Discoverer Of Thorpe Dies Of Throat Cancer
Glenn Scobey Warner famed football coach known as Pop Warner died in Palo Alto California at 83 after months with throat cancer. He mentored stars including Jim Thorpe and Chief Bender and coached at Carlisle Pitt Stanford Temple and San Jose State.
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Warner
Tibb Loraine Smith
Jane Warn Cer Scoffield
Seattle
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Winkelman
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Damon Runyan
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Cornell
Jim Thorpe
Charles
University’ of Pittsburgh
Carlisle
San Jose State College
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California’ Schol
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Temple Uniersity
Philadelphia
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Jong
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Clarence
Parker
Duke
North Carolina
Cleveland Milwaukee in The 1954 Series
Cleveland and Milwaukee emerge as a plausible World Series pairing as the pennant races tighten. The Indians grip the American League lead with 17 games left while the Yankees fall back, and the Braves surge with nine straight wins as they chase the Giants and a possible East division showdown.
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Indians
Yankees
Casey Stengel
Braves
Charlie Grimm
Super-Chargers
New York Giants
Ndt
Brooklyn
Tecome
East
Zichets Field
Polo Grounds
York
Milwaukee
Giants
Bowling Scores Seeks Two More Teams for 885‑Team Circuit
Secretary Bill Stalnaker of the Men’s League calls a meeting of league captains at 7 30 tonight at the Anderson Bowling Center. Two more teams are sought to reach a dozen teams for the circuit and raise the 885 team average. Stalnaker’s phone is 36261.
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Bill Stalnaker
Vty
Ye Anderson
Stalnaker
Indians Rally Tops Kansas City In Ninth Inning
In a dramatic last-inning rally, the Indians overcome a 7 6 deficit to beat Kansas City 9 8. Harry Simpson hits his second homer of the game and Rocky Colavito adds his 37th, as Hank Foiles advances on a throw and scores the winning run amid a 44th late-innings comeback this season.
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Indianapolis
Kansas City
Harry Simpson
Rocky Colavito
Hank Foiles
Foiles
Gus Triandos
Bob Balenca
Indians
Blues
Triandos
Michigan State drills in Big Ten preview season
Michigan State faces a tough 1950 football season as coach Duffy Daugherty reshapes the lineup. The Spartans, led by passer Thom Thompson and back Tevin Williams, are rebuilding with 20 returning lettermen and a new strategy pairing Williams with Matsock at back.
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Irvin
Giants
Gran Hamner
New York
ABA
Phils
Pehlety Sts
Rodin
Omel Clark
Michigan State
Robert E. Voges
Burgess
Lansing
Thompson
Simmons
York
Spartans
Wyrostek
Williams
Lock
Hugh (Duffy) Daugherty
Man
Dark
Hofman
Clarence Williams
Lockman
Bisgie
Munn
MSC Athletic Ae
Wiliams and Lockartean State
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Semons
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Daugherty
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Fishman
Ler -Gomer
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Gomen
Innie
Enueros
Big Vale
Alernate
Bari Morrall
Star Burtschy
John Matsock
Washington
Busby
Jerry Planutis
Temon
Eo Ee
Sfarero
Pwc
Anna
Michigan
Tata
Soewer
Marrero
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Genere
Sscpha
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Torent
el Et
DeMaestri
Astroth
Jacobs
Shea
Evashevski
Mann
Vernon
Runnels
FitzGerald
Vale
Shen
Limmer
S. J
Sam” Morris
West
Philadelphia
Virginia University
Sima
Burtschy
Ho—Sima
Rer
Wilson
U—Berry
McKinley
Umont
Gavilan Saxton Fight Televised After Weighs Scare
Boxing notes discuss Kid Gavilan missing weight for a welterweight defense against Johnny Saxton in Philadelphia amid mumps and fat jokes. The bout sparked a first studio audience for a televised fight with free admission, as promoters consider using in-camera audience cards to simulate applause.
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Whitney
New York
Kid Gavilan
Johnny Saxton
Gavilan
Saxton
Philadelphia
Bobo Olson
Betting Decline at Atlantic City Track Matches Earlier Trend
Atlantic City race track betting dropped during the first 21 days of 1954, with total handle sliding from 37,341,008 to 26,7,488, even as attendance rose 21 percent from the prior year. Monmouth Park reported a similar summer pattern, while other notes mention asylum for a Polish runner and boxing weight concerns among champions.
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Trenton
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Rehhibald S. Alexander
Yesday
Monmouth Park
Rhubarb pageant chaos mars beauty contest and game
Bottles and cans flew during a rhubarb outbreak as a beauty pageant and baseball game intersected at a District of Columbia event. Miss Connecticut Dorothy Hopkins drew attention for protest plans after not being sanctioned, while umpires and photographers captured a chaotic scene as players argued and fans tossed debris.
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Philaw Inc Hia
Tande
Giants-Phillies
Philadelphia
del Enday
Sis
Tom Gorman
Jeaen
New York City
Chy
District of Columbia
Phillies
Canada
Ennis
Jay
Fang
Gor
WAC
Middletown
Giants
Dusty
Connecticut
Thades
Miss Fuchs
Terry Moore
Eddie Happy
Faye
Dorothy Aane Hopkins
Storrs
Conn
Miss Hopkins
University New Giants
Fuchs
New York
Senators Edge Athletics 5-4 In Hot Philadelphia Battle
Washington Senators overcome a four run Philadelphia lead to win 5-4 behind Frank Shea who earned his second victory. Ed FitzGerald drives in the deciding run with an eighth inning single as the crowd, among the smallest in Washington history, watches. Shea holds the Athletics to two hits over six innings of relief, following Connie Marrero’s rough third inning. The Duke University football record notes a 960 victory over Furman in 1891, when a touchdown was worth four points instead of six.
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Philadelphia
Monte Irvin
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Yankee Braves
Loser Surt Simmons
Braves
Dodgers
Giants
Leo Durocher
John McCall
Phils
Brooklyn
Walter Alston
Brooks
Yankees
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Cleveland
Indians
Waomasusy
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Athletics
Frank Shea
Ed FitzGerald
Shea
Beore
Connie Marrero
Duke University
Rcord
Furman
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