Dartmouth Dominates Ohio State For N C A A Bid
Dartmouth defeats Ohio State 60 to 53 at Madison Square Garden to win the Eastern NCAA sectional title behind Brindley’s 28 points and a new NCAA record. Ohio State’s Arnold Risen scores 21 to pace the Buckeyes. Don Grate held to seven. Temple defeats Catholic University 55-36 for third place.
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Milo Komenich
Wyoming
Harry Leggatt
Arnold Risen
Don Grate
Temple
Catholic University
Dodds and Hulse Invited to Run in Penn Relays
Gil Dodds the world indoor mile record holder and Bill Hulse his winter rival have been invited to a special mile free at Franklin Field during the fiftieth annual University of Pennsylvania Relays on April 29. Relays manager H Jamison Swarts announced the invitation as part of an event that may include two or three other top distance runners. About 205 colleges and other entrants have submitted entries for the relays.
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Philadelphia
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Bill Hulse
Pranklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
H. Jamison Swarts
Dodds
Chicago
Hulse
Swarts
Quota Passes Congress On Barley And Tobacco Limits
Congress approved a bill extending marketing quotas for barley and fire-cured tobacco for two crop years beyond 1944-45 and sent it to the president. The National Association of Tobacco Distributors has urged the agriculture department to abolish tobacco quotas, the only crop still restricted during the war.
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Congress
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Agriculture Department
Knoxville Open Next For Golfers
Knoxville set to host a $6,000 war bonds open golf tournament with a pro-am event Thursday and the main rounds Friday to Sunday. Notable entrants include Bobby Dodd and Johnny Bulla with PGA President Ed Dudley among arrivals. other pros such as Harold McSpaden Craig Wood Byron Nelson Sammy Byrd Johnny Revolta and Lt. Horton Smith expected to compete.
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Georgia Tech
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Johnny Bulla
PGA
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Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Craig Wood
Byron Nelson
Sammy Byrd
Johnny Revolta
Horton Smith
Utah to Meet Dartmouth in NCAA Cage Final
Utah University defeated Iowa State 40-31 to win the Western NCAA playoff and earn a date with Dartmouth in the NCAA championship game at Madison Square Garden on March 28. The Utes trailed only twice, 2-0 early and 26-25 after the halftime break, before sealing the win.
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Nora Garrett
Kansas City
Utah University
Iowa State
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Utes
New York
Kentucky
Madison Square Garden
Dartmouth
Utah
George Washington vetoes and early legislative battles
The article notes that George Washington vetoed two bills during his presidency, illustrating early executive legislative friction. It also mentions the Philippines hosting hundreds of native orchid species, highlighting biodiversity.
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George Washington
Voyles Invites Assistants to Auburn as Coach Heads West
William and Mary athletic director and head football coach Carl M. Voyles has accepted a post at Auburn. He invites his entire staff to join him, but assistants have not announced plans. Possible successors include Rube McCrary and Dwight Stuessy, while John Pomfret says no action yet to fill the vacancy set for April 15.
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Williamsburg
Carl M. Voyles
William and Mary
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
R. N
Rube) McCrary
Dwight Stuesay
Voyles
John E. Pomfret
Arnold
Athletics Win First From Curtis Bay Coast Guard 8 to 3
Philadelphia Athletics defeated Curtis Bay Coast Guard 8 to 3 in Frederick Maryland. Al Simmons led the offense with a seventh inning go-ahead single and eighth inning double while rookie pitchers Fred Peeler Jack McGillen and Carl Scheib shared the mound in the exhibition win.
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Coast Guards
Dick Porter
Coast Guard
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Ronay
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Tabecheck
Brewer
Reeves
Peeler
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Seheib
Hayes
Parrise
14-Year-Old Boy Admits Killing Two Girls
A 14-year-old, son of a lumber mill employee in ALCOLA South Carolina, confessed to beating two girls aged 8 and 11 to death with a railroad spike after they resisted advances while picking flowers. He led officers to a ditch where the children were buried beneath a bicycle, and their bodies were found by volunteers after a night search.
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Alcola
S. C
Clarendon County
H. S. Newman
George Junius
Newman
Junius
Winter camps bustle with Giants and Braves players
In Lakewood New Jersey the Giants hold workouts as 45 hopefuls arrive for Carl Hubbell's tryouts. Ace Adams joins the session before outdoor practices shift to Wallingford. Boston Red Sox staff heads to Baltimore for outdoor work after a Tufts session. Detroit hurler Johnny Gorsien plans Evansville camp while Cubs prep for Reds game with intra-squad drills and scouting by Cy Slapnicka in the region.
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Beckley
W. Va
Johony Gorsien
Detroit Tigers
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French Lick
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Cy Slapnicka
Cleveland Indians
Melton Joins Dodgers Camp From Gastonia
Unsigned Rube Melton arrives at the Brooklyn camp from Gastonia North Carolina carrying 228 pounds and a 1 A draft grade. He plans to await army physical while Rickey defers contract talks and Durocher holds a long batting practice session at West Point.
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Mountain
Rube Melton
Brooklyn
Gastonia
N. C
Branch Rickey
New York
Rickey
Newsom
Leo Durocher
Melton
Durocher
West Point Cage
Dodds Sprains Ankle After Race at Smithville Meet
Boston Divinity student Gil Dodds sprained his ankle during a two mile race at the Knights of Columbus track meet in Smithville Ohio. He plans two weeks of rest and will preach at his father's First Brethren church Sunday.
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J. G. Dodds
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Hyon County
Boston Divinity
Greg Rice
Dodds
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Rice
Ace
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Smithville
Michigan Wins Purdue Relays Dominates College Division
Michigan leads with multiple relay wins at Purdue Relays beating Notre Dame and Purdue while Illinois star Claude Iddy Young sets records in 60 yard dash and 60 yard hurdles. Miami of Oxford defends college title with distance and sprint medley relays as Western Michigan challenges.
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Irish
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Miami
Oxford
Ohio
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Claude Iddy Young
Young
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Twenty Three Teams Enter Women's Tourney
Twenty three teams begin the 16th annual Women s National A A U Basketball Tournament in St Joseph Missouri with a new champion to be crowned Friday night Des Moines A L B S the 1943 finalist is seeded No 1 in the draw followed by Little Rock Lenox Iowa and Chatham Blanketeers Elkin North Carolina The 1944 soybean crop is projected at about 242 5 million bushels.
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American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Des Moines A.lbs
Motor Coaches
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Ark
Lenox
Chatham Blanketeers
Elkin
N. C
Donkey Acts Weatherman Burma Pagoda Downs Jap Z
A rheumatic donkey and a pagoda win honors from grateful American fliers amid weather observation shortages at a front line station. Capt Sydney Newcomb maneuvers to thwart a Japanese Zero with a pagoda and a water squirt gun turret. Other notes include a room simulating weather at Wright Field and bomber crew shaving concerns.
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Newcomb
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Florida
Fred Friendly
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