Durham meets Bison for state crown tonight
Durham high, the Cinderella team, faces High Point High's Black Bison in the North Carolina double-A state title game at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham. Earlier, High Point beat Burlington 30 25 to advance, while Durham defeated Wilmington 47 34 in a high‑stakes semifinal showing strong guard play and a balanced attack led by Eugene Nichols.
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Durham
Bison
Burlington
Bill Hackney
Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham High
High Point High
Black Bison
North Carolina
High Point
Bur-ington
Wilmington
Bulldogs
Port City Crew
Jack Powell
Greensboro
Eugene Nichols
Harold Bowden
Gerland Sauls
Matthews
Camp Lejeune
Hanes
Kinston
Jerry Paschal
Buell Moser
Ken Yarborough
Moser
Powell
Yarborough
Paschal
Wilson
Husky Frank Hassell
Aid Yarborough
Charlie Bryant
Bulldog
Warren Burns
Bob Burgess
McIntyre
Tony Simeon
Winston-Salem Reynolds
Hassell
Dick Crowder
Don Opens NIT Title Quest In New York Seeded Teams Sit
The 1951 NIT opens in New York with San Francisco, last year’s Cinderella, unseeded and facing CCNY in the day’s first game. Western Kentucky meets Niagara, La Salle hosts Arizona, Long Island faces Syracuse, while seeds Bradley Kentucky Duquesne St Johns sit out today awaiting quarterfinals next week.
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Milo Farneti
A. P
New York
San Francisco
Dons
City College of New York
Pete Newell
CCNY
Western Kentucky
Niagara
Western
LaSalle
Arizona
Long Island
Syracuse
Bradley
Associated Press
Kentucky
Duquesne
St. John’s
St. John's
LIU
Durham Wilmington triple header closes tourney with low turnout
At Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham on March 11 attendance for the final game of the triple header drew about 2,000 as the State high school tournament continued amid lukewarm crowds. Reports note several players and teams in the class A and AA divisions, with Kinston and Hanes of Winston-Salem highlighted as strong clubs.
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Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham
Wilmington
Kinston and
Hanes
Winston-Salem
Snead Sets Course Record in Miami Open Golf Lead
Sam Snead shot a 66 to lead the Miami Beach $10,000 invitational after 36 holes at Normany Isle, two strokes ahead of Chandler Harper and Johnny Palmer. Walter Burkemo and Cary Middlecoff tied for third at 140, with Frank Stranahan and Tom Sullivan leading the amateurs at 145.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Sammy Snead
Snead
Normany Isle
Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
S.sarper
Johnny Palmer
Badin
N. C
Palmer
Normany
Bayshore
Walter Burkemo
Franklin, Mich
Cary Middlecoff
Mond Beach
Memphis
Tenn
Harper
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Tommy Sullivan
University of Miami
Moran hits Cairo front pages with black shorts tennis row
Gussie Moran and Pat Todd won the ladies doubles at the Egyptian international in Cairo. Papers led with Moran's black shorts drawing editorials and controversy while Princess Faiza presented the cup. Moran comments that she is surprised at the newspapers.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gertrude
Gussie
Moran
Pat Todd
Faiza
le Progres
California
The
Gazette
Journal de Egypte
Exhibition Slates Open For Proof Of New Talent
In Tampa on March 11 1950 the major league exhibition schedule begins with 16 clubs across Miami and Pasadena. rookies must prove themselves in 18 game loops and city series to open in mid April. new managers Bucky Harris and Luke Sewell take charge amid challenges for second division clubs.
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Tampa
Fla
Citation
Ruth
Miami
Pasadena
Calif
Indians
Giants
Too
St. Louis
Sportsman's Park
Philadelphia Phils
A’s
Shibe Park
Boston Red Sox
Braves
Florida
Boston
Chicago
Cubs
White Sox
California
Bucky Harris
Washington
Luke Sewell
Cincinnati
Bison Win Behind Hammond in Burlington Final
Billy Hammond aged 13 of Burlington pursues a steal on Powell as Durham advances to face Durham in the finals after a 30 to 25 victory. Photo credit goes to Charlie Cooper of The Durham Herald.
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Frank Hassell
Ken Yarborough
Charlie Bryant
Jerry Paschal
Jack Powell
Charlie Cooper
The
Durham Herald
Billy Hammond
Burlington
Powell
Bison
Durham
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Bill Kirkman
Bryant
Pasichal
High Point High School
Hackney
By Bill Hackney
Jim
Jim Foxworth
Elwood Bringle
Charlie Cudd
Tom Scott
Jerry Gerard
State
Everett Case
Butter Anderson
Wolfpack
Gerard
Scott
Bob Jamieson
Frank Madden
Jamieson
Madden
Jerry Husser
Lou Bello
Joe Mills
Mills Twins
Belle
Husser
Joe
Jim Mills
Mooresville
Baseball Moors
Norman Small
Charlie Knight
Red Devils
Rutherfordton - Spindale
Bituaia
Chandler
Sam Snead
James F. Fowler
A.P
West Virginia
Gussie Moran
Jack Hand
Phoenix
Cleveland
St. Pete
al Longfield
Brooklyn Clan
Yanks
Ebbetts Field
Yankee
Burlington Bulldogs
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