Classsen Picks Wyoming to Win in Gator Bowl
Harold Claassen predicts Wyoming will win the January Gator Bowl page preview noting two seasons in football with fall schedules and bowl games. He mentions the East-West Shrine Game and Blue-Gray selections with players from Michigan State and Army, and previews the Rose Bowl matchup with Michigan against California.
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Classsen
Wyoming
Harold Claassen
New York
San Francisco
Eastern Forces
Everett Grandelius
Michigan State
Montgomery
Ala
Dan Foldberg
Chuck Shira
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Dixie Eleven
Spectacular East West game set for tomorrow
The 26th inter sectional East West Shrine Game at Kezar Stadium features stars from Michigan State Purdue Navy and more with East favored by six points and West stars like Kyle Rote Wilford White and Brad Rowland. expected 62 000 crowd will see a high scoring battle with strong line play and poised backs on both sides.
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San Gisco
Shrine
Michigan State
Everett Grandeius
Purdue
John Kerestes
Navy
Bill Powers
West
Kyle Rote
Rote
Southern Methodist
Kezar Stadium
Jess Neely
Rice
Marchie Schwartz
Stanford
Howie Ode
Jerry Groom
Notre Dame
Bernie Bierman
Tuss McLaughry
Andy Kerr
Grandelius
Bowl power shifts across the 1948 season slate
The column projects major bowls with teams like Oklahoma, Texas, Clemson and Wyoming, noting injuries and lineups. It lists anticipated winners by bowl, with Oklahoma’s hospital list and Texas in Dallas highlighted as strong contenders before home crowds.
Reserve Lieutenants and Captains Called to Duty by March
Second Army headquarters announced seven states and the District of Columbia must call about 659 Reserve Lieutenants and Captains to duty by March.
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Fort Meade
Second Army
District of Columbia
Norfolk District to Hire 300 More Engineers for Construction Program
About 300 employees will be added by the Norfolk District Corps of Engineers to meet expanded functions in supervising the military construction program in the district. The announcement came today.
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Norfolk
Corps of Engineers
Berryville Legion Post Basketball Games Scheduled
American Legion Post 41 teams face Martinsburg outfits in Berryville at the Community Building. Girls open at 7 30 PM with the men following immediately in the Saturday doubleheader.
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American Legion Post 41
Martinsburg American Legion
Berryville
Emory and Henry Meets High Scorer in Tangerine Bowl
Morris Harvey's Golden Eagles, riding a nine game win streak and a 391.1 yard per game offense, face Emory and Henry in the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando. Under Eddie King the program rose from 4-5 to 7-2 and a major year’s triumph includes a 35-13 win over Gannon as the team piled up 360-63 scoring margin.
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Charleston
W. Va
Morris Harvey
Emory and Henry
Golden Eagles
Virginia
Orlando
Eagles
Eddie King
Charleston High School
King
Gannon
Kent State
West Virginia Wesleyan
Concord
Evansville
Shepherd
Georgetown Ky
Davis and Elkins
Action at NCAA meeting over sanity code suspensions
In Los Angeles the NCAA prepares for its January Dallas meeting to discuss possible suspensions of six unnamed institutions for non compliance with the sanity code. President Hugh C. Willett outlines plans while keeping names confidential.
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Los Angeles
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Dalas
NCAA
Hugh C. Willett
Willett
University of Southern California
Pacific Coast Conference
Clarke Announces Decoration Awards in Clarke County
Winners in the Clarke County Christmas Decoration Contest were announced by Woman's Club garden chair Mrs. Ernest Woodworth after a weather delay. Best daylight display went to Mrs. Ann H. Coley, evening lighting to Kermit and Carroll Rhoden, with four honorable mentions including Mrs. Lonnie Levi and Mrs. Arthur Edmunds for day decorations and Mrs. Grayson Sponseller plus Mrs. Levi for after-dark illuminations. Judges remained anonymous.
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Berryville
Woman’s Club
Clarke County
Ernest Woodworth
Ann H. Coley
Messers Kermit
Carroll Rhoden
Lonnie Levi
Arthur Edmunds
Grayson Sponseller
Woodworth
Legion to Convene Meeting Tonight at Legion Home
The American Legion Post at 117 N. Cameron St. will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting. Post Commander Charles M. Zucker man says the session will discuss Tide of Toys operations to collect and ship playthings to destitute European children.
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American Legion
N. Cameron St
Legion
Charles M. Zuckerman
Europe
Quantico Marines Aim For 35 Wins This Winter
Quantico's Marines eye at least 35 victories this season as they plan a 45 game schedule. Through 13 games they have 10 wins and 3 losses, scoring 934 points for an average near 72 per game. They have defeated Washington and Lee, Richmond, Randolph Macon, and Virginia Tech among others.
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Quantico
Marines
Marine Base Leathernecks
Virginia College
Washington and Lee
Richmond
Randolph Macon
Virginia Tech
Tech
Do Japanese Birthday Counting Keep Western Method Now
Formerly Japan counted all birthdays from January 1 and regarded a newborn as one year old. This traditional method has been abandoned and the western age system is now used.
Colgate Upsets Duke In Opening Dixie Classic Fun
In Raleigh N C State Navy Colgate and Wake Forest led the Dixie Classic field with Wake Forest beating Rhode Island State 57 53 NC State 89 75 Tulane. Navy 60 49 over North Carolina Colgate 84 69 over Duke Horvath 30 points paced Colgate and Ranzino 23 led NC State in a high scoring opening round.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State
Navy
Colgate
Wake Forest
Rhode Island State
N. C. S State
Tulane
North Carolina
Duke
Rhode Island
N. C. State
Blue Devil's
Red Raiders
Paul Horvath
Wolfpack
Horvath
Sammy Ranzino
General Walker's Son Named MacArthur Aide
General MacArthur appoints Capt. Sam Walker son of the late Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker as his aide in Tokyo. Captain Walker led Company A, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, after his father's death in a Korean jeep accident.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Sam Walker
Walton H. Walker
Walker
19Th
24Th Infantry Division
Bowling OC League Carr Publishing Co. Results
Royal Crown Cola defeats Friendship Fire Co 2 1 while Esso Glen's Cities Services and Truck Suppliers each take two wins. Individual ind games Phil Grim 135 Pop Kelchner 128 Melvin Miller 127 Mickey McDonald 127. Ind set Mickey McDonald 359 Pop Kelchner 334 Phil Grim 331. Team high Carr Publishing Co 551 1600 led Carr.
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Carr Publishing Co
Friendship Fire Co
Glen's Cities Services
Esso
Royal Crown Cola
Ind
Phil Grim
Pop Kelchner
Melvin Miller
Mickey McDonald
Team Game
Harvard Alumni Group to Study Crimson Football Plight
A new Harvard Alumni Advisory Group led by George Whitney will review Harvard’s football woes replacing the 23-man Visiting Committee on Athletics which resigned on November 26 after Harvard finished with one victory. The advisory group’s action remained announced semi-official last night in New York.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
George Whitney
New York
Crimson
Henry W
Esky) Clark
San Francisco
Yale
Clark
Whitney
Government use of dog teams in Alaska winters
In 1948 game law enforcement agents traveled 13 miles by dog teams, but last year none were used. A total of 388,938 miles were covered, mostly by plane, with some travel by car, train, boat, or on foot.
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Alaska
Civilians to file flight plans near Oak Ridge area
Civilians flying in portions of a six state area around Oak Ridge must file flight plans with the Civil Aeronautics Administration before starting flights, the agency announced in Asheville North Carolina.
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Asheville
N. C
Oak Ridge
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
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