Showdown Week Looms as NCAA NIT Survivors Face Off
Ten teams remain in major college basketball with NCAA contenders Temple Kent Ky Kansas State Seattle and six NIT survivors Xavier Dayton Fordham St Bonaventure St Johns facing semifinals in Louisville and New York. Temple seeks title amid a 25 game win streak while Seattle and Kentucky push past strong regionals. results set for Thursday through Saturday finales.
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OU Matmen suffer 4-I tourney with six points
Ohio University wrestling closed the 4-1 tourney with a 6 point team total, placing 16th of 34. Kent State led with 60 points while OU finished 3-4 and fifth in the MAC. Zwolenik and Napoli were OU’s best performers but both failed to reach top placements.
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Bend Team Defeats Athens in Bowling Showdown
Crow's Steak House of Pomeroy claims the 1957 state championship bowling title with a 2874 to 2718 win over Athens All-Stars at Athens Rollerbowl. Rex Snider led losers with a 636 series, Paul Clifford led winners with a 631 series and 244 game. Jack Aydelotte starred in a separate 3 game exhibition with a 619 series.
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Gonzales Narrowed Pro Cross Country Lead With Victory
Palm Beach report says Pancho Gonzales narrowed his deficit to two matches by defeating Lew Hoad in a pro cross country tour clash. The score stood 6 6 to 7 5 as Gonzales climbed closer to Hoad who led 20 to 18.
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Middies Face 24–0 Foes as Ohio State Tourney Opens
In Columbus the Middletown Middies seek a third straight state title as four unbeaten teams enter the Ohio high school basketball tournament. Class A matches pit Pleasantville against Bucyrus Holmes Liberty and Northwestern against Dixie, while Columbus North meets East Tech in Class AA action. The event runs through the weekend with 25–0 records at stake for the top contenders.
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Yankees Top Braves 4 1 in Grapefruit League Opener
Mantle and Berra sparked the Yankees as they beat the Milwaukee Braves 4-1 in an exhibition clash. Mantle two doubles and two RBIs, Berra a double and two RBIs, lifting New York to a 4-5 spring record with solid pitching from Ditmar Duren and Cicotte.
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Hatton named MVP in NCAA Mideast basketball playoffs
Vernon Hatton of Kentucky earned the Most Valuable Player honor on 31 of 41 ballots as Kentucky shared the top all tournament team with Notre Dame and Indiana stars. Wayne Embry Johnny Cox received three votes each for runner up while Archie Dees also made the squad.
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Pistons Reach Western Division Finals vs Hawks
George Yardley starred as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Cincinnati Royals twice 124 104 and 100 83 to reach the best of seven series against the St Louis Hawks in St Louis. The Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia Warriors battled in the Eastern semifinals with the Warriors taking a 95 93 win after an 86 82 loss the prior day.
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Ford Wins Pensacola Open With Dramatic 53-Foot Birdie
Doug Ford, the 1957 Masters champion from Mahopac New York, captured the Pensacola Open title by two strokes. He posted a 72-hole total of 278, ten under par, after a dramatic finish that saw him hole a 53-foot chip from between two traps left of the 18th green. Ken Venturi tied for second with defending champion Art Wall Jr. at 280.
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Temple and Kentucky win in NCAA regionals and NIT upsets
NCAA regional results show Temple def Caribbean? no, Temple 69 Dartmouth 50, Kentucky 89 Notre Dame 56, Indiana 98 Miami Ohio 91, Kansas State 68 Oklahoma State 57, Seattle 66 California 62, San Francisco 57 Idaho State 51. NIT in New York Xavier Ohio 95 Niagara 86, Fordham 83 St Francis 59, St Johns 71 Utah 70, St Bonaventure 79 St Josephs 75. NAIA Kansas City Tenn State 85 Western Illinois 73, Texas Southern 121 Georgetown Ky 109.
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Class AA Basketball Scores From Middletown to Columbus
Middletown 96 Dayton Fairview 67. East Tech 79 Columbus Fast 6s 56. Mansfield 53 Zanesville 54. Cuyahoga Falls 40 Class A Northwestern 81 Hartford 66. Bucyrus Holmes-Liberty 63. Hopewell Loudon 53 Pleasantville 63 Centralia 52. Dixie 83 Newark St Francis 63.
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Teen swimer Nortstron sets national AAU 200 yard freestyle record
Orrin Nortstron, 16, of Cincinnati, set a national AAU mark in the 200 yard freestyle for 15 and 16 year olds at the Lake Erie AAU meet finished Sunday at Kent State University pool. The 440 yard national champion aided the 200 yard event in 1 55 as district records fell during the meet.
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Stokes Stricken by Illness in Cincinnati
Maurice Stokes pro basketball star of the Cincinnati Royals remains in a coma with a likely diagnosis of encephalitis at St Elizabeth Hospital Covington Kentucky His condition is critical and doctors warn of possible viral brain inflammation from insect bites The illness followed a playoff loss and his hospitalization after an ailing flight home NHL pucks are kept frozen at ten degrees before games costing seven dollars fifty per dozen.
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Bonus Baby Howard Shows Size And Shyness At Dodgers Camp
Frank Oliver Howard, a 6 6 220 pound bonus outfielder from Columbus Ohio, visits Dodgers at Vero Beach. The Ohio State star, eager and respectful, is in spring training to prepare for pro baseball with a $50 000 bonus and a projected gradual introduction to the Dodgers.
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Basilio Aims to Break Chicago Jinx Against Robinson
Middleweight champion Carmen Basilio travels to Chicago for the March 25 return with Sugar Ray Robinson at Stadium. He says a fair shake, belief he can win, and road work in Chicago will prep him, noting he beat Robinson last Sept 23, 1957 and expects a similar outcome despite Robinson’s height challenge.
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Hollywood-Aragon Beats Vejar In Lightweight Bout
Hollywood Aragon outpointed Chico Vejar at 153 pounds in Los Angeles while Eddie Jordan stopped Nick Grimales at 141 pounds in Stamford. Vejar faced Aragon in a close decision, and Grimales was halted by Jordan in the Stamford show.
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Pleasantville Wins Regional Title 63 52
Pleasantville Panthers defeated Centralia 63 52 to capture the Athens Class A Regional title and reach the state tournament. Buddy Miller led with 21 points and John Mosier added 18 as Pleasantville erased a 50 49 deficit late, then pulled away down the stretch to seal the win.
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Mackay Partner Duo Win Mixed Doubles in Egypt
Barry Mackay of Dayton Ohio and Mrs Dorothy Head Knobe of Forest Hills New York captured the mixed doubles title at Egypts international tennis championships defeating Italy s Giuseppe Merlo and Egypt s Mrs Menache 6 0 6 3 in straight sets.
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