Louisville First Olympic Tryout Five, Field Set Before Sunday
The Louisville Cardinals earned the first Olympic tryout bid by winning the 32‑team NAIB tournament in Kansas City. The race to fill the six spots continues with regional tournaments in New York, Denver, Kansas City, Berkeley, and Brookyn, while New York University DePaul St Louis University and Kentucky-Columbia contest in the New York Invitational. The overall N C A A and M C A champions from each region will send teams to the Olympic playoffs with the final field decided by March 23 in New York.
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Louisville
Sen Peres
NEW York
U. S
Kansas City
Denver
Brook
Holy Cross
Michigan
Kansas State
Oklahoma A. & M
Missouri Valley Kings
Berkeley
Calif
Universities of
California
Washington
Bears
Baylor
Arizona
Southwest
Wyoming
Mountain States
Zaharias Berg Defeat Suggs Kirby In Close Exhibition
Mildred Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg beat amateurs Louise Suggs and Dorothy Kirby two and one in an Atlanta charity exhibition at Capitol City Club. The match, watched by more than 5 000 spectators, stayed tight to the seventeenth hole where Zaharias birdied from a tough lie.
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Atlanta, Ga
Mildred
Babe” Zaharias
Patty Berg
Louise Suggs
Dorothy Kirby
Abbeville and Columbia reach Capstone for B tourney playoff
Abbeville Yellow Jackets and Columbia Lions, top Wiregrass rivals, advance to the Capstone tournament in Tuscaloosa for the closing B Division playoff. Columbia edged Abbeville 25 24 to clinch the district title after earlier wins, with both teams dominating their region en route to the finals.
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Abbeville
Columbia
Capstone
Reuben Herring
Winar
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Columbia Lions
Abbeville Yellow Jackets
Dyer Sees Redbird Pennant Hinge on Musial and Pollet
St. Louis manager Eddie Dyer linked a Cardinals pennant shot to Stan Musial and Howie Pollet returning to 1946 form, noting Musial’s health and Slaughter’s presence. He recalled Musial’s MVP season, Slaughter’s RBIs and batting over .300, and Pollet’s 21 wins before injuries reduced last year’s effectiveness.
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Dyer
Redbird
Joe Reichler
ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Stan Musial
Howie Pollet
Enos Slaughter
Eddie Dyer
Dlay
Musial
Slaughter
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pojiett
Pollet
Enos
Stan
Red Sox
Exhibition Slate and Sundays Results Highlight Baseball Matches
A set of exhibition pairings lists New York against Chicago and Boston in Los Angeles, with other duels including St Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, Oakland, and Cincinnati across Florida and California venues. Sundays results show New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh winning or postponements due to rain. A final note compares fire flies’ light output to man-made dynamos.
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New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston
Cincinnati
Bradenton
Fla
St. Louis
Detroit
St. Petersburg
Brooklyn
Montreal
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cleveland
Oakland
Pittsburgh
Hollywood
Washington
Etowah Crowned A Division Champ At Tuscaloosa
Etowah County Blue Devils captured the A Division state high school basketball title in Tuscaloosa defeating McGill Institute 36-25. Sidney Lanier of Montgomery pushed them hard in the final. Etowah defeated Wetumpka and Moulton to reach the final. MVP was Excell Hester. McGill’s Milton Bolling and Ben Kilborn earned state team spots.
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Tuscaloosa
Etowah County
Blue Devils
McGill Institute of Mobile
Sidney Lanier
Montgomery
Capital City
Etowah
Attala Boys
Poets
Wetumpka
Moulton
J. E. Glover
Excell Hester
McGill
Woodlawn
Fayette
Milton Bolling
Ben Kilborn
Sammy Moore
Hester
Fien Ivey
Talladesa
Intercollegiate Golf Tourney Set For April in Athens
The 11th Southern Intercollegiate Golf Tournament will be held at the Donald Ross course in Athens beginning April 28 for four days under the University of Georgia Athletic Association. This year adds 18 hole qualifying rounds replacing the 368 format, with semi finals on April 30 and a 36 hole final on May 1. The Southeastern Conference titles will be based on qualifying rounds, naming the medalist as individual winner and the low team as circuit champion.
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Athens, Ga
Donald Ross
University of Georgia Athletic Association
Harbert Wins Jax Open By One Stroke
Detroit golfer Chick Harbert surged through rain soaked Jacksonville course to win the $10,000 Jacksonville Open by one stroke with an even par 72 final round. He finished 284 for four rounds, earning $2,000 as top prize. Close contenders included Skip Alexander and Vic Ghezzi at one under 71 and Otto Greiner, Pete Cooper, Chandler Harper among top finishers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Chick Harbert
Detroit
Harbert
Alexander
Southern Pines
N. C
Vic Ghezzi
Ghezzi
Otto Greiner
Baltimore
Pete Cooper
Ponte Vedra
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Harter
Abbeville Tops Rehobeth In Golf Meds Tourney
Abbeville defeated Rehobeth 43 37 to win the Golf Meds tournament last week. Eiland and Roland led Abbeville with strong scoring and shared top honors, Roland named outstanding player. All tournament first team includes Ditty Malone Roland Eiland Samson Carter Haleburg Reeves Samson.
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Rehobeth
Abbeville
Samson
Eiland
Roland
Elland
Ditty
Malone
Carter
Haleburg
Reeves
Carney
Blue Springs
Carl Enfinger
Henderson Wins, Az Flowers Jr. Ties In Golf Meet
Yesterday's blind bogey four ball at Dothan Country Club yielded a win for Henderson and Az Flowers Jr with Woody Laffooney presenting awards. George Spann placed fourth as John Henderson led a field of about 90 players in the rainless Sunday round. A stray line notes that any organ of the human may become infected with tuberculosis.
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Az Flowers, Jr
Dothan
Woody Laffooney
George Spann
John Henderson
Ostrich Roar Echoes Like Lea Noise At Distance
A strange sound attributed to an ostrich roars like a Lea at a distance, creating confusion over the source. The report notes the resemblance in tone and volume between the ostrich’s vocalization and the Lea’s typical call, causing potential misidentification.
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Fki
Dick Powell
Evelyn Keren
Gene Autry
Man From
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Tong Totter
Margaret. Lockwood
Ian Hunter
Bedelia
Zaharias and
Berg Tap
Suggs
Kirby
Wiregrass Sports Arena
Don Keene
Jimmy Lott
Red Byrd
Hubert Wright
Joe Gunther
Martin
Bogart & Bacall
Aina AL
Newton
Midland City
Ashford
Newville
Coffee Springs
Vicksburg
Yellow Jacket
Lion
Rawls
Clayton
Troy
WBI
Columbian
Blalock
Houston County
RITZ
Ray Milland
Teresa Wright
TEX Ritter
Arizona Trail
Allyson
Mitcrell
Manuel Weary
Sarbiam, II
Tom Keene
The
Associated Press
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Joe FE. Brown
Cantile
Wm. Boyd
Cassidy
Willand Parker
Mesperm
Joan Caulfield
Claude Rainn
Ray Miland
Teresa Wrieht
Trouglee
Tea Riteter
Nizona Tia
van Jobnees
Karhee
Rogers and
Nargasa
Meredith
Trompe DeCao
Bran Donlevy
Scheratade
Jimmy Wasaly
Sene
Richerd Pis
Lelie Bronte
Lanier
Earl Kal Rehobeth
Piayers — Vis
Rehbesth
Speigner
Hathcock Lumber Company
Veteran's Supper Club
Napier Field
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