Panthers Favored as Gastonia Visits for 8:15 Clash
Gastonia High Green Wave travels from western North Carolina to face Tony Simeon’s Gastonia cagers in a 8:15 p.m. showdown at the local high school gym. A 6:45 p.m. junior varsity game precedes the tilt with a ticketed clash that does not affect conference standings due to Gastonia’s withdrawal from the Western Conference.
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John RK. Haworth
Gastonia High
North Carolina
Tony Simeon
Leo Morgan
Gastonia
Joop
Porter Sheppard
Greensboro
Gastons
Simeon
John Crowder
Rick Pugh
Mel Walker
Junius Idol
Harry Rothrock
Walker
Jimmy Foxworth
Foxworth
Idol
Biall
Jelry Jenson
Crowder
Pugh
Leroy Collins
W. R. Benson
High Point Panthers poised for top seed in North State tourney
High Point College Panthers, coached by C Virgil Yow, enter the North State Conference tournament as heavy favorites with a record of 1 loss in 22 games. Key players include 6'8" Bill Keene, Hilliard Nance, Del Malfregeot, Captain Jerry Counihan, and George Lemny. Elon, Appalachian, Catawba, Lenoir Rhyne, Western Carolina Teachers, and Guilford compete for the title. semis likely to feature High Point versus Elon, with Catawba as a potential dark horse.
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C. Virgil Yow
High Point College Panthers
Yow
Purple Panther Ardiauns
Ion Court
Panthers
Keene Wheelhorse
Bill Keene
Panther
Keene
Hilliard Nance
Elon
Nance
del Malfregeot
Jerry Counihan
George Iemny
Appalachian
Gang of
Mountain Boys
High Point
Horace Hendrickson
Towns
Hendrickson
Catawba
Salisbury Indians
Bears
Lenoir-Rhyne
Western Carolina Teachers
A. CC
Guilford
Auburn Stars Lead SEC Scoring as 1942 Tournament Draw Set
Auburn senior Frank Manci and guard Shag Hawkins led the league in scoring as Auburn wrapped the season. Manci finished with 83 field goals and 26 free throws for 192 points in 14 games, Hawkins 66 field goals and 41 fouls for 173. LSU’s Lefty John Chaney was third with 156 in 10 games. Four teams seeded for the Louisville tournament February 26–28, with matchups including LSU vs Georgia Tech, Alabama, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Tulane, and more, leading to a final on Saturday night.
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Atlanta
Frank Manci
Shag Hawkins
Auburn
Louisville
Manci
Hawkins
Lefty
John Chaney
Louisiana State
LS. U
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Mississippi State
Georgia
Tennessee
Tylane
Vanderbilt
Mississippi
Florida
Kentucky
Tech
Tulane
Vanderbilt-Auburn
Florida-Ientucky
Brown to Celebrate Commencement With First Postwar Game
Brown University plans a commencement week baseball game with Dartmouth as the opponent marking the first such event since 1931. A February 23 dateline notes the plan and details. In a separate item, major league all stars will meet a Pacific Coast League picked team at Gilmore Field, Hollywood on March 8, with proceeds for crippled children and service men funds.
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Los Angeles
Gilmore Field
Hollywood
Crippled Children
Sports Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr at Madison Square Garden
New York reports a busy sports week with figures across basketball hockey and track at Madison Square Garden. Notable items include Carl Bell on Arkansas football income tax, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson steering Cleo Shans, and Frank Menke on Alsab's Derby prospects. Browns stock sale aims to raise cash. Torger Tokle prepares for Royal Norwegian Air Force duty while Mario Tonelli serves as a private in the Philippines. Elis Gimbel gifts Philmont Golf Club governors with half a dozen golf balls.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Rangers
Ogee
Ole Olsen
Chic Johnson
Cleo Shans
Los Angeles
Frank Menke
Alsab
Whirlaway
Cleaning the cuff Welterweight Champ Red Cochrane leaves hospital
Welterweight champion Red Cochrane is slated to depart the naval hospital in Newport tomorrow. Ty Cobb plans to desert Palo Alto to spend March in Florida. Rochester's pro basketball squad aims to stay for Chicago, but Al Cervi may be unable to obtain furlough from Fort Niagara, Gus Broberg cannot leave his post, Paul Nowak may be in the Navy by tournament time, and Johnny Moir is unsure about attendance. The manager and the water boy doubt they can win alone.
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Red Cochrane
Naval Hospital
Newport
Ty Cobb
Palo Alto
Calif
Florida
Rochester
Chicago
al Cervi
Fort Niagara
Gus Broberg
Paul Nowak
Navy
Johnny Moir
Seven Conference Titles To Be Decided This Week
HAROLD CLAASSEN notes a week of title decisions across NCAA conferences including Southeast, Eastern Intercollegiate, Big Ten, Big Six, Southwest, Missouri Valley and Big Seven, plus Pacific Coast League playoff participants. Kentucky led by chance to defend against Tennessee, with Duke and others meeting in key showdowns.
