Salisbury Set To Visit Rowan In Loop Season Finale
Salisbury travels to meet the Rowan High School Bison in a pivotal Western Conference loop game. The unbeaten top seed hosts Salisbury aiming to avenge a six point loss from Salisbury earlier. Rowan trails Greensboro and High Point in the standings as they seek a strong finish.
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Yellow Jackets
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Greensboro
Jackets
Fred Swartzberg
Tony Simeon
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Mel Walker
Simeon
Glimpse of Indoor Track Rivalries and College Sports Gossip
A New York report notes a crowded indoor track scene with Greg Rice Bill Dodds and Glenn Cunningham among top milers. It mentions Dixon Mitchell and Hugh of Georgetown, plus a brief column on Hanover’s dominance and various college sports tidbits including Clark Shaughnessy Pitt contract talk and Tony Galento-Pat Kaye fight chatter.
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New York
Greg Rice
Bill Dodds
Glenn Cunningham
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Bill Bonthron
T Dodds
Earl Mitchell
Dixon
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Millrose
Recond Dixon
Boston
Georgetown
Hugh
Soldier boxer and manager debate near land on fight card
From Camp Wheeler, Ga a soldier boxer and his manager clash with a promoter over a would be bout. The boxer exaggerates his record claiming over a hundred fights while the manager pushes the fighter as terrific to secure a spot on the card.
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Camp Wheeler
Conditioning and practice shape early baseball and basketball stars
Veteran coach John Kobs argues winter drills strengthen pitchers arms and sharpen hitters eyes, while Michigan State uses a hot house schedule to train for spring Dixie trips. Joe Lapchick hails Harry Boykoff as a future basketball great, noting his pivot shot comes from hard, daily practice and effort.
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John Kobs
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Michigan State Hoge
Demonstra Hall
East Lansing
Michigan State
Spartans
Dixie
Lapchick
Boykoff
Dutch Dehnert
Celic
Joe Lapchick
Harry Boykoff
Minor Leagues Dwindle to Fourteen for 1942 Season
Only fourteen of thirty one minor leagues that began 1942 remain active for the coming season as war pressures shrink the system. Several circuits suspend operations for the duration, with the Texas and Canadian circuits undecided. At Minneapolis and Pocatello organizers vote to disband or wait on decisions, while five leagues fail to complete last season.
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New York
Minneapolis
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Ben Jones Nominates Ocean Wave for New Orleans Handicap
Trainer Ben Jones changes plan for Ocean Wave nominating the three year old to the $25,000 New Orleans handicap set for Feb 27 while keeping him a likely starter in the $15,000 Louisiana Derby on March 6. Jones says the late nomination aims to keep options open if older horses underperform. Ocean Wave could still seek the $5,000 second or $2,500 third if conditions favor him. The piece also notes Betsy Rose of Richmond, Pa., setting an unofficial lightplane altitude record of 18,200 feet.
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New Orleans
Ben Jones
Warren Wright
Ocean Wave
Jones
Wave
Betsy Rose
Richmond
Major College Tourneys Prep as Leaders Look to Postseason
The Associated Press reports no disruption in scheduling for national college basketball tournaments. Key events include the national invitational at Madison Square Garden March 18 22 27 and 29 and the Western and Eastern NCAA playoffs in Kansas City and New York City with numerous top teams like New York University St John’s Villanova and Kentucky contending across eight regions.
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Jimmie Doolittle
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Africa
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Lakehurst
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Mississippi
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Duke
George Washington
Tennessee
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NYU
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Omaha Bluejays
Omaha
Texas
Arkansas
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Southern California
Washington State
Washington
Stanford
Alsab Trainer Challenges All Comers in year
Miami agent reports trainer August Swenke touts Alsab as a bigger sensation this year and offers scale weight or weight for age challenges to all comers. Swenke says Alsab weighs about 1100 pounds after winter rest and could surpass Whirlaway’s earnings with more opportunities. He notes Alsab never ran in large futurities due to breeder doubts and ran on 16 tracks to win his earnings.
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Fla
Alsab
August “Sarge” Swenke
al Sabin
Whirlaway
Swenke
Packers Star Sets Eight NFL Pass Records
Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers set eight new receiving marks in the 1941 season including 74 receptions for 1,211 yards and 17 touchdowns. He finished eight seasons with 336 receptions for 5,515 yards and 72 touchdowns, and tied the single game catches record with 14 against New York.
