Utah Cagers Upset Dartmouth to Win NCA A Title
Utah beats Dartmouth 42 40 in overtime to win the NCAA title at Madison Square Garden. Herb Wilkinson hits the winning field goal with seconds left in overtime as 14 990 witness the upset that follows St John s Brooklyn to a national championship clash.
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NEW York
Utah
St. John's
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Red Cross
Dartmouth
the Garden
St. John’s
DePaul
Utes
Kentucky
Arkansas
Herb Wilkinson
Indians
Big Green
Bob Dale
Dick McGuire
Wilkinson Sark
Wyoming University
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Five-Four Rule Gets Approval Of Cage Bosses
The national basketball committee adopted new rules to curb long players swatting at shots on the downward arc and approved four additional changes. Five personal fouls will eject a player, unlimited re-entries are allowed, and officials may suspend play for injuries. The rule changes take effect next season and will be tested at Madison?night with service teams Mitchellfield and Aberdeen prior to a Utah St John’s benefit game.
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New York
National Basketball Committee
Madison Square Garden
Mitchellfield
N.Y
Aberdeen
MD) Proving Grounds
Utah-St. John's Red Cross
Scholarship drive funds Kinnick scholarship at Iowa
The University of Iowa alumni club and Iowa City Junior Chamber of Commerce boosted the Nile Kinnick scholarship fund. With state chapter support, the drive aims to reach 50 000 dollars to provide a 250 dollar annual scholarship at the University of Iowa.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Nile Kinnick
Iowa City ‘Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kinnick
Chambers of Commerce
Iowa
Nile
Zuber Joins Yankees After Radio Delay
Right handed pitcher Bill Zuber arrived in Atlantic City to join the New York Yankees after a two week delay due to a Cedar Rapids radio job. He will participate in a long drill under a warming sun and is classified 2 B in the draft, with a possible shift soon. Charles Wensloff remains the only major pitching absentee.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bill Zuber
New York Yankees
Charles Wensloff
Zuber
Husky Flinger
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pfeffer Tops Classic League with 647 in Big Night
Pfeffer led Lincoln Alleys to a two-victory night in the Lincoln Classic League with a 647 series and a 251 game. Frank Kerres 629 and Bill Hesse 612 also cleared 600 as Colonial Bakery and other clubs posted scores, highlighting a busy evening of bowling across multiple teams and totals.
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Red Pfeffer
Lincoln Alleys
Pfeffer
Colonial Bakery
Frank Kerres
Bill Hesse
Virgil Hammar
James
Dale
Stastny
Crawford
Stolba
Palumbo
Saub “Os
Scolara
VF. W
Ral Crooks
Hesse
Kroupa
Hultberg
Hoosier Thinclads Open Track Season At Drake Relays
Indiana University track coach J. Clifford Watson announced the 1944 outdoor season opener at the Drake Relays in Des Moines March 29. The Hoosiers will compete at four away meets including Champaign Chicago Northwestern Purdue May 6 and Milwaukee June 3 for the N I A A meet.
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Bloomington
Ind
J. Clifford Watson
Indiana University
Drake
Two Iowa Teams Remain in Girls A A U Tourney
In St Joseph Missouri the Boeings of Wichita Kansas eliminated Westinghouse Pittsburgh from the women s national A A U basketball tournament 24 to 20 Des Moines Pepsi Colas rolled past Okmulgee 62 15 led by Mary Link 15 Jeanette Haas 14 and Phyllis Zinn 14 Nashville Business College beat Greens Cincinnati 38 34 and Chatham Blanketeers Elkin North Carolina seeded No 4 defeated Dr Peppers Dallas 30 21 The second seeded Motor Coaches Little Rock eased by Florida Gulf Life Jacksonville 44 17 The quarterfinals play tomorrow include Des Moines Boeings Nashville Motor Coaches Nashville and Chatham Blanketeers Elkin Dallas Hornets vs Pepsi Colas.
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Pepsi Colas
Des Moines
Cardinals
Okmulgee
Okla
Mary Link
Jeannette Haas
Phyllis Zinn
Pepsi
Chatham Blanketeers
Elkin
N. C
Dr. Peppers
Dallas
Texas
Motor Coaches
Little Rock
Ark
Florida Gulf Life Girls
Jacksonville
Fla
Boeings
Wishite
Ean
Vultees
Nashville
Nashville Business College
Chetham Blanketeers
Elkin Co P
Hornets
Penal Colas
Mississippi Valley and Eastern Iowa Track Meets This Weekend
Two high school conference track championships are set for the University of Iowa field house Saturday. The Mississippi Valley meet features Dubuque West Waterloo Davenport Iowa City Clinton and area Cedar Rapids schools. The Eastern Iowa title event includes Mt. Vernon Tipton University High Iowa City West Branch Monticello and West Liberty. These indoor meets are the only 1944 indoor high school events there due to the cancellation of the state interscholastic indoor meet.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Mississippi Valley League
Dubuque
West Waterloo
Davenport
Clinton
Franklin
Roosevelt
Wilson
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa
Mt. Vernon
Tipton
University High of Iowa
Washington High School
George Liddle
Waverly
Liddle
Blue Devils
Burlington
Greyhounds
Hugh Luby Sees New Western League in Midwest
Omaha native Hugh Luby of the New York Giants forecasts a boom for minor league baseball after the war and predicts Omaha will anchor a class A Western league. He cites Omaha Des Moines Denver and Wichita as possible eight teams with Luby en route to Giants camp and holding 2 B draft classification likely to rise.
