Babe Ruth Leaves Tampa For Miami After Southbound Baseball Life
St Petersburg March 6 AP reports baseball legend George Herman Ruth quits the scene near his bungalow as two former Yankee teammates train nearby. He packs his golf clubs for Miami hoping to escape the memories, plans tournaments, may return home, and eyes a possible role in baseball later. Mrs Ruth notes he has declined business offers and enjoys golf and news reading while pondering a comeback. The piece also mentions a 1,000 dog reward and an investment banker warning about indirect taxes and inflation.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Fla
George Herman Ruth
Miami
Boston Nationals
Waterfront Park
Yankees
Miller Huggins Field
Braves
Ruth
Greyhounds
Ball Park
Bees
West Palm Beach
St. Pete
Duke Falls to Maryland in Southern Tournament Opener
In Raleigh on March 6 the Southern Conference tournament opened with Maryland defeating Duke 47 35. The Old Liners countered Duke with a strong second period and steady scoring. Earlier Washington and Lee eliminated VPI and North Carolina knocked out Virginia respectively, while a bystander reported seeing engineers near the Hudson river prompting a police rescue call.
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Associated Prose Memorial
Raleigh N. C
Maryland
Duke University
Duke
Washington and Lee
Generals
North Carolina
Virginia
Hudson River
New Jersey
Berg Extends Florida Defense In Golf Meet
Patty Berg advances to the Florida east coast women's golf semi finals with a 5 and 3 win over Jean Bauer of Providence. She faces Maureen Orcutt Crews, Opal Hill, and Marion Miley as Rankings vie for the title amid strong showings by Kathryn Hemphill and Sylvia Annenberg in earlier rounds. Mrs Hills pursues a quick end to Berg's season as Crews dominates Annenberg 4 and 3.
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Augustine
Fla
Jean Bauer
Providence
R. I
Patty Berg
Victm
Redhhead
Patty
Maureen Orcutt Crews
Miami
Opal S. Hill
Kansas City
Marion Miley
Lexington
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
S. C
Hill
Miss Berg
Florida
Crews
Sylvia Annenberg
Flushing
L. I
Miss Miley
Jane Cothran
Greenville
Dizzy Willing To Fight Club
Bradenton Florida March 6 Dizzy Dean a Cardinal pitcher who says he will fight Virgil Davis Rickey and Frisch if they want to spar He repeats he will not pitch to Davis this season and would rather Davis not catch him in any event Davis has threatened to punch Deans nose Dean jokes he can strike in separate rooms and notes last year’s disputes over catching duties and pitching decisions with Rickey Frisch and Davis
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Associated Press
Bradenton
Fla
Dizzy Dean
Cardinal
Virgil Davis
Branch Rickey
Frankie Frisch
Davis
Dean
Rickey
Frisch
Cardinals
Bill Delancey
Risch
Rickey and
West Virginia Beats Georgetown In East Basketball Clash
West Virginia defeated Georgetown 41 to 26 in an Eastern Conference game paced by Gocke with 11 points and Barna with 10. WVU built a 21-9 halftime lead as Phares Mestrovic and teammates held the Hoyas to a cold second half, with Gocke fueling the late surge.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
Gocke
Barna
West Virginia
Georgetown
Hoyas
Mountaineer
Phares
Mestrovic
Colebank
Ace Simpson
Bassin
Frank
Petrosky E Ae Nolang
Keating
Gibeau
Ward
Marietta
High Schools In Annual Tourneys Begin Statewide
More than 100 mountain state teams entered this year’s annual high school basketball tourneys with 32 sectional events starting last night. Nitro saw the fewest entries while St. Albans and Poca dominated. Regional sites include Wheeling area pools and Clarksburg, Grafton, Keyser, Ronceverte, Charleston, and Huntington communities with matchups in Benwood, Wellsburg, Hundred, Sistersville, Pennsboro, Glenville, Fairmont, Elkins, Jane Lew, Shepherdstown, Davis, Kingwood, Richwood, Hinton, Beckley, Gassaway, Montgomery, East Bank, Ravenswood, and Kenova.
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Associated Press
St. Albans
Poca
Wheeling
Benwood
Wellsburg
Hundred and Sistersville
Clarksburg
Pennsboro
Clarksburgh
Glenville
Grafton
Fairmont
Elkins
Jane Lew
Keyser
Shepherdstown
Davis
Kingwood
Ronceverte
Richwood
Hinton
Beckley
Charleston
Gassaway
Montgomery
East Bank
Huntington
Ravenswood
Kenova
Havana Wallops Cardinal Team in Exhibition Opener
Havana beat the St Louis Cardinals 13 to 8 before 14000 at Tropical stadium. The Cubans hammered three Cardinals pitchers for 16 hits while St Louis collected 12. Trailing 6-1, the Cardinals rallied for seven in the eighth, but Havana answered with seven of their own.
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Associated Presa
Havana
Jose Barnet
St. Louis Cardinals
Tropical Stadium
St. Louis
Bill Walker
Mike Ryba
Bill McGee
Cardinals
Favorites Lose In Tennis Meet
In New York on March 6 the United States indoor tennis championship saw upsets in the quarter finals as Karl Schroeder and Gilbert Hall were defeated by Frank Bowden and Leonard Hartman. Bowden beat Schroeder 6-4 6-3 6-4 while Hartman won 6-4 8-6 8-6 over Hall.
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Associated Prose
New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
United States
Karle Schroeder
Sweden
Gilbert Hall
Frank Bowden
Schroeder
Leonard Hartman
Columia University
Hall
South Orange
N. J
Bowden
Hartman
Gregory Mangin
Wilmer Hines
Columbia
S. C
Mangin
Mysterious die causes stamp cancellations to miss month
In Bellingham Washington the February canceling stamp die went missing causing all outgoing mail to depart without a month stamp. Postal workers searched for the die but it was not found, leaving February timestamps absent on mail.
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Bellingham, Wash
Crisco Promises Light Cakes Pies And Fried Foods
An advertising letter extols Crisco as a light digestible shortening that makes foods like cakes pies and fried items puff up with feathery texture. It asserts Crisco’s creamy light quality improves digestion and touts the 3-pound can as a thrifty value.
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STOCO
Colcord
Collins
Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson
Shady
Marsh Fork
Mark Twain
C. G. Peregoy
R. A. Thom
Edward Lampton
Leland Rex Robinson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Raleigh N.C
Bob Spessard
Miller’s Grocery
P. & G. Giant
Rose Funeral Home
Beckley Hardware
Dizzy
Hurler
Rickey, Frisch and
Paris
Joe Gugliotta
GIANT
Havana Wallops
Guyan Valley
Nitro
Bluefield
Matewan
Pineville
Jaeger
Athens
Crisco
Marge
Earle Schroeder
Morton Drug Co
Prince Street
Scontinen
Som
CPI
Choe Ulna
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
Mrs. L. C. Knight
Winifred
Carter
The
Ter & Gamble Co
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