War Admiral Dominates Widener Cup at Hialeah
War Admiral won his tenth straight victory in the Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah, defeating a field of twelve. Jockey George Kernan (Kurtzinger) rode the champion to a 1 length 6 inch margin, time 2 03 2-6, earning $49,550 for owner Samuel D. Riddle and boosting earnings to $231,625, just short of Man O War's all time marks. The crowd of 23,000 gave the little brown son of Man O War a thunderous ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mickelson
Miami
Fla
Hialeah
Admiral
War Admiral
Kurtsinger
V. M. I. Wrestlers Claim Southern Conference Title
Blacksburg Virginia March 6 V M I wrestlers defeated Washington and Lee to win the sixth annual Southern conference wrestling tournament final scores 81 9 7 7 1 In the eight finals V M I crowned four individual conference champions with Washington and Lee North Carolina and Davidson securing titles alongside.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Italy Institute
Lee
Washington and Lee
North Carolina
Virginia H
Duke
Davidson
Western Kentucky Repeats in SIAA Basketball Meet
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers rallied to defeat Murray College Thoroughbreds 89 to 44 in Bowling Green to clinch the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball title for the second straight year.
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Western Kentucky
Bowling Green
Hilltoppers
Murray College
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
German Pastor Niemoeller’s Future Doubtful
Berlin dispatch reports the fate of Rev. Martin Niemoeller, leader of Protestant opposition to Nazi control, remains unclear. The Gestapo and police dispute whether he is in Berlin or at Sachsenhausen, after a court freed him citing time served.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoelier
Propaganda Ministry
Sachsenhausen
Niemoellin
Gestapo
Tar Heels Card 23 Ball Games
The University of North Carolina baseball team schedules 23 spring games including Dartmouth Cornell Navy matchups. Notable dates: March 29 Richmond at home and April 4 Dartmouth at home, with multiple battles against Wake Forest Virginia and Navy.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Mar
University of North Carolina
Dartmouth
Cornell
Navy
Richmond
Washington and Lee
Davidson
Raeford
Wake Forest
Virginia
Vv. M. I
N. C. State
Maryland
Duke
Greensboro
Hemphill Wins Florida East Coast Golf Championship
Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia South Carolina rallied from two holes down at the turn to defeat Mrs. Jane Cothran Jameson of Greenville in 19 holes. Hemphill birdied the 18th and clinched victory on the extra hole as Jameson three‑putted.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
8. C
Florida East Coast
Jane Cothran Jameson
Greenville
F. C
Mrs. Jameson
Miss Hemphill
Officials Named for National Collegiate Boxing Meet
T M Carruthers announced the staff for the National Collegiate boxing tournament to be held in Charlottesville March 31 April 1 and 2. The four officials are Dr John A Lukas of New York Alfred Allie Wolff Cornell boxing coach Edward Brockman of Baltimore and Lecter Craft of Portsmouth. More than 200 member schools invited. entries due March 21.
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Charlottesville
War
T. M. Carruthers
John A. Lukas
New York
Alfred
Allie) Wolff
Cornell University
Edward Brockman
Baltimore
Lecter Craft
Portsmouth
Airliner Missing Over Sierra Faces Snowy Search
Fresno reports clouds and forecast snow hinder the effort to locate the airliner missing since Tuesday with nine aboard. Rescue parties fear wreckage may be scattered and buried in deep Sierra snow. experts note light and sound speeds in the atmosphere.
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Fresno
Calif
Uew
Sierra
Unyielding Stance Feared to Stir Public Upset
Repeatedly refusing to promise actions his conscience cannot accept, the subject faced Gestapo warnings of harsher punishment if he provoked further unrest. Police were still trying to persuade him to abandon his stance for his own good.
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Peatedly
Gestapo
Appalachian State Dominates High Point In Tough Meet
Appalachian State wrestling remained undefeated and defeated High Point 23 to 4 as Dick Johnson of High Point won the lone match. The meet featured seven Appalachian pitchers remaining unbeaten this season and captain Lawrence Summey drawing Morris in the 165 bound.
