Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 85, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 31, 1950 Page: 2 of 12
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90. m— Tennessw ,
the final polish on '
By UP H. PETERSEN
• WNI rw *e~ta Uttar
,lfow Yon, w— Sport* looked
l*ek on 10M as ■ Rood yMr.
although fat from a record one,
but tM outlook for 19*1 »U
shrouded in doubt.
There appeared to be a food
chance that there mould*'1 be abort*
as usual. There era* the question
of manpower, for one thing; tele-
vision totr another. )
The manpower eras tied in with
the national emergency which
President Truman declared short-
ly before the end of the year
It teas accompanied by reports that
total mobilisation eras not only
possible, hut very probable, In the
eery near future. If and when
that comes, the future of sports
erill be in jepordy on a day to day
baal*.
That’s the way it was during
the darkest daya of World War II
and that's the eray sports wants It
— and expects it to be — if the
country is again forced to fight
for its eray of life.
Minor Leagues First
First to be hit, in the event*of
total mobilisation, would be minor
league baseball. The minors sre
fighting for their very existence
right mow, and as 4951 comes in-
to being, a lot of circuits of low-
er classifications still are in doubt
whether they would be able to
operate this coming season.. The
manpower pinch was getting tight-
er by the minutes.
The youngsters who fight their
way through the minors in hope
of getting a shot at the majors
were the ones Uncle Sam wss
calling upon first. Ik appeared
that there would be enough 4-Fs,
over-age and players with pre-
vious military service to keep the
majors and the highest of the
minors going, but what would hap-
pent to the Class A, B and C loops
was anybody’s guess.
Television and Radio
The minora faced two other prob-
lems, too — television and radio.
Much of decrease of nearly SO per
cent in minor league attendance
in 1950 was attributed to television
and radio. The iftfoors claim that
the majors flood (heir territory
with so many television and broad-
casts of their games that the aver-
age fan’s appetite is filled by that
alone end as a result fails to gi
to tee his hometown minor league
team.
The minors asked the majors
for raUsf at the winter baaehell
meeting! at St. Petersburg, but
the majors were fearful of going
dty weather for the 1J
meat crack down on anti-trust
violation charges. About the only
thing the majors promised was not
to expand their present television
and radio networks.
Should total mobilisation come,
the nation’s
New York. Dec. 30. <W— Chubby
little Ed Hickey add Ida St. Louis
Billikens were back In familiar
roles today — as conquerors of
Kentucky’s mighty basketball team
in the mast resounding upset of
the college campaign.
History repeated for Hickey and
his St. Louis squad last night when
they beat the No. 1 rated Wildcats,
43 to 42, in the Sugar Bowl semi-
finale Two years ago St. Louis
beat Kentucky in'the same tourna-
ment and by almost the same score
— 42 to 40.
other atunner — Minnesota's 62
to 61 conquest of Kansas in the
semi-final round of the Big Seven
Tournament, despite 6-feot, 9-inch
Clydfe Lovefletts’s 24 paints. May-
nard Johnson aSered 23 to lead
the Gophers into the final round
against Kansas State, wHtch dump-
ed Nebraska, 72 to 53.
In the Spartan holiday classic,
. tracks alio would
be in dire jeopardy. They were
blacked eut during part of World
Wat II to conserve materials, man-
power and transportation, and they
likely would be among the first
to feel the pinch again.
Even should the national emer-
gency not affect sporta any more
than it has thus for, there still
was the problem of the fans’ dol-
lar. Indication as 1950 faded in-
to history was they were getting
shorter and shorter. The sports
fan was becoming more discrim-
inating. Ha not sidy wants to see
a winning team when he spent
his money, but he wants to see
a good performance, too.
Attendance Down
Generally, attendance and re-
ceipts were down in 1950 as com-*
pared to 1949, but even with the
drop sports still was a booming —
and big — business.
Professional football. Its intra-
game feud resolved by merging
into one league, joyed one of its
most prosperous years. So did
harness racing.
College football attendance drop-
ped 6.3 per cent, major league
baseball 16 per cent and attendance
and betting at the flat .race tracks
declined four per cent* That was
proof enough to tlwr promoters
that a war-jittery public was
watching its pennies, and they
feared that things might get a lot
worse before they get any better.
