National Fruit Guardsmen Reach City Cage Finals Upset Wins
National Fruit defeats Toledo Scales 57 16 as Ritter leads with 23 points in a lopsided early playoff game at Winchester Army. National Guard edges Ellis 73 65 in a tense night game with Pope scoring 26 for Elks and Gipe 17 for National Guard. Semi finals set for tomorrow with winners meeting Sunday for the City League championship.
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Portland Pilots reach NAIB semifinal with Hamline upset
Portland University Pilots eliminated Hamline 75 to 67 in the NAIB quarterfinals to set a semifinal against Murray State. Murray State beat Whitworth 69 to 61 as Ralph Polson scored 41. Southwest Texas State and Springfield Missouri State meet in the other semifinal.
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Robinson Beats Olson Advances to Graziano Next Fight
Sugar Ray Robinson won a 15 round decision over Carl Olson in San Francisco to begin his monthly title run. He will defend the middleweight crown against Rocky Graziano in Chicago April 16 and Paddy Young in New York May 16 if he keeps the title.
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Bobo) Olson
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New York
Tri School Cage Tourney At Charles Town
A tri school basketball tournament will be staged at the Page Jackson High School Gym in Charles Town West Virginia on March 17 18. Teams entered include Andrew Jackson of Laur ay VA Williams Training of Berryville and Page Jackson of
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NCAA Tourney Field Set With Four At Large Teams
The NCAA announced a 16 team field adding Penn State Dayton Duquesne and St Johns as at large selections joining Santa Clara and Oklahoma City along with 10 conference champions for the basketball national tournament. Regional rounds run March 21 22 in Raleigh Chicago Kansas City and Corvallis with finals March 26 26 at Seattle.
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Ore
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Schedule of Two Charles Town Sessions
The first session starts at 7 p.m. on March 17 in Charles Town with a second session the next evening at 6 p.m. in the same location.
Danville Top Seed Falls in Group I Opener
In the Group I state tournament opening round Washington-Lee of Arlington upset top seed Danville 57 52 after knocking off George Washington of Danville in a previous game. Thomas Jefferson of Richmond defeated George Washington 48 47 in overtime. Newport News upset defending champ John Marshall 53 39. Woodrow Wilson of Portsmouth beat E C Glass 54 53 on a late shot by Jessel Courry.
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Washintoniae
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Danville
Little Generals
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Lynchburg
Richmond
Alexandria
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Johm Marshall
Portsmouth
Do tall golfers need extra long golf clubs
Tall golfers require longer clubs depending on their habitual stance. Many players over six feet tall have clubs custom made.
What DC initials stand for on the DC-6 airplane
The letters DC refer to Douglas Aircraft Company. Douglas released the DC-1 in 1932 and later developed the DC-6 transport after World War II.
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Bowman to speak at Grace Lutheran Men’s class
Walter A Bowman of The Winchester Evening Star will be guest speaker at Sunday morning’s session of Grace Lutheran Church Men’s Bible Class. He has addressed the class on two previous occasions.
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Walter A Bowman
Winchester Evening Star
Grace Lutheran Church
Eyeglass Use Common Among Adults in America
Report notes that about two thirds of adult Americans wear eyeglasses. The statistic highlights widespread reliance on corrective lenses for vision.
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