Biddeford X Country Meet to Run During Grid Game
Biddeford High will host a triangular cross country meet with New Gloucester and Pennell Institute during the waterhouse field football game Saturday afternoon. The 2.4 mile race aims to set a Cumberland York county record, with standout runners Gordon of New Gloucester and Sawyer of Pennell leading the field along with Biddeford contenders Bissell Gabiel Probost Boisse and Lariviere.
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Biddeford
Kennebunk
Waterhouse Field
New Gloucester
Pennell Institute of Gray
York
Ken Bissell
Ken Gabiel
Don Probost
Robert Boisse
Neil Lariviere
Pennell
Sawyer
Gordon
Darrtown Baseball Capital Hails Dodgers Manager Of Year
Darrtown Ohio proclaims itself Baseball Capital of the World as Walter Alston of the Dodgers accepts AP Manager of the Year after guiding a World Series title run. Alston credits the team for the achievement and notes spring training work. He declines to name specific improvement goals for next season.
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Darrtown
Ohio
Los Angeles
Walter Alston
Baseball Writers Assn. of America
Associated Press
Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodgers
Milwaukee
White Sox
Bruins Start On Fall Tour After Narrow Win
The Boston Bruins, sole NHL leader, open a fall tour in Toronto this weekend with a Saturday game against the Maple Leafs and a Sunday stop in Chicago against the Jack Hawks. Stasiuk scored the winner with 30 seconds left to lift Boston to 3-1 over New York, giving them 6 points and breaking a first place tie with idle Toronto. Bronco Horvath and Leo Labine also scored as Boston erased an early 3-0 deficit, with rookie Dick Meissner assisting on the late rally in a 4-3 win.
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NEW York
Boston Bruins
National Hockey League
Toronto
Bruins
Maple Leafs
Chica
Jack Hawks
Vic Stasiuk
Boston
Stasiuk
Bronco Horvath
Leo Labine
Dick Meissner
United States Holds Six Per Event of Global Land Share
A claim states the United States has six per event of the world’s total land area. Verification shows no clear context or data to support this assertion. The line reads as a partial or misquoted statistic lacking dates or sources.
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United States
Fighting Irish Begin Fresh Era in Michigan State Showdown
Notre Dame under Joe Kuharich introduces seven sophomores on the first team for the Michigan State game, including three in the backfield, as injuries thin the lineup. Veteran QB George Izo leads a youthful attack with sophomores George Sefcic and Angelo Caberio at halfback and Gerry Gray at fullback. Injuries sidelined Jim Crotty and guard Myron Pottios, who ends his season with torn knee ligaments, prompting a new T formation style with split ends and a slot back.
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Notre Dame
Michigan State
Joe Kuhanicn
Washington Redskins
Terry Brennan
Kuharich
George Izo
California
George Sefcic
Angelo Caberio
Gerry Gray
Caberio
Gray
Jim Crotty
Crotty
Myron Pottios
Russell Leads Celtics To Win Over Warriors
In a Minneapolis exhibition, Russell scores late to lift the Boston Celtics to a 103-98 win over Wilt Chamberlain and the Philadelphia Warriors. Chamberlain dominates early, but Russell enacts a fourth quarter rally as part of the pro doubleheader with Johansson and Baylor.
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Russell
Celtics
Warriors
Minneapolis
Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Boston Celtics
Philadelphia
Minneapolis Armory
Chamberlain
Globe Trotter
Celtic
Minneapolis Lakers
Wilt
Ingémar Johansson
Elgin Baylor
Lakers
Detroit
National Basketball Assn
Baylor
Laker
Johansson
Halsey Hall
P. Kenneth Peterson
Floyd Batterson
Patterson
Football League Appoints Gunsel As Acting Head
The National Football League named 50 year old Austin Gunsel acting commissioner after Bert Bell was laid to rest. Gunsel, a former FBI agent, was hired seven years ago as chief investigator and later treasurer. He will lead until the league's January meeting when a permanent commissioner is chosen.
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Philadelphia
National Football League
Major League Baseball
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Bert Bell
NFL
Bell
Austin Gunsel
FBI
League
Gunsel
Boyington Divorce Granted for Mental Cruelty
Gregory Pappy Boyington, 48, was divorced Tuesday on grounds of mental cruelty. His estranged wife Frances Reiman, 45, testified that he drank, left home without explanation, and sometimes had tantrums, amid reports of his WWII record as a Marine colonel who shot down 26 Japanese planes.
