Underdog Utah Defeats Kentucky For NIT Crown
Utah defeats Kentucky 49 to 45 at Madison Square Garden to win the National Invitational Championship. Little Wat Misaka key defender, holding Ralph Beard scoreless and limiting Ken Rollins. Utah was a 11 1 2 point underdog. In the third place game, North Carolina State beat West Virginia 64 to 52.
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Cat found in Air Base locker with kittens surprise
Colorado Springs on March 5 a photographer notes Anderson T. Downs had cleaned a locker for inspection when Major Stanley F. Jacobs commander of Squadron A 200th AAF base unit discovered a cat and her newborn kittens inside the locker.
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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler Examines Publicist Crimes
Pegler denounces efforts to honor Lucky Luciano and smear him as a war hero the piece condemns publicity by underworld figures and a press corps allied with gamblers show business figures in Havana and Miami as the criminal scum wielding power behind seen heroes and fake tolerance.
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Jeeter Lesters
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Southern Clubs Have Rough Day
The Associated Press reports a tough day for Southern baseball, with Washington Senators beating Chattanooga 11 to 6, Shreveport defeating Little Rock 8 to 2, and Columbus taking Atlanta 3 to 1. Weather and early-season hurling affected lineups as teams posted mixed results across exhibition games.
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Oaklawn Race Day Results Yesterday
Four races produce upset payouts with maidens and claiming races at six furlongs. Winners include F Plymouth, Kentucky Son, Bentbrook, and Junior Wolf with long odds. Multiple runners also listed as place and show, with times around 1 minute 17 seconds to 1 minute 18 seconds.
Chandler Seeks Facts in Hearings Stirs Baseball Scandal
United Press reports in Sarasota that Commissioner Happy Chandler pursued truth in the 1947 baseball scandal hearings. Six witnesses, including Leo Durocher and Harold Parrott, testified before a split session in St Petersburg as Chandler weighs possible bans.
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Pirates
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Red) Corriden
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Baseball Scores From The Day Across Leagues
Detroit A 6 Buffalo IL 0 and St Louis N 6 Boston A 4 Brooklyn N 5 St Louis A 4 in ten innings. New York A vs York A B 16 Syracuse AL 3. Philadelphia A 3 Boston N Pittsburgh N 5 Baltimore IL 1 Washington A 11 Chattanooga SA 6 Patts A B 2. Minneapolis Dian on IL 16 Philadelphia A Chicago A 14 Cleveland A 10 San Diego PCL 5 Chicago N 0 11 innings.
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Race results from six and eight races at the track
In the sixth race for three year olds over one mile and seventy yards Joe's Laddie ridden by Reynolds finished first at 32.40 9.30 2.00 with Play Some and Chip Handle placing. Feather-Bob and Unequaled also listed. The eighth race for purses of 1400 up over a mile and a sixteenth saw Credentials cross first with Ends, Ima Pearl and Snow Kiss following. Time listed as 1.50. Geronimo and Airy Goer also noted.
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Snow Kiss
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Airy Goer
Roundup of Yankee trip costs and NCAA basketball chase
The report notes Yankee finances on Panama and South America tours, Dodgers Cuba trip results, and Hawaii plans for the Giants Seals. mentions Texas and Oklahoma in the NCAA Western final with Western winners facing early exits, plus a Duke coach prank during scouting by dictaphone. Ken Pryor’s late 55 54 Oklahoma win prompts a jubilant Courty carried Pryor in celebration and a quip about overworked celebrations.
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Sprinters Meet in Feature at Oaklawn Park
Thirteen allowance sprinters contested Oaklawn Park's fifth race over six furlongs on a heavy track. Junior Wolf, a three year old Arkansas Derby nominee, charged from behind to win in 1 17, paying 17.20 with rider Paul Keiper for owner L. Tutts. Cherry Quest and Black Tweetie dead heated for second.
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Gold Proxy
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Cherry Quest
H. Keene
Casa Libre
Bweet
Yesteran Cherry Quest
Black Tweetie
L. Tutts
Paul Keiper
Filly Mel Van Orman Favored in Arkansas Derby
Hot Springs March 25. For the first time a filly may win the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Mel Van Orman gray daughter of Mountain Ridge Topsy carries Melrose stable colors and has shown strong Derby promise with a 1 41 3 5 mile workout in mud. Other notable contenders include Flash O Night and Weir Wisher with Budding Easy blazing the fastest six furlongs of the meeting.
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