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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
8
Fresno report says Occidental College will accept bids for the fourth annual Raisin Bowl with A and M set to participate. Harry W Hughes and Peyton Jordan notified the committee they will bid to select teams for the New Year game.
Boise UP reports Canyon county in Idaho will open the Deer Flat Migratory Waterfowl refuge to rooster hunting on Thursday. Hunters may bag up to three roosters per day through November, with pheasant hunting remaining open in the surrounding area.
Idaho State hosts Brigham Young University in the season opener at Pocatello high school gym. BYU coach Floyd Millet and ISC mentor Willett field veterans including Joe Nelson Rand Clark and Beam. Millet aims to start strong against ISC as Willett begins his first season with the Bengals.
LDS church basketball officials announced the 1949 all church M Men tournament to be held March 2 to 5 at Deseret gymnasium in Salt Lake City featuring top teams from all divisions of the west wide league. An elimination tournament for division nine runs February 21, 23, 25 and 26 at Deseret gym.
Salt Lake City weather for Thanksgiving day mentions snow flurries and partly cloudy skies as the final college football game between the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural College is set for 1 30 p m at Ute Stadium. Both teams limited practice to avoid injuries ahead of the season ending fracas.
Lloyd Ferrin of Woodford rolled 238 for the high single in major league bowling last week. Ross Myer of Osgood Service five topped the series with 615 pins. Ruth Mathers from Osgood Agate Shop led ladies with 214 and 522. In the Classic league Mrs. Wendell Butler led with 157 and Mrs. Betty Spidell had 415 for high series.
Special to the Post reports Blackfoot with Skagg's bowlers leading the Elk's Bowling Tournament into the fifth week. Other teams' standings are listed as the event progresses.
BALTIMORE UP Pudgy little Hack Wilson, the all time NL home run king, died in Baltimore City hospital of a respiratory ailment. The 48 year old former Cubs outfielder hit 56 homers in 1930, a mark still noted in major league history. He had not been in good health for years and had recently been released from hospital after a fall.
Texas, Pennsylvania and Wake Forest were cast as key axemen in Thanksgiving football across the nation. The piece notes Texas as a 15 point favorite over Texas A&M with potential SWC title implications, while SMU, TCU and other bowls fill the slate. The roundup lists Ivy League clash Penn vs Cornell, Wake Forest in a Dixie Bowl bid, and multiple bowl and conference matchups across regions with bold lines for Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Utah, and others.
In Sacramento Maxie Docusen of New Orleans outpointed Benny Walker of Oakland over ten rounds. Earlier Tate Martinez of San Francisco stopped Fabela Chavez of Los Angeles in five rounds in Los Angeles. Frankie Fernandez of Hawaii stopped Tommy Bell of Youngstown in Honolulu in ten rounds.
Tension mounts as Nampa high school Bulldogs and Boise Braves prepare for Idaho Big Six showdown at the end of the season. A win could tie Nampa for the conference lead or lift Boise to second place while hoping for a stronger finish. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy, cooler conditions.
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