El Paso Tigers Nudge Jefferson 27 to 22
El Paso Tigers edge Jefferson 27 to 22 in a sweep for the visiting team. The report also notes track actions with Dodds’ indoor mile performances and a world record discussion at Madison Square Garden.
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Boston Athletic Assation
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Ben White
Jefferson Star
Ramon Orona
Bob Mena
Link Dod Montoya
el Paso
Knight
Unheralded Border City Quintet Clinches Class AA Title
The Border City quintet upset favored teams to win the Texas Class AA basketball championship. East Mountain’s Carrington led with 15 points in a 35 22 final victory over Bowie, while Amarillo claimed third place with a 77 53 win.
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Bowie
McWhorter Tops In Saturday Trapshoot at Lubbock Gun Club
Ross McWhorter fired 25 straight then finished 49x50 to lead all shooters in the weekly trap events at Lubbock Gun Club. W.S.I. Goodin supplied skeet shooters with 22x25.
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Lubbock
Scarelyn A Wins Muddy Louisiana Derby at Fairgrounds
In heavy slush Caroyn A driven by Fewn Whitaker won the Louisiana Derby over William Helis filly Ace by three lengths at the Fairgrounds. Jobstown and Ekerd followed as Helis entries. The winning time for the mile and a furlong was 1 57 4 5.
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Semifinal Bid On Line In District Two TAAF Clash
Primm Drug of Brownfield joins Yellow Cab of Lubbock and Space Cowpokes in the District Two TAAF tournament semifinals at SPAAF gym. The Druggists beat Ho Furniture 37 27 behind Jake Geron 16 points while Durwood Moorehead and Ray Warden added 10 each.
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Tag Team Wrestling Headliner at Sled Allens Arena
Promoter announces a two out of three falls tag tussle headlining Wednesday at Sled Allens arena featuring four wrestlers in a reunion style match. Ace Abbott vs Art Brady opens a three fall curtain-raiser with a 45 minute limit.
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Abilene
Art Brady
California
Jefferson and McDowell players named to all state quintet
Jefferson gains two McDowell guards to the all state five while Levelland star D W Harkins earns honorable mention. Abilene and Gruver also place guards in the selections.
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A M Leads In Border Olympics As Field Grows
A&M held a slim lead over Texas in an unofficial tally of events in the university division of the border Olympics at 11 45 tonight as a record field competed and Baylor’s Mortenson surprised Parker.
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University of Texas
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Texas Dominates 15th Annual Lone Star Track Meet
The Texas athletes clinched the team title as Charley Parker ended a five-year streak with a glimmering victory. Bill Martenson of Baylor posted a sprint win in 9.6 seconds while Texas, Texas A&M, and SMU collected multiple event titles including the 460-yard relay and shot put. High school standout Ochoa led the division with top marks in the long jump and sprints.
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Laredo
Westerners Clash For Fourth Plains Track Title
Lubbock Westerners won the South Plains Invitational with 84 1/2 points, taking 11 of 14 events. Gene Assery set a discus mark of 127 feet 8 inches, Earl Hutcherson led in sprints and hurdles, and James Means set a high jump meet record while Andrews and Seminole trailed.
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Nicholas Elected Chairman Of District 5 Schoolboy Diamond
H H Nicholas superintendent of Cooper schools was chosen by acclamation Saturday at Lubbock High as permanent chairman of the District 5 schoolboy baseball circuit. The schedule and plans were tentatively set to be finalized Friday with Springlake and Muleshoe representatives present. Floyd Honey presided as temporary chairman.
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Hogan and Demaret reach International four ball finals
Defending champions Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret defeated Dick Metz and Chick Harbert one up on the 36th green to reach the finals of the $10,000 International four ball at Miami. Lawson Little and Lloyd Mangrum will meet them after two-up victory over Byrd and Reverie.
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Trio Convicted In Pro Grid Bribery Case
New York general sessions court convicts David Krakauer and Harvey Stemmer of conspiracy and bribery while Jerome Zarowitz is found guilty of conspiracy in an alleged December National League championship game fix involving the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. Sentencing set for April 2.
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Watch Annual HAIS Tourney Opens Monday In Kansas City
The National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball begins its ninth annual tournament in Kansas City with 32 teams from 27 states. Cliff McNeely leads scorers with 679 points in 30 games and Texas Wesleyan is considered a top contender. Pairings open Monday include Arizona State vs Youngstown, Houston vs Montana State, Texas Wesleyan vs Linfield, and Tuesday's schedule has New Mexico meeting Hamline.
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Basketball Scores Include Major Underdog Upsets
Syracuse defeats Cornell 45 to 30 while Wisconsin tops Purdue 72 to 0. North Carolina State and North Carolina suffer lopsided results. Southern conference action features American universities and notable scores across multiple games.
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Techsans shine in intra squad trials at Chapman Field
Techsans led by Clepper who swept four wins in hurdles high jump and broad jump and Nichol's mile relay clocked 3 33.3 as Coach Walker Nichols praised the team after a 12 event time trial at the South Plains Invitational meet.
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Texas sports calendar highlights three events this week
University of Texas fans will follow basketball, track and baseball as teams prep for NCAA western regionals in Kansas City on March 21 22 and New York finals on March 25. Coach Gray aims for one win to reach New York while baseball opens against Hardin Simmons and Houston amateur East End Lumber. Texas track hosts a three way meet and the swim team readies to defend the conference title against A and M on March 21 22.
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Two Southwestern AAU Tournaments Scheduled in Dallas
Dallas reports two major southwestern AAU events in ten days. The first, the 1947 boxing tournament, will decide eight boxers for a subsequent open meet slated March 20 at Fair Park. The national girls' champion will be crowned in the later event, with dates set for mid March.
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