New Kensington Five Has Spotless Rec Record
New Kensington's Junior High team aims for a tough home playoff test as Main Street Senior High visits for a WPIAL preliminary game. New Kensington sports a 25 game streak, boasting two straight wins to close 1952-53 and playoff wins over Ford City and Braddock. Main Street averages 62 points per game led by Drake and Jones. Mancine may miss action with the flu, with Morango or Jesse slated to start.
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Joe Drake
Nolan
Drake
Jones
Walter Adamsky
Dick Sebbraro
Jack Block
Benjamin Franklin
Joe Mancine
Mancine
Chuck
Kennedy recalls 1909 perfect 300 bowling game
Alderman Jess Kennedy recalls a cold 1909 night when, at age 20, he and John Crane bowled at Wittick and Slauss. A poster offered a Meerbaum pipe for the top monthly score and Kennedy delivered a 300 game, giving the pipe to his father as he never smoked. Baseball season opens with Penn State workouts under footbelt stands.
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Jess Kennedy
Shenango Tin Mill
John Crane
Warren
Dal Hazen
Apple Way
Crane
Wittick and Slauss
Kennedy
Rooster Club Aims to Charter Sylvan Heights Golf
The Rooster club announced plans to apply for a charter to support Sylvan Heights golf course. Anthony Nocera chairs as president with Ray Matthews as VP and Bob Palmer as treasurer, George Abra ham secretary. Directors include Francis Clause Mite Amodie and Frank Summers.
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Rooster Club
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Anthony Nocera
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Bob Palmer
George Abraham
Francis Clause
Mite Amodie
Frank Summers
Indiana Clashes With Notre Dame In NCAA Action
Indiana and Notre Dame meet in a regional NCAA clash as the Hoosiers defend their national title. The game is part of a four regional slate with eight games overall, following Penn State versus CSU in the doubleheader. Other regionals feature La Salle on NC State, Cornell on Navy, plus Hawaii, Colorado A&M, USC, Idaho State, and more across Philadelphia Stillwater and Corval/Salta venues.
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Hennon to Receive Annual MVP Trophy
Don Hennon of Wampum will receive the MVP Trophy as winner of the 1954 Section 26 most valuable player award. The trophy is awarded annually by Gus Slovensky and will be presented at the April testimonial dinner honoring the Wampum team.
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Gus Slovensky
Southwest Missouri Open NAIA Semifinal Clash
Kansas City March 12 Southwest Missouri seeks a fourth NAIA title as it meets Western Illinois in the opening semifinal. Arkansas Tech faces St Benedict’s College of Atchison in the other semifinal, with both games set in Kansas City.
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Don Eagle Meets Jap Saturday Night at Struthers
Don Eagle the Mohawk Indian faces Jap wrestler Oyama Kato in the main grappling exhibition at 3 30 p m Saturday at Struthers field house. Other bouts feature Len Montana against John Swenaki Kit Fox versus Edmund Francis and Billy Two Rivers versus Whitey Walberg. Nally meets Cornell and LaSalle in eastern NAIA regional games tonight.
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LaSalle
Holy Cross Knocks Off Western Kentucky For NIT Final
Holy Cross, led by Togo Palazzi and 32 points from Palazzi, upset Western Kentucky 75 to 69 in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden to reach the NIT final against Duquesne. Duquesne earlier edged Niagara 51 50 to reach the championship, with Dick Ricketts scoring 27.
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Grapefruit League Scores and Pitcher Highlights
In a spring training slate, Green earned the win over Pittsburgh with 2f support from Freese and Thomas. Baltimore and Cleveland split, with Chey Perkins the victor and Kennedy Doby and Garcia among the notable hitters. Milwaukee edged Chicago in a high scoring affair as Berra and Crandall delivered key hits while Crandall earned the win and Crone notched a save.
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First Baptists win Senior Church League title
The First Baptist team swept 14 straight games to claim the Senior Church League championship. Matt Missey of Croton led scoring with 216 points on 84 field goals and 48 fouls, earning top honors. Dave Williams of First Baptist finished with 205 points, and John McKay of Third United Presbyterian had 203.
