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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1951
Page
6
Art Doering of Richmond holds a four stroke lead entering the final round of the Greater Greensboro Open at Starmount Country Club Greensboro. Jack Shields and Lloyd Mangrum chase as Sam Snead falls further behind after a 78. Weather and festival tie ins shape the final round as players prepare for Wilmington Azalea Open events.
Kentucky beats Illinois 76 74 for Eastern NCAA title on Shelbyville field goal with 18 seconds left. Kansas State tops Oklahoma A&M 68 44 for Western NCAA crown. Various horse races crown winners at Laurel Oaklawn Gulfstream and Bay Meadows. Oklahoma wins NCAA Wrestling title 24 23. Dick Button and Sonja Henie win North American figure skating titles. Drobny defeats Dorfman 6 1 6 2 in International Tennis final.
NEA special correspondent describes Branch Rickey's Florida camp plan for the Pirates as a spearhead for NL expansion. Rip Sewell notes little things shape big leaguers while Hering assembles staff and facilities in DeLand Florida with Folklore about Clarke Wagner and Traynor Fields as Rickey scouts future stars.
In Chapel Hill on March 26 the University of North Carolina begins a busy spring week. Tar Heel tennis hosts Rutgers in the first of four matches, with Michigan State, Kalamazoo College and Yale on the schedule. Baseball faces Michigan State and Yale. golf hosts Cornell.
Doering holds a four stroke lead over a field of 60 top players as the final 18 holes at Starmount Country Club Greensboro unfold. Jack Burke, Roberto DeVicenzo, Marty Furgol and Hobart Manly Jr. trail in pursuit while Easter scheduling reshapes the four day event. Doering tees off at 1 pm with Shields and Furgol, seeking first major title despite uncertain nerves and a tough course layout.
A series of Saturday results shows Cincinnati tying Boston 2 to 2, St Louis losing 4 to Brooklyn 5, Detroit beating Philadelphia 8 to 7, and Chicago routing St Louis 10 to 7. Other results include New York down Oakland 4 to 1 and 10 to 2 over San Francisco, with Cleveland defeating Oakland 14 to 3 and San Francisco beating Oakland 9 to 3 in a separate afternoon game. Knight noted.
Edward Trowbridge Collins longtime Hall of Fame vice president of the Boston Red Sox died at Peter Bent Brigham hospital after a heart condition worsened. He began with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1906 and later helped build the Red Sox into a pennant contender, mentoring Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr.
Kansas State and Kentucky sewed up fatigue and injuries as they head to Minneapolis for the NCAA final. Kansas State, bruised from a 68-44 win over Oklahoma A&M, faces Kentucky after its 76-74 victory over Illinois. The Williams Arena crowd of 18,000 awaits.
Sarasota March notes an optimistic Red Sox outlook with Steve ONeill new manager, Lou Boudreau added infield depth, and a crowded infield outfield mix led by Williams, DiMaggio, and Pesky. Pitching depth features Stobbs, Masterson, McDermott, Ellis, and a promising rookie Hinrichs. Tebbetts leaves for Cleveland. Evans and Guerra arrive to bolster catching and infield support as spring exhibitions proceed.
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