Odessa Favored Odessa Qualifies 5 at Fort Worth
Odessa leads in the high school division as favorites with nine finals spots while Amarillo challenges with ten. Central of Oklahoma City and Sunset Dallas also place multiple finalists as 817 athletes from 77 schools advance in prelims.
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Odessa
Austin
Fort Worth
Southwestern Recreation
Amarillo
Central
Oklahoma City
Sunset
Dallas
Duncan
Okla
North Side
Brownwood
John Cavileer
Delano Womack
Rusell Stagsdale
Howard Dye
John Giles
Roy Morris
Joe Childress
Dash Star
Thomas
Tommy Salmon
Jimmy Cox
Pep Dominates Famechon in 15 Round Title Defense
Featherweight champion Willie Pep scored a unanimous 15 round decision over Ray Famechon at Madison Square Garden in New York drawing boos from 12,106 fans. Pep weighed 125 and defended his crown in his third defense within six months. Referee Ruby Goldstein and two judges tallied for Pep, with AP also backing the champ. Famechon fought back in later rounds but Pep maintained control.
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New York
Willie Pep
Ray Famechon
France
Madison Square Garden
Pep
Ruby Goldstein
Charley Shortell
Jack O’sullivan
Associated Press
Willie
Hartford
Famechon
Exhibition Slate Matches Set Across Cities
Saturday games list Chicago against Los Angeles in Pasadena California Boston faces New York in Miami Brooklyn meets Philadelphia in West Palm Beach Washington plays Cincinnati in Tampa St Louis battles New York in Phoenix Boston faces Philadelphia in Clearwater Pittsburgh meets Chicago in Los Angeles Detroit plays St Louis in St Petersburg Florida.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Calif
Cleveland
Oakland
Boston
New York
Miami
Clearwater
Fla
Pittsburgh
Detroit
St. Luis
St. Petersburg
Sawatski Drives Cubs Past Pirates In Exhibition Win
Chicago catcher Carl Sawatski drove in four runs with clutch singles to lift the Cubs to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in San Bernardino. Marv Rickert and Hank Sauer homered for Pittsburgh and Chicago respectively. Pitching was limited to two Cubs hurlers, Bob Rush and Bill Voiselle, while four Pirates pitchers worked.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Carl Sawatski
Chicago Cub
Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Marv Rickert
Pittsburgh
Hank Sauer
Chicago
Frankie Frisch
Bob Rush
Bill Voiselle
Pirates
Browns Beat Giants 10-7 In Phoenix Exhibition
The St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Giants 10-7 in an Arizona exhibition game. Giants led briefly after a third inning rally but an error by Alvin Dark opened the door for unearned runs as Sheldon Jones allowed only two hits through five innings. Jones left after five as the Browns piled on late.
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Phoenix
Ariz
St. Louis Browns
New York Giants
Alvin Dark
Giants
Sheldon Jones
Dodgers Blank College Team In Miami Shutout
Brooklyn Dodgers beat University of Miami 2-0 as Steve Lembo slam a homer with Clarence Hicks aboard. Pitcher Bob Milliken allowed only one Miami hit, Andy Novak’s single, for the decisive win in the spring game played in Miami.
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Miami
Fila
Steve Lembo
Montreal
Clarence Hicks
Brooklyn Dodgers
University of Miami
Dodger
Bob Milliken
Andy Novak
Brooklyn Seek
White Sox rout Angels in Spring Exhibition
Johnny Ostrowski homered twice as Chicago White Sox pounded Los Angeles 11 to 2 in Fullerton. Hank Majeski added a homer and Jim Busby a triple as the Sox totaled 13 hits. Randy Gumpert allowed five hits in five innings while Mickey Haefner held the Angels scoreless the last four.
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Fullerton
Calif
Johnny Ostrowski
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles
Hank Majeski
Jim Busby
Angels
Randy Gumpert
Mickey Haefner
Chicago
Gumpert
Aefner
Malone
Kraus
Spicer
Burbrink
St Edward Tigers Top Elgin 5-3 in Baseball Thriller
Coach Russ Jensen's St Edward High School Tigers defeated Elgin High 5-3 Friday afternoon. Paul Carson allowed four hits over seven innings, with Elgin scoring all three runs in the seventh on two hits and two errors. St Edward's built a 2-0 lead in the second and added two more in the third, then secured two final runs in the fourth.
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Russ Jensen
St. Edward's High School Tigers
Elgin High
Paul Carson
Elgin
St. Ed’s
Rice Defeats Stephen F. Austin 9-5 on Walks
Nacogdoches March 17 Rice used two hits four S F Austin errors and 12 bases on balls to beat the Lumberjacks 9-5. Wilson hit a homer and Canter added a double for Stephen F. Austin, the lone extra base hits in the game.
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Nacogdoches
Rice
Stephen F. Austin
Lumberjacks
Wilson
Canter
Biethin Baar
Ehrler Nominated To Face Brewer Players at Disch
Strapping Jimmy Ehrler starts for Bibb Falk's Texas Longhorns against the Milwaukee Brewers at Disch Field Saturday at 2 30 p m in the season opener for the Brewers and second game for the Steers. ET includes UT students admitted with blanket tax plus 50 cents. The Brewers and Steers split last year in exhibitions.
