Browns Blast 'Skins in NFL Showdown Week
Browns overwhelm Washington 62-3 as NFL standings mix. Giants and Eagles share Eastern Division lead at 5-2 after wins while Lions top NFC West and 49ers stumble without Hugh McElhenny. Conerly throws three TD passes and Eddie Price scores for Cleveland.
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Chuck Conerly
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Rocket Ace Tops SEC Lead After Recount
Athens’ Mike Hamilton slipped in the SHCA scoring race after a recount. Wellston’s Lafe Jennings now leads the league with corrected figures removing a touchdown from Harold Vickers. Vickers still sits high in the order. Statisticians tally 771 points on 117 touches, 64 after touches, one field goal, and one safety across the league.
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Weekend results from the AP top ten college football poll
UCLA routed Oregon 41 to 6 while Ohio State toppled Pittsburgh 26 to 0. Oklahoma beat Iowa State 40 to 0 and Arkansas defeated Rice 28 to 15. Notre Dame beat Penn 42 to 7. Miami Florida lost to Auburn 18 to 14. Army beat Yale 48 to 7. Purdue fell to Iowa 14 to 15. Mississippi crushed Memphis State 51 to 0. Southern California defeated Stanford 21 to 7.
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Browns rout Redskins as Ratterman shines in change of pace
George Ratterman completed 10 of 11 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns as the Browns exploded to a 41 3 victory over Washington. Otto Graham left with an arm bruise while Ratterman energized the offense and coach Paul Brown cited the change of pace. Vic Janowicz contributed Washington’s only points with a 37 yard field goal.
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Wildcats Have Only One Able Quarterback
Northwestern will start sophomore Dale Pienta at quarterback against Indiana as the only experienced healthy signal caller. Reserve sophomores Jack Ellis and Ed Broeker were injured against Wisconsin, with Broeker out for the season and Ellis nursing a torn ligament. Earlier, John Rearden broke a bone in his right hand against Ohio State.
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Ed Broeker
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Ohio State
Alpha Xi Fund Wins Powder Bowl 7 0 at Ohio Stadium
Alpha Xi sorority defeats Pi Phi 7 to 0 in the eighth annual Powder Bowl with a 32 yard run by Barb Watson securing the only score. The game drew a record crowd of 1650 and raised about 700 dollars for the Damon Runyan Cancer Fund.
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Marysville
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Barbara Campbell
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Buckeyes Bring In Big Revenue From Football Season
Ohio State football team generated 1,756,281 dollars in receipts last year with a 397,890 home attendance, setting a record. The Buckeyes posted a 4-3 conference mark and finished fourth, while this year’s undefeated Rose Bowl hopefuls crowd Columbus attendance even higher. Expenses totaled 1,148,303 dollars, led by 394,211 dollars paid to visiting schools Indiana Illinois Northwestern Michigan State and Purdue. The intake included 245,752 dollars from host schools.
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League Expected To Approve A's Transfer To Kansas City
The American League was poised to approve the Philadelphia Athletics transfer to Kansas City at a special meeting of club owners and executives in New York. Cleveland held leverage as factions sought Indian cooperation. six votes were needed, with New York Baltimore Chicago Boston and Philadelphia favoring the move.
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Muskies De-Throned By Denison Big Red Upset
Granville Denison's Big Red upset Muskingum 18-13 on Dad's Day before 3500 fans. Denison improves to 4-1-1 in the conference while Muskingum falls to 4-1-1. Both teams stand 5-2-1 overall.
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Fort Wayne Beats New York by Wide Margin
Pro basketball scores report Fort Wayne defeating New York 90 to 43. Rochester topped Baltimore 128 to 80 while Boston beat Syracuse 107 to 84 and Minneapolis earned a 79 to 67 victory over Milwaukee.
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Otters Suffer Shutout as St. Joseph’s Dominates
St. Joseph's of Collegeville Indiana outclassed Otterbein 27 to 0 on a muddy Saturday. Otters failed to reach paydirt and dropped to winless in conference play in their eighth game of the season.
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Skyline Club Shootoff Delays Championship as Morgan and Wade Tie
Morgan and Wade deadlocked for the Skyline Club crown after a day of tight shooting at Skyline Gun Club. Howard Mills won the new trap title with 47x50 while Musser nabbed Class B and Begg the Class D crown. darkness halted the decisive shoot-off for the A title.
