Morgantown tournament bustle alters town mood
Dispatch from Morgantown notes a wartime shift as many coaches, including Jim Callaghan and Duke Raese, have left for service. The author recalls past tournaments and a close friendship with Jim Callaghan while lamenting the absence of familiar faces.
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Organtown
W. VA
Tony Lotito
Lambert Arrington
Morgantown
Nat Rherbaugh
Glenville
Horse Lough
Potomac State
Jim Callaghan
Concord
Duke Raese
University
John Newcomb
Shepherdstown
Jacobs and
Skidmore
Hawley
Jim
Jto
Peoples
Currence
Ol’ Jim
Horse
Guy Callaghan
Sergeant Jim Callaghan
Beating the drum for Wheeling and Princeton in state tourney chatter
A columnist previews the West Virginia state basketball tournament with notes on Wheeling’s Brinkman and Princeton’s Patton Tigers, the selection board, wary fans, and the crowded two day schedule at Morgantown hotel quarters. He praises Brinkman, discusses Bealbeaver and Jimmie Walthall links, and hints at partisan crowd support for Princeton versus Kingwood.
State High School Cage Tourney To Open Today
Morgantown West Virginia March 25 Eight contenders for the 1943 state high school basketball championship gathered near Morgantown as the 30th annual tournament prepared to open. Dunbar Madison Kingwood Beckley Elkins Glenville Wheeling and others compete in seven games at West Virginia University field house with regional winners vying for the title.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Roy M. Hawley
State Board of Appeals
West Virginia University
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
Dunbar Bulldogs
Fairmont
University City
Madison
West Virginia State College
Institute
Dunbar
Skyhawks
Clay
Montgomery
Charleston
Point Pleasant
Huntington East
Huntington General
Kingwood
Princeton
Tigers
Jeff. Williamson
Mullens
Elkhorn
Wheeling Golds
Red Terrors
Stanley Hall
Everett Brinkman
Wheeling Cagers
Panhandle
Martins Ferry
O. Glenville
Roosevelt-Wilson
Washington-Irving
Clarksburg
Pennsboro
Wheeling
Chesbe Pine Grove
New Martinsville
Golds
Elkins
Nelson Orth
Toby Chandlers
Joan Goetz
Mickey Mccade
Grafton
Mountain States
Epee
Pimlico Seeks Twenty More Racing Days This Spring
Baltimore officials expect twenty extra racing days at Pimlico this spring with potential wartime charity benefits. A Maryland bill before the legislature would grant the state racing commission power to extend days from 30 to 50 annually, likely passing. If approved, the meeting could start five days earlier, but Preakness remains May 8, one week after the Kentucky Derby.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
War Charities
Maryland
State Racing Commission
The
Racing Commission
Harry A. Parr
Maryland Jockey Club
Mrs Rohrbough’s 29 straight state tourney attendance
Clarksburg West Virginia March 25 Mrs A A Rohrbough of Camden near Weston has attended every state scholastic basketball tournament since its 1914 start in Buckhannon and plans to keep the streak. Her son Captain John Rohrbough, with Ashfork General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs, returned home to accompany her to Morgantown for the 30th annual event.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
A. A. Rohrbough
Camden
Weston
Lewis County
Buckhannon
John Rohrbough
Ashfork General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Morgantown
Connie Mack's Tough Road as Athletics Open Spring
Wilmington March 25 The Philadelphia Athletics show 26 players in training here as Connie Mack at 80 and in his 43rd year reedies a reshaped roster. Pitching and infielding are thin with only three veterans back and new recruits filling most spots as George Hall and Eddie Mayo anchor the infield and Joyner White returns in center.
Tom Heeney Returns as U S Navy Ordinary Seaman
The former boxing heavyweight Rock of 1920s Tom Heeney serves aboard an athletic unit at a South Pacific base. He weighs 230 pounds and recalls rivalries with Jack Sharkey and Gene Tunney, noting Tunney is his senior officer and that discussing him is policy.
