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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1947
Page
3
A short promotional piece asks about Clarence Goff and his family trip to Mexico and suggests boys prefer sports gear. It lists four brands Wilson Stall and Dean O K Nokona with football prices from 2.75 to 15 dollars and basketballs from 4.50 to 28 dollars, urging a sporty Christmas.
Les Gilmer posted the week's high single game 210 at city hall alleys, Jim Stewart next at 208. Stewart claimed the top three game total 568 while Gilmer was second with 546. Stewart & Crone led in a single game 873 and three-game total 2406. The top ten included Lloyd Little 178 and George Morrison 167 among others.
Chairman Eddie Eagan announced the commission’s decision after a special hearing for Walcott and his manager Joe Webster. The pair were from another state and unfamiliar with New York rules, prompting the hearing.
St Mary's high boys won 45 to 21 at Riverside High School gym in the intra city game. The halftime score was 20 to 9 with St Mary's pulling away in the second half. Key scorers included Sehneider and Waldschmidt with 13 each for St Mary's while Lukavsky and Yoder led Riverside with 7 apiece. Fouls favored St Mary's 18 to 6 among 11 players.
YMCA independent basketball schedule lists Wayland versus Kalona at 2:00 at West Chester and Flyers at 2:00. Independent faces Crawfords ville in a second matchup.
The New York state athletic commission refused to reverse Friday's ruling in favor of heavyweight Joe Louis over Jersey Joe Walcott at a special meeting. It did, however, congratulate Walcott on his splendid performance.
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