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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1947
Page
12
United Press reports a shift as football and baseball share stadiums year round. Branch Rickey signals Brooklyn interest while the Briggs family eyes Detroit Lions with a joint sports venture, leveraging shared facilities and publicity for profit.
Jimmy Demaret of Ojai California led 1947 professional golf with $27,000 in prize money. Bobby Locke of South Africa earned $24,500 and Demaret also posted the year’s lowest 72-hole score, 264 at Tucson. The piece notes Demaret’s outfits, Ryder Cup ties, and other top players, plus Babe Didrikson Zaharias turning pro and the PGA’s earnings surpassing $1,000,000 for the period.
University of Idaho freshmen coach Steve Belko announced a 12 game slate for the team. The schedule includes Kellogg Wallace Boise and Coeur d Alene junior colleges and Washington State college freshmen with negotiations for North Idaho Teachers College and the Lewiston Elks.
Miles City Montana April reports Jim Cahill a 19 year old former American Legion Junior pitcher signed a 1948 contract with the Cleveland Indians. Cahill played last year with Ponca City in the Kansas Oklahoma Missouri league and will join the Indian farm club at Burlington Iowa. His .279 batting average last season is noted.
Milledgeville Georgia two men William A Brown and Donald Hembree were rescued after four days stranded in the Oconee River swamp. They waded neck deep through flood waters and used a fire and a gunshot puff to signal for help. A circling pilot spotted smoke and guided three planes to the stranded hunters delivering food and dry clothing.
Column warns William Conn plans to fight Joe Louis again, decrying televised boxing's dangers to families and society. Author urges vigilance, cites past incidents at Yankee Stadium and calls for public scrutiny of broadcasted prizefights and their impact on children.
The U S Lawn Tennis Association named A Louise Brough, a Beverly Hills champion, as the top ranking U S women’s player for 1947. Pauline Betz drops to lower ranking after turning professional, with Margaret Osbourne Dupont, Doris Hart, Patricia Canning Todd, Shirley Fry, and Bara Krase also rising in the year end list.
Big Ernie Lombardi, freed by the New York Giants last season after 17 major league years, was signed by Sacramento of the Pacific Coast league. The Oakland native is expected to serve as a spare catcher and pinch hitter.
The author disputes national coach of the year polls, critiquing their basis and arguing Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy, not Fritz Crisler of Michigan, showed greater coaching excellence in the season. The piece cites Notre Dame’s sharper plays and deeper reverses, predicting Southern California may prove it.
Georgia Tech’s backfield features freshmen Bob McCoy and Red Patton as injuries trimmed the veteran corps. The Engineers aim for a strong New Year’s Day showing against Kansas, hoping to claim their best season since 1928 with nine wins and one defeat.
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