Bonuses to Baseball Rookies May Be Sharply Curtailed
New rule proposed after December Phoenix meeting would cap signing bonuses at six thousand dollars for major league clubs and a sliding scale for minor leagues. The plan targets high payouts like the reported one hundred thousand dollars to Pettit and Davidson, and would enforce a draft if players are not called up within a year.
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Ariz
Boston Red Sox
Paul Pettit
Billy Joe Davidson
Pettit
Pittsburgh
Davidson
Cleveland
Ford Frick
Hoag Named AP Back of the Week for Kansas Stellar Game
Kansas back Charlie Hoag earned AP back of the week honors after a 26 0 win over Southern Methodist. The Oak Park Michigan senior rushed for 79 yards and caught 74 more while passing for 13, totaling 166 yards and scoring once.
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Charlie Hoag
New York
Charle Hoag
Southern Methodist
Associated Press
Hoag
Mustangs
Oak Park
Paul Leoni
Jayhawk
Hugh McElhenny Tops Pro Football Ground Gainers
In Philadelphia NFL rookies led the ground game. Hugh McElhenny moved to first with 437 yards on 43 carries while Eddie Price slipped to second with 318 yards and Joe Perry followed. Green Bay's Vito Parilli led in passing with 485 yards on 25 completions.
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Hugh McElhenny
San Francisco
University of Washington
Eddie Price
New York Giants
Joe Perry
Green Bay
Vito Parilli
Tobin Rote
Parilli
Rote
City of San Francisco Trains Snowbound at Donner Pass
A passenger train was snowbound at Donner Pass California for three days and nights in January 1952. It was rescued January 16 by snow plows from the Southern Pacific line known as the City of San Francisco.
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Sierra Nevada
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Donner Pass
California
Michigan State Averages 467.6 Yards Per Game
Michigan State leads total offense with 467.6 yards per game after posting 493 yards against Penn State in an unbeaten stretch. Oklahoma and Maryland also rank high, with San Jose State and Tulsa following as top college programs in the NCAA figures.
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Michigan State
Maryland
Oklahoma
Penn State
Ncaa Service Bureau
San Jose State
Tulsa
The Piranha Fearsome Amazon River Fish
The piranha is a small yet abundant and ferocious fish in the Amazon basin. It can strip flesh from a wounded man or animal in minutes, posing a deadly threat to anyone in the water.
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Amazon Basin
Skyway Grill and Lions Tie for A League Lead
In a high scoring night Skyway Grill surged past Snow White Grill to a 1739 1696 team set and a first place tie with Lions Club. Roland Bush led Sullivan Office with a 417 set, while Snow White’s Funkhouser sparked a 157 game to a 635 pinfall.
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Woody Glaize
Mickey McDonald
Buddy Racey
Carr Publishing Co
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League
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National Fruit
Snow White Grillie O'Sullivan Plant
Home Beneficial Life Ins
No. Va. Power Co
TWHS Boys Bowling Giants Top Yankees In Solo High 153
James Wood High School boys league records the highest game this year as Butch Orndorff has a 153 with three spares and three strikes leading the Giants to a game win over the Yankees. Allen Taylor led the Yankees with 137 in a lone win. Dodgers improve to 17 wins in 18. Ralph Combs led Indians with 110. Blue Ridge League standings show Prices Amoco Service and The Moose atop the list.
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Indians
Butch Orndorf
Allen Tayolr
Stuart Ellis
Ind
Butch Orndorff
James Wood High School
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Orndoff
Allen Taylor
Ralph Combs
Blue Ridge Bowling League
Prices Amoco Ser
Hag
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Fred
Pye Jacobsons Dept
F Distrio
Winc
Damascus
Weil Bros. Inc
Woodmen of
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R Cramer
Jacobson
R. Cramer
Duke Hands Four Opponents First 1952 Defeats
Duke's Bill Murray led the Blue Devils to six straight wins and handed Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Lee, and Southern Methodist their only losses of the season. Georgia Tech hosts Duke in a Saturday clash as Tech pursues an unbeaten record despite a 17-14 win over Florida.
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Citadel
Atlantans
Duke
Georgia Tech
Duke Football History Of Yearly Meetings Highlighted
The record shows Duke beating Tech in 1949 by 27 to 14 and 1950 saw Duke rally to 30 to 21. Last year at Atlanta Duke and Tech tied 14 all.
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Atlanta
Tech
Ten nessee Way tops AP football poll in first place
Sports Mirror recalls a year ago when The Associated Press ranked Ten nessee Way first in the college football poll. The note also mentions a five year old Chicago White Sox suspension of General Manager Leslie O'Connor by Commissioner A. B. Chandler for failing to pay a $500 fine for signing a high school player.
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Associated Press
Leslie O'Connor
Chicago White Sox
A. B. Chandler
Branch
Dodgers Announce Rickey Five Year President GM Contract
Rickey signs a five year contract as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Twenty years earlier Pittsburgh toppled Notre Dame from the undefeated list with a 12 0 victory.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Pitersburgh
Notre Dame
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