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Byron Wolfe
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Bert Slatter
Bob Gilson
Albany Caps Four-Team Cage Preview
Albany wins all preview games at New Marshfield defeating Zaleski 68 28 and Hamden 65 35 to clinch the title. Hamden’s Ebert 25 points and Waterloo’s Stephenson 23 stood out. Albany’s Beatty 19 and Woodyard 15 led the champions during the two Friday and Saturday matchups.
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High School Gridiron Scores Across Cities and Colleges
Local grid results show Bellaire 33 Wheeling Central 6 and Cleveland St. Stanislaus 49 Cleveland Gilmour Academy 6. Ohio scores include Cleveland John Marshall 40 Cleveland West 1 and Kent State 58 Akron 18. College totals feature UCLA 41 over Oregon 6 and Southern Cal 71 over Stanford 7.
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DeMarco Eyes Welterweight Bout After TV Win
Boston bomber Tony DeMarco rides a 15 straight victories streak and a 1 minute 6 second knockout over Pat Manzi of Syracuse to target a December 11 television date and a possible challenge to welterweight champion Johnny Saxon.
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Giants Mays Leads Winter League Hitters
Willie Mays of the New York Giants stars in the Santurce club, batting .640 after 14 games in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He tops the circuit in triples with 3 doubles with 6 runs 18 and total hits 26 and hit his first homer yesterday off Tom Lasorda of Brooklyn.
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Minnesota Back Ties Earl Smith for Lead In Big Ten Scoring
CHICAGO. Minnesota's Bob McNamara tied Earl Smith of Iowa for the Big Ten scoring lead with 54 points after a pair of touchdowns in Saturday's win. Ohio State's Bobby Watkins moved to 51 points with two touchdowns, while Alan Ameche stayed fourth with 42. Hopalong Cassady and Abe Woodson trailed, each at 36.
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Such Is Hiram Hero Defeats Kenyon 6-0 in Ohio Conference
Russ Hurd, second-string quarterback for Hiram, intercepted a pass and ran 70 yards to set up the lone touchdown as Hiram beat Kenyon 6-0 in an Ohio Conference game.
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Redskins Glow in Success
Miami coach Ara Parseghian salutes the Redskins defense after a 6-0 upset of Indiana at Bloomington. End Moody Baker forced a fumble to set up the winning TD by Dick Hunter to Bob Wallace, as Ohio University’s Dayton game looms next Saturday at Oxford.
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Cyclone Fullmer Set for TV Debut in Brooklyn Bout
Gene Fullmer 24-0 19 KOs meets Jackie La Bua 23-5 in a Monday ABC network main event at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena. Fullmer a 23 year old Army veteran from West Jordan fights for his first national showcase on DuMont from 10 p.m. EST. Orlando Zulueta seeks a rebound against Kenny Lane at New York's St Nicholas Arena in a 10 p.m. EST telecast.
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Cyclone) Fullmer
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Five Major Schools Have Unbeaten State
The nation's unbeaten college football list narrowed to 32 as five major schools dropped out over the weekend. UCLA Ohio State Oklahoma Arkansas and Cincinnati remain among the leaders. Miami of Florida fell 14 13 to Auburn. Cincinnati has eight straight wins and Ohio State Miami and Ashland each own seven.
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THL RESULTS SUNDAY GRAND RAPIDS VS JOHNSTOWN
Grand Rapids edged Johnstown 4 to 3 in THL action while Fort Wayne defeated Troy 3 to 2. The wins update standings and highlight close, competitive play across two games.
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Muscle alone not enough in Western Michigan win
Western Michigan defeated Ohio University 19-6 as coach Carroll Widdoes emphasizes yardage and first downs while Lou Little notes that upsets happen and psychology can decide games. Ohio must regain poise for remaining two games and end with a solid record.
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Ohio State Can Clinch Title And Pasadena Trip Saturday
Ohio State can clinch the Big Ten title and Rose Bowl berth by beating Purdue while Michigan State and Minnesota stumble. A Buckeye win along with a Michigan loss would seal the deal, though Purdue, Michigan and Minnesota still offer paths to contest.
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Findlay Oilers Top Ohio Northern in Fracas Filled Game
Findlay Oilers defeated Ohio Northern 26 to 12 in a rough Saturday clash that erupted into four fistfights among players. Spectators were unsettled as officials and observers could not determine who started the altercations or the root cause. The Oilers dominated with scoring in every period on a hard hitting ground attack.
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