Stranahan Falls To Locke In Cavalier Spécialists Tie
Amateur Frank Stranahan limped to the 18 hole playoff against Bobby Locke for the Cavalier Spécialists title after injuring his left foot in a hillside slip. Both finished regulation at 201 strokes six under par with Locke earning 1500 dollars plus half the gate.
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Virginia Beach
Frank Stranahan
Bobby Locke
Cavalier Spécialists
Toledo
Stranahan
Locke
Maple Leafs claim third straight Stanley Cup victory
The Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 3 to 1 at Maple Leaf Gardens to become the first modern N H L club to win the Cup three years in a row. Coach Conn Smythe lauded a rookie reinforced squad while Detroit used oxygen tanks during rests in a historic game.
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Toronto Maple Leafs
Maple Leaf Gardens
Detroit Red Wings
Conn Smythe
Wings
Detroit
Chicago Bowler Still Leading in Akron Event
John Small of Chicago led the sixth annual Rubber City bowling sweepstakes in Akron with a six game total of 1,332 while Detroit's George Young was eight pins behind in second. Akron's Dick Hoover moved to sixth with 1,258, and Young earned 1,324 to claim runnerup status for the $1,000 prize.
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Akron
INL
John Small
Chicago
George Young
Detroit
Dick Hoover
Akron Recreation Allays
Small
Young
Goshen Harness Racing Program Gets Approval
The United States Trotting Association announced approval of 1949 meeting dates for Goshen New York and Troy Ohio harness tracks. Goshen will host the Good Time meeting August 8 to 12 and a Roosevelt Raceway double meet May 6 to 19 and September 26 to October 29. The Hambletonian will be held at Goshen in August. Troy meets run June 11 to July 2.
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Chicago
Yeserday
Goshen
N. Y
Troy
Shirley Fry Wins Florida Tennis Title at Good Neighbor
In Miami Beach Earl Cochell of San Francisco and Shirley Fry of Akron Rollins College won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the first Good Neighbor tennis tournament. Cochell defeated Gardner Larned 6-4 6-1 6-4 in the final. Fry, seeded first, rallied to beat Dorothy Head 3-6 6-1 in the final.
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Fla
Earl Cochell
San Francisco
Shirley Fry
Rollins College
Akron
Cochell
Gardner Larned
Rollins
Miss Fry
Dorothy Head
Alameda
Calif
Mangrum Heads 1949 PGA Money List Lead
Chicago report shows Sean Mangrum leading the 1949 PGA money list with 9708 dollars earned on the tour Sam Snead close behind at 9111 following his Masters win at Augusta Cary Middlecoff tops at 83485 with Demaret Harrison Palmer also among leaders in the earnings tally.
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Chicago
Sean Lloyd
Mangrum
P.G.A
Sam Snead
Snead
Augusta
Cary Middlecoff
Jimmy Demaret
E. J. Harrison
Johnny Palmer
Parkersburg Bowlers Shine in West Virginia Tourney
Parkersburg shooters C. M. Holmes and W. M. Wright surged in the state bowling tournament in Huntington. Holmes led singles with 650, Wright followed with 646. In doubles Reuther and Stavich of Wheeling held the lead at 1246, while Wright and Holmes claimed second at 1226. Wright also led all-events with 1851.
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Huntington
W. Va
Parkersburg
C. M. Holmes
W. M. Wright
Wright
Holmes
Jack Reuther
Semo Stavich
Wheeling
Reuther
Stavich
Charleston Senators Triumph in Exhibition 7-3
Charleston West Virginia club defeated Flint Michigan 7-3 in an exhibition in Bennettsville South Carolina. Southpaw Moe Savaransky pitched eight innings of one hit ball before tiring in the ninth. The Senators open the season April 27 at Charleston against the Saginaw Bears.
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S. C
Joe Beggs
Charleston Senators
West Virginia
Flint
Mich
Beggs
Senator
Moe Savaransky
Arrowers
Arrows
Senators
Charleston
Saginaw Bears
Toledo Midget Driver Captures Second Straight Victory
Neal Carter of Toledo led the Bedford Sportsman's Park midget auto speedway in Cleveland to his second straight main event win. He edged Chicago’s Paul Russo by two lengths in the 20 lap Easter sweep stakes with a time of 5 14.18.
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Neal Carter
Toledo
Bedford
Sportsman’s Park
Carter
Paul Russo
Chicago
Celtics Sign Four College Stars For 1949 50
Boston announced by Walter Brown president of Boston Garden Arena Corporation that four top college players will join the Celtics for the 1949 50 BAA season. Red Speicher of Bowling Green Joe Weight of Brigham Young Ed Little of Denver and Bill Tom of Rice signed during Brown and Coach Doggie Julians six day nationwide tour covering 10 000 miles.
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Basketball Association of America
Walter Brown
Boston Garden Arena Corporation
Boston Celtics
Doggie Julian
Brown
Red Speicher
Bowling Green
Joe Weight
Brigham Young University
Ed Little
Denver
Bill Tom
Rice
Harvie Ward Defends North South Amateur Crown
Pinehurst NC two weeks of North and South amateur golf began on the No 2 course with Harvie Ward defending his title. Ward, UNC star, beat Frank Stranahan last year in a thriller. Exemptions went to Stranahan and Dick Chapman as past champs return with Dudley Galletta Sweeny Jr and Julius Boros among entrants. Qualifying 18 holes over 6952 yards precedes match play. Joe DiMaggio joins the 300 Home Run Club as Ted Williams needs 78 more.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Pinehurst Country Club
Harvie Ward
University of North Carolina
Dick Chapman
Stranahan
Chapman
Bobby Locke
Virginia Beach
Charles Dudley
Greenville
S. C
Mal Galletta
Long Island
Chick Evans
Chicago
Robert Sweeny Jr
Julius Boros
H. H. (Holly) Mandly
Alpheus Winter Jr
Harold Paddock Jr
Aurora
Jimmy McHale
Philadelphia
Walter Cisco
Louisville
Joe DiMaggio
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Hank Greenberg
al Simmons
Ted Williams
Dodgers Deny Newcombe Jumping to Royals
Arthur Mann of the Brooklyn Dodgers refuted a Montreal Standard report that Negro pitcher Don Newcombe left the Montreal Royals after a dispute. Mann said Newcombe sought time off to return home, Navasi approved and even bought a train ticket. He predicted Newcombe would wear a Montreal uniform on opening day.
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Arthur Mann
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Montreal Standard
Don Newcombe
Montreal Royals
Standard
Newcombe
Buz Nayasi
Vero Beach
Fla
Elizabeth
N. J
Dodgers
Royals
Mann
Montreal
The
Record shows AL clubs with best win loss since 1901
Only three American League clubs New York Detroit and Cleveland have won more games than they lost since the league began in 1901, illustrating historic dominance by these franchises.
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New York
Detroit
Cleveland
The
Loop
Joe DiMaggio to Join Yankees for Season Opener
Joe DiMaggio, nursing a sore heel, is expected to join his New York teammates in Baltimore for the opening of the 1949 season. Dr. George Bennett at Johns Hopkins Hospital said the star is “doing very well” but would not confirm if X ray treatments for calcium deposits in his right heel would be stopped in Baltimore and resumed in New York upon his arrival tomorrow.
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Baltimore
Joe DiMaggio
New York
George E. Bennett
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joe
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