Michigan State Joins Big Ten as Non-Competitor in Football
Michigan State College, voted formal Big Ten admittance, will not compete in football until the 1950-51 school year and cannot be a Rose Bowl candidate. The Spartans will begin conference activity in 1950 cross-country and enter all other sports, excluding football, thereafter.
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McKinley and Lehman Star in District Track Test at Salem
McKinley and Lehman sent 16 and 3 athletes respectively to Salem's Reilly Stadium for the district track meet. McKinley led with 42 points to claim the district title, while Akron East was runner up with 34. Lehman qualified one for the state meet in 1948, with weary hopes for 1949.
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Joe Maxim Favored To Beat Lesnevich In Cincinnati Title Bout
Cincinnati bets favor Joe Maxim eight to three to win the light heavyweight title bout against Gus Lesnevich at Cincinnati Garden Monday night. Lesnevich, 33, boasts 77 career bouts to Maxim’s 83. A Clevelander, Maxim has two notable losses in recent years including Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezard Charles. The winner likely earns a shot at the Wallcott Charles winner in Chicago in June.
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Wet Field Delays Four Class A Baseball Games
Clarence J. Rich announces new dates for four Class A baseball games postponed by wet grounds. Boosters meet Romanians Tuesday at Cook. Thursday Fairmount faces West Tuscarawas at City and Timken meets B. & B. Billiards at Timken. B. & B. North Canton Hoover night game moved to Memorial Stadium June 2. Two Class B softball games postponed and rescheduled for Thursday with St. Paul vs Ashland Oil and Army-Navy Union No. 150 vs Lowell Reformed.
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Lineup Named for Selway’s Shoe Opener
Canton's entry in the National Horseshoe League the Selway’s Carpet Cleaners will meet Covington Shady Shores at 2 p.m. on Ringer Land courts. Manager John Sebek says the opening lineup includes himself Elmer Juckey Russell Yaus Ellis Hanma and Hubert Burt. Jim Johnson and Harry Henn headline Covington’s roster. Indianapolis and Chicago also play Sunday. Indianapolis has been the world champion since 1941 as Hossiers beat Selways last year by 29 points in a best-of-three rubber.
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Kent Track Baseball Teams in Action Today
Kent State University baseball and track squads meet this afternoon. Coach Matt Resick’s baseballers, winners in 8 of 10 games, host the Kenyon Lords, while Coach Joe Begala’s thinclads face Hiram to try to even their record at 3-3.
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Hayes Hanover Wins Connecticut Pace at Roosevelt Raceway
Hayes Hanover sprang from fourth in the stretch to win the featured Connecticut Pace at Roosevelt Raceway, paying $57 for $2. The long shot edged the strong favorite Dr. Stanton by a length.
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Baseball doubleheader results and box scores
A compact summary of multiple games shows Boston edging Pittsburgh 2 1 in a late rally, while Brooklyn and St Louis split a 6 2 affair, and Washington beats St Louis 5 3. Detroit tops Philadelphia 2 1 as Newhouser and Coleman duel, with key hits by Kell Joost Groth and Fain.
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Denison Leads 12-Team Field In Links Meet
Denison University shot 305 to lead the Ohio Conference golf tournament after the first round at Alliance Country Club. Otterbein’s Tom Truitt matched par with 72, Ohio Wesleyan’s John Smith led their team with 73, Kent State faltered to 324 and trailed in sixth.
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Columbus Girl Sets Notable Low Score in National Bowling Meet
A 15 year old Columbus girl posted a 9 in yesterday's Women's International Bowling Congress event, the second lowest in tourney history. Patricia Melvin of Holy Family High School bowled the low score for the bubble gum brigade in the tournament city booster division, while leaders remained unchanged.
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Alliance Nine Forfeit by Louisville Leopards
The Leopards were ruled to have forfeited a 9-0 win after rain interrupted play in the seventh inning. Um pire-in-Chief C E Braun decided the Leopards failed to return to the field within the 30 minute rain delay, nullifying a 5-4 decision in Louisville’s favor.
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Golfers Finish Battle Sunday With 36 Holes
In Philadelphia the Philadelphia Inquirer golf tournament resumes after a 24 hour rain delay with 122 players remaining. 18 holes to be completed today and 36 more tomorrow for the top 60 scorers. Joe Kirkwood and Bobby Locke shared first place after a 68 first round.
