Duke Durham tournament finals feature unknowns and Greensboro snub
The Duke Durham schoolboy basketball event ended with two unfamiliar finalists and no Greensboro bid. Officials blamed for invitations dispute, while Durham and Wilmington exited early. Southern high of Baltimore and Frankfort, Kentucky won the title, a match viewed as distant and less compelling to fans.
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Greensboro
Durham
Wilmington
Southern High School
Baltimore
Frankfort
Kentucky
Durham High
Last Quarter Tally Counts For 7-6 Win
High Point college's Purple Panthers won 7-6 in a spring intra-squad scrimmage final after a late fourth quarter score. Hardy Maxwell connected with Joe Penland for a 45 yard pass in the second quarter for the White tally. Otis Chapman blocked a White punt late, setting up Bob Edwards for the decisive score.
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Horace Billings
High Point College
Purple Panthers
Hardy Maxwell
Joe Penland
Glenn Painter
Otis Chapman
High Point
Carl Tipton
Bob Edwards
Thurman Horney
Debeny
Edwards
Panther
James
Pointer Collegians
Locking
Maxwell
Chapman
North Carolina basketball teams push for strong statewide bids
The author argues that High Point Greensboro Salisbury Durham Asheville and Raleigh should provide ample competition to Charlotte so the Wildcats keep focus on the state. They urge top North Carolina programs take priority in Duke Durham tourney bids over lesser known or distant teams.
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High Point
Greensboro
Salisbury
Durham
Asheville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Wildcats
North Carolina
Mexican Leaders Seek Baseball Peace With U S
Two U S baseball leaders propose a peace between the United States and Mexico. J Alvin Gardner of the Texas league and Andy Cohen of El Paso in the Mexican National league discuss cooperation and training exchanges in Mexico City as part of expanding to a potential AAA level cross border league with Mexico City as a host. Gardner envisions a Mexican league joining the U S system. Cohen hopes to bring U S teams to Mexico City for training.
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U. S
J. Alvin Gardner
Andy Cohen
New York Giant
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Gardner
A. B. Chandler
William G. Bramham
Cohen
Aztecas
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Toronto
Highline Guards Seize 8 Points in 15 Seconds
In a Puget Sound league game Highline defeated Kent by one point as guard Jim Hogan scored eight quick points in 15 seconds. He opened with a basket then intercepted three passes under the basket and converted each turnover into a score.
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Tighline High School
Kent
Jim Hogan
Fordham Mile Relay Earns Predicted Three Points
Fordham University track coach Rog Giegen expects three points from the mile relay at the IC4A meet and his squad delivers, securing the anticipated tally.
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New York
Rog Giegengack
Fordham University
Newcomers To Aid Catawba Baseball Team
SALISBURY March 16 With ten lettermen and a large crop of promising newcomers out for baseball drills at Catawba college Coach Gordon Kirkland expects to field a seasoned nine when competition begins next month A total of 35 candidates have been working out at the college ball park and Kirkland indicated he would prune the squad to 25 next week returning veterans from the 1945 team include Lamar Dorton Jack Taylor and others plus war veterans Tony Georgiana Jake Almond and Lefty Lisk new prospects include Robert Williams Gene Cruise Charles Richardson and Bill Jarret with conference play expected to expand this season and schedule to be announced soon
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Lamar
Dorton
Jack Taylor
Charlie Gabriel
Lincolnton
Jake Lyerly
Bill Poole
R. A. Bost
Hickory
Charlie Clements
Bessemer City
Tony Georgiana
Jake Almond
J. W
Gene Cruise
Charles Richardson
Bill Jarret
Catawba
Lenoir Rhyne
Kirkland
Indians
Hawks and Hartley Named Bison Cage Captains
Bill Hartley and Jack Hawks were named co captains of the Black Bison basketball team for next year by Coach Tony Simeon. Curtis McDonald earned team MVP honors, reflecting a standout season that saw Hartley rise to a starting role and Hawks contribute as a versatile guard. The Pointers posted five losses, with defeats to Ilmington, Greensboro, and Triangle's undefeated industrial team, as Greensboro games cost them the conference title.
