Coffee defeats Ensley for state AA crown in Birmingham
Coffee of Florence captured its first state AA high school basketball title by defeating Ensley 60 to 52. Cummings, six feet five, was named outstanding player by writers as Coffee froze the ball late to seal the win. Also on the first team were League Huntsville, Rogers Taylor, Middleton, and Crews of Ensley. second team included Ridgeway, Freeman, Franks, Anderson, and Thompson. A crowd of 4,000 filled Alabama's Foster Auditorium for the finals.
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Yellow Jacket
Cummings
Eourte
Bobby League
Huntsville
Rogers ‘Taylor
Dave Middleton
Ensley
Billy Crews
Selma
Wayne Ridgeway
Bob Freeman
Decatur
Coffee
Deca
Tur
Gof
Florence
Naif
Kodire Cumminge
Gene Thomas
Tom Exslinger
Bob Luna
Jim Sturdivant
Huntsvire
Luna
Sidney
Anniston
Oxford
Parrish
Proposed Football Championship Game Goes Before Ahsaa
Birmingham AP reports the Alabama High School Athletic Association council will review a proposed 1951-52 football playoff system with eight districts, a two-thirds vote requirement, and regional and district championships. The agenda includes 12 amendments on age limits, schedules, eligibility, spring practice, and other rules, plus a possible All-Star basketball showcase before the Al-Star football game at the University of Alabama.
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Birmingham
Port
Legislative Council
Alabama High School, Athlete Association
Tfe
Reet
Central Board
University of Alabama
Dothan Invitational Golf Tourney Set For April
The Dothan Country Cup course will be in peak condition for the Dothan Invitation golf tournament April 6 7 8. Club pro Telfair Ghioto reports 20 tons of fertilizer applied to fairways top dressing greens and improved tees with temporary tees in use to ensure first class conditions. Invitations go to area clubs and a record entry is expected with entrants from Camp Rucker and possible rivals from Tallahassee. The three day event includes a pro am and 3500 total prizes, with qualifying rounds Friday and finals Sunday.
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Club Pro Telfair
Ghiota
Teporary
Enggies
Camp Rucket
Ghioto
Jimmy Lee
Tallahassee
Gardner Dickinson
Pat Jones
Dickinson
University of Alabama
Jones
Shug Jordan Returns To His Alma Mater Biggest Job In SEC
Auburn selects Shug Jordan, a former Auburn center and longtime Georgia coach, as head football mentor with a five year deal to lift the Tigers from bottom of the SEC toward former power. He returns after nine years at Auburn and a stint at Georgia, with staff soon to be named.
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Shug Jordan
SEC
Auburn
Ralph
Shug
Jordan
Tigers
Earl Brown
Notre Dame
Georgia
Selma
Ala
Georgia Line
Athens
Gatway
Jett Beard
Browne
Dick McGowen
Yoel Eaves
Lamar
Shot
Sophomores Spark Whites Past Reds in Intra squad game
In Tuscaloosa the underdog Whites beat the Reds 22 to 7 in Alabama’s annual intra squad football game. Sophomores controlled play with a 16 point first half via Rod Lutz 23 yard field goal Joe Fulghum and Bill Oliver touchdown runs. Melton capped White offense with a 37 yard gain and solid quarterback Clell Hobson led the victory parade.
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Tuscalgosaap
Reds
Alabamia
Soph
Rod Lutz
Joe Fulghum
Sops
Bill Oliver
Oliver
Bimbo “Melton
Rigatall
Tommy Lewis
Chester Skates
Hed Drew
Denny Stadium
Melton
Clell Hobson
Wake Forest appoints Tom Rogers as football coach
Wake Forest officials named Tom Rogers, long time line coach, as head football coach to succeed D C Walker who resigned to join Yale. Rogers coached eight of Walker’s 14 seasons and last fall the line led the nation in total defense. Salary terms not revealed.
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Wake Forest
N. C
Tom Rogers
D.C
Poshead
Walker
Assisant
Herman Hickman
Yale
Rogers
Ion
Oielsis
Intramural Cage Tourney Opens At Rucker Facility
An intramural double elimination basketball tourney begins at Rucker with two games nightly through March 21. Teams compete in four leagues, with two losses eliminating, and the finals possible March 21 if brackets tilt. A separate feature covers a Maidenhead woman revived after a near death from septic poisoning and celebrated for London doctors.
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De-I
Evie Rucker
Tole Termine
Sorth Chemical Depot Company
Maidenhead
England
Iker
Prances Seymour
London
Skindle's Hotel
Ahes
Donalsonville Edges Abbeville In Finals
Donalsonville defeated Abbeville in a Friday night finals clash as Roland led with 15 points and Merritt paced Columbia with 13. Abbeville’s Snow scored 18, while Gibbons and Wess contributed for Columbia in a high school basketball shootout.
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Columbia
Eniine Lena
Inetigh
Roland
Alsonville
Avarette
Poitta
Merritt
Donalsonvie
Blakely
Ernie
Dothan
Abbeville
Snow
Gibbons
Wess
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Lark
Lodge
Bobby" Duke
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Chambless
Montgomery
Emery Medical School
Atlanta
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Lloyd Baler
Louis
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Joe Louis
Omelio Agramonte
Jim Nortis
International Boxing Club
Damning
Agramonte
Miami
New York State
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U. S. States
Logkouts
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Association
Charlie Workman
Mt. Zhna
Sicily
Lookouts
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Georgialing
Britain
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