Lofty Cagers Set for Rio Grande In 1948 Season
Rio Grande’s 1948 basketball outlook brightens with Dayton High School stars Charles Grigsby Don Monikie and Roger Baungman joining alongside six foot eight inch Bob Davis of Charleston. The Redmen set scoring milestones including 184 points in a game against Kentucky Christian and a 118-116 Wilberforce game high, while Newt Oliver claimed the national free throw title with 91 made of 396 tries. Three thousand points were tallied by varsity and reserve teams, with 21 players contributing.
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Sheila's Cottage Wins Grand National In Surprising Upset
A nine year old Irish mare named Sheila's Cottage captured the 102nd Grand National at Aintree by a length. Once bought for 14,400 dollars due to tender feet, she defied odds at 50 to 1 as Doubtful starter through the week. Lord Mildmay rode Cromwell to third as First Of The Dandies faded near the finish.
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England
Sheila's Cottage
Lord Mildmay
Cromwell
John Procter
Manchester
Sheila
Bartlesville Oilers Seek Sixth National Title
Bartlesville aims for a sixth straight AAU national title after a 41-37 win over Oakland. Denver edged Denver Graybeards 60-56 in overtime. Both teams qualify for the Olympic trials starting March 27 in New York. The Saturday consolation winner between Oakland and the Graybeards earns an Olympic berth.
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Bartlesville Oilers
Denver Nuggets
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Oakland
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TCU Seeks Punter as Spring Practice Opens
Texas Christian University faces a key challenge in spring drills as coach Dutch Meyer aims to develop a punter to replace graduated Carl Knox. The focus is on building depth and consistency for the upcoming season.
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Fort Worth
Carl Knox
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian
Bend Fans Will Hear Rupp Talk
University of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp will speak at the first annual Ohio River Valley banquet in the Pomeroy Junior High auditorium on Monday April 5. About 300 attendees from area towns will join a fellowship event for boys from Gallipolis Point Pleasant Wahama Middleport Pomeroy Rutland Chester Racine Tuppers Plains Harrisonville with awards for top contributor and a River Valley Team. Fred Crow Jr will preside as toast master and William Stewart will handle award certificates. The 6 p.m. banquet is open to men and women. After the talk, film reels of Kentucky games will be shown.
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University of Kentucky
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Ohio River Valley
Pomeroy Junior High
Fred Crow, Jr
Pomeroy
William Stewart
Racine
Rupp
Kentucky
Barber's Service and Mathews Cieee Shine in Thursday Bowling
Grant Ferguson reports in Thursday Night Bowling League action Barber's Service and Mathews Cieee top honors with a 2-1 win for Barber's over the Oilers. Johnny Johnson of the Serv icemen rolled 245 201 and 199 for high series, while the Oilers posted a 988 opener and finished with 2 691 tops. McKee Drugs and Club 33 won 3-0 as Superior Electric fell. Eddie McBride and Jim Romine led McKees with 584 and 570 sets. John Van Dyke's 574 and Roland Mandat's 572 propelled Cross Monument past Heck Plumbing 2-1.
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Jim Romine
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C. E. Ridenour
Marquette 1923 basketball greats contrasted with Hilltop team
Milwaukee stories compare Marquette's 1923 basketball squad with 19 wins and two losses and 20.2 to 14.7 scoring to Hilltop's current group after 12 games averaging 61.3 to 62 points per game.
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NEA
Marquette
Hilltop
Joe Thacker New Akron Golf Pro Named at Seiberling
Alfred S. Bachtel, president of Seiberling Country Club's board, announced the appointment of Joe Thacker as golf professional. Thacker, Akron district champion in 1946 and medalist last year, will begin April 1 at the club.
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Joe Thacker
Seiberling Country Club
Alfred S. Bachtel
Thacker
Boxing roundup results from four quick bouts
In New York Lee Savold 190 pounds from Paterson NJ knocked out Gino Buonvino 198 pounds from Bari Italy. In Toledo Tony Zale 160 pounds from Gary IN knocked out Lou Woods 162 pounds from Detroit. In Dayton Billy Smith 175 pounds from Oakland CA stopped Bob Amos 171 pounds from Detroit.
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New York
Lee Savold
Paterson
N.J
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Bari
Italy
Toledo
Tony Zale
Gary
Ind
Lou Woods
Detroit
Dayton
Billy Smith
Oakland
Calif
Bob Amos
Three-Way Tie In Mixed League In Jack and Jill Bowling
A three way tie for second forms after Friday night in Jack and Jill bowling as Loafers sweep three games from Hucksters who held second. Krogers widen their lead to fourteen with a 2 1 victory over Woodchoppers. Poling 499 set Wyckoff 204 high game. Ed McBride tops Woodchoppers with 542. Van Dyke leads Loafers 508. Hogsett 449 for losers.
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Jack and Jill
Loafers
Hucksters
Krogers
Woodchoppers
William Poling
Clarence Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Ed McBride
John van Dyke
John Hogsett
Star Cager Blushes At Minus One In Loss
New Rochelle beat Yonkers Central 49 33 as America Felipe star of Yonkers Central High School scored one foul shot and accidentally tapped a field goal into the wrong basket in the first quarter. Felipe is the standout and season scoring leader for Yonkers Central.
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Lanier Plans Barnstorm Trip With Mexican League Stars
St Petersburg report notes Max Lanier former St Louis Cardinals pitcher who jumped to the Mexican League in 1946 plans to barnstorm the country this summer with a team of Mexican League stars from the United States. Lanier says the project will hurt Jorge Jasquel, operator of the Mexican League.
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Jorge Jasquel
Zale Keeps Boxing Comeback With KO of Lou Woods
Tony Zale a former middleweight champion scored another knockout as he pursues a third title shot against Rocky Graziano. He knocked out Lou Woods at 1 minute 20 seconds of the third round in a scheduled 10 round bout, proving his left hook still has power.
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Tony Zale
Rocky Graziano
Zale
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Writer James C. O Leary Dies at 86 in Boston
James C. O Leary, an 86 year old retired baseball writer for the Boston Globe, died Wednesday in his sleep. His passing ends a long career covering Boston sports and national leagues. He was a familiar figure in the Globe's sports pages for decades.
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James C. O'Leary
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Boston Globe
Zeleznak Weds Patricia Grenther in Manhattan
Kansas State fullback Mike Zeleznak, pursued by the Boston Yanks, married Patricia Grenther, former secretary of the student publications manager, in Manhattan Kansas.
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Kans
Mike Zeleznak
Kansas State
Boston Yanks
Patricia Grenther
Freshmen Sit As Ineligible Guards At LSU
Baton Rouge. Louisiana's freshman basketball squad features Billy Walters and Charlie Webb, both starting guards from last season, who are ruled ineligible for the upcoming winter season.
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Louisiana
Billy Walters
Charlie Webb
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