High Point Black Bison Win North Carolina State Title
The High Point High School Black Bison defeated the Durham Bulldogs 37 to 34 in Chapel Hill to claim the North Carolina state basketball championship. Melvin Walker and Alvin Loftis led scoring for High Point, with Malcolm Earp, Carlton, and Crowder strong for Durham. the win ends five years of Durham dominance.
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Duke Juniors and Star Soph Carry Hopes In Conference Tourney
Four juniors and a high scoring sophomore power Duke to defend its Southern Conference crown in Raleigh. Gordon Carver and Bob Gantt join juniors Bubber Seward Garland Loftis and Cedric Loftis as the core in the tourney opener. Duke meets VMI with the title on the line as the 22nd conference tourney unfolds.
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Boxing and sports mix in school culture and drills
A roundup of sport and boxing notes from Carlisle to Syracuse. The piece discusses school boxing and wrestling, the Army's role, and a note on miners’ rescue, with various former players and coaches moving into service roles. It mentions Joe Barvich and Nick Barovieh and references tear gas at a basketball game.
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Utah
Winchell Aims at North Training for Florida Baseball
Frank Winchell voices Jacksonville support for northern spring training saying Florida lacks room yet would benefit as players seek warmth. He argues after a couple of years teams will prefer warmer sites and return happier to the state.
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Frank Winchell
Jacksonville
Fla
North
War Bond Drive Aims At $1 Billion For Louis Conn Boxing Event
Mike Jacobs predicts up to 1 billion dollars in War Bond sales tied to a Louis Conn boxing promotion in June with possible 2.5 million for the Red Cross if timed right. Madison Square Garden could host a 1 million dollar event on March 19 featuring Willie Pep vs Sammy Angott. Plans involve Corp Barney Ross and Army Relief use of proceeds for service men while Sper and Scully explore touring sports spectacles for armed forces.
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Guadalcanal
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Sammy Angott
Joe Louis
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Norman Sper
Washington
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North Africa
Sper
Frank Scully
Stevie Brooks Boots Home Winners On A Hurry
Jockey Stevie Brooks nicknamed Little Stevie has a habit of winning four races on single afternoons. Born in 1921 in Mee Cook County, Nebraska, he began riding young and rose quickly. In two years he hit seven four-win days and became Chicago district riding champ for two seasons with 189 wins in a year and high purses. He rode mainly in the Midwest and at Hawthorne, showing steady rise in a tough sport.
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New York
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Little Stevie
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Stevie
New Orleans
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Chicago
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Havanna
Mid-West
With Regards
West Virginians Lead Tennessee Basketball Team Captains
West Virginia juniors Richard Mehen and Ted Cook were elected co captains of Tennessee 1943 44 basketball team. Both were standout players for the Vols as they won the SEC championship at Louisville. They are in the armed forces and may be unavailable next year if basketball continues. The War Department faces transportation issues and the USO might help move show personnel.
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Tenn
West Virginia
Richard Mehen
Wheeling
Ted Cook
Beckley
Tennessee
Vols
Louisville
Marines Introduce Western Boxing to China
United States Marines showcase Western boxing in China introducing the sport to local audiences and trainees as part of cultural exchange.
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United States Marines
What You Buy With WAR BONTS
Thousands of American house wives plan to buy an electric mangle, a time saving device, but it is unavailable as manufacturers focus on war goods. Buy War Bonds to save and to finance planes guns ships and munitions for the Army Navy and Marines. Your purchases speed the war’s end. You've Done Your Bit Now Do Your Best. U S Treasury Department.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Mike Jacobs Weighs Outdoor Fight Plan For New York
New York promoter Mike Jacobs considers scheduling afternoon outdoor boxing shows this summer at Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds. One proposed bout would pair Willie Pep the featherweight champion with Beau Jack the lightweight champion, both holding New York commission approval.
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Mike Jacobs
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Willie Pep
Beau Jack
New York Commission
Pearl Harbor Marines Stationed in Hawaiian Islands
U S Marines in Pearl Harbor Hawaii are stationed there reportedly named for the presence of pearl oysters, noted as the only such shells found in the islands.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
Hawaiian Islands
Southern Intercollegiate Tourney Opens At Tuskegee Today
The 10th annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball tournament starts in Tuskegee Alabama with defending champion Florida A&M unranked in seeds. South Carolina State is seeded first followed by Xavier Morris Brown and Clark. Finals set for Saturday night.
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Virginia Military Institute
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N. C. State
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Southern Conference
Raleigh
North Carolina
Tuskegee
Ala
P—Paly
Florida A. & M
South Carolina State
Xavier
Morris Brown
Clark
Post War Sports Program Will Be Nation's Biggest
SPORANF Wash March 4 The end of the war will bring America the biggest competitive sports program the nation has ever seen says Col Ted Bank chief of the athletic and recreation branch of the war department and former University of Idaho football coach Soldiers here and abroad benefit from a program so large in some respects it defies comprehension He predicts expanding schedules in a long occupation period for enemy countries and says when the kids return they will be keenly conscious of combative sports.
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America
Ted Bank
War Department
University of Idaho
Coeahh
Camel exhibit ends in tragedy at Boston museum
A camel shown in Boston years ago was mounted by a U.S. Marine. The animal toppled the Marine and the camel died. The Marine suffered a broken collar bone in the incident.
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