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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1947
Page
7
William and Mary's basketball team overwhelmed Washington and Lee 58 to 37 in Williamsburg. The win improves the Tribe to 6 0 in Southern Conference play with six straight victories and boosts hopes for standings.
COCOA Florida March 1 The umpire shortage eased by government aid as GI bill funded training at a new umpire school. 196 students in first class 105 in second with 95 percent GI. Willie Duke of Durham Carolina League and Roman Bentz ex Yankee football star seek new careers. George Peterson air corps veteran holds silver star DFC and air medal with six clusters.
North Carolina’s Tar Heels enter the tenth annual Southern Conference wrestling championship at Virginia Military Institute as slight favorites after an unbeaten run in conference action and a win over the Naval Academy. Host VMI, the Keydets, beat five clubs but fell to UNC 15 11 in a previous encounter.
Faultless, a smaller stablemate of Armed, led the field around the final turn and romped to victory by four lengths at Hialeah. He earned first money of 49500 dollars as 2,733 cases marked Minnesota the hardest hit in the 1946 infantile paralysis outbreak in the United States.
Pepsi-Cola of Winston-Salem and Archdale Grocery captured top honors in the Gold Medal finals at the YMCA. Triangle defeated V. F. W. for the Class A crown led by Vincent Cale and Woody Thomas scoring 14 each. Tomlinson’s girls fell to Pepsi-Cola 42 35 in the women’s final. Archdale Grocery edged Hill's Motors 45 29 for Class B.
Davidson college closed its 1947 basketball season with a 67 to 55 victory over the College of Charleston in Charleston. The Cougars, missing three regulars, faded after a 35-26 halftime cushion as Bill Brown and Ernie Nelson sparked Charleston rallies early in the second period. The Wildcats then controlled the rest of the game.
In Ormond Beach Florida Mildred Babe Zaharias wins a 45 foot putt for birdie on the 19th in a playoff to reach the finals of the South Atlantic golf tournament Peggy Kirk Findlay Ohio defeats Polly Riley Fort Worth Texas 3 and 2 in the other semi final match Final set for tomorrow at 7 30 p m Zaharias and Kirk to duel for title both players shot 72 one over par and set new course records for women Patty Berg and Virginia Van Wie previously held the mark at 73
Bruce Woodcock, British heavyweight champion, defeats influenza but postpones his scheduled clash with American Joe Baksi until next month. Promoter Jack Solomons says managers agreed to move the March 25 bout, with a world title shot likely for the winner against Joe Louis.
Olhaverry, a 15-1 Chilean import, won the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap at Arcadia. Jockey Melvin Peterson rode Oldaverry to victory, beating Stitch Again by one length as Armed faded in the stretch. The mile and a quarter race yielded a winner’s share of $100,000 and set a new track parimutuel record of 1,044,331 dollars in bets.
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