Butts sues Saturday Evening Post for $10 million
Former University of Georgia athletic director Wallace Butts files in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia a $10 million libel suit against Curtis Publishing and the Saturday Evening Post over a March 23 issue article titled The Story of a College Football Fix. The complaint seeks $5 million actual damages and $5 million punitive damages, alleging the magazine engaged in sophisticated muckraking by naming him as sharing football secrets with Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant before the 1962 game.
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Wallace Butts
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Saturday Evening Post
Butts
Alabama
Paul Bear Bryant
Bryant
Pierre Howard
George Burnett
Maga
Football Coaches Association
America
Clay Blair Jr
Fair Season Faces Indians Track Squad
Anderson High School coach Ray Ward meets a lean season with only five returning lettermen as weather delays training for the Indians. The Hoosier Relays at Indiana University open the season, with Ward hoping to gauge NCC and state prospects as returnees Bales Wiley Gibson Estle Page lead a squad hampered by an ankle sprain and weak 100 and 220 dashes. Dual meets start fast against North Central and Muncie Central, with Ward experimenting to build toward the May 4 NCC meet at Frankfort.
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Anderson High School
Bloomington
Ward
NCC
Carl Bonge
Clifford Bales
Terry Wiley
John Gibson
Gary Estle
Albert Page
Sam Nunn
Jack
Tribe
Lee Zink
Jim Kirk
Estle
Wiley
Gibson
Page
Indiana University
North Central
Marion County
Muncie Central
Frankfort
Hickmans 11th inning homer lifts Mets past Braves
In St Petersburg Jim Hickman belted a 425 foot drive off Archie White with two out in the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 5 4 comeback win over the Milwaukee Braves. Five Mets errors allowed two unearned runs for Milwaukee.
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Fla
UPI
Jim Hickman
New York Mets
Milwaukee Braves
Hickman
Mets
Archie White
Louisville
Braves
Milwaukee
Pumpsie Green
Norm Sherry
Ron Hunt
Warren Spahn
Jim Constable
Dennis Menk
Sawatski Drives Cardinals Past White Sox In Ninth
Carl Sawatski's two run double in the ninth gave St. Louis a 4-3 victory over Chicago. Dave Nicholson hit a fifth spring homer, a 450 foot shot off Ray Sadecki in the eighth to put the White Sox ahead. Diomedes Olivo preserved the lead for the Cardinals after Sadecki earned the win. Joe Cunningham homered for Chicago, while Ray Washburn allowed one run in six innings. Frank Baumann pitched five innings for Chicago in the loss. Manly Johnston and Taylor Phillips pitched in relief for St. Louis with Phillips taking the loss.
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Fla
UPI
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St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
Dave Nicholson
White Sox
Ray Sadecki
Diomedes Olivo
Cardinals
Muncie and Kokomo Relays Schedule and Al Spangler Note
A list details Muncie Central and other schools’ April games culminating in May sectional regional and state events. The note also states Al Spangler of the Houston Colts is the toughest player to double up in the National League with only one double play in 418 trips to the plate in 1962.
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al Spangler
Houston Colts
Control tips for beginners from Marion Lade wig pamphlet
A reader is invited to order a pamphlet by Marion Lade wig offering pitching tips. The note urges a loose arm finish, eye level hand position, and a salute-like follow through to add power and grip. The advertisement includes price ten cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to National Newspaper Syndicate in Chicago.
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National Newspaper Syndicate
N. Wacker Drive
Chicago
Ill
Scot Clark Shows Speed With Two Fast Indy Laps
Scot Streaks Around Track Two Fast Laps INDIANAPOLIS AP Scot Clark drove two hot laps at Indianapolis in a rear engine Lotus Ford reaching 146.3 and 146.1 mph. Ford officials confirmed direct interest in the car as Clark discussed the track’s rough surface and sand debris that slowed turns. The 152.729 mph track record by Parnelli Jones in 1962 remains, while Lotus and Dan Gurney prepare two Lotus Fords for May 30 qualifications and Ford notes its first direct speed event since 1957.
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Jim Clark
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Ford Motor Company
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England
South Africa
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Torrance
Calif
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Lotus Cars of
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Costa Mesa
Gurney
John Zink
Tulsa
Okla
Berwick
Scotland
Jack Brabham
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Lotus
Offenhauser
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Fords
Moore's Knockout Injury Proves Fatal Yesterday
Davey Moore, 29, longtime featherweight champion, died in White Memorial Hospital after a brain injury from a knockout by Ultiminio Ramos. The fight sent shock waves through boxing and public life, with calls to tighten boxer health checks and possible boxing bans in California.
