Corry Beavers Close Season With Key Showdown At Warren
Corry Area High will end its 1953-4 season with a home win bid over Dragons in the finale after a 64-50 victory and a road trip to Warren. Deer hunting totals released by the State Game Commission show 53,636 deer taken in 1953 and a spike in bear tags, while Dave Philley and Dale Mitchell signed with the Cleveland Indians. Kid Gavilan begins tune up for a April 2 bout at Miami Beach against Johnny Cunningham in a 10 rounder.
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Fla
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Hockey scores and boxing results from weekend events
National League games included New York defeating Toronto 6 to 1 and Boston beating Chicago 4 to 1 while American League matches saw Hershey tied 5 5 with Cleveland and Buffalo winning 3 2 over Pittsburgh in overtime. Boxing notes list Mexico City cards with Al Cruz decision at 140 and Cincinnati results featuring Joe Micell at 14% and Wallace Smith at 141. Havana bout had Nino Valdes and Archie McBride, 214% and 184, in a decision.
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Bud) Smith
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Archie McBride
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Indiana Hopes To Clinch Big 10 Title Tonight
Indiana seeks the Big Ten crown with a win over Iowa to claim the conference title and NCAA bid. Wisconsin beating Illinois could force a three way tie. Indiana sits 10-1 in conference with Iowa 8-3 and Illinois 17-3 pursuing the leaders.
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Eagles Win Fourth Straight In Grade School Basketball
The Eagles defeated the Junior Beavers 18 to 1 to extend their winning streak. In a separate game the Globetrotters edged the Junior Blue Jays 21 to 19. Standings list Eagles 21 4 4 and Globetrotters 8 1 Blue Jays 0 0. Bob Carroll led the Eagles with 16 points, John Marty had 5 for the Beavers. Larry Gallagher topped the Globetrotters with 19 points, Arb Perils scored 8 for the Blue Jays.
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Jackman Wins VFW Tournament in Four-Game 691 Total
Chuck Jackman captured top honors in the VFW Men's B League tournament amid a 20-player field. He posted a four-game total of 691, with Howard Ross close behind at 689 and M L Bua Reed and Bob Owens tied for third at 684. Dick Mountain delivered a 203 game for high single while Vance Allen won blind bogey and Harry Paulson Jr. earned low series.
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M.L. Bua" Reed
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Dick Mountain
Vance Allen
Harry Paulson Jr
College Basketball Weekend Scores Across Rounds
Gannon beat St. Vincent 80 to 56 and NYU defeated Army 71 to 67. Fordham topped Town 66 to 47 as Holy Cross crushed Canisius 88 to 16. St John’s beat Temple 72 to 67 in an overtime clash. La Salle edged St Joseph’s 61 to 18 in overtime. Villanova prevailed 7 to ? over Muhlenberg. Penn State beat Rutgers 69 to 19. Lehigh 65 over Pennsylvania 8. Dartmouth 48. Princeton 59, Harvard 56. Connecticut 79 over Rhode Island 74. Westminster 104 over Pitt 4 in triple OT. Indiana 63 beat Michigan State 61. Kentucky 76 over DePaul 61. Oklahoma A&M 79 over Detroit 58. Ohio State 1H? Minnesota 73. St Louis 7 over Wyoming 55. Drake 8 over Bradley 74. Illinois 74 Town 51. Wisconsin 77 over Michigan 56. Notre Dame 4. LSU 77 over Auburn 59. Kentucky 108 over Tennessee 63. Arkansas 76 over TCU 76. Texas A&M 61. West Texas 79 over Arizona 77. UCLA 88 over Stanford 80. Southern California 62 over California.
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LaSalle
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Muhlenberg
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Rive
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Stanford
Southern California
California
Celtics and 76ers stay tight in scoring duel
Boston topped Philadelphia 95 to 85 while New York beat Baltimore 95 to 76 and Syracuse crushed Minneapolis 109 to 73 with Milwaukee 64 and Fort Wayne 62 also reported.
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Wayne
Three Defending Cage Champs Are Still Contenders
Jenkintown joins Yeadon and Irwin as district playoff entrants in Pennsylvania Class A and B. Jenkintown defeated Coopersburg to repeat as Tri-County League champions and secure a district bid. Yeadon, Irwin, and Berlin lead the race as districts begin playoff action toward March 26 and 27 state finals.
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WPIAL
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Morrow
Gannon Wins Mythical Cage League Crown
Gannon College of Erie dethrones St Vincent 80 56 to claim the mythical West Penn Little Eleven title. Indiana’s Jack Grossin leads individual scoring at 26.8 ppg while Bil Blair tops the mythical Big Ten with 482 points. Duquesne remains undefeated at 21 0 in the Big Ten race.
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Regional Tourney Tightens as Regular Season Nears End
Two top high school quintets close the regular season with key showdowns as Linsford and Rabkin lead Nesquehoning Swisvale trip. Lock Haven and West Chester set playoff date while Lansford nears Buck Diamond title with a big win. Greenbrier amateur pro golf matches set for May 6 to 8 at White Sulphur Springs.
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Doubleheader Cage Program On Tap Tonight
Local scholastic basketball closes season with a 6:48 p m doubleheader at the Junior High The Junior High meets Corry Area High Jayvee in the opener Beaver varsity faces the Faculty in the nightcap Coach Vic Cragg's Junior High aims for a ninth win in 18 starts while Beaver is favored The Faculty lineup includes Fred Schwab and others as the strongest teacher team this year
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Jayvee
Vic Cragg
Uttle Beavers
Fred Schwab
Niagara University
Uneup
Beavers
Trvin Downs
Ket Harvey
Nick Bogden
Felix Matthews
John Kissman
Carl Linborg
Ronald Rarie
Profi
Babe Zaharias Wins Serbia Women's Invitational
Babe Zaharias battled exhaustion and a pounding headache to win the Bayshore Golf Course tournament in Miami Beach. She tied with Patty Berg at the start of the final round and edged the Chicago veteran by one stroke to claim the $5,000 title amid a dramatic finish.
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Bayshore
Serbia
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Patty Berg
Chicago
Coates
Don Wood
Ted Hichynski
Larry ‘Cassett
Bob Hixson
Seniors Rout Juniors In Intramural Basketball Tilt
Seniors crushed Juniors 96 to 9 in a high school intramural game as Tom Bichyriski poured in 54 points and Stockton added 20 while Fish led the Juniors with 17. Next weekend Juniors face Sophomores and Seniors meet Juniors.
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Stockton
Fish
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