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Feller to bullpen as Boudreau reshapes Indians rotation
Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau announced Bob Feller will move to relief roles while Mike Garcia steps into the starting slot. Feller, sidelined by shoulder issues, says rest may cure him. Berardino, Tucker, Gordon, and Clark remain benched as Al Benton starts against Boston with Dobson or Parnell favored for the Red Sox outing.
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Cleveland hosts Mr America contest for muscular title
About 35 competitors including five Olympic titlists vie in Cleveland for Mr America in a weekend event. Adolph Schultz emerges as a leading candidate, with strong support from local circles. The show features the National Senior Weightlifting Championships and a display by 38-year-old former Mr Universe John Grimek, while past winner George Eiferman cannot compete under AAU rules.
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Kenyon Tennis Ace Favored for Title
Kenyon College ace Bill Schneebeck was favored to win the Ohio Conference singles crown at Gambier. He faced Ohio Wesleyan’s Tom Wilson in a morning semi final, with Oberlin’s Al Heilburn set to play Denison’s Bill Henderson in the other half. Doubles featured Schneebeck and John Park versus Wilson and Bill Corey, while Wenrich and Donahoe met Henderson and Jack Webb. Five squads from Wit tenberg Otterbein Muskingum Wooster and Kent State were eliminated in yesterday’s play.
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North Canton Hoover to Open in NE Ohio Amateur League
North Canton Hoover meets Ravenna V F W tonight at 8 30 in Memorial Stadium for its league debut in the North eastern Ohio Amateur Baseball League. Ravenna lost 9 2 to Kent Twin Coach last Sunday.
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Baseball Standings and Friday Results Across Leagues
The American League standings show New York leading with 7s game behind, followed by Philadelphia Chicago Washington and Cleveland with varying gaps. Friday results include Cleveland at Boston rain and St. Louis 3-5 night. Philadelphia 2-1 over Detroit in 10 innings. upcoming schedule lists Cleveland at Boston and St. Louis at New York among others. In the National League New York leads with 18 wins, Boston 17, Cincinnati 15, Brooklyn 15, Philadelphia 13. Friday results include New York 5 Cincinnati 0 and St. Louis 6 Brooklyn 2. tomorrow schedule features Brooklyn at Cincinnati and New York at St. Louis. American Association action features St Paul atop at 19-7, Milwaukee 16-8, Minneapolis 18-11, with several doubleheaders noted and games today across the circuit.
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Lima Crowd Sees Women Players Split Double Header
About 1200 Lima residents watched the All-American Girls in a double-header. The Blue Sox of South Bend won the opener 3 1, and the Fort Wayne Daisies captured the nightcap 8 6, their first win after seven straight exhibition losses to South Bend.
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Rabbit Ball Origins Revealed By Its Maker Reach
Philadelphia tale of the cork-center rabbit ball as used in the 1910 World Series. George Reach, 81, asserts the ball’s lifelike liveliness began in 1910, with notes on the cork center, ball wrapping, and league perceptions across 1910 and 1911.
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Only 10 Start Today In Governor's Handicap
Beulah Park reduces Governor's Handicap field from 14 to 10 as four owners decline the assigned weights. Lt. Gov. George Nye will present the trophy to the winning owner. Bay Acre carries 118 pounds, Sashay Moon 116, Orden 116, Hasty Message 114, Girl Flyer 110, Miss Vault 109, Plentituff 109, Quonset 108, Whosis 107, and Ominous 107.
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Big Nine outdoor track champs set in Evanston duel
Minnesota and Indiana enter the 49th Big Nine championship at Northwestern, each with 13 qualifiers. Indiana's Chuck Peters leads as defending 100 and 220 champ and is favored in two finals, while Minnesota relies on depth across 10 events and Lee Hoffacre in the 220 low hurdles. Wisconsin’s Don Gehrmann eyes a possible mile double, with strong competition in pole vault and high jump from Illinois and Wisconsin rivals.
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Orrville Tigers beat Dalton Nussbaum 3-1 in softball
Orrville Tigers won 3-1 over Dalton Nussbaum Builders behind a one hit pitching performance by Hudson Fields contributed a home run for Orrville. Sunday's schedule features Canton Bricklayers versus Nussbaum Builders at 8:30 p.m. and Dalton Merchants hosting Baab's of Wooster at 2 p.m.
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Local hockey scores and rain delay noted
Syracuse blanked Baltimore 5 to 0 while Rochester edged Buffalo 2 to 1. Montreal crushed Toronto 11 to 1. Newark at Jersey City postponed due to rain.
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