Olympic Trials Readied for Broad U S Athlete Pool
Olympic officials announce a vast three month program of trials across 14 cities for 23 sports as the United States gears up a potential 400 member team for London. Basketball, equestrian and other events highlighted, with a June Philadelphia camp and July track and field, swimming and sailing trials shaping the roster.
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Steve Snider
United Press
New York
Boston
S.S. America
Europe
U.S
London
England
Phillips Oilers
University of Kentucky
Madison Square Garden
Army
Ames
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Larchmont
N.Y
West Point
Caldwell College Announces 57th Founders Day Program
Caldwell College outlines a full Founders Day schedule for May 1 featuring high school track tennis and golf meets a college track meet music and declamation contests a parade suppers and dances Co chairs Miss Lois Bungum Wendell and Sam Winn Gannett say Idaho and eastern Oregon students will attend the events. Adolph Wolf named wolf killer in Carlton County collected 225 bounty in 1947.
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Caldwell
College of Idaho
Lois Bungum
Wendell
Sam Winn
Gannett
Idaho
Oregon
ISC I Club Elects Joe Pond New President
Joe Pond of Filer, a 0 year gridder and former Marine, is elected president of Idaho State College I Club. He aims to admit Junior Varsity players as pledges and grow the I Club into a powerful unit alongside major lettermen. ISC faces uncertainty over whether track will be continued due to funding, while Coach Vesser and Milton Holt prepare about 50 candidates for the 1948 grid squad as drills continue.
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Connie Reiss
Idaho
State College “I” Club
Joe Pond
Filer
Pond
Idaho State College
Lettermen
I” Club
Earl Pond
ISC
Pocatello Gridiron
Milton
Dubby) Holt
Johnny Vesser
Holt
Grid
Vesser
Bengal
This May Be The Year For Boston
The Braves, led by Billy Southworth, aim for the National League pennant alongside the Dodgers Cardinals and Giants. With Dark Stanky and Elliott keying the infield, Beazley returning to form and a strong pitching corps, Boston eyes a championship run this season.
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Braves
Dodgers
Cardinals
Giants
Billy Southworth
Southworth
Billy
Alvin Dark
Milwaukee
American Association
Eddie Stankey
Stanky
Dark
Jeff Heath
Jim Russell
Browns
Pirates
Clinton Conaster
Tommy Holmes
Heath
Russell
Conaster
Danny Litwhiler
Mike McCormick
Frank McCormick
Earl Torgeson
Bob Elliott
LSU
Phil Mass
Bill Salkeld
Frank Kerr
San Diego
Victory
Johnny Sain
Warren Spahn
Bill Voiselle
Charles
Red) Barrett
Johnny Beazley
Beazley
Jim Prendergast
Syracuse
Clyde Shoun
Ed Wright
Glenn Elliott
al Lyons
Ed Post
Ernie White
Handicap Tests Colts in Free Handicap at Jamaica
Eight Kentucky Derby prospects and a non eligible filly entered the experimental free handicap No. 2 at Jamaica. The mile and a sixteenth race could shape Derby plans as several colts move up from last week's six furlongs. My Request led the sprint and was favorite, with Escadra and Ace Admiral among the main contenders as interest centered on distance performance.
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New York
Jamaica
Ben F. Whitaker
W. L. Brann
Maine Chance Farm
Iowa basketball star ruled ineligible for AAU gifts
Red haired Murray Wier of Iowa University fouled out per AAU ruling after accepting a 1948 convertible coupe a $500 savings bond and a $300 engraved pen set from hometown fans in Muscatine Iowa The AAU registration committee said the gifts violated rule No 7 and suspended him from AAU competition though not currently registered The action could affect his hopes of joining the Oakland five and bars AAU members who play with or against the forward who led Iowa to second place in the Big Nine this season
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Murray Wier
Iowa University
Iowa Amateur Athletic Union
AAU
Wier
Muscatine
Oakland
Iowa
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Detroit
Providence
U. S
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Caldwell College Plans
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Adolph Wolf
MSCS
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Junior Vareee
I” Ub
Bengal Gridders
Guam
China
Leo H. Petersen
Johnny Pesky
Junior Stephens
Bobby Doerr
Stan Spence
Red Sox
Li’i
Aknei
U.S.A
Keky Drake
Algy
Miami
Giltroy Hotel
Parkins
Dotty Dripple
Brenda Starr
Eloise
Henrietta
Ivan Slimsky
Tony Palmer
Giap Hou
Dixie
OLE Luciper
Havana
Dinwiddie Croome
WASH
Holcomb
Arizona
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