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' . ' . ' . • ? '' '’ * 1 * i gr l 'Cove Wins Championship in Elementary BasketballPANAMA ITY NEW S-H ERALD ( Sunday February 31, 1954 JWDLP —599 On Your DialBay Closess Season inOuincy TuesdayBay High closes out its regular basketball season in Quincy Tuesday night. The Tornadoes have won 13 and lost seven.Monday night Baker plays at Foley. Tuesday Malone plays at Blountstown, Cottondale at Frink, Campbellton at Greenwood, Tate at Jay, Carrabelle at Sneads, Marianna at Leon, Altha at Bristol, Bonifay at Vernon, Wewahitchka at Port St. Joe and Century at Crestview.Then will come the district tournaments. The only other games booked in this area are: March 2, Bristol at Wewahitchka; March 5, Wewahitchka at Bristol, and Allentown - Chumuekla at Jay.Wewahitchka beat Greensboro, 80 - 47, Friday night. Marianna won in Bonifay, 77-53, with George O’Neal scoring 20 points for thewinners and Thorpe 21 for Bonifay.Blountstown beat Altha, 74-31, Milton won from Crestview, 47-45, Tate won from Catholic, 88-57, Cottondale nosed out Vernon, 54-50, Pensacola defeated Bay, 67-53, and Choctawhatchee won from Laurel Hill, 64-51,T AndrewQuintetiSecond PlaceAT SPRING PRACTICE—Dickie Baymiller gets ready to toss a forward pass at Bay High’s spring practice. The center is James Goodwin. One hundred and twelve boys have reported and more will join up after the basketball season. (Staff photo by frank Pericoia)Chipola DrawsHolmes PlansCage TourneyBONIFAY (Special) — Holmes Cuunty high school basketball tournament will be played here iHarch 4-6. Six junior and seniorSighs will compete.Bulldogs Lining Up Grid ScheduleTilton TeamRoscnwald High is now lining up its 1954 football schedule. The Bulldogs will play home gamesln the new Bay High stadium.The Bulldogs will play five games at home and five on the road, Ben Stephens, head coach, will callspring trainingMARIANNA (Special) —Chipola Junior College has drawn Abraham - Baldwin of Tifton, Ga., in the first round of the region 8 junior college basketball tournament at Lyons, Ga., March 2, 3 and 4. The game is set for 4:30 p.m. March 2. Jacksonville JC meets Armstrong of Savannah at 2:30 p. m. Pensacola faces Norman Park, Ga.. at 7 and Brewton -Parker plays South Georgia at 9:30 p m. March 2.Semi-finals are set for March 3 and finals and consolations March4. Only one team will represent the region in the national ‘championships.WS%Sports SlantsBuying Stock is Way toShow Baseball Interestsoon.Blountstown WinsOver Altha FoeVERNON — (Special) — Vernon High dropped a tough 54 - 50 basketball game to Cottondale last night. Mashburn scored 19 points for Cottondale and Max Wells andBobby Padgett got 14 each for Vernon. Cottondale led 20 - 15 at the half. Vernon's “B” team won its game.By FRANK PERICOLA Neios-Herald Sports Editor Some local fans have bought stock in the Panama City Flier baseball club but not nearly enough to reflect the real interest that we know exists. If you haven’t bought a share yet, you can show that you really- want baseball by purchasing one for $10.Under the plan announced byj Rowe Sud'duth and Reese Carter, j whc- will operate the team, you: can hardly lose. You can sell your j share at any time during the sea-1| Cove School won the elementary | basketball championship as the j league closed its regular season yesterday at the Bay High gym. Cove beate Panama Grammar, 20-14. to wind up the year undefeated.St. Andrew, loser to Cove by 12-| II in its opening game, beai Kiland j Park, 25-16,. to finish second.j Drummond Park won from Cher* I ry street, 17-10, Millville defeated i Springfield, 17-12, and Parker won ! from Lynn Kaven, 15-9. Hiland Park had a bye yesterday.I Plans are under way for a tour-i cament.Lineups:Millville — C a ra.p bell 3. | Etheridge 8, Bell, Bishop 4, Stanford, Browder. Williams. Sinks, Spikes, Brock, McKinney. Galloway.Springfield — Eiland 2. Davis 1, Riddle, Brogdon. Giddines, Sock-well 2, Sullivan, Sexton, Newsome 6, Messer, Hodges I, Byrd.St. Andrew — Larry McGill 6, Joe McKinney 5. Bill Cordell 8,Maurice Cotton. Howard Roberts 5, Tommy Webb. Roland Williams 1, Robert Childers, Bill Funder-burke. Bill Cannon. Ronald White, James Carswell. Jim Zediker.Hiland Park — Roger Pierson.CRACK BOWLERS—Here are members of the W and W Motors team in the Commercial bowling league. Left to right, Ray Dierdorff. Dick Caliguiri, Carl Erickson and Joe Teague. Tim Robinson is miss-(Staff photo by Frank Pericoia)me.State Prep Basketball Meets Harfy MdSSCyWill Get Under Way MondayEli Michell 3. Robert Burkett 4, Wayne Johnson i, stoney PeacockoBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .starting dates:r- Vom the start of the first dis- ’ Class AA Group 1 Pensacola Feb.Looking SharpCherry Street — George M. John-? i* ’ r* fct high school basketball elimi-' 25son 1, Remus Cook 3, Mike Sweet, j ms Lion tournament Monday until j AA 2 Orlando 25 Doug Perdue, Billy Flowers. Bubba 1 Florida's four state champions are ! AA 3 Tampa 24Teams ison for what you paid for it and at the close of the season, you can’t get less than $8. Counting the free ticket to the opening game that gees to .all stockholders, your loss if any could not exceed SI.We would like to see at least 200 fans- buy a share 'each this week, in order to s'how the Flier operators we really want baseball. Tha.'t’s little enough to do to insure a team here.If you’re interested, just call Rowe Sud'duth at Sud'duth Realty Co. and a share will be made out in your name.Pwoy Sinquefield, the new Flier manager, is busy lining up rookies,Negro TourneyThirty-four Negro high school basketball teams — 17 girls ana17 boys — will begin play next Thursday at the Rosemvald High gym in the group one class B tournament. Play will be conducted Thursday afternoon and night. Friday morning, afternoon and night and Saturday morning, afternoon and night.Faille 4, David Garrett 2, John Hallis.Drummond Park — Josh Vann3, Jerome Earnest 3. John Taylor7, Joe Spracley 4, Black Mitchell, Horace Covington, Billy Lee, Jimmy Fritch, Jack Andrew, Jimmy j Davis.j Parker — Don Sparrow 6. Ron-i nie Williams 1, Hilrey Branning 4, | Charles Childers I. James Parkerj 1. Jay Myers. Howard Abbot,| Richard Goree, Jimmy Tucker 2.Lynn Haven — Patterson 5, Hundley, Corbin 1, McKenzie. Kent 1, Hudson, Savage 1, Yarborough, D. McSpadden l. Cutchins, R. McSpadden, Nichols.Panama Grammar — Riblcdo 3, Johnson 1, Lunsford, Garrison, Johnston, Sheffield, Conrad 5,: named will be over two weeks, i AA 4 Miami 24j The Florida High School Aciivi-jAl Sbalimar 24.• ties Assn. separated the group | A 2 Monticello 24 ; tournaments from the state tour- • A 3 Jacksonville Beach 25 I naments by an extra week this • A 4 Leesburg 25 | year. Group tournaments at 26 j A 5 Vero Beach 25 \ sites are this week and the state j A 6 Brandon 25 I finals at Gainesville begin March j A 7 Fort Meade 22 : 10.First of the tournaments to start play is Class A Group 7. It opens Monday night at Fort Meade.Most of the others will start Wednesday or Thursday.Four will be played in Class A A, advancing to the state tourney.Winners of eight group eliminations in each Class A and Class C will go to the state tourney.A 8 Pompano Beach 24 B 1 Chattahoochee 24 B 2 Lake Butler 25 B 3 Baldwin 25 B 4 Wiilistcn 25 B 5 Umatilla 25 B 7 Miami Beach 25 C 1 Jay 24 C 2 Greensboro C 3 Mayo 24 C 4 Yulee 25 C 5 Bronson 25Tallahassee .'Special) — Florida State’s ambitious football candidates reeled off their eighth of 20 NCAA — allotted spring practice sessions today and several observers commented that the Sem-inoles are looking ’•exceptionally sharp. ”A full-scale game - condition scrimmage today climaxed the second week of F3U practice.Probably the brightest note of this week’s four sessions was the noted improvement of junior quarterback Harry Massey. Regarded last season as a fine bail - handler but an '“average” passer. Massey has shown improvement in all departments this spring, particularly passing.24Lee Corso, Len Swantic. Gerald Rooks, and W. L. Harper are giving Massey plenty of competition for the quarterback role, however.In Class B one team already j c 6 Seville 25Rushing 5, Daffin, Vickery, Hender- has been selected for the state c 7 Welrsdale 24son.Covetourney. Tampa’s Our Lady of Mike Good son. Bill Perpetual Help was designatedLocal Golfers inSnuggs, Tommy Haney 2, Eddie; representative of Group 6 and noSanders 2. Bob Snuggs lo'. Larry j tournament will be held. TwoMartin,George C-reen, J. New- * teams wili go to the state tourneyC 8 Lake Placid 24Adair and Ezell Sign With OilersEG LIN LOSESman, Jim Thomas. Mike Murphy, from Group 1 and one each fromDonald Pumphrey 6, John Carey, five other eliminations.Mack Frey, Charles Pumphrey. i Tournaments with sites andj GRACEVILLE lt;Special) — Pete i Adair and Claud Ezell, members EGLIN — (Special) — Patrick ■ of the 1953 Graceviile Oiler ball beat Eglln, 69-54, in the semi-finals ; club, have signed 1954 contracts.of the Southeastern AFB basketball : Adair is an infielder, Ezell an out-:tournament at Orlando. fielder.
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Sun, Feb 21, 1954
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