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Ehrler
Disch
Jimmy Ehrler
Bibb Falk
University of Texas Longhorns
Milwaukee Brewers
Disch Field
Brewers
Steers
Clark Field
San Antonio Missions
Coleman
AAA
Longhorns
Falk
Fday
AGA Slates Weekly Golf Tournament At Municipal Course
The Austin Golf Association announced a weekly golf tournament to be held Sunday at the Municipal course. Deadline for entries was set at 12 30 p m Sunday.
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AGA
Austin Golf Association
Sunaye
Pioneer Hurlers Learn From Oana Knott In Spring Camp
Pitchers at Downs Field receive four hour session from Hank Oana and Jack Knott former major leaguers. Instruction covers pitching basics base running bunts and fielding then closes with batting practice and conditioning. Additional arrivals Campbell Hill Davis and Selby join camp as trial players.
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Knott
Jack Knott
The
Austin Pioneers
Downs Field
Hurlers
Hank Dana
Neal Douglass
Hank Oana
Oana
Dana
East Austin
Fred Campbell
Austin
Rank Hill
Alex Burkhart
Philadelphia Phillies
Seven Colleges Enter Southwest Texas Meet at Evans Field
Seven Texas colleges enter the Southwest Texas State all-college track meet at Evans Field in San Marcos on Saturday. Lone Star Conference teams Sam Houston East Texas Stephen F. Austin and Sul Ross join Trinity and others like Texas and Southwest Texas in a competitive field led by East Texas and Trinity. Final events start at 2 p.m. with preliminaries in the morning.
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San Marcos
Texas
Southwestern Recreation
Fort Worth
Southwest Texas
Evans Field
Lone Star Conference
Sam Houston
East Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Trinity
Sul Ross
Stll Ross
LSC
Laredo
Bob Berry
Mike Mercado
Art Ochoa
Howard Johnson
Francis Meyers
Herb Falkenburg
Oskie Strahan
Benny Lewis
Gregg Lewis
Jeff Curbo
Joe Hawkins
Hilltoppers to Oppose Bobcat Nine Saturday
Ed Norris leads St. Edward's as the Hilltoppers open the 1950 baseball season by traveling to San Marcos to face the Southwest State Bobcats. Expected starter Kent Rowe and catcher Tony Novelli anchor the lineup despite graduations and pro-ball lure.
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Ed Norris
St. Edward's Hilltopper
San Marcos
Southwest State Bobcats
Edsmen
Kent Rowe
Hilltoppers
Tony Novelli
Besselink and Gibson Lead Jacksonville Open Golf Showdown
In Jacksonville Florida on Friday Al Besselink Detroit and Le land Gibson Kansas City fired three under par 69 to share the lead in the Jacksonville Open. Cary Middlecoff defending champion stood at 70 with several notables nearby and Sam Snead posted par 72.
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Jacksonville
Fla
al Besselink
Detroit
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Cary Middlecoff
Ormond Beach
Fred Hawkins
el Paso
Texas
Chick Harbert
George Fazio
Washington, D. C
Bill Nary
Los Angeles
Vic Ghezzi
Inwood
N. Y
Dave Douglas
Newark
Del
Bob Toski
Northampton
Mass
Jerry Barber
Overland
Lew Worsham
Oakmont
Elroy Marti
Houston
Art Wall Jr
Pocono Manor
al Krueger
Beloit
Wis
Bob Hamilton
Landover
Bob Gajcia
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Texas Dominates Swims Meet With 30 Point Lead
Texas charged to a 62 point total at Baylor in the Southwest Conference meet as Skippy Browning Eddie Gilbert Wynant Wilson and Johnny Crawford led the Longhorns. SMU trailed with 32, A&M 17, Baylor 10. Mackie Roy set a 50 yard free record. Crawford and Karbach boosted Texas in multiple events as the meet moves to Saturday.
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Waco
Texas
Baylor
Rena Marrs
McLean
Skippy Browning
Eddie Gilbert
Wynant Wilson
Bob Cone
Hugh Grover
Johnny Crawford
Hylmar Karbach
Aggies
Mustang
SMU
Arden Amerine
A&m
van Adamson
Bob Tarlton
Aggie
Mustangs
Browning
Cone
Crawford
Karbach
Gilbert
Wilson
Roger Tolar
Muckleroy
Adamson
Tex Robertson
Sooner Hoosier teams reach NAIB finals in Kansas City
East Central State Ada Oklahoma edged Central College Fayette Missouri 57 54 to earn a spot in the NAIB final alongside Indiana State. Indiana State defeated University of Tampa 73 69 as Sophomore Bob Gilbert delivered the late clincher. Indiana State overcame a late Tampa push despite losing stars Don Mc Donald and Jim Hans to fouls.
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Kansas City
Ada
Okla
Central College of
Indianans
Gilbert
Tampa
Indiana State
Spartans
Don McDonald
Jim Hans
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Robert Buhl
Bob Coleman
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Kal Segrist
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Frank Kana
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Dick Roberson
Harry Bengstson
Frank Baldwin
Dallas Womack
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Johnny Logan
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Cavorting
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Howie Moss
Les Severin
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Oklahoma
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Jack Selby
San Diego Padres
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