Mel Ott Leads Oakland Acorns In PCL Pennant Chase
Oakland Acorns under Mel Ott are preseason favorites to win the 1952 Pacific Coast League pennant. Ott, 43, brings major league experience from the Giants and earlier seasons, and owner C. L. Laws backs his bid with added support. Ott embraces leadership, public speaking, and even changes numbers to boost luck, as the club acquires veteran Danny Litehit er.
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Chuck Dressen
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Ronkie
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Operation Heartbreak marks Baytown Little League tryouts
The Baytown Little League announces tryouts and selection for 60 players to form four 15 man majors teams. Veterans plus Scouts will judge and finalize the roster, with trade flexibility during the season. Managers Vic Digs Lefty Frazer Len DeMasters and Bob Kalbitz pledge careful, tough selection.
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Len DeMasters
Bob Kalbitz
Rock and His Hidden Track Relays Honored at Texas Relays
Texas Relays will honor Bever Rockhold and former Steer tracksters for relay feats from the mid thirties. Rockhold, a versatile athlete, starred in sprint relays coast to coast and still holds marks in the record books. He also excelled in golf and baseball, though golf clubs won in the thirties remain unused.
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Hia
Texas Relays
Ach Rockhold
Hockhold
University of Texas
Rock
Kansas City
Ivory Hunted Scouts Eye Africa For Future Baseball Stars
New York reports on how major league scouts chase international talent. The National Geographic hints at Afro-Asian Sudanese fighters as potential future players, linking rugged stone fights to base running and throwing skills while raising the question of hitting ability.
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Major League Baseball
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Ty Dodd
Ivory Hunters
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Canada
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Austria
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Mexico
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France
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Coushatte
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Mich
National Geographic Society
Bill Veeck
St Lous Browns
National Geographic
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Rudyard Kipling
Coo
Boston Red Sox
Four Tilts On SWC Baseball Agenda Today
Southern Methodist aims for its ninth win in 10 starts in the feature four game SWC baseball slate. SMU beat Carswell AFB 20 7 yesterday and plays Air Force in Dallas while Baylor seeks revenge at home against Minnesota. Rice meets Ian Houston at Huntsville and Texas hosts Hardin Simmons in Austin. Ken McGonagle and Minnesota’s offense trouble Baylor as SMU rides 15 hits and five Carswell errors to victory. Joe Whitley and Ken Williams homer for SMU. Deany Davidson earned the win.
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Carswell Afb
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Waco
Rice
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Huntsville
Texas
Hardin-Simmons
Austin
Ken McGonagle
Big Ten Gophers
Harry Davis
SMU
Carswell
Joe Whitley
Ken Williams
Deany Davidson
Houston North Texas hosts Texas college relay meet
Denton is scene as seven Texas colleges and universities compete in the North Texas relays featuring events from 100 yard dash to two mile baton races. Participants include Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, University of Houston, North Texas, Adiene Christen, Howard Payne, East Texas State and the host.
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UPI
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North Texas Relays
Ward
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
University of Houston
North’ Texas
Aduene Christen
Howard Payne
East Texas State
North Texas
Boxing Hoodlums Dealt Hard Blow in Cross-State Pact
Illinois and New York boxing commissions aim to curb hoodlums with a mutual penalties recognition and contract system. The agreement includes a right of review for each panel, signaling a joint crackdown across jurisdictions. The pact was signed amid concerns over wrongdoing in boxing circles.
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Ilinois
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Illinois Commission
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