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Harold Claassen
New York
Mason-Lixon Line
Lexington
Sxy
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Vols
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Oxford
Duke
Raleigh
Ni C
Blue Devils
George Washington
Maryland
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
Missouri Valley
Creighton
Oklahoma A & M
Stillwater
Kansas
Oklahoma
Sooners
Iowa State
Illinois
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Indiana
Illini
Pacific Coast
Washington State
Stanford
University of Oregon
Washington
Southern California
Los Angeles
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Long Island
Canisius
Brooklyn
Rhode Island State
Maine
New Hampshire
Big Five Set for Play Next Week in Southern Tourney
Raleigh report notes North Carolina's four of five Big Five teams finish regular schedules this week with 12 games and peak for the Southern Conference tournament March 5-7 in Raleigh. Duke and Wake Forest had clinched berths. NC State earned a spot with a 44-38 upset of Wake Forest. Davidson remains ineligible. Duke and UNC clash in Durham Friday after DC Colonials upset Duke in conference play.
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North Carolina
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Wake Forest
Maryland
N. C. State
Red Terrors
Davidson
Wildcats
Four Die As Akron Hotel Is Destroyed By Fire
Fire razed the Eleanor Hotel at High and Market streets in downtown Akron. Three women and three men perished, with tentative IDs naming Mrs. Margaret Barrett, Effie Hinton, Mrs. Mary Shannon, Paul Franklin Springston, Chet Talkington, and an unidentified man. Two more residents, Carl Blankenship and his wife Blanche, suffered severe burns.
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Akron
Eleanor
High and
Market Streets
Margaret Barrett
Effie Hinton
Mary Shannon
Paul
Franklin Springston
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chet Talkington
Carl Blankenship
Blanche
Three Killed in Henderson Crossing Collision
Three occupants of an automobile were killed when it collided with a southbound train at a grade crossing in Henderson. The victims were Peter Davis and his nephew and niece, Fom and Jessie Davis. FRANCO'S FATHER DIES MADRID, Feb. 23. Gen Nicolas Franco, father of Francisco Franco, died at 86 after retirement and illness. Eight times as many people are killed or injured annually as die from natural causes. Metal will conduct heat away from the hand rapidly in the arctic. That hand is burned. Colorado may clinch third Big Seven title by defeating Brigham Young at Boulder Saturday. Arkansas and Rice tied for top with a possible finish. Rice meets Baylor at Houston Tuesday. West Texas State clattering to ward border conference flag. Toledo, Notre Dame and Bradley Tech strong in Midwest. San Francisco and Santa Clara cause headaches along West Coast 2 to West Virginia and Penn State in Mid-Atlantic mee.
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Henderson
Peter Davis
Fom
Jessie Davis
Rocky Mountain Colorado
Brigham Young
Boulder
Arkansas
Rice
Razorbacks
Southern Methodist
Baylor
Houston
Texas
Austin
West Texas State
Toledo
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San Francisco
Santa Clara
West Virginia
Penn State
Rough Tough Boxers Needed by Levinsky
Philadelphia February 23 Battling Levinsky former light heavyweight champion urges tougher fighters. He mocks modern boxers for refined manners and praises rough men like Gunboat Smith Harry Greb Fitzsimmons Brennan and Dempsey. Levinsky, 51 and a steel worker with 350 fights and nearly $500000 earned, notes most went to real estate and vanished in hard times.
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Philadelphia
Levinsky
Gunboat Smith
Harry Greb
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bill Brennan
Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis
Battler
Tin Whistles Golf Play Opens at Pinehurst Tuesday
Pinehurst reports the Tin Whistles annual championship runs from Tuesday to Thursday on all three Pinehurst Country Club courses. Favorites include George T. Dunlap Jr and James Y. Hunter, with defending champ Richard S. Tufts, plus Robinson Cook and Howard Kenworthy challenging.
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Pinehurst
George T. Dunlap, Jr
James YT. Hunter
Pinehurst Country Club
Richard S. Tufts
Robinson Cook
Howard Kenworthy
Inexpensive Cedar Chest and Household Tips
Reader Q and A share practical how tos including building a cedar chest from soft wood with cedar oil inside and cedar chips for preservation. Other tips cover removing fruit stains with corn meal and vinegar, keeping mice away with cayenne pepper, and note a Charlemagne era rosé bush in Germany alongside statistics on England and Wales population and pensioners.
Mangrum Is In The Money in New Orleans Open
Lloyd Mangrum sits second in the year’s money list for the PGA with $2,108, trailing Ben Hogan’s $3,958. He won the New Orleans $5,000 open by shooting 281, aided by clutch chip-ins, beating Sam Snead and Lawson Little by one stroke. The tour moves to St Petersburg for a $5,000 open March 4-6.
