Minerva Plays First Round At Youngstown Sectional
Minerva Lincoln and Canton South carried Stark County hopes into the Youngstown Sectional Class A tourney at South Fieldhouse. Alliance shares the top bracket while McKinley Timken Louisville Lehman and Central Catholic were knocked out earlier. Minerva was scheduled to meet Boardman at 1 15 p m today. Lincoln
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Minerva and Lincoln Face City Rivals in Friday Basketball
Minerva carries a 14-7 record into a 7 p.m. game against Boardman as Lincoln meets East at 6 and South battles Brookfield at 7. Boardman, Lincoln and South seek wins to strengthen playoff hopes with leaders like Wayland and Harbold among key scorers.
Sponsor Rolls 621 but Frank Realtors Are Shy
In the Atlantic City classic Tony Frank led the Frank Realtors booster team with 621 points though the club totaled 2496, far from the expected money, after starting with 174 and adding 224 223 in later games. Teammates Marvin Benfer Chet Hunter Jim Brady and Bob Sigler contributed as Everhard Products Canton and Malvern Grills Malvern sponsor the booster division tonight.
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Wooster Ends 13-Game Skid With Ravenna Victory
Wooster Generals upset Ravenna 50-47 in the northeast Ohio sectional debut at Goodyear Gym. Keith Shearer and Les Johnson combined for 42 points while Ravenna’s Harold Wilson scored 29. Massillon and Akron St. Vincent head to action tonight with tournament bows.
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Genoa Reaches Final in Stark County Grade Meet
Genoa beat Brewster 29-22 to advance to the Stark County grade school tournament final at Genoa School. In consolation play, Beach City defeated Sugarcreek 23-16 and Middlebranch stopped Plain Center 28-12. Semifinal East Canton vs Edgefield set for Monday at 8:30.
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Doylestown and Rittman Reach Ashland District Finals
Doylestown and Rittman of Wayne County earned District Class B tournament tickets at Kent by winning sectional finals. Doylestown upset Savannah 68-50 then beat Perrysville 50-40. Rittman trailed Loudonville 8-3 and 15-14 but roared back to 31-26 by three quarters with Ron Hardgrove scoring 30. Doylestown 21 of 25, Rittman 14 of 18.
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Akron area tournament results show multiple close games
Kent Roosevelt, Akron East, Wooster and other teams battled in Akron and surrounding areas. Scores included Kent Roosevelt 38 Akron East 31, Wooster 50 Ravenna 47, and Cleveland Latin 60 over Garfield Heights 55.
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Boxing Fight Results From Various Venues
Fight results list bouts with fighters and weights including New York Paddy Demarco 135 entering Billy Graham 144 New York Columbus Archie Moore 174 New York knocking out Alabama Kid 184 Columbus Hollywood Proctor Hein 1126 Oklahoma City stopping Bobby Richards 128 Columbus Norwich Johnny Melko 209 Worchester outpointing Claude McClintock 190 Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Barons Face Providence Reds In Cleveland Clash
The Cleveland Barons host the Providence Reds at the Cleveland Arena in a key Western Division game. A win is crucial to close the gap on Pittsburgh and St Louis and keep playoff hopes alive with only the top three teams advancing.
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538 Fans Attend Youngstown Fight Show
Sam Mastrean, a 144-pound Pittsburgh boxer, defeated Mario Marino in a 10 round feature bout in Youngstown. Only 538 fans attended, producing a gate of $1,317 for the event.
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Massillon Quintets Dominate Second Round In Tournament
In Beach City Massillon Local 1566 defeated Bolivar Green 65-35 and Peter's Cigars crushed Walnut Creek Rebels No 2 62-32 as two Massillon teams won in the independent Class A B basketball tournament second round. M Turkel led Massillon Local with 23 points while Griscom Russell fell 56-53 to Gnadenhutten.
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Coshocton Grabs District Berth With Dover Win
Coshocton defeated the Dover Tornadoes 60 to 46 in the sectional Class A upper-bracket finals to advance to the district tournament in New Concord. Don Jarvis led Coshocton with 16 points. Ed Woods scored 19 for Dover, with 18 coming in the first half.
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Mineral City Magnolia Reach Dover Bracket Finals
Mineral City held Millersburg to a 54 51 win to reach the Class B sectional final against Midvale. Magnolia edged Dennison St Mary 45 43 after a 16 7 fourth quarter surge to join Walnut Creek in the night cap. Vince Costello led Magnolia with 16 points. Dan Lechner scored 21 for Mineral City.
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Regional hoops tourneys rough for 1948 qualifiers
In Ohio regional play 9 of last year’s Class B and 6 of Class A Sweet 16 teams exited early. Findlay leads Class A while Eaton dominates Class B with late wins advancing to sectional finals. Upsets include Middletown over Miamisburg and Bowling Green’s narrow victory over Maumee as Ken Alessi of Yorkville ends his high school scoring run.
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Utah Selected for NIT Meet in New York
Utah accepted an invitation to compete in the National Invitational Tournament at Madison Square Garden March 12 to 19. The Utes aim for a third NIT appearance as New York City bids fill two berths, with CCNY and Manhattan seen as top New York selections.
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Center at Kent State Joins Football Browns
The Cleveland Browns announced the signing of Dwight Blackjack Follin, a 26 year old center from Kent State University and navy veteran. He is the second rookie center they acquired this year, following Tommy Thompson of William and Mary.
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All County All Team Selections Honor Local Players
The Re pository published its 1948-49 All-County Class A selections honoring top cagers. Tomorrow's edition will feature photographs of the top five all stars and lineups for first and second teams with certificates for all members of the two honor teams.
Five-Game Slate Remains for Ohio Colleges
Ohio college basketball nears season end with five games on the slate. Cincinnati beat John Carroll 55-53 as Taylor Baker hit the winning bucket. Baldwin Wallace topped Western Reserve 72-64 in the city championship. Kenyon defeated Case Tech 84-70 with Dave Bell scoring 34. Findlay beat Indiana Tech 98-64 to close 12-11, and Wilberforce beat Kentucky State 78-77 for a 23-6 season record.
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Kentucky Wildcats Reach 1911 12 Season Unbeaten
During the 1911 12 basketball season the Kentucky Wildcats won all games. Only one opponent scored more than 20 points against them, and Kentucky was held under 20 points just once.
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Old Rockport Among May 7 Race Eligibles
Louisville announces 113 three year olds nominated for the 75th Kentucky Derby on May 7. 77 owners share the entries including Santa Anita Derby winner Old Rockport and Flamingo Stakes winner Olympia, with Blue Peter and Mr Busher among notable nominees and a lowered purse of 75000 for the race.
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Central, Lehman Bow to Akron Foes In Junior Tourney
Massillon’s Central Catholic and Lehman High fell in the Northeastern Ohio Junior High basketball tournament quarterfinals to Akron squads. Jennings edged Central 32 31 and St. Vincent beat Lehman 48 43 to reach semifinals at Washington High. Edmund Jones A defeated Akron South 32 27 and Loren Andrews A beat Akron Buchtel 38 29 to advance.
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Oberlin fencing edges Wisconsin in tight 14-13 finish
Oberlin barely defeats Wisconsin 14-13 as the outcome hinges on the final epee bout. Wisconsin led late but Oberlin rallied to clinch the win in Oberlin, with the result decided in the final contest.
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