Major League Exhibition Games Begin In Grapefruit Cactus Leagues
Major league clubs start exhibition play in Florida and Arizona with 20 teams in action Saturday and Sunday. The season opener looms as managers weigh lineups, while Whitey Ford and St Louis Cardinals face questions about fingers and Detroit’s Chuck Dressen recovers from a mild heart attack. The pace quickens toward April 11 opening day.
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Jesse Owens
Andy Robustelli
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Johnny Keane
Yankee
Whitey Ford
Baltimore
Detroit Tigers
Chuck Dressen
Ryan to Return to Bennington for Victory Dinner
Matty Ryan, former catcher for the Bennington Generals, returns as speaker at a victory dinner in Bennington presented by the Bennington County Democratic Committee on Saturday April 10. Now district attorney for Massachusetts western district, he was praised by Judge George M. Fienberg as an extremely popular player and briefly managed the team. Gov. Philip H. Hoff is the principal speaker.
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Wiih
Matty Ryan
Bennington Generals
Northern Baseball League
Bennington County Democratic Committee
Ryan
Massachusetts
Springfield
University of Massachusetts
George M. Fienberg
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Pamela Marsten Earns Junior B Racing Rating
Pamela Marsten a Pittsfield High School junior and Jiminy Peak Ski Team member received a Junior B rating from the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association. She and Karen Simpter of Greenfield are the only Massachusetts girls with B rating. Eugene Marsten earned a senior B rating earlier, and Marsten with Collin Garstang are the only senior B local racers. Bill Toaf of Cranwell also holds a junior B rating.
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Pittsfield High School
United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association
Miss Marsten
Karen Simpter
Greenfield
Massachusetts
Eugene Marsten
Marsten
Collin Garstang
Bill Toaf
Cranwell
Ski Snow Report From New England Resorts
Boston AP reports a compiled New England ski area surface and snow depth table. The list covers Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Vermont with snow types, inches of new snow, and surface evaluation codes for each resort, including Berkshire Snow Basin Bousquets Butternut Catamount Jiminy Peak Mt Tom Thunder Mountain Sugarloaf Sunday River Cannon Cranmore Wildcat Gunstock Mt Sunapee Glen Ellen Jay Mad River Glen Sugarbush Bromley Killington Magic Mt Mt Snow Prospect Round Top Stratton and others.
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New England Council
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Butternut Basin
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Jiminy Peak
Mt. Tom C
Otis Ridge
Thunder Mt
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Glen Ellen
Jay Peak
Mad River Glen
Stowe
Madonna Mt
Sugarbush
Bromley SC
Burrington Hill
Carinthia
Dutch Hill
Haystack
Hogback SC
Killington
Magic Mt. SC
Mt. Snow SC
Prospect Mt. SC
Round Top Mt. C
Stratton Mt
Cubs may base spring training in Escondido next year
Briefs from spring baseball note the Chicago Cubs exploring Escondido California as their spring training site to keep Major and minor league operations together while moving minor league headquarters to the West Coast.
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Atiz
Chicago Cubs
California
Escondido
Calif
City Sued By Parents Of Estes
Logan Utah parents of late Utah State basketball star Wayne Estes filed a 271500 suit against the city alleging negligence by city agents led to his accidental electrocution after he walked into a live wire struck down by a car on February 8. The mayor said a reply would come within 80 days.
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Utah
Utah State University
Wayne Estes
Joseph Estes
Anaconda
Mont
Estes
Associated Press
Thor
Ping-Pong Champion Tom Cowlin Wins Pittsfield Finals
Tom Cowlin, this year's Ping-Pong champion at the Boys Club, won the Pittsfield High tourney final against Andy Keyes by 21-18, 21-19, 18-21, 21-12. About 85 boys entered, with seniors juniors and sophomores in three groups, as Cowlin had earlier defeated Dave O'Brien 12-21, 21-10, 21-18, 21-6 to reach the finals. Cowlin also placed third in a Holyoke tournament.
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Boys
Andy Keyes
Pittsfield High
Cowlin
Dave O'Brien
Holyoke
Eddie Mahan
Tris Speaker
John L. Sullivan
Celtics
Red Auerbach
Cousy
Russell
Kaese
NBA
Bill Russell
Ephs Win Three Winter Little Three Titles
Williams College teams captured three of four Little Three championships this winter in basketball swimming and squash, with Wesleyan taking the wrestling title. The close meet in Middletown saw Bohmen edge Wesleyan 51 to 45, decided on the final relay, while the freshman squash squad also earned a Little Three crown.
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Williams College
Wesleyan
Amherst
Williams
Jeffs
Cardinals
Bohmen
Middletown
Conn
Regional basketball results across three venues
United Press International briefs report semifinals and finals across NCAA regionals. Princeton defeated North Carolina State 66 to 43 in the East at College Park. Vanderbilt beat DePaul 82 to 78 in overtime in the Mideast semifinal at Lexington. North Dakota triumphed over St Michael's 94 to 86 in the finals at Evansville.
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Princeton
North Carolina St
Lexington
Vanderbilt
DePaul
Kansas City
Central St
Ohio
Fairmont
Colgate selects Harold Lahar as next athletic chief
Harold Lahar Colgate football coach will become assistant athletic director and succeed Eppy Barnes when he retires in a year or two. Last season Colgate went seven and two, the best in 30 years. Lahar previously coached Colgate for five years starting in 1952, posting a 24 4 17 5 record before leaving for Houston. He will be the fourth athletic director in Colgate history.
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Hal) Lahar
Colgate
Eppy Barnes
Coalgate
Grid
Houston
St Michael's Falls 94 86 In NCAA Consolation Game
Dick Falkenbush of Pittsfield Mass led St Michael's College of Winooski Park Vt with eight points and 12 rebounds as the Purple Knights lost to North Dakota State 94 to 86 in the NCAA small college division consolation game in Evansville Ind Richie Tarrant led St Michael's with 26 points while Paul Pederson had 24 for NDSU.
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St. Michael
Paul Pederson
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Quinn
Jackson
Tarrant
Hester S
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Whitfield and Spence Stop Opponents in Worcester
Ted Whitfield of Amherst stopped Joe Walcott in a main bout at Mechanics Hall as Angel Morales fell to Eddie Spence in the fourth. Walcott failed to answer for the fifth after a bad cut and doctor’s examination. Whitfield remains unbeaten in 11 straight with an 21-6 record for Spence, who delivered a knockout with a counter right to Morales. About 1,100 fans witnessed the program.
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Amherst
Eddie Spence
Pittsfield
Roger Sala
Mechanics Hall
Whitfield
Joe Walcott
Jersey
Spence
Angel Morales
Walcott
New Jersey
Morales
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