UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949
Weiss Predicts Yanks Will 'Cop' AL Pennant
New York, Jan. 7 — (UP) — The Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox both finished ahead of the New York Yankees last season but General Manager George Weiss said today that he wouldn't swap his 1949 Yanks for either club.
With basically the same team which finished third last season, Weiss predicted another three-team race to the American league wire and gave these reasons for the Bronx Bombers to come home in front: A complete medical overhauling of the personnel and Casey Stengel, the Yanks' new manager, getting "full efficiency" out of the renovated personnel.
In addition, Weiss revealed, the whole squad has had enough medical work done to keep a fair-sized medical staff busy. For instance, Joe DiMaggio has had a heel spur removed for the second time, but this year long before spring training.
Weiss indicated that he wasn't too happy over the fact that Bill Veeck, president of the world champion Indians, claimed the 1949 pennant. "It's a good time to win it, in the winter," he sneered.
Checking over his club, Weiss argued that the Yanks have four "sound and proven" outfielders in DiMaggio, Charley Keller, Tommy Henrich and Johnny Lindell. He touted Gene Wooldling and Cliff Mapes as strong, young replacements.
With the infield established, except for first base, Weiss said he expected either Babe Young or one of two Newark prospects, Jack Phillips or Joe Collins, to fill that spot "I like our catching," Weiss asserted. "Bill Dickey, now coach, will work with Yogi Berra. He helped Aaron Robinson and may surprise us in that department."
No Grid Fatalities In Collegiate Ranks
San Francisco, Jan. 7—(UP) There were 18 grid fatalities during the 1948 season, Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of Los Angeles State college told the American Football Coaches association today, but there wasn't one of these in the collegiate ranks.
It was only the fourth time since 1831 that the collegians had gone through the season without a direct or indirect fatality.
Of the 18 deaths directly due to football, six were on sandlots, three in professional and semi-pro, and nine in high schools. Indirectly due to football were eight deaths.
Dr. Eastwood, chairman of the association's Injury and Fatality committee, said that most of the fatal injuries were from blows received about the head or spinal cord.
YMCA, Last Chance, AXE LMOC Win IM Games
Close games were the exception in Thursday's Intramural basketball games as 20 independent "A" and "B" teams battled it out in third round games. Y.M.C.A. rolled up the highest score of all ten games with a 57-point barrage. Last Chance had the widest winning margin of 29 points.
Last Chance won an easy 36 to 7 victory from the Nature Boys. George Marquis and Dick Hale shared scoring honors with eight points each.
Y. M.C.A. rolled up an impressive 57 to 30 victory over Kappa Psi. Jim Valentine paced the winners with 16 points. Don Greenshaw led Kappa Psi with 13 points.
Alpha Chi Sigma won handily from Oread hall no. 2, 38 to 26. Dick Alsup hit 13 points to lead the winners, who were ahead all the way.
L. M.O.C. nosed out Don Henry in a 31 to 29 thriller. Del Sheel paced L.M.O.C. with 10 points, while Jim Stirling's 10 was hight for the losers.
Oread hall scuttled N.R.O.T.C. 20 to 18 in a fast, rough “B” game. Oread racked up a wide 15 to 3 half-time lead and staved off a second half Navy rally. Bob Attaberry led the winners with 9 points, Charles King’s 5 topped Navy.
Army rolled over Kappa Eta
Champion Browns Sign 'Sugar' Evans
Cleveland. Jan. 7-(UP)- The Cleveland Browns, champions of the All America professional football conference, today announced the signing of Ray (Sugar) Evans, all-Border conference tackle from the Texas School of Mines.
Evans, 25, earned four football letters at Texas Mines and was a standout in last Saturday's Sun bowl game when his team lost to West Virginia.
Evans becomes the third new player to be signed by the Brown since the end of last season. The others were Mike Cannavino and Dave Templeton, both of Ohio State.
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A. S.C.E. defeated Dix club 37 to 21. Winter hit 15 points to lead the Engineers, while Neidell had 9 for the losers,
Kappa 30 to 19 despite Hollingsworth's 14 point barrage for the osers.
The Archshots beat Schenley's Fifth 31 to 21 in a "B" game, Carroll scored 12 for the winners and Griffith 11 for Schenley's.
Aces Hi stopped Plummer House 28 to 21 in a "B" game with Gilliam's 14 points leading the way.
Spononer "B" team won by a forfeit, 2 to 0, over the Dix Club "B" team.
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