City Championship Cage Tournament Gets Started
San Antonio area prep hoop playoffs open with Lanier meeting Aransas Pass in state race. At Woodlawn gym the inter league tournament begins, pitting Trinity Methodist cagers and Fred's Place, Jewelers and M C A Dormitory in opening games. Sidney Lanter heads toward Austin as San Antonio teams chase titles and a trip to the T A A F event in Dallas.
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Dumont proposes airborne umpiring for baseball games
Vic Ray Dumont, a semi pro baseball figure from Wichita, proposes a movable derrick to lift the umpire into the air to call plays from above the diamond. He suggests testing the concept in an exhibition before a possible 1942 national championship adoption.
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Myers Quits Baseball Refuses Cut With Cubs
Harrisburg March report says Hilly Myers of the Chicago Cubs refuses a salary cut, says he does not want to play baseball. He has taken a job as an extra fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad earning 6.88 to 8.36 dollars daily. Manager Connie Mack notes the Cubs want a cut of his pay, while Myers insists he will stay where he is this season.
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Baseball Chatter Rounds Out 1948 Spring Talk
Clearwater and Lakeland notes mix with rumors of player moves and medicals as spring workouts loom. Oscar Grimes seeks second base with Cleveland Indians amid eyeing Ray Mack’s job, while Eddie Miter and others discuss positions and futures in the coming season.
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Wisconsin Edges Minnesota In Tight Big Ten Clash
Johnny Kotz pushed his season total to a Big Ten record 211 points as Wisconsin beat Minnesota 49 to 47 at the Gopher field house. Indiana fell to Northwestern 49 to 45, dropping from second place as Northwestern clinched the upset victory.
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Physical Fitness Program at Texas U Begins
The University of Texas launches a special Defense physical fitness course in March. About 101 young men volunteer to prepare for work while a coach leads exercises as part of the program.
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Negro Boys Stay in Race in Alamo Playoffs
The Negro Boys Club beat Register Publishers 28 to 27 at Contra Playground to stay alive in the Alamo Athletic association playoff for the Negro city basketball championship. American Woodmen defeated Shaw’s Clippers 52 to 31 to move toward the final. The rubber game Wednesday will decide who faces the Woodmen Friday. Miles and Brady sparked the Publishers late rally but the Club held on. Garrett led the Boys Club with 8, Jones 7, Hartfield and Davis 4 each. for the Woodmen Clippers Priestley scored 18 and Levy Taylor 16.
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Derringer Awarded in Head Injury Suit
Yampa Fla Maena six Pay Derringer veteran Cincinnati Reds pitcher wins a $66,000 claim after head injury in 1940 from a bumper hit in an electrical supplies store. Jury awards compensation for medical costs and lost salary, with Derringer alleging double vision and impaired pitching.
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Central Wins League Title
Central High ben sultans clinch Academic League title with a 44 17 victory over St Henry s Academy at Central gym in the final game. Mentions of players Lopes Been Jordan Kramer Robeyta and Viren appear in readable fragments.
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Clara Callander Sets Los Angeles Women Golf Course Record
Clara Callander cut six strokes off the back nine at Los Angeles Country Club to post a 35 on the back nine and 73 for the full 18, establishing a women's course record. She was attempting to qualify for the women’s mid winter tournament while weather postpones the putting tournament at Olmos Driving Range.
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Finals Play-by-Play Broadcast Set for Austin Championship
Finals of the state basketball championship will be held at Gregory Gym in Austin Saturday night with a special radio network to provide full play-by-play for the three games. KTSA will carry the San Antonio broadcast.
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