Lorain County Teams Open Class B District Play at Kent
Avon Lake and Eaton start tournament action at Kent State University with 8 15 p m and 9 30 p m tip offs against top Northeastern Ohio clubs. Wellington, the third county team, has a first round bye before facing Norton on Thursday at 7 p m. Champion Middlebranch and Norton hold strong records, facing baying crowds as district battles loom in Kent.
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Ohio
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Wills Gymnasium
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Trumbull
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Lee Bickel
Jim Robinson
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Willard Klingshirn
Dick Tomanek
Pete Rockas
Alex Christ
Alex Christ Is Also About Five-Nine, Good Tournament Team Middlebranch
C. John Albrecht
Waynesburg
Ozward
Brown Bombers
South Amherst
John Imes
Cliff Thierry
Leland Durkee
Chuck Siniff
Jim Lyons
Mel Rader
Don Johnson
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Avon Lake Dominates County Tourney Roll Call
Avon Lake posts strong showings across multiple matchups in the Lorain County tournament. Results list Avon Lake victories over Avon, Ridgeville, South Amherst, Brookside, Columbia, Grafton, and others, totaling 1,274 points for the county events and moving into Clearview sectional play.
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New London
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Mary's
Breding
District Tourney Scores Rough and Varied Across Regions
An OCR filled list shows district and sectional basketball results with many mismatched names and partial scores. Teams like Middlebranch, Wellington, Norton, and Canton area schools posted wins and losses across multiple venues including Kent Sectional and Clearview, with totals indicating a long season ending in mixed results.
Training Camp Notes Highlight Yogi Berra Salary Dispute
United Press reports from Florida detail holdouts and salary talks across major league camps. Yogi Berra rejects $16,000 as insufficient, aiming for about $22,000 to $24,000. Vern Stephens seeks $50,000. Enis Kinder sidelined by a chipped rib. Umpires in the AL pledge to follow the new strike zone, while Ed Mierkowicz and Clint Hartung feature in potential lineup shifts. Jack Graham weighs a Browns offer amid contract clause changes.
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Indians sign Lemon to 37500 and face pitcher shortage
Cleveland Indians announce Bob Lemon signed for 37500 as a 22 game winner but camp shows only 34 players. Pitcher shortage shadows spring training with Red Embree home and Feller Benton Lemon unavailable for full duty. General Manager Greenberg seeks West Coast minor leaguers to bolster arms amid injury wear of desert session.
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Steve Gromek
Sam Zoldak
Mike Garcia
Grafton Teams In Action Wednesday
Grafton's two independent basketball squads sponsored by Neitzel Schwed Fords are booked for Wednesday night games. The B team meets Smitty's Grocery of Elyria at 7 30, while the A team faces Baldwin Wallace College in the featured 8 45 game.
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Neitzel-Schwed Fords
Smitty's Grocery
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Button Favored To Win World Figure Skating Title
United States skater Dick Button, defending champion, led after the compulsory figures with 824.71 while Hungary’s Ede Kiraly trailed at 778.66 in a strong start from the opening round. In other notes, Horace Smith of Michigan State will face Harrison Dillard in a Knights of Columbus meet on March 17, and George Munger expressed interest in hiring former Pitt coach Mike Milligan for Penn’s staff. West Virginia coach Lee Patton died after a car crash earlier this month.
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U.P
George Munger
University of Pennsylvania
Pitt
Mike MiLligan
Milligan
University of Pittsburgh
Munger
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Cage Results From City Class A and B Basketball Tourneys
A dense list of Class A and B basketball scores from Cincinnati Dayton Youngstown Zanesville and Athens regions, plus college and mixed results. Notable: Georgetown Seton Hall Boston College Villanova and Saint Bonaventure show in the lineup. Bowling league matches open at 9 o clock with five games, featuring George's Chips Brown Hotel Lessy Brewing Memo's Tavern Milton's Jeweler Moulton Candles Elyria Electric Schnitz Beer.
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Five players named to 1950 United Press All-America team
Norman won United Press spotlights three Mid West stars Dick Schnittker of Ohio State Paul Unruh of Bradley and Kevin O Shea of Notre Dame plus two East guards Bob Cousy of Holy Cross and Paul Arizin of Villanova. All five seniors chosen by nationwide voting with high scoring and strong all around play.
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Ohio State
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Kent District By Pairings Schedule for Wednesday to Saturday
Kent District releases a tournament bracket schedule listing Wednesday games at 7 00pm Chardon Fairport Avon and Chem Dict 9 30 Eaton Mtadiebrench Thursday matchups include Cobian 3 Norton Columbian and Avon Uskr Cher Friday features Geneva v3 Shrave 8 15 Lowellville North tom 6 30 Rittman vs Winner zone Middlebranch and Saturday brackets begin 1 00pm with Bracket Final 3 13 Second Bracket Final 9 10 Third Bracket Final winners advance to Ree ous at Youngstown bracket event
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Wellington, Norton clash as district tourney opens
Wellington and Norton, tall six-footers and guards form the backbone of both squads, chase district title amid strong defenses. Norton, led by a 1,401 point season and 1,046 allowed, faces Chardon Fairport winner next as Avon Lake Champion and Eaton Middlebranch play earlier in the district classic.
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Norton
Dukes
Howard Fureron
Steve Ware
Dick Blakeley
Gerald Fahler
Duane Settlemire
Chardon
Fairport
Avon Lake
Eaton- Middlebranch
Wellington
Columbiana
Akron Ellet
Perry-Fay Pin Schedule for Tonight at Bowl-0- Jrothe
Four matches on the Perry-Fay Howling League card at Bowl-0- Jrothe begin at 7 PM. Bears meet Dons, Eagles clash with Packers, Yan sesva faces Browns, and Rams play Pera in a lively evening of bowling action.
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Eagles
Packers
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Browns
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