County League Title Sealed By Marsh Fork Victory
Marsh Fork battered Shady Spring 56 39 to clinch the County League title unless a miracle occurs. Bulldogs face Clear Fork at Montcoa gym February 24 then the Authors on February 28 before the Section 20 tournament at Beckley. Mark Twain has yet to win a league game. Clear Fork has three wins in nine games.
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Shady Spring Tigers
L. G. Daniels
Bulldogs
Clear Fork Purple Tornado
Mark Twain
Clear Fork
Montcoa
Beckley
Coast River Boys
Baksi Confident He Can Beat Woodcock For Louis Shot
Joe Baksi, American heavyweight, arrives in Southampton and says he is in top shape to face Bruce Woodcock on March 25, aiming for a title shot at Joe Louis. In New York, 17,000 are expected at Madison Square Garden for the Fusari-Larkin welterweight bout, a possible $100,000 gate. The Iron Dukes of Duquesne, unbeaten in 15, are lauded as one of college boxing’s great early teams, while WVU’s basketball status and Dunkel ratings draw commentary ahead of the Navy game. The Golden Gloves champions plan to travel to the Huntington Regional Tournament with a roster of fighters from Raleigh Register area.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
New Jersey
Charlie Fusari
Tippy Larkin
Larkin
Fusari
WWUI
United States
Duquesne Dukes
Chick Davies
Dukes
Smoky City
Iron Dukes
Davies
Madison Square
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DePaul
Ohio State
Colorado
WVU
Navy
Ick Dunkel
Kentucky Wildcats
Morgantown
Kentucky
Dunkel
Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Parson Gil Dodds
Dan Ferris
Dan
Dodds
Tommy Quinn
Les Mack Mitchell
Rune Gustafsson
Ed Walsh
Gerry Ka
California
Lawrence J. Skiddy
Syracuse
N. Y
Herald-Journal
Pirates
Tigers
E. R. Bradley
Hank
Texas Wesleyan
Greenberg
Army Air Forces
Carol Gimbel
Yanks Offer Pirates More Than Detroit Price For Slugger
Hank Greenberg, amid retirement talk, may play this season with the Yankees after a report that President Larry MacPhail offered Pittsburgh more than Detroit paid for his release. The Pirates have yet to comment, while Greenberg’s home town Yankees appeal grows stronger if he remains a free agent.
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Bucs
Detroit
Joe Riechler
New York
Hank Greenberg
New York Yankees
Larry MacPhail
Yankees
Frank McKinney
Pittsburgh Pirates
Greenberg
MacPhail
Pirates
Macpharl
Bucky Harris
Bucky
Herris
Marshail
Tigers
McKinney
Hank
Pittsburgh
Army to study mine warfare headline sparks transfers
A college basketball bid offers a return trip to Baltimore for high scorers Cliff McNeely and E. F. Parham to face Loyola's Jim Lacy on March 1. The piece notes a punch by Pat Comiskey and a postfight gripe by Lee Cma about water in his car, and jokes about Pennsylvania football players transferring to other schools.
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Cliff McNeely
E. F. Parham
Loyola
Jim Lacy
Baltimore
Pat. Comiskey
Lee Cma
Army
Pennsylvania
Louis in Peru trip continues with exhibition plan
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis arrived in Lima Peru after a Panama City flight to continue his South American exhibition tour. He met two sparring partners and will headline a fourth appearance in the region with bouts scheduled for tomorrow night.
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Peru
Associated Press
Lima
Joe Louis
Panama City
College basketball scores summary from Maryville to Wittenberg
A list of game results with multiple small colleges and universities. Notable outcomes include Mount St Marys 69 over Mt Saint Marys and Holy Cross 86 defeating St Anselms. Other matches feature Georgetown 61 over George Washington 44 and Virginia 58 over Bradley 77.
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Atlantic
Christan
Mt. St. Marys
Western Maryland
High Point
Guilford
Eastern Kentucky
Berea
Georgetown
George Washington
William and Mary
Virginia Military
Shepherd State
Elizabethtown
Fairmont
Salem
Holy Cros
St. Anselms
Bradley
Virginia
Ohio Wesleyan
Wittenberg
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Russell Brown
Bob Clark
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Walter Watzelza
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Dick Lewis
al Cohen
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Brooklyn
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Silver Brand Clothes, Inc
Neville Street
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Chesapeake and Ohio
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