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MIAMI March 12 -- With a record crowd of 7,518 cash customers filling all available seating and standing room, the Dodgers opened the citrus circuit season here today by trouncing the champion Boston Braves, 5 -- 2, at Miami Field.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 12 -- The Yankees' celebration of Casey Stengel's competitive debut as manager was a seventeen-hit demonstration with which they sank the Cardinals, 10 to 3, before a record crowd of 6,854 at Al Lang Field today.
Once upon a yesterday there were four local quintets in the twelfth annual national invitation tournament. San Francisco conquered Manhattan, 68 -- 43, and then there were three. Bradley defeated N. Y. U., 89 -- 67, and thee there were two.
1949Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician[†]
Ze'ev Bielski is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked as a Jewish Agency emissary in South Africa. He also served as the mayor of Ra'anana. Bielski is a founder of The Israel Forum, whose purpose is to maintain a direct relationship between young Jews from the Diaspora and Israel in the areas of education and economy. He also played in the Israeli national basketball league.
1949Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand[†]
Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias is a former New Zealand judge who served as the 12th chief justice of New Zealand, and was therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She was the inaugural presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and on several occasions acted as administrator of the Government.
1949Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (died 2024)[†]
Trevor John Sorbie was a Scottish celebrity hairdresser and businessman. He is credited as the creator of the wedge haircut and was a four-time winner of British Hairdresser of the Year.