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Los Angeles
Gregory Pappy Boyington
Frances Reiman
Celtics weigh cuts after 14 game exhibition tour
Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach faces final cuts with 12 players on roster. Three players eyed for the axe are Maurice King Gene Guarilla and K C Jones while rookie John Richter has secured a spot and competes with Loscutoff for a starting role. Celtics beat the Warriors 103 98 to finish 13 1 in exhibitions. Russell sat out most of the third period in the Wilt Chamberlain matchup with Chamberlain scoring 19 and Russell 16 while Chamberlain blocked nine and Russell five shots.
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Minneapolis
Boston Celtics
Red Auerbach
Celtics
Cincinnati Royals
Auerbach
Maurice King
Kansas
Gene Guarilla
George Washington
K. C. Jones
John Richter
North Carolina State
Richter
Jim Loscutoff
Philadelphia Warriors
Bill Russell
Philadelphia
Wilt Chamberlain
Russell
Big Bill
Chamberlain
Williams demands Liston rematch after knockout win
Houston Tex and Cleveland Williams fight Curley Lee in a nationally televised bout. Williams, with a 30 pound edge, knocked Lee unconscious with a left upper cut at 58 seconds of the 10th round after Lee surged in rounds two through nine. Williams extends knockout total to 38 in 49 fights and calls for Liston rematch.
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Houston
Tex
Cleveland
Williams
Sonny Liston
Curley Lee
California
Lee
Liston
Miami Beach
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Lorings Buy Five-Room Ranch in Saco Suburb
Real estate transfer shows Ralph and Beverly Ann Loring of Kennebunk purchasing the 9 Mapledrive property from Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Stoddard in Saco. The ranch style home with garage sits on a large lot and will serve as the Lorings' residence. Sale negotiated through Nicholas P. Scontras agency at 194 Main Street, Saco.
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Mapledrive
Saco
Clayton Stoddard
Ralph and
Beverly Ann Loring
Kennebunk
Giants Jones Wins '59 Earned Run Crown
Sam Jones of the San Francisco Giants edged Stu Miller to win the 1959 ERA title with 85 earned runs allowed in 271 innings for a 2.82 mark. Dodgers’ Roger Craig led in ERA at 2.06 but missed the minimum innings. Miller and Buhl also among top finishers, with Jones credit for a workhorse season including four shutouts and a seven inning no hitter.
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NEW York
Sam
Roger Craig
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Craig
Chicago White Sox
Jones
St. Louis
Miller
Bob Buhl
Milwaukee
Buhl
Warren Spahn
Braves
Vern Law
Pittsburgh
Gene Conley
Philadelphia
Rangers Bow At Home In Fourth Straight Loss
Rangers suffer a fourth straight home defeat as Boston Bruins edge them 4 3. Vic Stasiuk scores the deciding goal with 30 seconds left after Dick Meissner ties it mid third. Bruins claim first place as Labine Horvath ignite late in second.
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Rangers
Boston Bruins
Watson
Vic Stasiuk
Bruins
Dick Meissner
Leo Labine
Bronco Horvath
Bill Gadsby
John Hanna
Rangers Edge Opponent as Prentice Nets Goal
A fragmented report notes Dean Prentice scoring for the Rangers and a 3-0 lead at 9:45 of the second period in a game described with partial phrases about hot dogs and buns.
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Rangers
Dean Prentice
Zoo expands fare at St Louis lunch stand
The St. Louis Zoo adds a hamburger stand beside the long dominant hot dog Americanus. Director George Vierheller notes the new grill will serve both hot dogs and hamburgers, expanding offerings at the renowned campus.
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ZOO
ST. Louis
St. Louis Zoo
George Vierheller
Vier Keller
Scrapbooks Preserve World War II News at Stevens Museum
In 1942 Samuel C. Williams Sr. received a Navy son’s request to save clippings. Last month the Stevens Museum at Stevens Institute of Technology received 50 scrapbooks with 4,000 pages detailing World War II coverage.
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Hoboken, N. J
Samuel C. Williams
Navy
Williams
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Museum
Phoenix Chamber drums up Sell Phoenix-Year Round campaign
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce launched a promotion to sell Phoenix year round. Invitations shaped like small Indian drums were mailed to raise awareness. An inscription on the drums read Made in Japan.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix
Jin Japan
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