K State reaches tourney after tough Big Seven weekend
Iowa State alone holds a perfect early season mark heading toward the Big Seven Tournament in Kansas City. Kansas State beat Washington 74-69 at Manhattan while Kansas and Missouri suffered losses. Other results included SMU over Kansas 81-61 and BYU crushing Colorado 84-53 at Provo. Cornell arrives at 3-1 with a Friday Washington game before Kansas clash.
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Lillard Wins Bowling Title In Closest Meet Finish
Chicago bowler Bill Lillard captured the National All-Star Bowling Tournament title by eight pins over Joe Wilman in a dramatic finish. Lillard earned $2,000 plus potential $25,000 in future endorsements. Wilman took $1,200 and third-placer Ray Bluth earned $750. Anita Cantaline won the women's crown, edging Doris Porter.
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Canadian Al Balding Wins Sanford Golf Open
Canadian Al Balding, 31, from Toronto becomes the first Canadian to win a major US golf tournament by capturing the Sanford Open in Sanford, Florida. He posted a 269 total, 11 under par, with a final round 68 to beat Ed Oliver and Mike Souchak by one stroke. Balding earned $2,400 and remarked that the win will help him continue the tour.
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Chattanooga
Chick Harbert
Northville
Mich
Pastrano Fights Layne In New Orleans Ring Test
Boxing briefs note Willie Pastrano from New Orleans facing veteran Rex Layne around 209 pounds at St. Nicholas Arena New York. Other bouts include Carmine Fiore vs Gene Poirier, Bob Boyd vs Italo Scortichini, and Frankie Ruff vs Baby Vasquez with network telecasts on Dumont ABC NBC and local radio.
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Italy
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Basketball Scores From The Pro Circuits
Professional games feature Boston beating New York 95 to 92 and Syracuse topping Philadelphia 99 to 79. Fort Wayne defeats Minneapolis 96 to 86 while St. Louis narrowly loses to Rochester 86 to 85.
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Bowling Scores for Elks League Leads and Highs
In Elks League bowling results multiple teams posted series scores with several players achieving high games. Notable marks include Hiks No 4 with 268 and 625 by B Johnson, Elks No 3 Pitman 192 Mullin 18, and Ferguson 199 for Elks No 2. Additional high games include Brennan 198 and Tier 222 for Elks No 2 and Cox 188 with a 535 for Elks No 7.
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Athletics Name Smith For Public Relations
Kansas City Athletics named Gordon Smith 42 as director of public relations and sales on Saturday. He succeeds Bill MacPhail who resigned to become sports director of CBS. Smith is chief of information for the Missouri Farm Bureau and has done PR work for the Missouri Resources and Development Commission, Missouri Valley College and the State Conservation Commission.
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Missouri Valley Early Successes Hint Tight Race
Missouri Valley shows depth as Bradley Tulsa Oklahoma A&M and Wichita push toward a tight race led by St Louis and Houston. The week features non conference games with Wichita facing Texas Christian and Kansas State at Houston while SMU and San Francisco loom as outsiders.
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Wes Santee to Race in 30th K of C Boston Meet
Wes Santee the American miler will open the indoor track season January 14 at Boston Garden in the Knights of Columbus meet. Meet director Clarence Dusault announced his entry after Santee sent a letter of acceptance. Santee, a Kansan now in the Marines, holds the outdoor record of 4 00.5 and formerly set the indoor standard of 4 03.8 in Boston. A week later he lost the mark to Gunnar Nielsen.
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Ding) Dusault
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Santee set for big LA meet after AAU clearance
New York clocked 4 03.6 as Santee eyes a big attraction at Los Angeles event. He ran in Los Angeles last January and missed the K of C. Now cleared by the AAU of charges of accepting excessive expense money, Santee is poised for a major appearance.
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Busy Week for Kansas Fives in CIC and KC Games
CIC and Kansas Conference teams schedule six games this week. Key results include Bethanys 77 59 win over William Penn at Lindsborg and Fort Hays State 78 68 over Central Oklahoma State at Hays. Bethel won the Enid invitational, Southwestern Builders took third by beating Phillips 81 80.
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Holleder Switches Position for North South Game
Don Holleder of Army will move from quarterback to his old position in the North South College All Star football game on December 26. He says the switch is his idea and also the request of game director Andy Gustafson, with coach Gustafson agreeing.
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Cera
Army
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Gustafson
End game decisions loom as top passers seek roles
Holleder recalls talking with Darrell Floyd about whether to play end while Floyd, averaging 35.9 points for Furman last season, contemplates his senior year. The article notes the co coaches’ choices at quarterback with Freddy Wyant and Jim Miller. Tommy Clancy, son of King Clancy, serves as the Leafs stick boy.
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Dons Aim at Holiday Festival After Streak Reaches 31
San Francisco won the DePaul Tournament in Chicago and extended its win streak to 31 as the Dons prepare for the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. Coach Phil Woolpert says the team “does not expect to lose” and faces Wichita and Loyola of New Orleans before meeting La Salle and Holy Cross in the Garden. Bill Russell headlined an all tournament team after SFU’s 82 59 final win over DePaul.
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Paul tops finals with 82 to 59 victory
Russell led with 40 of 55 points in balloting. Terry Rand of Marquette stood second with 38 points, followed by Si Green of Duquesne with 33 and K C Jones of San Francisco with 29. DePaul’s Ron Sobieszczyk joined the No 1 lineup.
Jim Finigan to Wed Peggy Jeanne Reason
Kansas City Athletics star second baseman Jim Finigan plans to marry Peggy Jeanne Reason of Kansas City. The ceremony is set for December 28 at Visitation Catholic Church in Kansas City. Reason works for Trans World Airlines and Finigan, 26, is an auto salesman in the off season.
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Merchants Lose Two In Weekend Play
The Chanute Merchants dropped two games over the weekend. Pomona’s coaches and former Ottawa players beat Chanute 83 to 66 on Saturday at the Senior High School Junior College court, marking the Merchants' second loss to an undefeated visiting team. On Sunday they lost 69 to 51 to a Topeka insurance company club. Ron Fowler led Chanute with 22 points in the first game and 17 in the second, and Chanute visits Parsons next.
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Planes to Begin Antarctica Expedition from New Zealand
Eight U S Navy planes will depart Auckland New Zealand for McMurdo Sound 2 200 miles south on the Antarctica expedition.
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