Syracuse War Memorial to approve plans for sports arena and theater
Within two weeks the Onondaga County War Memorial group will approve Andrew Reinhard plans for an integrated Sports Arena and Entertainment Building at State Street Madison and Harrison on Prescott School site. The two buildings include a 3 000 seat theater and a 6 000 seat hockey arena with 8 000 basketball and 9 000 boxing capacity. promoters favor 6 000 hockey seats to guarantee full houses. The project may cost over 2 million dollars and requires a county wide fundraising drive before winter. A 300 car underground parking area is planned under the arena for events and shows.
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Onondaga County War Memorial Group
Andrew Reinhard
New York
State, Madison and Harrison Sts
Prescott School
Sam Sisson
Syracuse
Clarence Twichell
Melville Clark
Onondaga County
War Memorial Building Committee
Chiefs Are Happy About Train Travel
Syracuse s Chiefs stayed with bus travel after a railroad strike forced a Sunday game in Baltimore. They returned home amid complaints but learned IL clubs rely on trains. players hope for occasional plane travel in future. Weather delayed games and attendance, with a doubleheader possible tonight and a long home stand ahead.
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Baltimore
MacArthur Stadium
Chiefs
International League
Night Baseball Debut in New York Draws Big Crowd
New York hosts two night games with Yankees versus Senators at Yankee Stadium and Dodgers versus Giants at Ebbets Field. Expected attendance tops 100,000. Yankees may reach a night record near 68,000, while Brooklyn seats limit totals. Other results include White Sox routing Browns 9 2 and Cubs beating Cardinals 4 1.
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Sns
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Washington Senators
Yankee Stadium
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New York Giants
Ebbets Field
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Yanks
Cleveland
Minor League Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Baseball results show Louisville 5 Toledo 2 and Kansas City 8 St. Paul 4 in American Association play. Milwaukee 7 Minneapolis 2. Indianapolis at Columbus postponed by rain. Pacific Coast League rounds include Portland 3 Oakland 0 and Oakland 14 Portland 2. Southern Association reports Atlanta 6 Mobile 4 and Little Rock 4 Nashville 7 Memphis 6. Texas League Oklahoma City 7 Fort Worth 6 and Tulsa 2 Dallas 3. Beaumond 1 Shreveport 6. San Antonio at Houston postponed by rain. Eastern League games postponed due to rain. South Atlantic League Macon 7 Augusta 6 and Columbus 9 Charleston 4. Greenville 7 Jacksonville 2. Columbia at Savannah postponed by rain.
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Columbia
Savannah
Matisi Secures Knockout Win Over Muscato in Buffalo
In Memorial Auditorium before 8 828 fans, Matisi the 200 pounder from Endicott stopped Joe Muscato with a finishing right at 1 36 of the seventh round after scoring multiple knockdowns including a three punch burst in the third and two more in the fifth. Other results list Frankie Best Fredonia over Jimmy Mulligan and Bobby Dare stopping Johnny Sudor among Buffalo bouts.
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Joe Matisi
Endicott
Joe Muscato
Teading
Memorial Auditorium
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Muscato
Savage
Frankie Best
Fredonia
Jimmy Mulligan
Lowell
Mass
Bobby Dare
Johnny Sudor
Talmadge Bussey
Detroit
Jimmy Winters
Ross Strickland
New York
McKinley English
Tommy Stenhouse
Tony Boguski
Niagara Falls
Joe Pienia
Syracuse Spring Practice Highlights Big Tackle Dick Bagley
Dick Bagley, Syracuse University’s largest player at 6 feet 2 inches and 278 pounds, headlines spring drills at HenDricks Field. A Medford Mass. product, he previously played Navy Service tackle and aims for a starting spot next fall. Gerry Pellagrini and John Dillon led the practice as veterans provide an edge over the inexperienced centers in the first squad.
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Hendricks Field
Dick Bagley
Medford
Mass
Navy
Syracuse
Gerry Pellagrini
John Dilson
Simmons Aids Thiel As North South Coach
North team coach for the North-South lacrosse classic on June 7 in Baltimore is Glen Nick Thiel of Penn State. This marks his 12th year as Penn State head coach with previous stints as assistant in 1941 1943 and longtime North staff leader. Assisting Thiel are Leo Miller Roy Simmons and Ned Harkness. Penn State midfielder Johnny Nolan is the lone North League representative, with Navy service ending in June.
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Thiel
Syracuse University
Leo
Miller
City College of New York
Roy Simmons
Ned Harkness
Rnsselaer Polytechnic Institute
Johnny Nolan
Fifteen Memorial Day Games Set in Central New York League
Central New York Baseball League schedules Memorial Day games across four divisions. Eastern section matchups include New Woodstock at Oneida Chittenango at Canastota Tully at Fabius Cazenovia at Lafayette. Western and Northern division contests cover Port Byron at Geneva Clyde byes, and Baldwinsville at East Syracuse Weedsport at Jordan Marcellus at North Syracuse among others.
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Solvay
Marcellus
North Syracuse
Louisville Colonels Ride Strong Into 28 Games
Louisville Colonels relied on pitching in 16 of their first 28 games with only three starters leaving early. Dick Callahan started twice and Al Widmar once, reflecting deep rotation and durability in early season.
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Louisville Colonel
Dick Callahan
al Widmar
Belloise Wins At Garden For 106th Straight Victory
Steve Belloise, New York middleweight, defeated Coley Welch of Portland, Maine by technical knockout at Madison Square Garden in 5 minutes 16 seconds. It was Belloise’s 106th straight win since Navy discharge, with ref Mark Conn stopping the scheduled 10 rounder in the second. Wilkens outpointed De John in a six round bout.
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Steve Belloise
New York
Coley Welch
Portland
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Bronx
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Welch
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Mike Belloise
J.C. Wilkens
Carmen de John
Syracuse
Jones Out Six Weeks With Left Wrist Fracture
Chicago White Sox rookie first baseman Murrell Jones will miss six weeks with a fracture of the left wrist and elbow after a throw knocked him off the bag during the second game of a doubleheader with Detroit. Detroit shortstop Eddie Lake also injured a leg in the collision.
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Murrell Jones
White Sox
John Claridge
Jones
Detroit
Eddie Lake
Lake
Bears Play Chiefs in Two Games
The Syracuse Chiefs home opener in the International League was postponed twice due to rain and is rescheduled as a twilight doubleheader with Newark at 6 20 pm. Newark won two or three games against the Bears last week as the squads prepare for a weather marred series.
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International League Baseball
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Jewel Ens
Arnold Carter
Jim Prendergast
Ken Polivka
Bob Katz
Steve Peek
John Moore
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Williamsport
Will Chicago Be Replaced at Big 10 Meet
At the spring Big 10 meeting in Champaign officials discuss whether Chicago should be supplanted as a conference member. Pittsburgh and Michigan State seek admission while sentiment splits on a nine club alignment. Football schedules for 1947-48 and off campus basketball policy are also on the agenda.
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N. GP
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Big 10
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Maroons
Fulton Sets Fast Half Mile in Coliseum Meet
Johnny Fulton of Los Angeles, now with San Francisco's Olympic Cup, clocked 1 minute 51 seconds for the half mile in the Coliseum topping the previous 1 51.38 set by John Woodruff in 1939. Southern California won the invitational track meet for the seventh straight year with 26 points. Olympic Club was second with 16 and Los Angeles Athletic Club third with 10.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
John Woodruff
Pittsburgh
Southern California
Olympic Club
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Ulclla
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