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South Pacific
Old Rock
Down Under
Tom Heeney
United States Navy
Rock
Heeney
Tom
Jack Sharkey
Tunney
Gene Tunney
Yankee Stadium
Richmond golfer wins wartime North and South Open
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond Virginia clinched the 41st North and South Open at Pinehurst with 292, 21 over Hogan’s last year. Joe Kirkwood 293, Joe Turnesa 295, Gene Sarazen 296, Johnny Farrell 298. Cruickshank’s 75 final round included a six foot brassie shot at the sixth to regain the lead.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Ben Hogan
Bobby
Cruickshank
Joe Kirkwood
Philadelphia
Joe Turnesa
Rockville Center
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield Center
Conn
Johnny Farrell
Baltusrol
N. J
Kirkwood
Turnesa
Hunter
Baseball Season to Open Across Great Britain in May
London reports the U S army plans a 30 game schedule across six service leagues in England and one in Northern Ireland beginning May 15 if war duties allow. The London International Baseball League will feature four American and three Canadian teams plus one aircraft company squad.
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London
U. S. Army
U. S
Great Britain
Stanley Bach
European Theatre of Operations
England
Northern Ireland
Bach
Aircraft Corporation
William Sterns
Summit
N. J
Hampden Stadium
Glasgow
Cattle and Bombers Share Western Ranges Amid Withdrawals
Cattle and sheep on western ranges live alongside U S military forces as over 3.5 million acres in 16 western states were withdrawn from public grazing for military use last year. The move reflects wartime needs shaping land use and livestock grazing patterns across the region.
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Western States
Uncle Sam
Baseball Training Camps Highlight 1943 Prospect Hopes
Cape Girardeau and Cairo reports emphasize Chet Laabs as AL home run leader potential after 27 homers with St. Louis Browns. Ted Williams in service, intra-squad work detailed, and Tigers Dodgers Yankees and Pirates hold early camps with lineup changes and drills.
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Cape Girardeau
Luke Sewell
Chet Laabs
St. Louis Browns
Laabs
Sewell
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Tigers Bottle Speedballer Trucks In 1943 Lineup
Evansville Indiana March 25 Virtually every fastballer is hailed as a future star but Detroit believes Virgil Trucks could be the AL speedballer. The 23 year old Birmingham Alabama product set a minor league strikeout record in 1938 and after three seasons in the minors joined the Tigers last year going 14 8. Manager Steve ONeill plans to use him more in 1943 aiming for a 20 game win. He may open against the Cleveland Indians who beat him three times in 1942. Other holdovers include Tommy Bridges Hal White Dizzy Trout with new additions Gorsica Manders and Overmire. Infielders York Bloodworth Higgins Hoover and Richards Unser join Cramer and Harris in the outfield Wakefield projects to left field.
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Evansville
Ind
Bob Feller
Detroit Tigers
Navy Bob
Virgil Fire
Trucks
Feller
Tigers
Birmingham
Ala
Steve O'Neill
Cleveland Indians
Tommy Bridges
Hal White
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
O'Neill
White
Johnny Gorsica
Hal Manders
Roy Henshaw
Frank
Stub) Overmire
Beaumont
Edward
Dixie) Parsons
Phil Richards
al Unser
Joe Hoover
Hollywood
Rudy York
Jimmy Bloodworth
Pinky Higgins
Roger Cramer
Ned Harris
Dick Wakefield
University of Michigan
Barney McCosky
Johnny Mize Enlists in Navy as Giants Scout for Replacements
Johnny Mize, star first baseman of the New York Giants, enlisted in the U S Navy after passing a physical at Jefferson Barracks St Louis. He will wrap up affairs in seven days and may train at Great Lakes. Manager Mel Ott searches for a replacement. Joe Orengo has trialed at first base. Mize led the league in batting in 1939 and never hit below .300 in the majors.
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St. Louis
New York Giants
Johnny Mize
Navy
Jefferson Barracks
Sam
Mize
Johnny
Great Lakes
Horace Stoneham
Lakewood
N. J
Stoneham
Joe Orengo
Mike
Mel Ott
Giants
Orengo
Cardinals
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Skiddy
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Art Ward
Wesston Utilities’ Exec
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Brinky
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Cam
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Johnny Whoris
Bureville
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Preacher) Roe
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Harry Brecheen
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Chicago White Sox
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Deaconess Hospital
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Muncie
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Lloyd Tolle
Muncie Central High School
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Rollie Hemsley
Deal Lake
Mary Preuer
Tommy Byrne
Bill Zuber
Hank Borowy
Charlie Wensloff
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Bobby Feller
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