Various MLB Camps Report As Holdouts Urge Quick Arrival
Multiple spring training notes from Florida California and Arizona report on holdouts McQuinn and Wensloff urged by Bucky Harris to rush to camp. Jackie Robinson trimmed to 190 plus pounds and showing nimble fieldwork at Dodgers camp. Joe Haynes strong for White Sox while veterans Sanford Gerhauser Garver prepare for St. Browns exhibition. Dale Mitchell sidelined with pulled muscle. Cubs lineup to feature only Mack and Johnson. Eddie Dyer uninjured after batted ball scare. Gustine to miss early exhibitions. Bobby Rhawn slated at short for Indians and Kerr ultimatum looms over holdout. Joe Kuhel admits weak batting power but promises manufacturing runs via old fashioned base hitting.
Lopez mother has four sets of twins in five years
Mrs. Jo seph A. Lopez of Store Doubles and Doubles onset Mass. has given birth to four sets of twins in the past five years.
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Onset
Mass
Joseph A. Lopez
Notre Dame poised for historic basketball season
Notre Dame, undefeated in football, is expected to field its best basketball team, boasting stars like O Shea Brennan O Halloran Foley and Goonan. Coach Krause laughs at seven losses and notes a strong roster and publicity staff as the Irish target top rivals Kentucky and NYU.
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Moose) Krause
O’shea
Brennan
O'Halloran
Foley
Goonan
North Carolina State
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Lawrence Tech
Oklahoma A & M
Alabama
Man Buys Bird Seed At Auction Fools Wife
George Dupuis of Vancouver paid 1.75 for 60 pounds of seed at an unclaimed railway freight auction. The lot proved to be bird gravel, not seed, as he tries to persuade his wife he knows the difference.
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Homer Cooke, Jr
Rhode Island State
Don Raleigh
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadians
George, Sr
Brooklyn
George, Jr
St. Louis Cardinals
Vancouver
B.C
George Dupuis
Dupuis
NAIB Rescinds Ban on Negro Players in 1948 Tournament
Emil S. Liston announced that the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball voted to rescind its rule barring Negro players from the NAIB tournament. Two teams Manhattan College and Siena College withdrew over the ban. Twenty-seven teams had entered the event with brackets due to be drawn.
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Emil S. Liston
National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball
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Liston
Manhattan College
Siena College of
Billiard Battle Opens as Navarra Faces Hoppe in Three-Cushion
Ezequiel Navarra, Argentina’s three cushion champion, begins a three day match against Jumping Hoppe of White Plains after winning the American title with 11 straight victories. Navarra, who spoke little English, praised Hoppe and said he must play his best to defeat the rival.
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Ezequiel Navarra
Argentina
Navarra
United States
Hoppe
White Plains
N. Y
Irving Crane
Binghampton
Johnny Irish
New York
Mangrum Back On Top In 1948 PGA Tour Standings
Chicago pro Lloyd Mangrum, winner of the 1946 national open, leads the PGA winter tour money list after two months with 8688.83 dollars earned. He sits over Bobby Locke who has 7213.33 dollars, and Mangrum also tops scoring averages at 69.17 over 35 rounds while Locke is 69.20.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Mangrum
Bobby Locke
Locke
Indoor Tennis Crown Sought
Leading players from seven countries will compete in the annual indoor championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The men's event starts March 11 with Billy Talbert of Wilmington to challenge for the title, while Doris Hart of Miami is the likely women’s champion. Kramer and Betz had previously held the titles after turning professional.
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Jack Kramer
Pauline Betz
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Seventh Regiment Armory
Billy Talbert
Wilmington
Del
Kramer
Doris Hart
Miami
Fla
Skiare Powels For Boise Meet
Junior skiers from Idaho Oregon and Washington practice on Bogus Basin courses for the first Pacific Northwest four way Junior Ski championships. Top entrant Murray Numbers from McCall Ida and Mack Miller also from McCall are noted. Downhill cross country today and slalom jumps Sunday. Note mentions Boulder Dam crossing Nevada Arizona.
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Murray
MceCall
Ida
Mt. Hood
Mack Miller
McCall
Pacific Northwest Ski Association
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Donna) Fox
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