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^;Pro Cage Meet.it 1hc stadium. where hr holds the!! single game record of 37 points.InOpens TonightCHICAGO. March 25 i,V)eighth annualbasketballworld's professionalchampionship tournament lt;mid west and eastern version)two preliminary professionalstarts. Mikan averaged 18 points.During his four year collegiate career, he piled up 1.871 points for a 19-point average and last season The had a 23.1 average, best in the nation. with 553 points in 24 games.Wednesday's first round pairings include: Oshkosh All-Stars vs De-I troit Mansfields: Youngstown Bears'pens at Chicago Stadium tonight, vs. New York Rcns; and BaltimoreI127EaSc i KlS|featured bv towering George«- ■ c * *Mikan’s first stern lest at dunking baskets for doughFestivities for a hand-picked, 14-team field begins with a three-game program in which six-foot, nine-inch Mikan will make his firstBullets vs. Dayton Bombers. The quarter-finals are scheduled Friday night, while the semi-finals will be held Wednesday. April 3. and the best-of-three finals, the following Friday. Saturday and Monday.DcN(14o:c.HI.*nIndium apprnrancc as the highesta paid pro in basketball history.The former DePnul University tar recently signed a SfiO.fiOO. five-year contract with the Chicago American Gears, who will face the Pittsburgh Raiders in the opening round.Other first round games include the Cleveland Allmens vs. Anderson. Ind . Chiefs and the Midland. I Mich. Dows vs Indianapolis Kant-iskvs Remainder of the field exceptHolland High SchoolSuWins Michigan TitleEAST LANSING. Mich . March 25 /Ft Brand new basketball awards were gloaming from trophy cases it# four Michigati High Schools today in the wake of the lower peninsula cage finals in Michigan State Colleges Jcnison fieldhbuse Saturday night.Holland. St Joseph, Manton and Bridgman took lilies iti classes A. B. C and D. in that order, as an os-timatcd 11.300 fans tinned out to' wiI to]i daBtwlt; Lc R.H;F,the defending champion Fort Wayne, iInd. Zollners and the Shebovgan.' sec the championship contests.)W is.. Redskins, who drew byes, will |play initial round games Wednes-1• day night. IThe Mikanized Gears, composed mainly of former DePaul players, hope to profit by the fact that big George, widely acclaimed as one of the game’s all-time greats, played ( most of his home collegiate games,n,i .lt;T;Have your crankcase annactsummer#QUALITY CHEVROL
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Rhinelander Daily News
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Mar 25, 1946
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