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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
8
Tournament action at the Red Shield Boys Club began Tuesday night. Two games were scheduled but the junior game did not develop as Newsboys forfeited to the Red Xs. Two senior teams then took the floor.
Kentucky stars Alex Groza and Ralph Beard head the 1949 AP All America quintet as the South is represented by two players. Ed Macauley from St Louis stands for the Midwest with Yale’s Tony Lavelli representing the East and Vince Boryla of Denver the Rocky Mountains.
Pepsi Cola girls won four of five games in a night of bowling led by Ann Bradford with 179 high single and Mary Layton posting 476 high series. Pepsi Cola also claimed high team series 2214 and top team total 787 as they extend their league lead. Giants used Knowles and Bagwell as substitutes with averaged scores for the fourth and fifth spots.
In Vero Beach Sam Jethroe of Montreal shows speed and hits a 375‑foot homer as he eyes a move to Brooklyn. Giants’ pitching struggles persist in Phoenix with an eight‑man staff yielding 19 hits in an intra‑squad game. Senators manager Joe Kuhel bans golf for spring training in Orlando. Bob Kennedy drives two 400‑foot doubles in Tucson as he competes for Cleveland’s right field. Ashburn and Meyer return to Philadelphia camp at Clearwater from injuries. Aaron Robinson in Lake Mary is in the hunt for Detroit’s catching job and will play in the Grapefruit opener at Clearwater. West Palm Beach report ends with a note on the Philadelphia entry.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Browns did not resolve their park rental dispute in a meeting with Commissioner A. B. Chandler in Sarasota Florida.
Loyola of Chicago Bowling Green Manhattan St Johns of Brooklyn and New York U invited to the National Invitation Tournament forming a 12 team field. Utah Wyoming chosen as seventh district representative for the NCAA playoffs.
Directors of the American Bowling Congress voted to reject an amendment that would lift the ban against individuals not belonging to the white male race, maintaining current discriminatory policy.
In Hallandale Florida Silly Gyp trained by Fred W Hooper captured a six furlong Gulfstream Park race in 1 10 35 winning as the 4 to 1 favorite.
New Orleans reports King Dorsett owned by Joe W Brown wins the Aut Dubon handicap at the fairgrounds, paying 3 20. In Bradenton Florida Warren Spahn wins the Boston Braves holdout first of his career as training camp advances.
New York March 10 The National Invitation Tournament expands to a record field with six of the nations top 10 teams and 12 entries. Kentucky St Louis Western Kentucky Bradley San Francisco CCNY NYU Manhattan Loyola Chicago St John s Brooklyn Manhatten T Boston stations and more listed. The draw shows upper and lower brackets with Kentucky CCNY Loyola NYU vs Bradley Western Kentucky and other pairings. NCAA bids and district results are noted as Oklahoma A&M Nebraska Oregon State UCLA Yale Villanova and Arkansas in play.
Andy Niederreiter observes Promote Louis press conference while Joe looks wary. Mintz visits. Lamb coat joke surfaces. Dodgertown drills foretell outfield sliding practice. Western Michigan closes season as Buck Read ends 34th year. Buck Read’s long tenure noted. Frisb ee from Syracuse pitches trial. SEC Taylor tours Florida camps for health.
The Gulfstream track designates the Horning handicap next Saturday in honor of Mrs. Marie Horning who first proposed building the Florida course. The event marks a milestone as the facility operates five days a week.
The 27th annual Alabama high school A tournament opens Friday at the University of Alabama starting 9 A M with 16 entrants crowned from eight districts. Top veterans Parrish Selma Huntsville Mortimer Jordan battle to break jinxes McGill co favorites.
History notes Phog Allen at Kansas will assemble a strong team next season with material at hand. In 32 years of coaching he has not gone more than three years without a championship. After 1928 29 he returned with a duo in 1931. The past season began his second three year stretch.
East Columbia edged Yale 58 54 and Princeton defeated Harvard 63 46. St Josephs Pa beat Pennsylva nia 76 72 as Muhlenberg topped Gettysburg 65 61. Rhode Island State 72 Brown 49 Albany State 53 Triple Cities 52. Rutgers 8 Buckner 62 Providence 46 Clark 45. Fairmont 1 West Va Tech 62 semifinal West Va Tech 83 Morris Harvey 74. Fairmont 61 Alderson Broaddus Med west LaSalle 63 William and Mary 51 Cincinnati 57 Xavier 46. NAIB Tourney second round Kevis 3 St Thomas Miami 2Tanporta Kas 63 Iowa Teachers 49 Hamline 83 Indiana Central 66 Eastern Illinois 31 San Jose Calif 75 Northwestern Louisiana 59 Brigham Young 57 Beloit 63 Southwest Missouri 47 Texas Tech 62 North Dakota University 57 Indiana State 78 Baltimore Loyola 58 Southwest District Six NCAA Playoffs semifinal Arizona 6 Baylor 47 Arkansas 50 Rice 34.
In Montgomery, Phillip Cobb, a 24 year old condemned for murder, faced a scheduled Kilby Prison execution after two prior denials of his death sentence. A faulty electric chair delayed his death by a week when a power cable wore thin, and the governor had yet to intervene again.
Mrs Mose Owens visited Mrs Chester Dobbins near Fairfield recently. Misses Merlin and Wanda McCaghren spent Monday with aunt Mrs Ermond Reed of Moulton. Several of the community planted gardens Tuesday in the nice weather. Jessie and Jerome McCaghren spent Sunday night with Mr and Mrs Kyle McCaghren of Speake. Mrs Paul Callahan on sick list. Dick West visited in Decatur Monday. Mrs John Sullivan visited daughter Sunday. Mrs Wilbur Jackson and Mr Jackson of Five Points visited. Mrs P L McCaghren and Marveline of Enon spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J W McCaghren. Frank Owens of near Plain View visited Mose Owens family.
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