Alabama Coaches Start Rose Bowl Fitness Drill
At South Pasadena high school Alabama's 34 man squad began hard conditioning ahead of the Rose Bowl. Coach Frank Thomas pushed players after arrival from Tuscaloosa with Halfback Lowell Tew a doubtful starter due to a broken jaw. Harry Gilmer impressed observers as he neared peak form for the Crimson Tide.
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Frankie Sinkwich
Harry Gilmer
Hollywood
Hank Crisp
Red Drew
California
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Invaders
Oil Bowl Elevens Arrive In Texas
Tulsa's Golden Hurricane arrives in Houston ahead of the Texas Oil Bowl while Georgia's Bulldogs prepare to check in. Tulsa lands about 2 p.m. to a mayoral welcome and large committee. Georgia begins practice tomorrow at Rice Stadium ahead of the January 1 bowl with 27,000 expected spectators.
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Jockey Job Dean Jessop Nears Record Wins
Job Dean Jessop, the Nibley Utah jockey, trails Jackie Westrope’s modern mark of 301 wins in a season by four days remaining. With 287 firsts, he rode two winners yesterday at Gulfstream Park, aboard Wild Agent and Snowline, at 7.30 in the eighth.
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Winners and Prices of Yesterday's Feature Races
Gulfstream Park feature race Carmel Town S1940 winner Carmel Town with a price of 86 20. Fair Grounds Milos finished with payout 86 dollars and 20 cents.
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Phelan Named Athletic Director and Coach at St Marys
Edgewater Park Miss December 27 St Marys college announced at its Sugar Bowl training camp that Jimmy Phelan has been awarded a new five year contract as head football coach and has also been appointed athletic director.
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Bowl predictions spark upsets and straitjackets
The piece spotlights Southern California as the favorite in the Rose Bowl against Alabama with a 13 point line and notes Alabama’s recent form. It also predicts Oklahoma A and M to beat St Mary’s by 7 and lists several other bowl picks including Holy Cross over Miami and Texas over Missouri.
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Sun Bowl Squads In Heavy Drills
Denver and New Mexico coaches avoided forecast as Sun Bowl prep continued in El Paso. The Pioneers planned two public practices after arriving from Colorado, while the Lobos scheduled a late Christmas scrimmage and planned a semi secret regimen before taking 37 players to Las Cruces for training through Jan. 1.
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Army Players Dominate Coaches All-America Team
Four Army football stars Glenn Davis Felix Blanchard DeWitt Coulter and Johnny Green were named to the Coaches Association All-America squad announced by Temple coach Ray Morrison. The team also includes Navy ends Richard Duden and Richard Scott, Northwestern end Max Morris Pennsylvania tackle George Savitsky Ohio State guard Warren Amling Oklahoma A and M Bob Fenimore and St Marys Herman Wedemeyer.
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Doc) Blanchard
DeWitt Coulter
Johnny Green
Ray Morrison
Temple University
Richard Duden
Navy
Max Morris
Northwestern
George Savitsky
Pennsylvania
Warren Amling
Ohio State
Richard Scott
Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma A. & M
Herman Wedemeyer
St. Mary's
Swope Resigns as New York Racing Commission Chair
Herbert Bary ard Swope resigns from his post as chairman of the New York state racing commission effective today, ending a long tenure overseeing horseracing regulation and overseeing reforms within the body.
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New York State Racing Commission
All Stars Meet in Montgomery Rematch Mentioned
Three years ago Southern all stars defeated Northern all stars 244 in a football game held in Montgomery Alabama.
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Baton Rouge May Be Scene Of Bowl Game
Newswire notes talk of a major football bowl in Baton Rouge Louisiana next year. A group seeks SEC involvement to match the league champion with LSU stadium expansion to 75000 seats. SEC decision expected February or March. failure ends the plan.
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Mexico City
Golden anniversary game at Allegheny College in 1946
Allegheny College in Meadville Pa plans a golden anniversary basketball game February 28 to mark the program started in 1896. The note recalls the game’s early era when basketball was five years old.
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Purviance’s Boykins Team Breaks Long Losing Streak
S. W. Purviance, coach of the Boykins cee squad, reports his team’s string reaching 49 straight losses early season though a later game saw Boykins defeat a foe it had dropped to 16 consecutive times.
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Miami Orange Bowl lineup leans on northern players
The Miami team for the Orange Bowl features six players from New Jersey, two from Pennsylvania, one from Georgia, and two from Florida. The note adds that many northerners winter in Miami.
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Blind Bowler To Compete In National Tourney Next Year
San Francisco sports notes report George McDonald the blind bowler will face Bob Anderson in Los Angeles January 4 5 and 6 for the blind championship of the world He aims to compete in the American Bowling Congress in Buffalo New York in 1946 Nice going Georgie Also notes Bay Meadows track set records except daily double winnings and a counterfeiter was caught Highlights Chester Lefty Haynes a shipyard pipefitter from Lansing Tennessee with a 322 batting average and .998 fielding over two softball teams and Wartburg High School letters in track football and baseball Alabama unbeaten seen as Rose Bowl favorite but USC expected to upset on January 1 1946
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Tempe Bulldogs Headed for New Mexico Texas Games
The Arizona State College basketball team, the Tempe Bull dogs, left for a cage tour of New Mexico and Texas. They face the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque tomorrow and Saturday, then meet the Fort Bliss Army quintet in El Paso on New Year's Eve and plan to attend the Sun Bowl game the next day.
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Coaches Hope To Avert More High School Injuries
North and South all star camps suspend contact drills ahead of Saturday game at University of Arizona stadium. Prescott fullback Milan Kalember grimaces after scrimmage, while Clifton center Eddie Tomp runs a fever and appears unlikely to play. Whizzer White quarterbacks the Southerners with Tucson duo Carrillo and Carey and Coolidge back Jimmie Davis in the backfield.
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Lee Carey
Jimmie Davis
Pep Is Selected Boxer Of Year 1945 by Ring magazine
Willie Pep of Hartford Connecticut, featherweight champion, named Boxer Of The Year by Ring magazine for 1945. He defended his title by defeating Phil Terranova in 15 rounds and posted seven victories and one draw. Ring's top rivals included Manuel Ortiz Jake LaMotta Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano.
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Manuel Ortiz
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Jake LaMotta
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Ray Robinson
Jose Basora
Rocky Graziand
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