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OMAHA
Hugh Luby
New York Giants
Midwest
Luby
Norfolk
Sioux City
Des Moines
Denver
Wichita
Giants
Lakewood
N. J
Eddie Anderson Assigned Overseas in British Isles
Iowa City friends of Major Edward N. Anderson Hawkeye football coach now serving with the army medical corps learned Wednesday that he has arrived safely somewhere in the British Isles. Before being sent overseas Anderson was on duty at the Schick army hospital in Clinton, Iowa and at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Edward N. Anderson
Hawkeye
Army Medical Corps
British Isles
Anderson
Schick Army Hospital
Clinton
Carlisle Barracks
Baseball nomads head for another season amid war’s faded leagues
Cy Slapnicka returns to scouting for the Chicago Cubs while Earl Whitehill eyes Buffalo for a new season. The piece notes dwindling baseball jobs due to war and honors Cedar Rapids figures returning to sports roles. It also recalls Iowa basketball finals history and Chicago intercity boxing, highlighting Nile Kinnick memorial fund progress and athletes linked to Cedar Rapids.
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Cy Slapnicka
Earl Whitehill
Slapnicka
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland
Whitehill
Buffalo
Bucky Harris
Cedar Rapids
Canadiens and Blackhawks Take Commanding Stanley Leads
Montreal Canadiens defeat Toronto 4 to 1 to seize a strong series edge while Chicago Blackhawks thump Detroit 7 to 1 in Chicago. Both teams hold a game to victory in the Stanley Cup first round as action resumes Thursday with Chicago at Detroit and Toronto at Montreal.
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United Press
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago
Doug Bentley
Detroit Red Wings
Montreal
Toronto
Detroit
Iowa coach praises Dick Ives as pitching prospect
Davis said Dick Ives, known for scoring records in basketball, could become one of Iowa’s best pitchers if he continues improving. The coach noted Ives is a loose natural hurler with good balance and is learning to add snap to his curve ball. He needs more time but is advancing quickly.
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Iowa City
INS
Waddy” Davis
University of Iowa
Dick Ives
Iowa
Davis
Ives
Creighton Miller May Return This Fall At Notre Dame
The article notes Notre Dame plans under coach Frank Leahy for Creighton Miller to be eligible for football next fall while in law school, with Miller not expected to be used this season. It also covers wartime service rosters and other sports anecdotes from the period.
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Hugh Fullerton
NEW York
Armed Forces
George Strickler
Dutch Harrison
Greensboro
N. C
George
Birmingham
Ala
W. G. Bramham
Durham
West Point
Dewitt Coulter
Fort Worth
Texas
Cornell
Floyd Burdette
Army
Oklahoma A
Dodds Named Track Writers Man of the Year
New York track writers named Gil Dodds of the Boston AA as the 1944 man of the year in track, a unanimous choice. The theology student and indoor mile record holder is joined by other honorees including Col. Charles J Dieges for lifetime contributions to track.
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Gil Dodds
Man of the
New York
INS
Boston A. A
Greg Rice
Cornelius Warmerdam
Col
Charles J Dieges
Novikoff’s absence jolts Cubs during spring camp
Lou Novikoff nicknamed the Mad Russian misses Bruins spring training at French Lick as Cubs officers Wilson and Gallagher brace for possible trades. Rumors say Warren Giles may press for a Novikoff deal with Cincinnati while Cubs receive word Lou Warneke and Charlie Gilbert pass pre induction and Jimmy Foxx plans a comeback this Saturday.
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Lou ‘Novikoff
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
FrenchLick
Ind
James Boys
Wilson
Gallagher
Lou
Novikoff
Warren Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
Lou Warneke
Charlie Gilbert
Jimmy Foxx
Pro Grid League Proposes Penalties On Outside Kicks
Chicago AP Curly Lambeau of the Green Bay Packers urges the NFL rules committee to punish out of bounds kickoffs. He argues intentional or accidental kicks out of bounds slow play and deprive fans of kickoff thrills and proposes the receiving team may play in after multiple attempts until a legal kick occurs with penalties for each miscue.
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Chicago
National Football League
Curly Lambeau
Green Bay Packers
Lambeau
St. Clair Re elected Chairman of Cage Group
James W. St. Clair of Southern Methodist University was re elected as chairman of the National basketball committee of the United States and Canada. The joint rules committee adopted four major rule changes effective next season.
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New York
INS
James W. St. Clair
Southern Methodist University
National Basketball Committee
United States
Canada
Joint Rules Committee
Count Fleet Ready Again at Belmont for major handicaps
Count Fleet, the $4,000 bargain who has earned $249,760 in two seasons, returns to Belmont Park for the season’s major handicap events. Trainer Don Cameron cautions about predicting form after a long layoff though the colt’s leg injury appears healed. The horse is expected to be in top form, challenging the handicap division as analysts rate him a leading contender since Man o War.
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New York
Count Fleet
Belmont Park
Don Cameron
Kentucky
Radcliff Enlists in Navy Service
Raymond Rip Radcliff 35 year old Philadelphia Athletics outfielder said Tuesday he had been accepted for navy service. Radcliff, who played with Detroit for three seasons, was sold to the Athletics last fall and has been working in an airplane plant in Enid Oklahoma.
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Enid
Okla
Raymond
Rip” Radcliff
Philadelphia Athletics
Radcliff
Detroit
Athletics
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