Gold Medal YMCA Tops Demon In Nightly Invitational Thriller
In the Gold Medal Invitational at the High Point YMCA, Vendable Southern battled Fritts Motors in a tight finish. High Point YMCA varsity beat the Demon Docs 76-67, while West Lexington Pure Dirt trounced Customer 81-64. Boles led Fritts with crucial late free throws securing a 55-52 win in Class B, and Oscar Shelton paced Vendable with 16 points.
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High Point Ymca
Vendable Southern
Fritts Motors
High Point
YMCA
Demon Docs
Winston-Salem
West Lexington
Motormen
Bob Boles
Charity Circle
Boles
Fritts
Upton Supply
Security Life
Lucas To Hang Up Shoes For Ohio State Title Moment
Jerry Lucas's storied college career nears its end as Ohio State faces Cincinnati in the national title game with a balky knee. The star forward vows no pro life despite a six-figure Royals offer, while finishing his four-year run with near perfection in team play and academic excellence.
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Don Weiss
Associated Press
Louisville
Jerry Lucas
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Wake Forest
Buckeyes
Lucas
Cincinnati Royals
The
Royals
Commerce
Fred Taylor
Jerry
Columbus
Middletown
Ohio States
Rice Becomes First Scribe In New Hall
The late Grantland Rice is elected as the inaugural member of the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. A 75 percent vote by over 3,600 writers and sportscasters selected him, with a plaque and samples of his work to be unveiled April 3 at Catawba College in Salisbury North Carolina.
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New Hall
Salisbury
N. C
Grantland Rice
National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame
Las Rice
Hall of Fame
Catawba College
Dayton Wins NIT Championship Over St. John’s 73 67
Dayton defeats St. John’s 73 to 67 at Madison Square Garden to capture the NIT title. Sophomore standouts Bill Chmielewski and Gordy Hatton lead a Five Flyers roster, with Chmielewski outplaying St. John’s Leroy Ellis and Hatton closing strong to seal the victory. St. John’s star Leroy Ellis earns tournament MVP honors with 24 points and 11 rebounds in the final.
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NEW York
Dayton
St. John’s
Madison Square Garden
Loyola of Chicago
Duquesne
Bill
Chmielewski
Gordy Hatton
Leroy Ellis
Flyers
Hatton
St. John's
Dayton’s
Ellis
Redmen
Kevin Loughery
Tigers Drill Citadel In 22 To 3 Baseball rout
Clemson Tigers explode for 19 hits including three homers to rout The Citadel 22 3 in Clemson South Carolina. Buddy Nixon drives in eight with a homer triple and two singles while Elmo Lam and Bill Burnett also homer as Dave Olson wins in five innings. Citadel tally comes on three pitchers allowed 13 hits.
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S. C
Clemson Tigers
Citadel
Tigers
Buddy Nixon
Nixon
Elmo Lam
Bill Burnett
Ed Gould
Cadets
Keith Layton
Dave Olson
Burnette
Damon Vincent
Layton
St. John
Munson
Reynolds
Allen
Madrazo
Toni
Olson
Burnett
Vincent
Harbeson
Lomax
Ryan
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Laem
Erskine Rules North Georgia in 9-4 Win
Erskine stormed from a 2-0 deficit with a four run fifth inning and pulled away for a 9-4 victory over North Georgia. Burl Robinson collected a triple and two singles while Terry Tyler hit a homer and a double as Erskine bats heated up late.
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Due West
S. C
Erskine
North Georgia
Burl Robinson
Terry Tyler
Wood and Ricketts
Wright
Emery
Elils
Hendricks
Bonnier and Bianchi win Sebring 12 hour enduro
Bonnier, 32, and Bianchi, 23, take Sebring 12 hour victory after disqualification of Moss Ireland Ferrari. Rodriguez brothers exit when Ferraris fail after 50 hours. Moss irate over tank seal cut during pit stop 18 laps from limit. officials blame mechanics.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Cylinder Ferrari
Sebring
Britain
Stirling Moss
Scotland
Innes
Ireland
Bonnier
Europe
Bianchi
Mexico
Rodriguez Brothers
Pedro
Ricardo
Rodriguez
Ferrari
Moss
Tribe Beats Pembroke 8 6 as Norfolk W I M Slug Late Rally
William and Mary Norfolk division baseball overcame Pembroke State with seven runs in the eighth inning to win 8 6. Pembroke led 4 0 in the first but W I M rallied with key hits from Mickey Wade and Sanford Dutton to seal the upset.