Principal Winners
Going back over 1950 the high-
lights in individual accomplish-
ments were Ben Hogan's winning
of the National Open — some 16
months after he appeared to be
on his death bed at a result of
an automobile accident; Slammin’
Sammy Shead leading the parade
as golf’s leading money winner
again; Ezsasd Charles’ victory
over former champion Joe Louis
to gain undisputed right to the
world's heavyweight championship
— so far as the U. 6. is concern-
ed; little Joe Culmone winning
jockey honors and coming close
to th# all-time winning record
set back in 1906 by Walter Miller;
pitcher Jim KonaUnty of the Phil-
lies, setting a new modern relief
pitching mark; Stan Musial of the
Cardinals and Billy Goodman of
the Red Sox winning the National
and American League batting
championships, respectively; Art
Larsen winning the men’s nation-
al singles crown; and Mrs. Mar-
garet Osborne Dupont the women's
for the third straight year.
Yankees in Baseball
In team competition, it was the
New York Yankees Jn baseball;
Australia in the Davie Cup as
the U. 8. finally lost the trophy;
Oklahoma in college football; City,
College of New York in basket-
ball; and the U. S. in moat of
the international competition, like
the Wightman Cup, Curtis Cup and
others.
The biggest upset of the year
was Navy’s football victory over
Army. /
, The biggest sports bombshell of
the year came when the major
league club owners voted not to
renew the contract of Baseball
Commissioner A. B. (Happy)
gnrdli-ss of the weather, the
which have established Coach
and o
four
Th(
.name,
factui
could
Why
touchdown favorite were hot ex-
pected to change.
Both Teams Ground-Gainers
{Rate both Cherry's T-format ion
Longhorns and Conch Bob Ney-
1an<ra tingle wing Volunteers de-
pend on sound running games to
hart set the touchdowns, cold or
wet etimatie conditions would af-
fect each of the bowl elevens about
Michigan state beat Penn State,
61 to 43, and undefeated Prince-
ton topped Okie State, 55 to 49,
for its sixth straight.
Wyoming in Finals
Wyoming and Utah advanced in*
to the finals of the Skyline Tour*
ney, the Cowboys rolling over UtAh
State, 69 to 49, and Utah beating
Denver, 46 to 43, on Glenn Smith’s
hook shot with 10 seconds to play.
In atill another tournament —
the seventh annual Midwest Tour-
ney — Muskingum won the crown
by beating Central Missouri, 58
to 60.
Oklahoma ARM won the AU-
College Tournament at Oklahoma
dtp by beating Arkansas, 64 to
In other important Eastern
games last night, Villanova wallop-
ed Tennessee, 91 to 72; Bowling
Green edged out Holy Cross, 68
to 07 and Penn squeezed past Stan-
ford, 69 to 48.
In the Midwest, Fordham beat
John Carroll, 58 to 62, Illinois
• Cherry’s Texans, who have never
font a bowl game, utilise the air
lanes a bit more than N’syland’s
Volunteers, who have dropped their
last three poet-season appearances.
But, both have proved they fan
■tack up the yards without passe*
Neither team looked today as
if they had been brought along too
fost and built up to a fine edge
too soon. Neither did they look
too ragged.
Final workouts, today, both of
which ware closed to the press as
well a* non-combatants, got favor-
able comments from the respective
•amps.
Injuries at Minimum
Injuries were at a minimum in
•neh camp, but Texas seemed
eertsih to be without the services
of halfback Lewis Levine except
for a token appearance. The
husky runner re-injured a knee in
practice Wednesday and Cherry
Mid yesterday he didn’t want to
toko a chance on crippling Levine.
The Volt’ only serious rfnjury
was a cracked jaw on the part of
tnckle Jack Stroud and that wasn’t
expected to keep him out of the
lineup, although he has lost a few
pounds on his semi-liquid diet.
Me will wear a specially-designed
inask to protect the fracture,
ft Both eoaches were reticent to
■slk about the forthcoming bottle,
Wring forth with the usual pre-
sume talk about having ‘‘the great-
W respect” for the opposing team
Bd “hoping to make.* game of it.”
BRIEFS
News of Yoter Neighbor*
and Friend*
MaflfS
less Frnfoy’s facta and figures;
Baseball Commissioner A. B.
Chandler hasn’t been deposed yet,
despite refusal to renew Me ex-
tract, and he prebaWy trill retain
the job as bond man of boeeboll,
Mr. and Mrs. Jada ; Davis and
young son, Jeffry, left Saturday
morning for St. Louis where Mr.
Davis will begin bis new duties
Wednesday with the public rela-
tions department of the South-
western Bell and Telephone Co.
* • •
Ralph L. Starling and family
have returned from a holiday vihit
with relatives in Northern Arkan-
sas.
of the Piedmont League.