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New Orleans
Lloyd Mangrum
Ben Hogan
Mabgrum
Hogan
Fred Corcoran
Association
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Lawson Little
San Francisco
Chick Herbert
Battle Creek
Mich
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Jimmy Thomson
Herman Barron
White Plains
Harry Cooper
Minneapolis
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
St. Petersburg
Fila
Mangrum
Eight games set for Tuesday in elementary league
Tomorrow the Elementary Schools Basketball League schedules eight games. At 3:00 Grimes St. faces Brentwood, with reserves of both teams at 3:15, then Emma Blair plays Johnson St. at 3:30, Elm St. versus Oak Hill at 4:00 followed by reserves, and Ray St. against Cloverdale at 4:30 with reserves of those teams at 4:15.
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Grimes St
Brentwood
Emma Blair
Johnson St. Peeses
Elm St
Oak Hill
Ray St
Cloverdale
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Modern Etiquette Questions From RobertaLex column
A reader asks if a signature should be typed on a social letter and whether signatures require ink. Answers say signatures should not be inked. Other Qs cover turning back long gloves at dinner, which is discouraged, and guests offering drink suggestions only if asked. A note about humans getting lost near home versus birds traveling vast distances adds a curious aside.
Cotton-Top Loftis Shines For Duke In Reserve Cadre
Garland Loftis, Duke sophomore guard nicknamed Cotton Top, has earned a permanent spot on the Blue Devils honor roll as part of Eddie Cameron's reserve corps. The Duke prodigy starred with five nets at Raleigh to lift Duke over NC State 53-48, then heads to College Park to face Maryland before returning home to host Villanova’s Gobblers at Duke Gym.
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Duke University
Garland
Cotton) Loftis
Cedric
Durham High School
Eddie Cameron
Crack
Blue Devils
N. C. State
Red Terrors
Raleigh
College Park
Duke
Maryland
Duke Gymnasium
Luminary Seeks National Field Trial Crown in Final Brace
Luminary, defending national free-for-all field trial champion, competes today against rivals including Ariel and Freebooter as 35 dogs from across the circuit vie for the highest honor and a $1,000 prize. The trials run over Hobart Ames plantation grounds in three hour heats, with weather possibly delaying the schedule.
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Grand Junction
Tenn
Ariel
A. G. Cy Sage
New York
S. Getty
Freeport
Sage
Hobart Ames
Hillbright Susanna
Setter
M. J. Dudley
Greenville
8. C
Mercer Millie
Pointer
B. C. Gass
Cleveland
Ohio
Congersman II
J. V. Conran
New Madrid
Babbitt
Peerless Pride
Set
Two Games Tonight In Amateur League
Amateur League double header features Quality Furniture against Lindale Dairy at 7 30 and Thomasville Chair versus High Point Weaving at 8 30 both at the Y M C A standings show Lindale Dairy 6 1 Quality Furniture 1 0 Thomasville Chair 1 0 High Point Weaving 0 1.
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Quality Furniture
Lindale Dairy
Thomasville
High Point
Thomasville Chair
High Point Weaving
Eo Bon Ee Te
Look and Learn Quiz Answers and Trivia List
A compiled Q and A set asks for the Latin phrase for the current state, the founder nationality of Nobel, U S annual egg consumption, world’s most popular drink, and the nanny quote. It also notes Napoleon Bonaparte as the quote origin, Italy has 2485 cinemas with 1 063 800 seats, and the Coast Guard aided 9 353 vessels in 1939.
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Albred Nobel
United States
Napoleon Boneparte
Everett Heseman Favored In Ashton Dog Derby
Everett Heseman, winner of the Cedar Butte derby, is the favorite in the 26th annual Ashton dog derby in Idaho. Heseman, racing only three seasons, has won the Ashton classic twice with his crossed staghound and Irish setter stock, and he is among 13 drivers fielding seven-dog teams for today’s race.
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Ashton
Idaho
Everett Heseman
Heseman
Midland and Market Wise Favored for Handicap
Miami news focuses on horse racing favorites Midland and Market Wise for the Wide ner Handicap on March 7. Midland won an overnight conditioning race by out-footing a small field, while Market Wise, bought for 500 dollars by Louis Tufano, delivered a brilliant performance in the McLennan Handicap, beating a strong field.
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Miami
Fla
Midland
Market Wise
Richea
Charles S. Howard
Midand
Louis Tufano
McLennan
Zion Lutheran Urges Attendance For Lenten Services
El Paso Texas The Rev Theo H W Evers urged Zion Lutheran members to attend Lenten services. He said watchmen will be stationed to protect your tires in the church area amid safety concerns.
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EL Paso
Tex
Theo HW. Evers
Zion Lutheran
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