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Jack Hawks
Black Bison
Curtis McDonald
Tony Simeon
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Makin
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Carolinas
Ilming
Yankee signee Bushkar to play with Norfolk Tars
Harry Bushkar, star guard from Virginia Tech, signed a baseball contract with the New York Yankees and will play for the Class B Piedmont League Norfolk Tars. He hails from Logan, West Virginia.
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Harry Bushkar
Virginia Tech Gobblers
New York Yankees
Norfolk Tars
Logan
W. Va
DiMaggio Delivers In Eighth To Push Yankees Past Cardinals
In St. Petersburg Joe DiMaggio hit a two on eighth inning homer to lift the New York Yankees to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The homer was his eighth of spring as Buddy Hassett and Tom Henrich contributed earlier hits. Howard Pollet started for the Cardinals. The victory gave the Yankees their sixth straight win and the St. Petersburg spring title over the NL club.
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Fla
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
DiMaggio
Buddy Hassett
Tom Henrich
Howard Pollet
Yankees
St. Petersburg
New Yorkers
Red Sox defeat Indians 11 to 8 in spring tilt
Boston pitchers allowed 13 hits as the Red Sox beat Cleveland 11 to 8 in Clearwater to even the spring series at one game each. Ben Steiner led Boston with three singles.
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Clearwater
Fla
Cleveland
Boston Red Sox
Indians
Red Sox
Ben Steiner
VFW Aims to Enter Local Industrial Baseball League
Veterans of Foreign Wars members were urged to attend the post meeting to organize a baseball team for the upcoming industrial league season. Officials hope enough ex service men will join to form a competitive squad for spring league play.
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VFW
VEW Post
Frankfort Panthers Rally to Win Duke-Durham Tourney
Frankfort Kentucky upset Southern High Baltimore Maryland 38 to 32 in the 1946 Duke Durham Southern schoolboy invitational finals. Bob Moore led the rally with 19 points earning MVP honors as Frankfort erased a 21 14 halftime deficit and pulled ahead late in the fourth quarter. Bobby Brooks Moore and Charlie Pewitt scored key baskets to seal the win before 3000 spectators in the Duke gymnasium. Lathrom and Zephir were top scorers for Southern with nine and eight points respectively.
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Zephir
New Mexico Mines Beat Drury 84 to 61 in Kansas City Tournament
In the national intercollegiate basketball tourney in Kansas City New Mexico School of Mines defeated Drury College 84 to 61. The AP score roundup lists multiple games with 12 foot goals and 3 point counts, including Boston University vs New York and Washington vs Cuba matchups with detailed line scores.
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New Mexico School of Mines
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Nelson to miss Greensboro and Charlotte golf events
Golf’s touring pros head to Greensboro and Charlotte for two $7,500 tournaments with Byron Nelson absent as he waits for the Augusta invitation. Ben Hogan leads the field, followed by Sam Snead and Sam Byrd as the Sedgefield layout hosts the Greensboro event and records show Hogan’s recent form and Nelson’s absence shaping the money race.
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Byron Nelson
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Allen Jay High School Captures County Championship
Allen Jay High School defeated Mars Hill 19 to 14 to win the Guilford county annual state championship in basketball. Motes led Allen Jay with seven points while Mars Hill's Johnson topped the losers with eight points as the final matchup closed four days of competitive county games.
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Jays
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Duke Tennis, Track States Are Revealed
Durham March 16 Nine track meets and 15 tennis matches were announced by the athletic office. Coach Bob Chambers Cinder men open the track season April 6 against South Carolina with a schedule through May and June including the Southern Conference meet and AAU event. The tennis team under Coach Bob Cox begins April 4 at Kalamazoo and continues with dates at Emory, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and others through late May.
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Athletic Office
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South Carolina
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Dempsey Recalls FDR Had Powerful Arms
Boston report quotes former boxing champion Jack Dempsey recalling Franklin Delano Roosevelt during a Boston visit to referee wrestling bouts. Dempsey says FDR claimed his arms were the most powerful he had ever seen and joked that if Dempsey’s legs were as big as his arms there would have been no run for Towny.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
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