlington Wis worlds best liar title for 1950. His entry described a doomed North Dakota winter grave under a pile driver with a seven day burial. An honorable mention went to Joseph Flynn of Cleveland for a canary train tall tale involving lanterns and a stalled locomotive.
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Champion Liar
Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Frank J. Goulette
Los Angeles
North Dakota
Joseph Flynn
Cleveland
Danube River Length and Tributaries Report
The Danube spans more than 1,700 miles with about 300 tributaries. It drains over 300,000 square miles, shaping a vast European watershed.
Coroner rules death in Alliance a self inflicted wound
Coroner E C Reno returned a verdict of death by own action in the Alliance case of 74 year old John Thrailkill. He died after a bullet wound through the heart and was pronounced at Alliance City Hospital shortly after 3 p m Wednesday. Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p m today at Cassaday Turkle funeral home with burial in Alliance City Cemetery.
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E. C. Reno
John Thrailkill
Alliance
Thrailkill
Alliance City Hospital
Cassaday & Turkle Funeral
Alliance City Cemetery
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