Major Leagues Fight Over New York Territory
Baseballs two major leagues argue over who controls New York territory left by the Giants moving to San Francisco and the Dodgers to Los Angeles. A four member committee from each league will study the issue and report to the February meeting in New York City.
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Colorado Springs
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New York
Giants
Yester
Brooklyn
Nationals
Queens
New York Boroughs
Long Island
National League Giants
San Francisco
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Roy Egan
Chicago White Sox
Frank Lane
Cleveland
Gabe Paul
Cincinnati Redlegs
Dick Meyer
St. Louis Cardinals
New York City
Celtics, Nats, Knicks win. second place battle tightens
The Celtics, Nats, and Knicks won in the eastern division as Boston beat St. Louis 111-97, Syracuse crushed Detroit 118-91 to move into second with 10-9, and New York edged Cincinnati 112-97. Boston leads Syracuse by 7 1/2 games. New York trails. In other news, the Southern Minnesota League plans a Monday meeting to decide between class A and class AA baseball for 1958 with several towns in favor of Class A and Mason City awaiting action.
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Boston Celtics
National Basketball Assn
Boston
Syracuse Nats
New York Knicks
Celts
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Nats
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Knicks
Cincinnati Royals
Syracuse
Philadelphia
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Warriors
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Celtics
Bill Sharman
Frank Ramsey
Bob Pettit
Hawks
Detroit
Larry Costello
Dolph Schayes
Togo Palazzi
George Yardley
Royals
Richie Guerin
New York
Maurice Stokes
Clyde Lovellette
Owatonna
Austin
Albert Lea
Mankato
Winona
Monmouth and Knox Win Opening Conference Games
Thirteen Minnesota colleges play in a slate of mostly non conference games. Monmouth edged Carleton 70 69 in the conference opener for both teams while Knox defeated St Olaf 70 57. St Cloud State beat Cornell 76 68 and St Marys Winona beat Loras 71 67 in separate outings. Milwaukee Branch down Macalester 75 73 after trailing 50 34 at halftime.
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Minnesota
State College
Midwest Loop
Monmouth
St. Olaf
Knox
Carleton
St. Norbert’s
Mankato
Loreas
St. Thomas
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Northern Teachers
Hamline
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St. Cloud
LaCrosse State
Bemidji
St. John's
Augsburg
Stout
Duluth
Northland
St. Mary's
St. Ambrose
Winona
Oshkosh State
Jerry McBride
St. Cloud State
Cornell
Iowa
Loras
Milwaukee
Macalester
Wisconsin
Macs
Gopher Grid Coach on List at Arkansas
Murray Warmath of Minnesota is among four candidates for Arkansas football coach, with a board of regents meeting to consider the list. Reports say Warmath visited Fayetteville last weekend but may turn down the offer over salary issues for his assistants and a proposed staff move.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Murray Warmath
Minnesota
University of Arkansas
Bob Cheyne
Arkansas
Warmath
Board of Regents
Cheyne
Minneapolis
Ike Armstrong
Jack Mitchell
University of Kansas
Arkansas Post
Minneapolis Tribune
the Tribune
Billy Murphy
College basketball scoreboard reads mixed results
Coe 66 36 Simpson 71 Iowa Luther 64 Knox 70 St Olaf 57 Duke 79 Clemson 66 Pitt 83 Furman 45. Strong performances noted from Simpson and Pitt as winners in this bundled scoreboard snippet.
Fifth Pitcher Added by Cincinnati Club
Cincinnati General Manager Gabe Paul expanded his pitching staff by acquiring Harvey Haddix from the Philadelphia Phillies for outfielder Wally Post. This move marked Cincinnati’s fifth major transaction of the convention, boosting their rotation with a veteran lefty who had 10 wins and 13 losses last season and a prior track record of at least 12 wins in five major league years.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Cincinnati
Gabe Paul
Redlegs
Harvey Haddix
Philadelphia Phillies
Wally Post
Paul
Haddix
Harvey
Phillies
Ohioan
Cardinals
Logart Defeats Ortega to Near Welter Crown in Cleveland
Cuban welterweight Logart won a unanimous 12 round decision over Gaspar Ortega at Cleveland Arena in a key elimination bout for the 147 pound title. Logart weighed 145 pounds, Ortega 145¾. Judges scored 56-54 55-52 and 56-50. Attendance reached 6,314 as the event supported the Cleveland News Toyshop Fund boxing program.
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Cleveland
Isaac Logart
Gaspar Ortega
Mexico
Cleveland Arena
Carmen Basilio
Sugar Ray Robinson
Logart
Ortega
Cleveland News Toyshop Fund
Herb Williams
Bill Tomson
Mike Minnich
Associated Press
Olympic gymnasts trigger Midwest Open at Chicago
Four Olympic gymnasts and several Big Ten stars start the season in the Midwest Open at the University of Chicago. Olympians Armando Vega of Penn State Abie Grossfeld of Illinois Ed Gagnier of Michigan and Fred Lecuona of Florida State compete for the all around title against top Big Ten rivals.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Armando Vega
Penn State
Abie Grossfeld
Illinois
Ed Gagnier
Michigan
Fred Lecuona
Florida State
Minnesota Gophers Win Opener in WIHL Clash
Minnesota defeats Michigan Tech 2-1 in Western Intercollegiate Hockey League opener at Williams Arena. Jack Dockeray opened scoring for Tech at 2 12 of the first period, Myron Grafstrom tied it at 10 16, then Murray Williamson netted the winner at 13 47 in the final period before 5159 fans.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Michigan Tech
Gophers
Murray Williamson
Jack Dockeray
Myron Grafstrom
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