Indoor marks fall at Purdue in loss for Illinois
Purdue hosts the indoor track meet where Illinois trails Michigan at midpoints but surges to win the relay trophy. Harrison Dillard dominates with a new American 60-yard low hurdles record of 6.8 seconds and wins the 60-yard high hurdles in 7.5 seconds. Michigan places second overall, Indiana third, Notre Dame fourth, Wisconsin fifth. Dick Houden of Wisconsin wins the 60-yard dash in 6.4 seconds, tying the American 70-yard dash mark at 7.0 seconds.
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Afayette
Ind
Illinois
Purdue
Harrison Dillard
Baldwin Wallace
Bill Porter
Northwestern
Dillard
Porter
Michigan
Leo Johnson
Indiana
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Baldwin- Wallace
Michigan Normal
Miami
Wheaton
Butler
Dick Houden
Cornell College
Houden
Illinois Tech
Davenport Blue Devils crush Sioux City Central in state tourney final
Davenport's Blue Devils overwhelmed Sioux City Central 42 to 23 in the finals of the Iowa high school boys basketball tournament before 16 000 fans at the field house. Danbury edged Ottumwa 28 to 27 in the consolation as Davenport dominated the event shaping the meet.
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Tait Cummins
Gazette
Owa City
Davenport
Blue Devils
Sioux City Central
Iowa
Doughty Danbury
Ottumwa
Gene Autry
Rockefeller Center
Danbury
Steamboat Rock
Carroll
Atlantic
Dowling
Des Moines
IHSAA
Osage
Newton
Creston
Waverly
Iowa City
Sioux City
Greene
Dietz
Stange
Ste Jaupt
Goth
City i
Central
Strathman Sioux
Cenri Bessley
Phillips 66 Oilers win fifth AAU cage title
The Phillips 66 Oilers of Bartlesville Oklahoma defeated the Bittners of California 62 to 41 to capture their fifth straight national AAU basketball championship at the Municipal Auditorium in Denver before about 7 000 spectators.
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Denver
INS
Phillips 66 Oilers
Bartlesville
Okla
Bittners
Calif
Municipal Auditorium
Fourteen Teams Named for Ninth World Cage Championship
Fourteen pro basketball teams will compete in the ninth annual world championship pro cage tournament May start date April 15 in Chicago. The Chicago American Herald- American sponsors. The Chicago American Gears declined to enter. The list includes Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Oshkosh All-Stars Sheboygan Redskin Baltimore Bullets Toledo Jeeps Tri-City Blackhawks New York Rens Indianapolis Kautsky Midland Dows Syracuse Chiefs Herkimer Mohawks Pittsburgh Pirates Anderson Packers Portland Indians.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald- American
Chicago American Gears
Fort Wayne
Ind
Zollners
Oshkosh
Wis
All-Stars
Sheboygan
Redskin
Baltimore Bullets
Toledo Jeeps
Tri-City Blackhawks
New York Rens
Indianapolis Kautsky
Midland
Mich
Dows
Syracuse Chiefs
Herkimer, N
Mohawks
Pittsburgh Pirates
Anderson
Packers
Portland, Ore
Indians
Stranahan Leads Greensboro Open After 67 Round
Amateur Frank Stranahan of Toledo carded a 67 for a 140 total and a one stroke halfway lead in Greensboro Open. Vic Ghezzi tied for second after a 72, while Herman Barron of White Plains shared the position.
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Greensboro
N. C
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Vic
Kansas City
Kan
Herman Barron
White Plains
N. Y
Paris Dethrones Illinois High School Champion
Paris won the state title in Champaign defeating the defending champions 58 to 37. The game concluded Saturday night with Paris securing the high school basketball championship in Illinois.
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Paris
Champaign
Ill
Armed Breaks Gulfstream Track Record in Handi Cap
In Hallandale Florida Armed the leading money winner won the $25 000 added Gulfstream park handi cap at the Gulfstream track in a 2 01 2/5 mile time breaking the track record by four and two fifths seconds He led by six lengths in the stretch and beat Pat O Luck by a length Concordian finished third The earnings to date total 482 775 ranking him third on the all time list behind Whirlaway and Stymie
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Dillard
Garion Campbell
Igan Normal
Mark Sell
Herb McKenley
John Twomey
Clarence Dunn
Bob Rehberg
Indiana
Hallandale
Fla
INS
Gulfstream Track
Armed
Pat O’luck
Calumet Stable
Concordian
Santa Anita
Whirlaway
Stymie
Budge Falls to Riggs in World Tennis Final
Bobby Riggs defeated Don Budge 6 1 8 6 6 3 before 6 000 fans at the arena to win the Inquirer Charities’ $10 000 world tennis tournament.
