Raiders defeat Bearcats to avenge early season loss
Decatur Raiders beat Cullman Bearcats 42 to 31 in Cullman to avenge a 28–26 loss. Wayne Ridgeway scored 16, Roy Freeman limited Robinson to five and added 10. Raiders led from start to finish for their 13th win as Marvin Taylor, Billy Levin and Bob Freeman contributed key plays.
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Alvis Briscoe
Union Hill II Edges Eva In Tight Senior Contest
Union Hill seniors beat Eva 46 to 37 in a close game with Union Hill leading 9-7 after the first quarter and 34-30 at the end of the third. H Morris scored 18 for Union Hill while C Nelson led Eva with 19 before fouling out. three Union Hill players and two Eva players fouled out.
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Hazlewood Bees Beat Chalybeate 42–37 in Town Creek
The Hazlewood Bees defeated Chalybeate 42 to 37 Tuesday night in Town Creek in a local A league game. The Bees led at halftime and held the visitors to a late comeback attempt. Box score details are incomplete.
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District Meet Sites Announced for Eighth District Tourney
Scottsboro Huntsville Douglas and Athens chosen as sites for the Eighth District action. A school tournament begins March 2 3 and 4 in Scottsboro. Huntsville hosts Western half of B meet with Douglas the Eastern half. Athens to stage B playoff. Decatur Huntsville Ft Payne Pisgah seeded in A meet. Semis and finals slated for Saturday.
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Blountsville
Oneonta
Hartselle
Cage Results From East West and Midwest Show Wins
The Associated Press reports several college basketball results across regions. Muhlenberg beat Bucknell 92 80 while Yale defeated Dartmouth 68 44 and Penn State won 74 54 over American University. Missouri 70 Wichita 45 and Notre Dame 71 Michigan State 65 highlighted the Midwest.
Penn Tops Army 66 45 in Midweek Hoops
Penn defeats Army 66 to 45 on home court after a tight first half 31 29. Herb Lyon scores 23 for the Quakers while Columbia rallies past Navy 45 37 and Yale beats Dartmouth 68 54.
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Herb Lyon
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Sherry Marshall
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Jim Osbourn
Oklahoma Aggies
Oklahoma
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Sooners
Snead Victor In Playoff With Ben Hogan
Sam Snead wins the Los Angeles open title in a playoff over Ben Hogan by four strokes. Hogan, sidelined by injuries from a 1950s comeback, rebounded to contend yet loses in Riviera style. Snead earns $2,600 first prize plus his quarter share of the playoff gate, totaling over $4,400.
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Ben Hogan
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Riviera Country Club
Maryland challenges NCAA Sanity Code ruling
Maryland and Virginia universities, two of the so called Rebels, challenged the right of two NCAA officials to boycott six member schools for non compliance with the code. The quarantine was announced Tuesday by NCAA President Hugh C Willett and Secretary Treasurer Kenneth L Wilson to give the code real effect.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Priceville Reschedules Friday Basketball doubleheader
Priceville altered Friday night schedule to ease fan travel to Decatur. The Moulton Heights juniors meet Priceville juniors at 6 00 PM, followed by Winterboro seniors versus Priceville seniors at 7 00 PM at Union Gym.
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Decatur
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Winterboro
Three Games Schedule At Moulton Heights Tonight
Three games set in Moulton Heights with starts at 6 30, 7 30 and 9 00. The Moulton Heights girls play Clements to begin the action followed by Trinity Junior B against Moulton Heights Bees. The night ends with Moulton Heights A versus Clements junior A club.
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Missouri and Notre Dame roll over rivals in college hoops
Missouri beat Wichita 70 45 as Notre Dame defeated Michigan State 71 65. Arkansas led SMU 63 55, Texas A&M tied for second with SMU after beating Rice 56 37, Texas Christian topped Baylor 64 54. North Carolina routed South Carolina 64 42, Miss State edged Mississippi 64 60. Penn State beat American 74 54, Muhlenberg over Bucknell 92 80, LaFayette crushed Lehigh 67 45.
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Garrison's Defeats White Way in close city league thriller
Garrison's edged White Way 52-49 in a tense City Independent basketball game, tying 49-49 late before Junior Wallace scored 16 and Whisenant 11 for the victors while Ran som 18 and Owens 14 led the losers. Danville beat Red Shield 51-39.
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Crim Decides to Graduate Early for 1950
Co captain and quarterback Candler Crim will graduate this summer and not return for the 1950 Decatur Red Raiders football season. Crim set a standard as a top passer and field leader during the 1949 campaign, and a successor will be elected before the season opener.
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Local Juniors Face Flint Bees In Twin Decatur Showdowns
Coach Charlie Smith brings Decatur Junior A and B to Flint for two games. The A club starts at 8:00 with Joe Burns Bobby Smith Ray Kennedy Bill Weaver and Hoyt Powell. Decatur beat Flint 24 17 in the season opener.
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Flint Bees
Track boom after war draws rising interest says Schmertz
Fred Schmertz Millrose meet director says record interest in track this year with Dan Ferris supporting the view. Ferris notes post war growth, more students keep competing after leaving school and reports of a Grand Rapids group forming an athletic club to continue competition.
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Fred Schmertz
Millrose Meet
Dan
Ferris
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich
Nickname Question as Buckeye Bowls Tale
Before the Rose Bowl Dick Anderson the Ohio State fourth string end learned he inherited 250000 dollars. Assistant coach Esko Sarkkinen urged him to start the Rose Bowl because they could not bench a player worth a quarter of a million. The Bucks nickname for Ohio State is referenced as context.
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Ohio State
Esko Sarkkinen
Bucks
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