Home Court Edge Dominates College Basketball
Analysis shows home teams hold a clear advantage across conferences with about 80 percent in the Big Nine and strong rates elsewhere. Notable examples include Marshall 18-9 with 10 home wins, Xavier 18-4, and Rhode Island State 13-3, underscoring travel penalties and local conditions.
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Recreational Girls Basketball League Results and Standings
The City Recreational League at Frederick High School gym reports one forfeit and a Saturday tie as five games remain on schedule. Standings show Wildcats leading with two wins and no losses, followed by Giants and Shooting Stars, while teams like Bombers and Yankeex chase with mixed results.
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College Basketball Roundup Scores and Winners Listed
College basketball results show Clemson 44 and Duquesne 45 with Duquesne edging Clemson. Cincinnati defeated Baltimore U 62 to 78 while Salisbury Teachers dropped 34. Boston College beat St Josephs 59 to 33. Manhattan topped New York U 33. Hols Cross and Saint Peter’s games noted with scores 45 to 34 and 59 to 33 respectively.
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Hols Cross
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Leonard Reaches Terms With Phillies for 1943
Emil Dutch Leonard, Philadelphia Phillies veteran pitcher, agreed by telephone to 1943 salary terms disclosed by owner Bob Carpenter. The 36-year-old right hander, sole dependable starter in 1947, won 17 games for a team that finished in a seventh place tie after leaving the American League.
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Puzzle Fragments Hint at Crossword Clue Answers
A scrambled OCR style list presents numbered clues for a crossword puzzle. The snippet includes many partial words and cryptic cues such as “Old times poet” and “Sun god” with vertical and horizontal entries, inviting solution of a mixed set of definitions.
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Phrase Puzzle From Classified Clues Leads to Mystery
A set of cryptic crossword style clues includes entries like entrance 46 Cereal 19 Hanging 24 Passage 29 and more. The puzzle mentions names such as Leese and a reference to a Brazilian coin, with several numbered hints and points to a broader wordplay led by a Brazilian coin and Greek market.
Under-Trumping Sets Four Spades in Bridge Play
In a postwar rubber bridge match Sherman Stearns of New York showcased a bold under-trump defense on a four spade contract. Facing a sequence of ruffing and finessing decisions, Stearns navigated with precise trumps and discards to secure the hand, demonstrating upper-level play and counting.
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Porterfield Seen as Virginia Tech Football Coach Prospect
Porterfield, a Virginia Tech football star from the early thirties, meets with W L Younger and the Athletics Council amid reports he will succeed Jimmy Kitts as head coach at WPI. Porterfield has prior coaching roles including at WPI, Richmond, and as freshman coach in 1941.
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Virginia Tech
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Jimmy Kitts
WPI
University of Richmond
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Kitts
Louis Heads to London for Exhibition Tour
Louis and a seven man party sail Thursday for a 26 bout exhibition run in London. The 225 pound champion plans to return in April to West Baden to begin light training for his Dutch defense. He will also perform a vaudeville routine on the Marquis of Queensbury circuit with three shows daily at Earls Court chosen by Marshall Miles.
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Roof Collapse Kills Four at Auto Sales Building
Four men died and nine were injured when a roof under construction at an automobile sales building collapsed. Names listed include William H Wallen Gate City Virginia Alfred Fair Branch Tennessee and H Dougherty Blair's Gap. Police said concrete work was underway and the structure gave way about a quarter of the roof.
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Freight train collision claims twenty two lives in France
Lille France Feb 17 police report twenty two bodies removed from wreckage after a freight collided with a passenger train at Thumeries fifty injured eighteen of the dead were women indicate the toll remains provisional and under investigation
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Williams to Fight Beau Jack in Madison Square Garden
New York will host a boxing bout at Madison Square Garden featuring champion Williams defending against Beau Jack Young. Three tentative dates discussed include April 2 May 26 and another between.
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