St Edward's Shamrocks End Historic High School Basketball Run
St Edward's High School basketball, coached by Evie Borie, finished 11 wins in 16 games. The team beat Union City and Wattsburg, lost only to St Joseph's Oil City, and credited coach Bek Boag for discipline and simple plays. Players included Gronastar, Jansen, Hand, Peeney, and Hyots.
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St. Edwart's
Evie Borie
Trish
St. Joseph's
Oil City
Union City
Wattshurs
Mentbars
Erie County
Bob Hand
Dan Peeney
St. Joe's
Spartansburg
Junior High
Wattsburg
Lawrence Park
Winner 10 Gets Shot At Angott Later In Month
The third and final episode of the Best Jack Bob Montgomery world lightweight title series in New York tonight at Madison Square Garden. Beau Jack is the favorite at 1 to 2, with Angott aiming for a shot at March 21 and a share of a $90,000 gate. The NBA and New York Commission pledge full recognition for the victor.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack
Bob Montgomery
Madigan Square Garden
Beau Jack
Bob
Beau
Augusta
Sammy Angutt
NBA
Saturday Gym Schedule With Movies And League Play
The schedule lists Saturday events including stage films at 11 40 and a full day of boys and girls gym classes and leagues. Notable matchups include U B 2 versus St Thomas and Presbyterian versus Methodist with a completion note for the girls schedule mirroring March 1.
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Vusy
Savusuay Morninyg
War News
Italy
Buxrenders
Guadalcanal
Stalingreg
Winjoing Ie
C. Warners
U, B
St. Thomas
U. B
Baptist
Fres
Methodist
Epic
Lutheran
St Elizabeth
St.Thomas
Presbyterian
Meth
Mrssrance
Lath
Newsom Still On Outside With A's
Connie Mack and Bobo Newsom entertained reporters at Suba Park as a 35 year old from Hartsville, South Carolina observed. After nearly three hours of talks Newsom indicated he would sign if offered, and the group agreed he would pitch for the Athletics this summer.
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Philadelphia
Maroh
Connie Mack
Hartsville
S. C
Suba Park
Shibeshire
Connie
Bobo Newsom
Newsom
Mack
Bobo
Athletics
Canisius and Bowling Green Earn NIT Bids
New York March 3 Adoption of Bowling Green and Canisius completes the lineup of college teams in the National Invitational Basketball Tournament. The eight-team field will play March 16 to 20 and 22 to 26 at Madison Square Garden. Other contestants include Oklahoma, St. John’s of Brooklyn, Utah, De Paul, and Minnesota.
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New York
Bowling Green
Canisius
Madison Square Gard
Oklahoma
Angie
Kentucky
DePaul
Uteh
St. John'x
Brooklyn
Muttenbers
Wil
Ianf
Pirates Farm Chief Makes Hit In Talks Here
Bob Rice, chief of the Pittsburgh farm system, visited the city for eight hours. He spoke at the Senior High school afternoon and at the Kiwanis Club dinner. Rice, a former St Louis Cardinals player and veteran scout, stressed conditioning and training rules, outlined game positions, and discussed discipline and postwar plans to foster youth baseball as future major leaguers.
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Bob Rice
Pittsburgh
Kiwanis Club
Ritz
Rice
Pittsburgh Piries
SE Louis Cardinals
Plutgburgh
Kiwanis
Jarni
Pirates
Frankie Frisch
Hit
Jack ‘Tinson
Kven
Sports Roundup Notes Football Plans After War Reported
Southern association bosses plan to enter pro football after the war echoing American league talks. Curly Lambeau doubts park capacity for football. salaries may force players to work elsewhere. Soccer as off season lure suggested. Also notes on baseball, college and army sports, golf, boxing, and wartime service athletes. Dodgers roster and local high school game details included.
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New York
American Association
Sae
Curly Lambeau
Minnesota
Georgia Tech
Cornelius Siyers
Gu College of New York
Tomorse Gaa
Jimmy Con Zelman
Shiovis
Virginia
Notre Dames
Leahy
War Department
Leo Diegel
WPIAL Cager Sets New Scoring Mark
Bobby Biscoe of Bentleyville High School became the first WPIAL player to surpass 600 points in a season with 27 points against Avalon in the Class B quarterfinals. His season total reached 512 after 23 games, but Bentleyville lost 61st round Mason-Dixon Conference Tournament game to Hit.
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Assomatea Frese
Pittsburgh
Bobby Biscoe
Bentleyville High School
Iseam
Avalon
Secion
Bentleyville
Hilllist
Crandall Adds Two Erie Boys To His All Stars
Crandall's All Stars host General Wheelinie Squires of the Erie Industrial League in the Junior High game at 8:20. Crandall's manager strengthens the roster by adding Zigey Markowilé and Harold Arkwright from Erie Post Jewelers, both well known locally to boost scoring and ball handling. The Squires bring a tougher lineup, with a stronger backcourt and forward pairing of Averill Arkwright Bud Gumbleton and Jim Lundy likely to start. expect a competitive clash as the two teams renew Erie's junior league rivalry.
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Crandall
All Stars
Markowit
Arkwright
Squies
GBAA
Averill
Bud Gumbleton
Jim Lundy
Ed Dudley Favored In Gulfport Tourney
Ed Dudley, president of the Professional Golfers Association, leads the Gulfport open field with a strong showing in the pro-amateur warmup. Byron Nelson sits two strokes behind after a tight round as 1,900 miles of navigable river route are noted in surrounding coverage.
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Sa Norreetand
Gulfport
Mus
Marcel S— Bis Ed
Dudley
Professional Golfers’ Association
Byron J Nelson
Small Order Tops Office In 3 Games In Raymond Loop
Raymond League standings show Small Order sweeping three games to edge ahead of Automatics and Machine Shop as Karl Dimmick posts 194 185 150 for the winners. Automatics drop two to fall into a race for second with Machine Shop and the Tenders also visible in the tight race.
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Small Order
Raymond Loop
Raymon
Raymond League
Pet
Biate
Srong
Brooklyn Dodgers Release 30 Man Player Roster
New York March 9 The Brooklyn Dodgers show a 30 man roster above the 1943 quota with 12 pitchers six infielders eight outfielders and four catchers. Notable performances include Kenny Loveland and Carl Coates among leaders with high game scores and averages for the Automatics and other departments while several players receive updates on service status and duty.
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Asoclavea
NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyyy Jiniform
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