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Los Angeles
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Sugar) Ramos
White Memorial Hospital
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Vatican Radio
Washington
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Ramos
Jose
Tiger) Blanco
Havana
Dodger Stadium
Reformatory Panthers double win over weekend
Indiana Reformatory Panthers won twice. They beat Indianapolis Collins Dry Wall 102 to 96, then defeated Lapel Standard Merchants 99 to 77 to push the season record to 30 wins and four losses. Jim Williams led Indianapolis with 34 points, Russell scored 45 for Indianapolis.
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Panthers
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Indianapolis
Jim Williams
Russell
Nets
Stevens
Kelly
Dick Howell
Lafayette
Lafayte
Little League Boundaries For 3 Loops Set
Local officials announce boundaries for six Little League districts in a detailed routing study. The description covers Madison and Shadyside areas, tracing from the New York Central Railroad lines along White River to Grandview Golf Course, then looping through roads including 29th Street, State Road 9, and Alexandria Pike. The plan defines perimeters around Meadowbrook and Shadyside leagues with river contours and street corridors, establishing the geographic scope for junior baseball play.
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15Th Street
Madison Avenue
19Th Street
Lincoln Street
NYCRR
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Meadowbrook
29Th Street
Dickey Road
Scatterfield Road
Hamilton Place
Burton Place
32Nd Street
Monroe Street
Main Street
New York Central Railroad
Anderson Yards
Shadyside Little League
13Th Street
NYC Railroad
Grandview Golf Course
Moss Island Road
Anderson-Frankton Road
Linwood Road
Alexandria Pike
Cage Scores Division Semifinals Showdowns in NBA Playoffs
The Cincinnati club defeated Syracuse 125 to 118 in a best of five semifinals with the series tied at two games apiece. Detroit won 107 to 103 over St. Louis as the Blues hold a 2-1 lead. no games scheduled for Monday.
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Bowling, 30c at Rains New AMF balls
Rains introduces new AMF bowling balls priced at 30 cents with plugs Holes plugged priced at 2 dollars 50 cents offering upgrades for bowlers seeking improved grip and balance.
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World Series Film At Auditorium
Films of the 1962 World Series between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants will be shown at Anderson Senior High School auditorium at 7 p.m. today. Carl Erskine will narrate in color, with a baseball camp clinic for youths. Coaches Mert Pyle Bob Macholtz Ray Estes and Bob Freeman assist.
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San Francisco Giants
Carl Erskine
Anderson Senior High School
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Erskine
Mert Pyle
Bob Macholtz
Ray Estes
Bob Freeman
NBA Transfers Zephyrs To Baltimore Franchise Move Official
The Chicago Zephyrs move to Baltimore under a five year lease approved by the Baltimore Civic Center Commission. Zephyrs president Dave Trager announced the agreement after league permission, making Baltimore the club’s new home following prior NBA relocations and arena success.
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Kentucky Eyes Recruiting Negro Athletes for SEC
In Lexington, a high ranking university source says Kentucky will push the SEC to recruit Black athletes. The idea of leaving the SEC due to lack of Negro players is deemed unwise, while the university newspaper urged immediate recruitment. Athletic Director Bernie Shively declined to comment and President Frank G. Dickey noted any action would require athletics board or trustees approval.
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University of Kentucky
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Kentucky Kernel
SEC
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Heinlein and Almony win Broadmoor pro pro golf title
Veteran pro Bill Heinlein of Carmel and Chuck Almony of Elwood shot a best ball 68 to win the pro pro tournament at Broadmoor Country Club in Indianapolis. Sam Carmichael and Dale Warner tied for second at 70 in a field of 29 teams during the Indiana PGA two day meeting.
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Bill Heinlein
Carmel
Chuck Almony
Elwood
Broadmoor Country Club
Sam Carmichael
Martinsville
Dale Warner
Indiana
PGA
Exhibition Baseball Scores From Morning Games
Kansas City defeated Cincinnati 11 to 4 while Detroit triumphed over Washington 17 to 3. Chicago N beat Los Angeles A 7 to ?
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Washington
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