National Intercollegiate Tourney Opens With Record
Two Indiana teams set scoring records as the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament opened with an eight game first round. Evansville star Wilford Doerner poured in 34 points, breaking a two year mark, while Indiana State Teachers, Stevens Point, and East Central State staged notable results and an Oklahoma upset signaled a strong field. Subsequent rounds begin with pairings including Panzer College versus Bemidji State and New Mexico State Teachers against Hamline University.
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Panzer College
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New Mexico State Teachers
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Hamline
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University
Bowling League Scores and Standings From Water Heaters Meet
The Water Heaters team led a bowling night with 3 wins and totals of 944 and 1000 in two series. Individual high scores included Jacobson 497 Scott 492 and various handicaps and team totals across Atlas Batteries Atlas Tires Red Crown and Elks League entries.
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Bod
Rapid City Keglers Lead In First Round Of Tourney
Rapid City posted a score of 2822 to lead 22 teams after opening rounds of the state bowling tournament. W W Edwards and W A James led the B doubles with 1129, Everett Willard had the high singles with 586 as Rapid City hosts the event. Second round and final series set for March 21 22 with many outsiders competing.
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Mar
W. G. Edwards
W. A. James
Everett Willard
Yankees Sign Four Of Six Holdouts In Split Deal
In Orlando on March 10 manager Joe McCarthy said the New York Yankees have signed four of their six remaining holdouts. Joe Gordon Charlie Keller Hed Ruffing and Bill Dickey agreed terms leaving Joe DiMaggio and Red Rolfe unsigned.
Watertown Youth Elected Indoor Track Captain
Richard Cave of Watertown South Carolina senior at Shattuck School has been elected captain of the indoor track team. He serves as a track squad member and cadet battalion lieutenant and has earned varsity letters in football and track.
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Faribault
Mina
Mar
Richard Cave
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Shattuck School
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Cave
Denver Eyes Annual AAU Tournament Stars of the West Come to Denver for National AAU Cage Event
Denver hosts the annual national AAU basketball tournament March 15 21 a fixture since 1935 on the 84 by 50 foot arena court in the city auditorium. Hollywood Twentieth Century defends the title after defeating San Francisco Olympic Club 47 to 34 last year. Notable players include Frank Lubin Carl Knowles and Art Mollner who were on the 1936 US Olympic team and Lubin later coached Lithuania. The event draws teams from 34 states and has yielded substantial profits each year.
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Dodgers show sturdy infield depth after losses
In Havana on March 10 the Brooklyn Dodgers reassure fans they remain strong up the middle. Despite Cookie Lavagetto being lost to the Navy Air Corps and trades sending Jimmy Wasdell and Pete Coscarart, the infield features Dolph Camilli Billy Herman Pee Wee Reese and Arky Vaughan with Charley Gelbert capable at short or second and Leo Durocher still active at short. Riggs at third and Jack Graham added as depth.
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Navy Air Corps
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Jimmy Wasdell
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Billy Herman
Pee Wee Reese
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Charley Gelbert
Leo Durocher
Riggs
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AAA Meeting Scheduled for Ree Heights Auditorium
A special AAAA meeting is set for Tuesday March 10 in the Ree Heights auditorium to discuss urgent farm problems. Topics include victory gardens farm prices labor issues farm credit and salvage matters facing America.
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Scalpers Award Basketball Letters Highlight Seniors and Juniors
College Scalper basketball season ends with letter awards for Captain Les Ketzback Everett Bates and juniors Cotton Wollman Cameron McGough plus freshmen Stedrowsky Eyl Johnson Whipple Houck. Inter-class round robin planned. finals next week as track prep begins with Dezarn Larson and others returning.
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Johnson
Whipple
Houck
De~zarn
Predicts Slow Baseball Death
In Knoxville Tennessee on March 10 R G Allen owner of a Southern Association club warned the war could cause a slow death for baseball. He noted that minor leagues disbanded during World War I and feared manpower shortages would gradually end operations from the smallest minors to the majors.
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Bob) Allen
International
Yankton suffers overtime exit in national tourney
In Kansas City High Point College, led by 6 foot 8 inch Keene with 22 points, defeated Yankton College 44-37 after an overtime period in the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament first round. Yankton’s Acets tied the score late from a free throw following a technical foul.
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Wilard Acets
Miami Biltmore Four Ball Links Tourney Upsets Shake Field
In Miami Florida on March 10 the Miami Biltmore four ball links tournament saw major upsets before the semifinals. Big names Sammy Snead Ralph Guldahl Craig Wood Billy Burke Jimmy Demaret Lawson Little and Horton Smith fell out. Semifinalists Chandler Harper and Herman Keiser edged Picard and Nelson one up. Hogan and Sarazen beat Barron and Penna 3 and 2. Grout and Loving won on the 37th hole against Laffoon and Revoltta while Hines and Goggin defeated Harrison and Shute one up.
