Oregon declines bids to two post season bowls
Oregon, co champion of the Pacific Coast Conference, rejects invitations to the American Legion consolation bowl in Los Angeles on December 18 and to the Harbor Bowl in San Diego on January 1. Athletic director Leo Harris notes other inquiries but says the team seeks a major invitation. Coach Jim Aiken says they felt slighted by conference voting and aims to return to the Rose Bowl scene in 1950. PCC commissioner Victor Schmidt cites conference consent as required for post season play.
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Oklahoma Coaches Put Bowl Talk On Hold Until After Stillwater Clash
Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson says OU will not discuss bowl bids until after the game with Oklahoma A and M. He notes they did not receive an outright invitation to Los Angeles and will consider invitations after the Stillwater meeting. The Sugar Bowl is a favored potential option among campus talk.
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Hawaii Nevada football game collapses over guarantee
Honolulu report says negotiations for a post season football game between Hawaii and Nevada failed after Nevada demanded a $25 000 guarantee. Hawaii athletic director Iwao Miyake said he could not reach terms and hopes to invite Oregon Pacific Coast conference opponent for the December 18 contest.
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Hunters Pay Heavy Fines For Out of Season Moose
Two Ashton hunters paid a total of 425 in fines after killing moose out of season. Thad Chastine was fined 300 plus 25 for license violation, with 100 suspended. Fritz Harringfield faced 300 fine with 100 suspended. Court confiscated two bull moose and rifles. Only legal moose hunting in Idaho occurred during late September with 30 permits issued.
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Halliwell’s Pioneer League draws large crowds in 1940s season
J P Halliwell heads to Minneapolis for a December minor league meeting representing the second highest Class C league by drawing power. The Pioneer League drew 802,682 in the season, trailing only Florida’s International League and Western International. The text notes attendance comparisons with Central, Class B leagues and cites overall minor league fan totals. It also shifts to college football bowl outlooks and a U S Navy transport sailing from Yokohama with evacuees.
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Imposter Julia and Durand Plot Across Rivers
A wealthy Louis Durand courts Julia Rus sell who travels from St Louis to New Orleans to marry him but steals 50 000 and vanishes. An investigation uncovers an alias laden life aboard river boats and a web of impostors. Durand encounters Colonel Worth and discovers Bonny Castle is Julia, with a complex past and a man on the boat as her partner. The tale shifts to Biloxi as revelations unfold. Requires continuation.
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