Mystery of Missing Teams in NCAA Tourney Brackets
New York March 6 The NCAA post season brackets hinge on three vacant slots for the 16 berth National Invitational at Madison Square Garden and the NCAA at Kansas City. Arkansas with 16 7 and Pepperdine 20 12 joins Canisius Bowling Green DePaul Oklahoma Aggies Kentucky St John s of Brooklyn Utah and Muhlenberg as the selected clubs with three regional spots undetermined.
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Arkansas
Pepperdine College
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Pepperdine
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DePaul
Oklahoma Aggies
Kentucky
St. John’s
Brooklyn
Utah
Muhlenberg
Four Join 16 Leave Owl Grid Team
Four high school football stars enroll at Rice Institute as 16 athletes depart in Navy transfers. Newcomers include Truman Wright from Jeff Davis and Juddy Helmcamp from Stephen F. Austin along with Frank Bass and Robert Bass of Cuero. Departures feature Jack Simms Charlie Haden Joe Kucera Henry Hook Wilson Green Harold Galloway Calvin Sparks Bob Porter Bruce Moore Bryant Bradley Archie Slayden heads to Texas Christian.
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Rice Institute
Navy
Truman Wright
Jeff Davis
Juddy Helmcamp
Stephen F. Austin
Frank Bass
Cuero
Robert Bass
Robert Shelton
Forest
Dallas
Jack Simms
Charlie Haden
Joe Kucera
Henry Hook
Wilson Green
Harold Galloway
Calvin Sparks
Bob Porter
Miler
Bruce Moore
Bryant Bradley
Archie Slayden
Texas Christian
Dodds Enters Key Doubleheader at Madison Square Indoor
New York March 6 Parson Gil Dodds the Boston theologian enters both end of a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in the Knights of Columbus meets closing the indoor track season He will run the Columbian mile and 1000 yard features after winning five straight in the 4-A mile at the I C meet Dodds edged Bill Hulse of the New York A C in a narrow pace battle before pulling away to win by about 500 yards finishing in 4 10 2 with Hulse setting fast splits before yielding late to Dodds En-Ollie Hunter follows.
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Local Week Sports Card Highlights
Bowling Metropolis League at Banner Bowl 8 15 P M Santa Fe League at Victory Alleys Tuesday Basketball City Victory League Amarillo Field Instructors versus Maverick Club Ex Sandies versus Amarillo College Amarillo College Gym first game 7 45 P M Panter League at Victory Alleys 7 30 P M Classic Scratch League at Banner Bowl 7 15 P M Ladies Classic League at Amarillo Bowl Women's Golf Luncheon and Tournament Amarillo Country Club Amarillo Municipal Men's Day at Ross Rogers Course Civic League at Victory Alleys Thursday Sub-Depot versus Groom McClanahan Service Station versus Amarillo Zine Co of Dumas Texaco League Banner Bowl Pioneer League Victory evs Friday Boxing Amarillo High School Tournament High School Armory 8 P M Major League Victory Alleys Saturday Golf Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Weekend Handicap Tournament at Ross Rogers Course Rosa Rogers Course
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Sunset Praised for Steady Cage Play
Sunset of Dallas hailed as one of the best basketball quintets to win the state interscholastic league championship. Class AA winners defeated Midland Highland Park and Childress, with two Sunset players named to a mythical all state team. Whitten of Blossom led scorers with 45 points across three games.
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Hal Turner
Sunset
Fisher Trull
Waco
Billy Taylor
Ted Hunt
Goose Creek
Charles Kitchens
Childress
Turner
Trull
Bill Birdwell
Dimmitt
Hollis Loyd
J. C. Cannaday
Mt. Vernon
Milas Downey
Nocona
Henry Escobedo
San Antonio
J. W. Malone
Stratford
Deryle Turnbow
Perrin
Max Wright
Roscoe
Charles Whitten
Blossom
Vilbry White
Prairie Lea
Whitten
Derby Prospects Headline Trainer Jones Sends Talents
Trainer Ben Jones plans to run his Derby prospects at Tropical Park opening day. Mare Market, Calumet Farm’s top runner, is favored in the $2,000 Spring Inaugural. Jones also runs his three year old colt Pensive in a $1,200 six furlong race.
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Ben Jones
Tropical Park
Hialeah Park
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Calumet Farm
Pensive
Red Sox Hire Tom Daly as Scout Manager
Boston announces Tom Daly, longtime coach, will join the scouting department. Montana Alaska Telephone Project links Helena Montana to Fairbanks Alaska as a 2060 mile, two circuit teletypewriter line, ranked among the world’s longest carrier systems.
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Boston Red Sox
Tom Daly
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Helena
Mont
Fairbanks
Alaska
Longhorns Promote Promising High School Stars
A spring training start at the University of Texas marks the first look at football material for coach Dana Bible. Promising players include Bobby Layne of Highland Park who may be drafted into baseball. others reporting include Buddy McKinney David Green Robert Edge Randall Lewis and returning veteran Ralph Ellsworth along with linemen Harlan Wetz Jim Flyler Jim Kishi and Franklin Crow.
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Lufkin
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Dallas
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Jim Kishi
Franklin Crow
Lanky Freshman Joins Arkansas Cage Squad
George Kok a six feet ten inch freshman from Grand Rapids Michigan joined the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team to help for the NCAA tournament. Coach Eugene Lambert plans to use him for goaltending if he proves capable. Arkansas co champions of the Southwest Conference will represent the Southwest in the NCAA event. The Parker cage squad resumed practice this afternoon.
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Boudreau Heads to Spring Training for Indians
Chicago March 8 Lou Boudreau manager of the Cleveland Indians who was recently classified 1 A says he will leave Sunday for Lafayette Indiana where the American League club will open spring training a week from today at Purdue University Three bird sanctuaries are planned for Central Park in New York City.
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Reds Manager Sees Mixed Outlook for 1944 Season
Cincinnati Reds manager Bill McKechnie grows gloomier about the Reds while optimistic about the National League, planning a 31-man camp in Bloomington Indiana and signaling a possible 15-year-old signee Joseph Henry Nuxhall. He notes Johnny Vander Meer Lonnie Frey Ed Miller Elmer Riddle and Bucky Walters returning as key players with roster gaps.
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Two Fight Crowns Placed on Block
Light weight Champion Sammy Angott of Washington Pennsylvania and featherweight titlist Phil Terranova of New York headline a national program at Madison Square Garden. Angott faces Juan Zurita in Hollywood on Wednesday while Terranova meets Sal Bartolo in Boston on Friday.
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U.P
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Washington
Phil Terranova
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Hollywood
Terranova
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First Money To McSpadden Wins Gulfport Open
Harold McSpaden the Philadelphia Country Club pro captured the Gulfport Open title with a final round 68 to finish at 276, six strokes ahead of Sammy Byrd who earned 282 for second place. Byrd and Byron Nelson tied for second, with Nelson carding 283, Revolta finished fifth after a 286 total. McSpaden collected 1000 war bonds as top prize.
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Byron Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
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Dayton
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Cardinals Split Two Games With Dalhart
The Price College Cardinals split a doubleheader with Dalhart High. The B team won 17-16 in the first game while the A game ended 27-26 in favor of Dalhart. Price players plan to enter the Vega tournament next week.
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Dalhart High
Dalhart
Cardinals
Price
Vega
Colored cotton grown claims colorfast natural dyes
Russian scientists and researchers at the Delta Experimental Station in Mississippi report success in cultivating cotton fibers dyed red green brown blue and khaki through nature’s own dyes.
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Delta Experimental Station
Mississippi
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