Lawrence asserted that da “or-
ganised minority" sought to oust
Chainfler slid predicted that the
commissioner win win n fight far
re-election because “he is the only
hope ef the minor leagues and the
playem — and the fads are cm his
side."
"There ie nothing wrong with
Chandler,’’ the gdhial minor lea-
gue official declared, “but there
is plenty wrong with those who
were responsible for the St. Pet-
ersburg episode.’’ . • i
Western Kentucky’s basketball
team is haring a good season, with
seven victories in nine starts, but
watch out for ths Hill toppers next
year. It baa nine freshmen over
six feet, four inches — and they’ve
beaten the varsity every time
they’ve played.
This may come as a surprise
to Yogi Berra, the Yankee catch-
er, but in 1961 his mercury in
arfes will be tuned to neptune in
his mental third house. This, says
astrologer Florence Anne Jensen,
will sharpen his mental and physi-
cal powers, enabling him to per-
form record . breaking , diamond
feats — if Yogi had known that,
he'd probably have held out for
more money.
Horses foaled at a race track
Mri. Ed Bryant had as her
guests for the holidays Mr. George
Bryant of Houiion and Mr. Ed
Bryant of Tyler.
• • *
Mrs. Elisabeth Mitchell of 761
N. Graham had an unseen guest,
Santa Claus, who left a most ap-
preciative gift.
* • *
Rev. and Mrs. Jas. Braswell
and young son, James Jr., were in
Marshall the past week where they
visited Mrs. Earl Villines, who is
seriously ill in that city. Rev.
Brasureil, pastor of the Bluff Dale
Baptist Church, reported her con-
dition extremely critical with lit-
tle chance for recovery. While in
Marshall, Rev. and Mrs. Braswell
visited, her parents.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Austin and
daughter, Mi** Linda, arrived in
the city Fridiy for a visit in the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Teddlie.
eFVIlll VBIIVM. WO W 4I4IUWW
slaughtered Butler, 88 to 52, Har-
vard defeated Chicago, 48 to 39,
and Indiana blasted Drake 58 to
Empire want-ads bring remits.
Yale beat Miami, 76 to 52, Ore-
gon State downed Portland, 66
to 50 and Oregon walloped Santa
Clara, 77 to 68, in other games
of national significance.
in 1951 to
SAVE MONEY .
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SAVE YOUR WIFE
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8ANTA FE MISHAP
Chicago, Dec. 80. IW—The Santa
Fe Superehief was delayed for
seven hours on its westward run
from Chicago today when the end
of a derailed freight car raked
the lower surface of soma coaches
near Morris, Kan., the railroad an-
nounced here.
STEPHENVIULE LAUNDRY
and DRY CLEANERS
The temperatures of persons
who die of Asiatic cholera assy
go higher after (Math.
Dog Earns Freedom
Memphis, Tenn. ®— When the
dog cfHttbed a fence, teetered on
the top for a moment and then
CCNY DOMINATES BASKETBALL
PLAY IN COLLEGE CIRCLES
By EARL WRIGHT rematch with Bradley—the Mis-
Usit^ Prw B*»ru Writer souri Valley tttleholder — tn the
New York. (85—City College of £CAA the Bearara beat
New York, underrated, almost un- Ohio State’s Big Ten chammons,
invited and without an athletic 58 to 50, and North Carolina State,
scholarship to bless itself, domi- the Southern Conference champion,
natod 1949-00 college basketball 78 to 73.
with an unprecedented sweep of Besides Bradley, Kentucky, Ohio
both big post-season competitions ®t*t4 *nd North Carolina State,
-the National Invitation and the Otter major conference charop-
NCAA Tournaments. ions were; Big Seven—Kansas;
CCNY was among the last to Conference— Baylor;
receive a bid to the NIT because £**{*0 Coast Conference—UCLA;
it finished its regular campaign Skyline Conference — Brigham
in a stump. The Beavers weren’t Young; Rocky Mountain Confer-
evon seeded in the Madison Squars encw-Montana State; and Border
Garden Tournament but won it Conference—-Arizona,
by beating top-ranked Bradley, 69 , In the other tournament featur-
to 61. The NIT showing brought ln* fro™ *“ ®T*r the coun-
them a bid to the NCAA and a try* Indiaha State of Terra Haute,
chance to become the first team Ind., won the “Little Giant” crown
ever to win both titles in one £y ^**t‘tl* t CPkte.)
season. • State, 61 to 57, in thq finals of the
Takea NCAA Title National Association of Inter-
ne Nat Hniman’« collegiate Basketball Competition.
leaped into the next yard, the dog"
catcher gave up the chase.
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