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Henry Picard
Jimmy Thomson
Harry Cooper
Horton Smith
Paul Runyan
Chandler Harper
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Tony Penna
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Huron Cuo Third In Doubles Of Elks Bowling Tournament
Madison reports state Elks Bowling Tournament standings with Mitchell No 4 leading team totals at 2954 and Watertown No 2 close behind at 2798. In doubles Koenig and Lang of Mitchell top with 1249, followed by Grow and Narlen of Watertown and Jamison and Whaley of Huron. High singles totals include Phelps of Madison at 609 and Toffle mire jackson of Meterson at 603.
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Training Camp Briefs From Early Spring Games
The Yankees lost to Washington 9 to 2 in a spring exhibition breaking a 20 year AL meeting. Indians pitchers Eisenstat Dean and Ferrick set to oppose Washington. Henk Edwards drove in two runs for Cleveland. Johnny Mize, with shoulder issues, trains with the Giants while probing a big league return.
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Orlando
Flashes Of Life From The Associated Press
A collection of short, humorous or human interest vignettes from the AP wires. Highlights include a woman in Atlanta killing a mouse by falling on it while grabbing a fire poker, a man in Atlanta becoming a father after two hours in a hospital waiting room, a sugar shortage note from Denver indicating a missing box of cookies, and a car theft chase in Dul ls Oregon ending with a push to jail.
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Atlanta Constitution
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College Scores from AP Tourney in Kansas City
National intercollegiate tourney results list teams and scores from Kansas City with Simpson Iowa 59 over Portland Oregon 43 and East Texas State 43 over Pittsburg Kansas Teachers 37, including Southwestern Kan 47 and Evansville Ind 73 over Peru Neb Teachers 50.
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Neb
Trade Rumors Swirl Over Senators York Leonard Deals
Trade winds at Washington camp heat up as Detroit seeks to swap Jim Vernon and Emil Leonard for Leon hard and Buck Newsom. Rumors also link Yankees with Vernon or Leonard as Red Rolfe’s holdout heightens urgency. Newsom’s waiver price cited. Detroit hints Leonard may shift if holdout continues.
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Mickey) Vernon
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Dutch) Leonard
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Boxing scandal and college undated boxing notes reel
A round up of college boxing lore and coaching updates references a heavyweight title dispute, a trainer misstep, a naval commission for a coach, and assorted sports notes. Notable names include Stanley Williamson Eddie Arcaro Ward Lambert John Carmichael Joe Louis Lem Franklin Bob Pastor Jimmy Dykes Wallace Wade and Red Kress.
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Chicago Daily News
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Warmerdam Enters Chicago Relays for March 29 Meet
Cornelius Warmerdam, America's top pole vaulter and world record holder indoors and outdoors, was entered for the Chicago relays to be held March 29. He cleared 15 feet 7 and a quarter inches in the Boston A A games last month for his 15th over 15 feet.
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Blacksmith fires 277 in ABC bowling event at Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on March 10 21 year old freshman John DiMare a railroad blacksmith from Ashtebola Ohio led the American Bowling Congress tournament with a 277 single tying the high score in the 1942 event after opening with a split and nine strikes in his first game his overall event score stood at a high pace as officials noted his early pace in the tournament
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John DiMare
Ashtebula
Ohio
Baseball Scores From City Matches
Cleveland beat St Louis 7 to 5 and Washington won 3 to 2 against New York. Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 6 to 3 in the PCL contest.
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Boxing results from New York Baltimore and Chicago cards
New York saw Harry Jeffra defeating Jose Domingo Rozo by decision in a 127 to 12842 pound bout with Rozo from Colombia. In Baltimore Holman Williams beat Kid Tunera by decision, Tunera listed as Cuban. In Chicago Eddie Lander drew with Nick Castiglione in a 10 round welterweight bout.
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Eddie Lander
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Kotz Sets New Big Ten Scoring Record With 242
Chicago Man 10-1 Leading through most of the season, John Kotz easily won the Big Ten basket ball individual scoring race. His 242 points set a new conference record, replacing the mark of 184 established by Jewell Young in 1838 for a 12game season. The schedule was expanded to 15 games this season. Otto Graham of Northwestern finished in second place with 196. Don Smith, Minnesota was seventh with 146.
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John Kotz
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Otto Graham
Northwestern
Don Smith
Minnesota
Kimbrough Ordered to Army Duty as Lieutenant
Abilene Texas March 10. Jarrin John Kimbrough Texas A and M great All American fullback of 1939 and 40 has been ordered to duty as second lieutenant of infantry.
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