Bengal basketball rests before January league grind
Idaho State college basketball coach Ed Willett gives the Bengals a holiday rest after 10 games, while practice continues nightly. The team endured six straight losses earlier, then four wins, showing improved form and top material as they head into a demanding schedule.
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Vince Anselmo
Ed Willett
Idaho State College
Bengal
Willettmen
Bengals
College of Idaho
Willett
Sports World Having Its Ups and Downs
A New York led item lampoons sports rivalries as peace talks falter with fierce debates and sharp play. It notes the NFL inviting AAC into its lair, then snubbing them, while college football faces a chaotic, contentious season.
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New York
United Nations
Annie Oakley
National League
All America Conference
AAC
NFL
Stan Musial Named 1948 NL Slugging King in New York
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals was named the National League slugging champion for 1948 with a .702 slugging percentage, the first NL member above .700 since Hack Wilson in 1930. He also led with 429 total bases and 131 RBIs, while Jeff Heath, Johnny Mize, Sid Gordon, and Ralph Kiner followed in slugging. Bob Elliott drew 131 walks and Jackie Robinson was hit by seven pitches.
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NEW York
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Musial
Cardinal
Jeff Heath
Boston Braves
Johnny Mize
Giants
Sid Gordon
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Bob Elliott
Boston
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Burley Bobcats Eye Back-to-Back Cage Titles
Burley High School basketball opens with a veteran lineup led by Harold Loveless Robert Millard and Jack Clark aiming to defend district and regional crowns from the 1947 48 season. The squad emphasizes speed over height with young talents Bill Murray Ted Smith and others ready to contribute and a December schedule including games with Bear River Weber County Oakley and Twin Falls.
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Burley High
Bobcats
Burley Force
Bobcat Club
Jack, Clark
Harold
Skinny” Loveless
Robert Millard
Dick Symons
Jay Jones
Bear River
Weber County
Ogden
Oakley
Filer
Twin Falls
Rupert
Gooding
Buhl
Jerome
Basketball scores from a regional meet around early season games
A collage of college basketball results shows Temple edging Colorado 51 to 50 while several other matchups produced narrow wins and decisive losses. Notable scores include Manhattan 68 Springfield 55 and Notre Dame 70 Navy 62, with midwest and southwest games featuring Iowa State, Purdue, Texas Christian, and Hardin College in varied finales.
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East Temple
Colorado
Py Tech
Manhattan
Pringfield
Acens
John Marshall
Paterson
Jayton
Morris Harvey
Syracuse
Iowa State
Iowa
St. Francis
Hofstra
Pratt
South Pittsburgh
Miami
Eee
Tulane
Midwestee State
Loyola of A
Notre Dame
Navy
Purdue
Drake
Bradley
Loyola of Los Angeles
Youngstown
Fenn
Lawrence
Sau Carolina
Minnesota
St Iowa
Texas Christian
Wayne Teachers
Drury
Beloit
San Diego State
Southwest Hardin College
Daniel Baker
Oo Wesleyan
New Mexico State
Campus row over football scholarships and campus games
The piece describes campus disputes over football scholarships and questionable courses prompting insults and accusations. Coaches nationwide accuse officials of robbing them. Widespread innuendo on gambling evils and calls to return sport to the campus linger as values drop.
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South
Carrolls celebrate trio of birthdays on Christmas July fourth and Thanksgiving
In Granby Connecticut Mr and Mrs John Carroll mark a unique family milestone as their three children share birth dates on Christmas Day July fourth and Thanksgiving. the trio highlights a holiday connection within one household.
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Granby
Conn
John Carroll
Denver Cage Ace Posts Top Average
Vince Boryla of Denver led the early 1948 49 season with a 25.8 point per game average in the NCAA rundown. Colgate’s Ernie Vandeweghe was second at 24.3, Virginia’s Joe Noertaker third at 21.2, and Yale’s Tony Lavelli fourth at 21.0, as Virginia and LaSalle athletes posted high field goal and free throw percentages.