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Appalachian State
High Point Y. M. C. A
High Point
Dick Johnson
Smith
Summey
Morris
Charlie Parks
Gaskill
Appalachian
Miller
Gregory
Lawrence Summey
Parks
White
Clocfelter
Barnhill
Sudan
Wood
Opponent For Harden Sought For Upcoming Card
Promoter Jack Smith seeks a top heavyweight to fight Hardrock Harden on a card within a month after Harden dominated Jake Denning Friday. Potential foes include Carl Knowles of Savannah Ga Al Massey of Charlotte and Buck Everette of Asheville each with solid heavyweight records. Harden’s recent KO win thrilled fans and showcased his durable to offense.
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Hardrock Harden
Jack Smith
Smith
Harden
Jake Denning
Carl Knowles
Savannah
al Massey
Charlotte
Buck Everette
Asheville
North Carolina
Denning
Columbia Wins Indoor Track Championship
Columbia University clinched the Intercollegiate A.A.A. indoor track team title at Madison Square Garden with 27 points, narrowly over Manhattan College. Ben Johnson and Herb Weast led Columbia with a 2-3 finish in the final broad jump and a 1-2 in the 60-yard dash, while Anson Perina of Princeton set the meet broad jump record at 24 feet 2 inches.
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Alan Gould
New York
Columbia University
Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Columbia
Ben Johnson
Herb Weast
Johnson
Anson Perina
Princeton
Artie Byrnes
Jaspers
Yale
Cornell
Rhode Island State
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Fordham
Amherst
Boston College
Northeastern
Colgate
Pennsylvania
Brown
Massachusetts Tech
Levine's Body Sought In Lake
New Rochelle N Y March 5 police searched a Bronx lake for 12 year old Peter Levine missing since February 24 amid uncertainty if hoax or real kidnapping. Murray LeVine and his wife hoped for safe return and ransom not met, as calls from distant callers influenced the inquiry. Rabbi Abraham Nowak was named in a ransom note but involvement remains unclear. Federal and local officers stepped back at Levine's request.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
New York
Bronx
Peter Levine
Hir
Murray Lee
Peter
New York City
Levine
Abraham Nowak
Bermuda Bans Automobiles and Aster Name Origin
The note recalls that Bermuda forbids cars. It also explains that the aster flower name stems from Latin astra meaning star, linking botany to linguistic roots.
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Bermuda
Sugar Bowl Dates Moved to January 2 in New Orleans
The Sugar Bowl game next year will be played on Monday January 2 instead of New Year's Day since it falls on a Sunday, according to the Mid-Winter Sports association.
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New Orleans
Mid-Winter Sports Association
Camera Finish Decides Rich Race Classic
Stagehand, a colt owned by Maxwell Howard and trained by Earl Sande, won the $100 000 Santa Anita handicap in a camera finish by a nose over Scalisuit. Jockey Nick Wall guided the 3 year old son of Sickle Stagecraft to a track record time of 2 01 3 5 for the mile and one quarter. Gosum placed fourth behind Pompon and top row broke down after finishing in the back of the field.
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Robert Myers
Santa Anita Park
Los Angeles
Stagehand
Scalissuit
Maxwell Howard
King
Earl Sande
Howard
Florida
Nick Wall
Sickle
Stagecraft
Azucar
Jerome H.louchheim
Seabiscuit
Gosum
Nelson A. Howard
A. A. Baroni
Aneroid
Star Shadow
Sceneshifter
Warfellow
Woodberry
Frexo
Whidhcee
Amor Brujo
Count Atlas
Primulus
Top Row
Time Supply
Townsman
Ligaroti
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Widener
Charlie Kurtsinger
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Ilderton
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Plymouth
Don Lash
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Pendleton
Ind
Rollie Hemsley
St. Louis Browns
Hemsley
Tar Heels
Jane Cothran
Jameson
Glen Cunningham
Mercury
Kansas
Cunningham Hun
Darmouollege
Crack Mountaineer
Cision
Perdue
Evans
A Qusin
Dey
Luke Sewell
Rip
Plant CI
Jone
Ruett
Rip” Sewell
Lions Shade Manhattan
Lake
Bronx Lake
Neal’s Auto Service
South Main Street
Joel Kuhel
Washington
Clark Griffith
Orlando
Nationals
Howard Colt
MR. Clark Smith
Cult
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Cannon-Fetzer Company
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