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Matt Missey
Croton
Missey
Dave Williams
First Baptist
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United Presbyterian
Irwin Rallies Past Avonworth For Class B Title
Irwin held a 61 44 victory over Avonworth to defend the WPIAL class B basketball crown. A crowd of 2,754 watched the March 12 semifinal style final at the midfield house as Irwin surged in the second half to secure the championship.
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Avonsworth High School
Officials Coaches Play At Shenango
Lawrence County basketball officials and Tri County High School coaches meet at Shenango Township High School at 8 tonight for their annual cage game. A 7 o'clock preliminary features the first and second All Star teams of the Tri County tournament coached by Bane Weber and Bob Eagleson. Last season the coaches won a thrilling game at East Lawrence as Frannie Webster hit a last minute shot.
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Bane Weber
Bob Eagleson
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Frannie Webster
Fragmented OCR text lists names and numbers without clear events
A garbled OCR block lists numerous names such as Merron, Beore, Paclone, Jamison, Vanderbagls, Zabkowskye, and Clarat along with scattered numbers and codes. The passage lacks coherent context or an identifiable news event, presenting as an unreadable roster-like snippet with partial names and figures.
Basketball Stars In Sunday's Game At West Pittsburg
New Castle Motors' Big Five and Hank A. C. top two district teams meet at West Pittsburg Sunday at three. A preliminary features high school talent with Alcoa facing Universal A. A. Don Hennon Walt Mangham Rob Blieger Dal Mathews and Kim Riley star for Alcoa. Big Five hold 35-11, Hank A. C. 63.
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Brown trout shipment cancelled for Elliott's Mills
Fish warden Applenap of Fre donia with jurisdiction over Lawrence and Mercer counties telephoned Maurice Nielsen to announce that the brown trout shipment due to arrive at Elliott's Mills at four this afternoon has been cancelled.
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North County Junior League To Organize Meeting
A meeting of the North County Junior Baseball League will be held Monday at 8 p m at Volant school. Teams wishing to enter are asked to be represented. It is hoped eight teams will enter the league this year.
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Bernardo Beats Coward In Eight Round Philadelphia Showdown
Johnny Bernardo from South Philadelphia outboxed Roosevelt Coward in an eight round main event at the Plaza on Thursday night. Bernardo stayed undefeated in the Philadelphia bout, earning a decisive win over Coward, also of Philadelphia.
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Johnstown Catholic Tops Pittsburgh North in PCIAA Round
Johnstown Catholic edged Pittsburgh North Catholic 55 to 52 Thursday night in the first round PCIAA game in Johnstown.
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West Penn Umpires Convene Tonight Meeting in C10 Hall
West Penn umpires gather at 8 oclock tonight in C10 hall with prospective arbiters invited. Attendees expected include Hartman Irwin Coughlin Gray Richards Frucciho DeMonaco Mils Gorneal Augustine Cormora Fabian Brekoviteh and Mehalic.
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Elliotts Trail By Two Duckpin Games
Elliotts fall two games behind first in Tri-County Duckpin circuit after last week three-game set. Rose Mooney posted 506 for three games as Elliots head to Ambridge meeting tonight. Ex Red Sox president Robert J A Bob Quinn dies at 84 in Providence hospital.
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Bob” Quinn
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Miceli Battles Lombardo Tonight in Cincinnati Bout
Joe Miceli faces Johnny Lombardo of Mt. Carmel in a 10 round boxing match in Cincinnati tonight. Lombardo seeks upset as Miceli aims for win in the local sports card.
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Farrell Faces McKeesport In WPIAL Title Tilt
Farrell aims for a third Class A WPIAL crown in four years meeting McKeesport at Fitzfield tonight. McKeesport boasts a 21-3 season with 15 straight wins, while Farrell stands 23-2 after a 43-42 loss to McKeesport in the regular season. Rival Sharon beat Farrell in 1953 to reach the final.
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