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New York
Vince Boryla
Denver University
Denver
Boryla
National Collegiate Athletic Bureau
Colgate
Ernie Vandeweghe
Joe Noertaker
Virginia
Tony Lavelli
Yale
Lou Morris
George Yardley
Stanford
Paul Gordon
Notre Dame
Dick Hammock
Seton Hall
Bill Orenberger
William and Mary
Collegians
Larry Foust
LaSalle
Philadelia
Pennsylvania
Tom Doyle
John Carroll
Chuck Share
Bowling Green University
Chester Giermak
Bob Brown
Miami
University
Navy Hardwood Stops Freddy's 57 to 43 in Industrial League
Navy Hardwood Force edged Freddy's 57 to 43 in Industrial league play at the local YMCA. Nolan Larsen scored 28 for Navy with Bob Ewing adding 15 and Hanson 6 as Freddy's failed to respond beyond 18 from Dean Livingston and 10 from Johnson. The J C Peasants won by forfeit as the Ramblers did not appear.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
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Larsen
Sport Shop
Bob Ewing
Hanson
Dean Livingston
Johnson
Koho
Nye
J. C. Peasants
Ramblers
Hank Watts
YMCA
Watts
Capital Men Win Boise Contest 56 45
Boise junior college Broncos defeated Eastern Oregon College of Education 56 to 45 before a small crowd. The game stayed slow early but intensified in the second half as BJC held the lead from the opening tip. Helfu scored 27 points for BJC and helped secure the margin.
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Capital
BOISE
Boise Junior College Broncos
Eastern Oregon College of Education
BJC
Helfu
Core
Halas Dazzles With Draft Bids Shakeup In NFL Picks
In New York the Bears owner coach George Halas returns from the draft with an unimpressive group of new players, signaling a shift from chasing marquee college stars to valuing sleepers. He passed on Big names like Walker and Rauch, instead selecting Ben Bendrick, George Taliaferro, Dick Harris, Billy Grimes, and John Hoffman, while his past moves for Lujack Layne Connor and Luckman show a varied strategy.
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Idaho State College
Theigh School
Bengals
Fred Tydeman
Fred
American Legion
Tydy
Jay Jensen
Chick Atkinson
Chace Anderson
Jensen
Atkinson
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Joe
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Louis
Pas
George Halas
Chicago Bears
National Football League
George
Papa Bear
Notre Dame
East Groundhog A
M. White
Doak Walker
Southern Methodist
Bill Fischer
Johnny Rauch
Georgia
Stan Heath
Nevada
Chuck Bednarik
Penn
Halas
Ben Bendrick
Wisconsin
George Taliaferro
Indiana
Texas
Dick Harris
Billy Grimes
Oklahoma A
John Hoffman
Arkansas
Johnny Lujack
George Connor
Bobby Layne
Columbia
Sid Luckman
Lujack
Layne
Harold
Red) Grange
Illinois
College Basketball Roundup of Nonspecific Scores
College basketball results include Wyoming 56 Oregon 51 and Ohio State 68 California 64. Other noted games feature Notre Dame 70 Navy 62 and Temple 51 Colorado 50. Also listed are hockey Pacific Coast League scores and baseball-like standings with various city teams. A Massachusetts law bans eating peanuts in church.
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John Muir
Vallejo
Wyoming
Oregon
Bradley
Loyola of Los Angeles
la Salle
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Miami
Purdue
Drake
Kansas State
Iowa State
Los Angeles
San Diego
St. Louis
Hershey
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
New York
Minneapolis
Washington
Providence
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Lucille Barkdull
American Falls
Bob Funderberg
Belvidere
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Dollar Mountain
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Loveless
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Clark
Symons
Jones
Bill McMurray
Ted Smith
Don Smith
Eldon Loveless
Kent Bird
Jerry Reid
Robert Russell
Duane Bailey
Bailey Force
D. Smith
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Marshall
Wetherford
Nate Morgan
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Naval
Luckman
George Musso
James Millikin
Decatur
Ray
Scooter) McLean
St. Anselm's
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Clyde
Bulldog) Turner
Hardin-Simmons
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