Hall Leads Barbers Hill Relays Contenders in Mont Belvieu
Kenneth Hall of Susarland eyes multiple records at the Barbers Hill Relays in Mont Belvieu. Hall holds the broad jump record and shares the 440 relay mark, expected to shine in the 100 yard dash discus throw shot put and broad jump. Strong field anticipated with Cedar Bayott and Sugarland favored for the team trophy. the meet benefits Lions Crippled Children's Camp.
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Sugarland
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Crosby
Deer Park
Mont Belvieu
Lloyd Kelley
Barbers Hill
Lions Crippled Children’s Camp
Kerrville
Texas Track Squad Trip Houston for SWC Contender Form
Texas and A&M led a three team triangular meet in Houston with Texas scoring 67 1 6 points to win over A&M 58 5 8 and Houston 44. Charley Thomas won the 220 yard dash in 21.2 seconds and led the 440 relay, Dean Smith ran 9.8 in the 108 yard dash, Tiny Gross swept the shot put and discus for A&M with 50 feet 9 inches and 154 feet 7 34 inches.
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University of Texas
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A&m
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Texas
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Dean Smith
Tiny Gross
Waitkus Seizes Opening With Orioles After Trade
Eddie Waitkus becomes Baltimore’s only healthy first baseman after a waiver deal. Kryhoski’s fractured wrist sidelined him for at least four weeks, boosting Waitkus from scrub status with the Phillies to regular duties for the Orioles. The Phillies lost to Cincinnati 8 4. Orioles beat Indians 9 8 in Grapefruit League play.
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Cincinnati Redlegs
Cleveland Indians
Baseball Results and Scout’s New Find
Baseball results list six games with teams including Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Philadelphia Detroit New York Pittsburgh Boston Brooklyn Washington St Louis Baltimore Cleveland and Chicago B. In San Francisco, scout Eddie Montague praised 21 year old catcher John Spreen of Albany Oregon as the best prospect signed since Willie Mays and said Spreen, discharged from the Coast Guard, will join a Giant farm team.
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Andrews and Johnson boxing TV bout in Chicago Stadium
Paul Andrews, a 24 year old light heavyweight contender from Buffalo, faces Harold Johnson of Philadelphia in a 10 round television bout at Chicago Stadium. Both fighters are guaranteed 4000 dollars with the net expected under 10000 from a crowd under 5000. Johnson seeks a title shot while Andrews aims for a Moore title bid.
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Marshall Miles
Trip Johnson
Moore
International Boxing Club
Meeting Of Oiler Players Urges Ticket Sales
Baytown Oilers hold a 3 pm Saturday meeting at Oiler Park to recruit players for the 1954 team and urge fans to buy the remaining seven season tickets at ten dollars each. Berry warns the league’s fate and a boys junior league depend on sales with potential practice to follow.
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Oiler Park
Melvin Berry
Oilers
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Baytown Oilers
Tennis Team Meets Lamar Girls Try Beaumont High Squad Here
Baytown's high school and junior high players stayed busy as Robert E. Lee faced Beaumont High girls at the AEL courts. The Robert E. Lee boys travel to Houston Thursday to meet Lamar's Redskins after a strong home showing that included wins over South Park High and solid performances in both high school and junior high divisions.
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Donald Rae
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Dick Wilson
Stanley Ament
Don Mazza
Bill Abbott
David Engman
Windhell Taylor
George Edwards
Don Lumiley
Raymond Domino
Jeas
Leroy Como
Raymond Flummerfelt
TV Committee To Draft Football Plan For NCAA
Kansas City March 17 The television committee of the NCAA will draft the football TV plan in Kansas City Saturday and Sunday. The plan then goes to member colleges for referendum with a two thirds vote needed to take effect. Walt Byers says the plan won’t be public until mailed. Accaro Returns to Cracks Hallandale Florida Derby Gulfstream Park Eddie Accaro top stakes jockey will ride Stephens gay game in Saturday race.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
Walt Byers
NCAA
Accaro
Hallandale
Fla
Woody Stephens
Eddie Accaro
Gulfstream Park
Miami
Hornfrogs Win Third Straight Baseball Tilt
Texas Christian University beat Carswell Air Force Base 4 to 3, earning a third consecutive non conference win. Panny Powell allowed two hits in five innings for the victory, while Jack Freeman led Carswell with a three hit performance including a single, double and triple.
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Texas Christian
Carsewell Air Force Base
TCU
Innnings
Carswell
Panny Powell
Troy
Jack Freeman
Freeman
Evans
Rolling
Leppert
Frederick
Powell
Miller
Miles
Frick
Roseborough
Flying Prince Bernhard heads to Fort Worth in Neptune
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands departs Los Angeles for Fort Worth aboard a twin engine Navy Neptune patrol bomber. He previously logged over an hour at the controls of a Douglas C-120, the world’s largest military transport, during his California stay and toured Santa Monica to Long Beach in the craft.
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La Salle Favored To Win NCAA Tourney Finals
In Kansas City four teams reach the NCAA finals with La Salle of Philadelphia seen as the likely champion. Labeled favorites, La Salle USC Bradley and Penn State arrive Thursday for practice at the municipal auditorium. Semifinals set with Bradley vs USC at 8 p.m. and Penn State vs La Salle at about 9:45 p.m.
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Bossier parish considers track proposal dead
SHREVEPORT La March 17 UP The Bossier parish police jury said it considers proposals for a $5 million horse race track completely dead The end to the proposals is probably for the better though the track held promise of considerable legal revenue Charles G Beach Jr who claimed to be a New Orleans contractor but lived in Shreveport proposed the track last week in a surprise showing before the jury He said the track would pay some 5 million a year and 4 million to the state
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Bossier Parish
Charles G. Beach Jr
New Orleans
Famed Golf Coach At North Texas Is Dead
Denton Texas March 17 UP Fred Cobb North Texas State College golf coach whose teams earned national fame by winning four straight NCAA titles died unexpectedly early Wednesday He was 55 and reportedly died of a heart attack after being stricken at his Denton home He led North Texas to a national reputation for producing top amateurs and his teams were known as the Notre Dame of college golf Cobb guided the program since 1940 and played football and baseball at Georgia Tech and North Texas among his notable pupils were Bill Maxwell Joe Conrad Don January and others The team strengthened by replacements was to compete in the Southwest Conference meet in Fort Worth this weekend
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Detroit Tigers
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Harry Byrd
New York Yankees
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Tex
Fred Cobb
North Texas State College
Wwin- Ring
Cobb
Flow Memorial Hospital
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USGA
Bill Maxwell
Joe Conrad
Don January
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