Baseball Bosses Forecast 1950 AL Upgrades
Managers from the American League project the 1950 season with Boston and New York strong contenders. Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, and others predict improved pitching, depth, and bench strength, naming players like Priddy Kryhoski Dillinger Lehner and Zernial while noting Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, and Indians as top threats.
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New York Daily News
Washington
Bucky Harris
Red Rolfe
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Yankees
Cleveland
Evers
Groth
Wertz
Priddy
Kryhoski
Kell
Lipton
Weveas
McDermott
Yans
Boston
Philakees
Delphia
New York
Detroit
Lemon
Garcia
Feller
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
St. Pete
Maurie McDermott
Buddy Rasar
Jerry Priddy
Dick Kryhoski
Indians
Gordon
Boudreau
Athletics
Bob Killinger
Zach Taylor
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Chiff Fannin
Ned Garver
Earle Brucker
Philadelphia
White Sox
Bob Ditlinger
Bob Hooper
Ed Hrabcsak
Hank Wyse
Ed Klieman
Joe Tipton
Bob Dillinger
Paul Lehner
Jer Browns
Jack Onslow
Chicago White Sox
Gus Zernial
Zernial
Pasadena
Lou Boudceau
Cleveland Indians
Dib Feller
Joe Gordon
DiMaggio
Henrich
Rizzuto
Taugh
Ruth Gehrig
Foxx-Simmons-Cochrane
Joe McCarthy
Tigers
Fiost
Joe MicCarthy
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Lou Stringer
Merhad
Baltimore Og
Minneapolis
Rochester
Chicago
Fort Wayne
St. Pauls
Indianapolis
Anderson
Tri-City
Shibouran
Waterton
Denver
Gutlfield
Detroit Combs
Presbyterians Upset Calvary In 32-30 League Showdown
Calvary Baptist of Mabscott saw its 10 game Church League streak snapped as Presbyterian length and rebounding control led them to a 32-30 victory. Catholic’s 28-23 win over Methodist Temple and Christian’s 18-20 upset over Beth-El widened the standings gaps, with First Baptist 37 Episcopal 25 closing in on Calvary. Lovell led Calvary with 14 points in the second half, while Statzer paced Catholic with 14 and Temple’s Gunter added 7.
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Calvary Baptist of
Mabscott
Calvary
Presbyterians
Catholic
Methodist Temple
Christian
Beth-El
Icop
Temple
Beth- el
Bec
First Baptist
Episcopal
Calvary Quint
Baptist
L. Teples
Rizal Pox
Gunter
Ritte
Hoke
Falkerstein
GG. Smith
Rizzi
Stover
Be Klaus
J. Klaus
Milano
McGuire
D. Ryle
Kelster
Britton
Harvit
Cook
CG Berman
Keaton
Goldberg
Christian R
Beth-Fla
Chrisian—Thompson
Corey
Bostie
Carter
Beth-El—Levine
Eilenbogen
Front
Seiden
Walkers To Put Record on Line In Prime Showdown
The Mullens gym hosts a top season clash Wednesday at 3 15 p m as West Virginia University All Stars meet Walker s Esso five to challenge Mullens 1949 50 perfection. Notable All Stars include Leland Byrd Matoaka Pug Heinz South Charleston Jimmy Walther Princeton Bob Jackson Clarksburg and Eddie Sidaris. Proceeds from the Junior Women s Club of Mullens fund a new electric scoreboard for the gym.
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Mullens High School
West Virginia University All Stars
Walker
Esso
Mullens
Colegians
All Stars
Leland Byrd
Matoaka
Pug Heinz
South Charleston
Jimmy Walthall
Princeton
Bob Jackson
Clarksburg
Eddie Sidaris
College and high school scores from several games
A sequence of basketball results lists many teams and scores from afternoon and night games. Notable showings include Ohio State 75 over Indiana 65, Wisconsin 6 over Purdue 45, Oklahoma 76 over Iowa State 48, and Vanderbilt 74 over Middle Tennessee State, with numerous other high school and college matchups summarized in dense line entries.
