Dodgers Versus Yankees In Three Game Miami Series
The Brooklyn Dodgers set three exhibition games against the New York Yankees at Miami Stadium with 4000 extra seats added for expected crowds. Dodgers manager Charley Dressen plans to test Preacher Roe and Ralph Branca while Casey Stengel may start Ed Lopat Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi. Game times are 830 Friday and 230 PM Saturday and Sunday. about 17000 fans are expected.
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Seton Hall Star Named to Look All America Team
Seton Hall center Walter Dukes, 6-11, earned a Look All America spot chosen by 435 sportswriters and sportscasters. Duquesne's Jim Tucker on Look Third Team. Dukes joins five-man Look lineup with Workman, Groat, Fletcher, Darling. each will receive a Benrus watch.
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Illinois
Chuck Darling
Iowa
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New York Knickerbocker
Joe Lapchick
George Mikan
de Paul
Gibson Loses Final at Kingston International Tennis
Althea Gibson failed to win the Kingston International Tennis women’s singles title in Kingston Jamaica. She was defeated in the final by Betty Rosenquest Pratt of Kingston 6 2 6 4 after a earlier 6 3 6 4 semifinal win over Patricia Canning Todd of California.
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Sugar Ray Robinson Donates Purse to Negro Charity Fund
Sugar Ray Robinson pledged his entire purse minus one dollar to the Heart Fund, marking a second charitable gesture after giving to Walter Winchell’s cancer fund. The same week Harlem faced closure of the Katy Ferguson Home for unwed Negro mothers due to lack of funds, highlighting racial disparities in charitable giving and media-driven public focus.
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Doubles champions named from Florida State team
Austin, coach Wilbur Perkins, and Jacksonville sophomore Edward Whitsey with Nashville and Florida State junior Charlie Wier form the doubles champions. Wier and another Florida State pair were runners up. Not shown are Paul Buie and John Henry Singletary.
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Wilbur Perkins
Jacksonville
Edward Whitsey
Nashville
Charlie Wier
Nassau
Wier
Paul Buie
John Henry Singletary
Jones
Florida AAU Boxing Meet Set for West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach will host the Union Negro Division Amateur Athletic Tournament at Roosevelt High School on March 26 under the West Palm Beach Recreation Department. Plans involve Ben York and committees to oversee operations, officials, publicity, and aid from several locals. Winners qualify for the national tournament in Boston ten days after. Open to Florida amateurs over 16. no entry fee, but a ten cent certification fee. The event aims to spotlight unknown boxers and spur regional AAU boxing growth.
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Harlem Woman Sent to City Hospitals for Baby Care
A Harlem resident faces removal from the Katy Ferguson Home and will be farmed out to a family. She will rely on city hospitals for medical care and delivery of her child.
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