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it, the * the poundof to-Cum-r overtit, to fcight, urtato burg's jppose s spot erlandopped-31 to i the ra ofday.kunb-aSalleloomphow-Geatzyear’sBobAS Ofand , and *.Well, Coach Dyke'3 Raese andIds under-sized Mountaineers of egians west Virginia University had the ns 26- answer to the $64 question, to that of the National Invitational Championship earlier Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden, the other night.. , , . The little Mountaineers proved to the sooper-dooper boys when the blue chips were down to take their place as one of the nation's top teams . ,, , Incidentally, “Cotton Geatz, former star of local teams in football, basketball and baseball, 'who took a lot of ribbing when he backed the losing Allegany High cause in this year's city battles with LaSalle, has been getting back at the boys in recent days .... He’s been on the Mountaineer bandwagon all season and even made a trip to New York to sea Raese’s quint to action . . , , The Cumberland Junior Association of Commerce’s athletic committee, which sponsored West Virginia’s appearance here in December against Maryland, wired congratulations to Coach Raese yesterday.Reported missing to action by the XT. Navy, Antonio James Merctxri, of Keyser, is the district’s first sportsnuts,BetogDykibell,WhiCrarsidewillPraiBlarJoeson'snePuTrue}AielJcLyon* Crazu Crabt Laffei Arrin O. I/. Bland Blake C imp WbitiK Jc H. Si Cox WMti•_ 1.1 •hsseis istrict * 130-attles, irland their s en-team, who ray to •, the13-13, opped e tI-d.three ed by 3tein-' lead : Big i first i end thirdto the Second World War. Boxing fans will remember the Keyser boy as Tony Mercury, the good-looking youngster who showed great promise as an amateur boxer three or four years ago . . . Mercuri enlisted in the Navy two and a half years ago and his family last heard from him January 27 .. . His father died earlier this month . . . '‘For looks the Parsons High team was tops to the Region Two Tournament here, writes Wade Pepper to the Clarksburg Exponent. Many coaches around here who have built teams out of flyweights looked at those big boys and sighed. o»»eaieistetala d ones put xttog . Bob Palter laity**Hrhick rough dtion, . over The t the bantsIvr toCoach Bill Hahn of Kidgeley High shoved off for Morgantown this morning to attend the semi-finals and finals of the West Virginia scholastic championship basketball tourney ... W. V. XT. Mentod Dyke Raese will miss that tournament this weekend .. . He's staying over to New York to serve as coach of the National Tourney All-Stars to tomorrow night's Madison Square Garden charity battle against the Second Army Corps All-Stars . , . Charles A. (Rip) Engle, like Raese a former scholastic coach with a local reputation, is also going places in his chosen profession . . . The ex-Waynsboro (Pa.) mentor, who served as varsity football aide and head basketball coach at Western Maryland College this year, has been named varsity line coach of the football staff at Brown University.Grlmi E. Bt J, Le Jairel PeitoJ L. BsXasagr B. St Holtxi Crass CalveDavisJ« BeLogcd T7btu Stepp Share Barth KoLtii JL BiWABillGiWi (rest W. a of tfc athlc Tb atbk tive fresh 1924, Ata, hB, (3asslselevathe
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Cumberland Evening Times

Cumberland, Maryland, US

Fri, Mar 27, 1942

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