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Icholastic Beckley
East Bank
Spanishburg
Iowa
Minnesota
Clemson
Tennessee
LSU
CCNY
Fordham
Northwestern
Marquette
Columbia
Brown
Akron
Case Tech
Kansas
Drake
Duquesne
Indiana State
Hamline
Gustavus Adolphus
Glen White Juniors Defeat Eccles 35-29
The Glen White juniors defeated Eccles 35-29 as Saunders led with 16 points, Miller had eight and Wilpone seven for the locals. The game saw Eccles trailing after a strong fourth quarter rally by Glen White.
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Glen White Juniors
Eccles
Juy Register
Glen White
Raily
Saunders
Miller
Wilpone
Culteert
Breed
O'Neal
Davis
E. Duncan
Wilbur
Duncan
Entucky Wesleyan
Union
King and DeLong Tied in Scoring Race
Hy The Associated Press reports George King of Morris Harvey and Nate DeLong of Rivers Falls as the season scoring leaders. DeLong scored 34 to reach 714 points in 26 games while King sits at 714 in 23 games. each has one or two regular season games plus possible tournament action left. DeLong’s four year total reaches 2,284 points, 161 fewer than King’s career total in 97 games.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Buckhannon
de Long
King
Wisconsin Star
Beckley Boxers Rarely See Ring Action In Regional Gloves
Regional Golden Gloves in Huntington opened with heavy action and most Beckley entrants unlikely to box again, as only lightweight or welterweight open and novice heavyweight divisions offered fresh chances. Possible Beckley fighters to enter include Earl Harbison, Billy Kings, Charlie Sesapaugh, and O Bryant Scruggs, with out-of-town contenders advancing in the novice division.
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John J. Konrad
John Brown
Huntington Advertiser
Beckley
Earl Har
McBride
Ironton
John Ross
Larry Adtkins
Ross
Billy Joe Haner
Lawrence Baumgardner
Ray Harrison
Bel
Try
Williamson
Randolph Park
Hometown Open Hopes For Burke Demaret In Houston
Houston Open qualifiers open as Jimmy Demaret and Jackie Burke Jr face hometown pressure. Burke, son of the late Jack Burke, seeks to match or surpass Demaret as top Houston favorite while 31 players vie for about 50 non exempt spots.
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Associated Press
Houston
Jimmy Demaret
Jackie Burke, Jr
Thursay
Demaret
Jim
Burke
Jack Burke
River Oaks
Jackie
Brae Burns Country Club
Ogen
Jimmy
Harlingen
Demaret and
Johnny Palmer
Badin
N. C
Cary Middlecoff
Ormond Beach
Fla
Palmer
Showdown plans and sports notes from the era
Gene Hermanski may attend a March 1 showdown at Vero Beach with Branch Rickey if no agreement is reached he will return to Ft Lauderdale to sit out Baseball news mentions $14,000 in the till for the Ezzard Charles Freddie Beshore heavyweight title bout in Buffalo next week Rose Bowl contract with the Big Ten renewal okayed Coast grid clause limits frequent Pasadena visits Bradley basketball from Illinois Patti Unruh Bradley standout holds 440 yard dash record Vic Raschi Yankees eyeing grad school George Sauer Baylor athletic director joke about combined roles Ben Jones comments on Coaltown running for second money Widener Handicap at Hialeah to be run with Three Rings as possible favorite and Par nells portrayal of deceitful actors last noted remark
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Gayle Talbot
Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn
Gene Hermanski
Gene
Vero Beach
Branch Rickey
Ft. Lauderdale
Ezzard Charles-Freddie Beshore
Buffalo
Bradley Cage
Ilinois
Patti Unruh
Bradley
Vic Raschi
Yankees
Wiliam and Mary
George Sauer
Hialeah
Calumet
Parnell
Pax Junior Five Upsets Mr. Hope in National Basketball
Pax Junior Five defeated Mr. Hope in a national basketball event last night. The card lists results and upcoming games including Baltimore at Chicago Syracuse at Denver Sheboysan at Iscianapolis New York at Philadelphia and Washington at Rochester.
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Pax
Mr. Hope
Baltimore
Chicago
Syracuse
Denver
Sheboysan
Iscianapolis
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Rochester
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