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Chicago
Don Hutson
Green Bay Packers
Cecil Isbell
New York
Isbell Hutson Battery
Eure
Muny Loop Title At Stake Tonight
The Y M C A Muny League race could be decided tonight as Highland faces Amos in game two of a possible two out of three. Tipoff is set for eight with Highland aiming to secure the Muny League crown after winning the opener.
Panthers And Quakers Meet For Berth In Loop Tourney
High Point Colleges Purple Panthers face Guilford Colleges Quakers in Harrison Gym at 8 15 pm for the final North State Conference tournament berth The winner tonight joins four teams in the loop tourney opening Friday Night The college invites all Boy Scouts and High Point Junior Rangers as guests in appreciation of their salvage drive work.
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Purple Panthers
Virgil Yowg
Guilford Colleges
Quakers
Harrison Gymnasium
High Point
Guilford
Yow
Boy Scouts Organization
High Point Junior Rangers Organization
Second Round Tuesday For School Cagers
The Elementary School Gray Basketball league schedules a Tuesday afternoon second round at the YMCA gym. Emma Blair School faces Grimes Street with Ada Blair School, and Johnson Street School plays Ray Street. second teams follow. Standings show Cloverdale and Ray Street atop 1 0 1.000. Junior Hi Y basketball opens tonight at the Y with four teams, 7:30 tip, and 6:15–7:15 reserved Tuesdays for Y W girls.
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Grimes Street
Ada Blair
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Giorro Denen Ceca
Cloverdale
Elm Street
Brentwood
Y. W
Teague Award nominees named by Carolinas writers
The tribunal of North and South Carolina sports writers will vote this week on three men and three women for the Lewis E Teague memorial awards for outstanding athletic achievement. Nominees include Estelle Lawson Page Chapel Hill and June Crum Orangeburg golfers Miss Peggy Page Goldsboro swimmer Bob Gantt Duke Horace Red Benton UNC and Dewey Proctor Furman.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Lewis E. Teague
Louis Fisher
The
Carolinas Amateur Athletic Union
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
June Crum
Orangeburg
S. C
Peggy Page
Goldsboro
Bob Gantt
Duke University
Horace
Red) Benton
University of North Carolina
Dewey Proctor
Furman University
Air Corps Calls 165 At Carolina
The Army Air Corps orders 165 enlisted reservists from the University of North Carolina to report for basic training at Miami Beach, Florida, February 27. Among them are athletes Joe Austin Bodlin football captain, Vic Seixas Philadelphia tennis and basketball star, Jim White Kannapolis basketball center, Edgar Lougee Durham, Jim Hayworth High Point basketball players, Burgess Urquhart Lewiston, Arthur Bluetenthal Wilmington, Ton Trant Chapel Hill wrestlers, Bob Stockton Winston-Salem boxer, Billy Tooly Belhaven swimmer.
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Army Air Corps
University of North Carolina
Miami Beach
Fla
Joe Austin
Bodlin
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Jim White
Kannapolis
Edgar Lougee
Durham
Jim Hayworth
High Point
Missing in Action Lieutenant Zerden Reported
Mr and Mrs L E Zerden were notified by the War Department that their son Lieut Glenn Zerden aged 24 was missing in action off the North American coast.
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Hickory
L. E. Zerden
War Department
Lieut
Glenn Zerden
North American
Founder Honored at Dinner in Red Springs
President Emeritus C. C. Wardell founder of Flora Macdonald College was honored at a dinner in Red Springs on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. The article also notes a fact about the Earth’s equatorial diameter of 7 928 miles.
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Red Springs
C. C. Wardell
Flora Macdonald College
Hartley Trails In Southern Conference Scoring Race
In Richmond Virginia on February 15 Tom Peters of Davidson leads the Southern Conference scoring with 140 points in seven games at a 20-point average. Dick Hartley of North Carolina sophomore is second with 124 points in 13 league games. Fritz Nagy and Larry Gordon Garver follow, as Duke leads the team standings with eight wins and one loss. The upcoming schedule affects seedings for the Raleigh tournament.
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Bones) McKinney
N. C. State
Dick Hartley
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Larry Gordon Garver
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Seward
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