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N. C
William & Mary
Pembroke State
Indians
Tom Hammer
Mickey Wade J
Sanford Dutton
Saturday basketball results from AP NCAA and NBA card
Louisville defeats Cincinnati 71 to 0 in NCAA final. Ohio State takes third place. Wake Forest 82 UCLA in NIT final Dayton 73 New York 67. Loyola Chicago 94 Duquesne 64 in NCAA action. Boston 117 Philadelphia 84 leads series 1 0 in NBA playoffs. Johnstown 6 Greensboro 1 leads Eastern Hockey League final 1 0.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Wake Forest
UCLA
Dayton
N.Y
Loyola
Chicago
Duquesne
National Basketball Association
Boston
Philadelphia
Eastern Hockey League
Johnstown
Greensboro
Sox hand Yanks 11 0 shutout in spring game
Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 11 to 0 in Sarasota. John Buzhardt and Eddie Fisher combined for the shutout, with Nellie Fox contributing three of Chicago’s 12 hits and a .415 spring average. The Sox scored three in the second and six in the sixth, while Bob Turley took the loss.
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Sarasota
Fla
John Buzhardt
Eddie Fisher
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
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Yankees
Fisher
Nellie Fox
Sox
Chicago
Roland Sheldon
Bob Turley
New York
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Turley
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Howard
Burhardt
Roselli
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L—Sheldon
Senators Nip Braves 7 5 Behind Late Rally
Washington beat Milwaukee 7 to 5 in Pompano Beach as Dale Long hit his fifth homer of the training season and Jimmy Piersall added his first. A pinch single by Billy Klaus and a later two RBI double by Danny O’Connell broke a tie in the sixth. Burnside allowed six hits for Washington while Shaw and Piche yielded 11 hits for Milwaukee.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Washington
Milwaukee Braves
Dale Long
Jimmy Piersall
Bob Shaw
Ron Piche
Billy Klaus
Senators
Danny O'Connell
Braves
Pete Burnside
Milwaukeew
Shaw
Piche
Torre
Burnside
Ripplemeyer
Schmidt
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L—Shaw
Ng Bolling
Long, Plersa
Mets rout Athletics in 147 exhibition game in Florida
Don Zimmer drove in four runs with two doubles and a single as the New York Mets exploded for six runs in the third inning to beat the Kansas City Athletics 14 to 7 in a Florida exhibition game.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Don Zimmer
New York Mets
Kanaan Mies
Dodgers beat Reds 7 to 4 in Tampa showdown
The Dodgers captured a 7 to 4 win as they posted their fourth Citrus League victory in 15 games while the Mets totaled 16 hits against three Kansas City pitchers in a separate Tampa contest. The report highlights shared batting honors and the result from the flat, high‑tempo game.
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Willy Museurs
Mets
Kansas City
Tampa, Fla
Los
Frank Thomas
Angeles Dodgers
Phillies Beat Pirates 3-1 in Florida Exhibition
In Fort Myers, Art Mahaffey and Frank Sullivan combined for seven strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1. Tony Taylor opened scoring on Tony Gonzalez’s single, added a third inning run on a sacrifice fly, and John Callison scored on Wes Covington’s single. Jesus McFarlane homer accounted for Pittsburgh’s lone run. Bob Friend took the loss after seven innings.
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Fort Myers
Philadelphia
Cubs top Indians 3 1 in Mesa to notch eighth Cactus win
Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians 3 1 in Mesa. Don Cardwell pitched eight innings for his third spring win without a loss. Nels Mathews hit a center field homer to pad the Cubs lead after a fourth inning error by Cleveland. Stigman lasted six innings for the Indians with 10 strikeouts.
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Chicago
Art Kay
Cleveland
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Stigman
Kay
Chitl
Cardwell
Steevens
Schultz
Barragan
L—Stigman
Mathews
Cardinals stretch exhibition win streak past Twins
St Louis Cardinals topped Minnesota 6 2 to extend their exhibition run to seven straight. Ray Washburn earned the win with three relievers holding the Twins to five hits. Minnie Minoso collected three of Minnesota's 14 hits as Zoilo Versalles made an error that allowed St Louis to score the go ahead in the third. Curt Flood made a leaping catch denying a Battey homer.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Minnesota Twins
Ray Washburn
Twins
Don Lee
Bruce Swango
Minnie Minoso
Zoilo Versalles
St. Louis
Curt Flood
Rob Earl Battey
Red Sox edge Giants 5-4 in spring exhibition
Boston survives Willie Mays and Felipe Alou home runs to beat San Francisco 5-4 in Scottsdale. The Sox break a three game skid with four third inning runs off rookie Gaylor Perry behind Monbouquette and Fornieles. Yastrzemski Tillman Clinton drive in runs as Boston collects six hits, Clinton with two.
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Boston Red Sox
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
San Francisco Giants
Red Sox
Gaylor Perry
Bill Monbouquette
Mike Fornieles
Carl Yastrzemski
Bob Tillman
Lu Clinton
Charlie Hiller
Boston
Pete Runnels
Frank Malzone
Sox
Clinton
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Giants
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Lemay
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Bailey
Monbouquette
Fornieles
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L—G. Perry
Mays
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