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Don Budge
Riggs
Philadelphia
Bobby Riggs
Turday Night
Inquirer
Holy Cross Cruises Past New York Rivals For NCAA Title
Holy Cross Crusaders, built largely from New York street players, wore down City College of New York in the second half to win the Eastern NCAA basketball championship 60 to 45. Wisconsin edged Navy 50 to 49 for third place as Glen Selbo hit a late winner. Navy guard John Barrow had put the Midshipmen ahead briefly before Selbo’s final shot. The Badgers faded after a strong first half, leaving City College of New York as the lone dominant New York team in the title race.
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New York
Holy Cross Crusaders
City College
Wisconsin
Glen Selbo
Navy
John Barrow
Hal
Midshipmen
Selbo
City College of New York
Pryor Gives Oklahoma Last-Second Win Over Texas
Ken Pryor hit a one bank shot in the final 10 seconds to lift Oklahoma 55 54 over Texas in the NCC A Western playoffs final at Municipal auditorium. Al Madsen had tied the game 15 seconds earlier with a free throw. Oregon State defeated Wyoming 63 46 for third place in the West.
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Kansas City
Ken Pryor
Oklahoma
Texas
N.C.C
Oregon State
Wyoming
Coe gym hosts all star intramural basketball night
A town air ticket invites all to Coe gym Tuesday night for a charity intramural versus alumni basketball game. Admission is two bits with proceeds benefiting the Coe fund for intramural athletics. Tom Stoddard reports optimism about local prep and college coaches and notes plans for lights at Daniels Park.
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Coe Gym
Coe Fund
Coe
Cards hammer Tigers 9-0 in Citrus tilt
World champion St Louis Cardinals routed Detroit 9-0 in an exhibition at Lakeland Florida powering hits by Dick Sisler and Del Wilber. Also Washington Senators beat Reds 4-1 and Phillies edged Athletics 2-1 in Palm Beach. Orioles defeated Pirates 4-1 in Hollywood and Dodgers topped Cuban All-Stars 5-2 in Havana. Cubs rout Oaks 10-1 in Los Angeles while Indians beat Mets in progress.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
Lakeland
Fla
Dick Sisler
del Wilber
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ralph Branca
Hugh Casey
Islanders
Havana
Danbury Blue Devils Dominate Iowa Tournament Headlines
The Iowa state tourney ended with wide coverage of upsets and close games as Danbury and Dowling drew praise. Fans talked about contestants, coaches, and memories while media noted broadcasts, travel costs, and the small schools' strong showings.
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U.S
Harold Greene
Jim Stange
Dennis Haupt
Fred Buck
Paul Strathman
Dick Keyoth
Dick Cline
Gene Dietz
Tom Stenger
Dan Hadaway
Ed Schick
Roger Diercks
Laurels
Dick Riecks
Ottumwe
Clinton
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Western Iowa
Phillips National
Cage Kings
Stranahan
Him
Ghezzi
Bill Dickey
Little Rock
Travelers
Holy Cross
N.Y
Selby
Navy Cook
Robbins
Red Peppers
By Tait
Alex Stoddard
Wayne Berry
Stoddard
Dick Reicks
Holstein
Riecks
John Schoenfelder
Clutter
John
Schoenfelder
Daniels Park
Howard Hall
Hall
M-1
Dick Jones
Daniels
Nous
Bengals
Orlando
Washington Senators
Cincinnati Reds
Totated
Seth Blackwell
Lively
Mueller
Hudson
Haefner
Ferrell
Madjeski
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Athletics
West Palm Beach
Quaker City
Frits Diohie Ies
Fowler
Rowe Leet
Toni Ma
Baltimore Orioles
Hollywood
Kann
Lena
St. Petersburg
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Larry “Yogi” Berra
Tommy Henrich
Jack Kright
Eddie Pellagrini
Sox
Reepic Mh Partee
Brooklyn
Froma
Oun
Aay
Bragan
Chicago Cubs
Oakland Oaks
Los Angeles
Ken Keltner
Cleveland Indians
Dottie Ireland
Sowa
Wally Schwank
Harold Sweet
Anamosa
Poou
X. Nady
Herb Wilkinson
Ames
Des Moines Tech
Maroons
James Scroggs
Dan Youngblade
Jerry Smith
Wally Piper
Dick Erickson
Willie Lee
Roger Burke
Marvin Cranmer
Charles Beazley
Rudy Lee
Norman Waitt
Donald Sea
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