Lions Hand Bobcats First Loss Of Season At Vernon
Vernon Lions beat Childress Bobcats 46-42 to avenge an earlier loss. Travis McCain scored four of 16 shots while Jimmy Hamm, injured after 16 first half points, led Vernon with 12 in the win. Bobcats drop to 6-1, Lions move to 3-5, with B team also defeating Childress 40-36.
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Mantle Maris Cash In On Home Run Spree
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle strike a landmark merchandising deal with Yankees backing. Each receives an advance of 30,000 and a guaranteed 45,000 yearly for three years. Whitey Ford joins as a starter. potential total year one gross 25 million for the line with 1 percent to each.
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Bowling League Standings and Top Team Scores
Rua Favor leads with 228 while Trelma Smith has 214 as the standings list includes C. Livestock at 910 845 top team games and series with 2570. Mike Compton and Buckley's appear with 212 and 2462 respectively and Greenbelt S. posts 864 in single game.
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Grambling Maintains Top Small College Cage Ring
Grambling College of Louisiana, coached by Fred Hobdy, holds first in the UPI small college basketball ratings for the week, with back to back wins over Alcorn A&M and Arkansas A&M lifting their rank. Tennessee State A&I remains second, while Wittenberg, Evansville, and Prairie View A&M hold solid spots as Illinois and Southeast Missouri shift positions. South Dakota State drops from ninth to 11th.
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Fulmer Schiff Get Fightings Top Awards in 1961
Mauler Dene Fullmer the middleweight co champion from Utah will receive the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque for Fighter of the Year and Dr. Alexander Schiff of the New York State Athletic Commission takes the James J. Walker Award for meritorious service. They get trophies at the writers dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on January 14. Fullmer won the fighter of the year after beating lightweight champion Joe Brown of Houston by 18 to 15 at the writers’ annual meeting.
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Junior High Bob Kittens Fall to Vernon 40 15
Cheryl Decker and Linda Moore report the Bob Kittens lost to Vernon 40 to 15 after a Friday 4 p.m. game. Randy Nance led with 5 points, Joe Huff and James Grantham each had 4, Pat Steed 2. Nance drew 2 fouls, Vernon got 3 points. other players hit several fouls with minimal impact. The team showed hustle on defense and aims to win the next game.
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Bob Kittens
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Record Loser Colaman Sets 183 Game Losses Mark
Philadelphia Nationals pitcher John Colaman tied a dubious record by losing 48 games in a single season, a figure that stands as a historic mark in the league's records.
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Graves Empty at Sturbridge Village Graveyard
In Sturbridge Massachusetts a graveyard at Old Sturbridge Village displays tombstones as typical examples rather than actual burials. The stones illustrate New England country churchyard grave markers for visitors.
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Stock car tuning secrets guide high speed in Daytona garages
In Daytona Beach garages racing fans hear how stock cars reach 155 mph for NASCAR speed week. Mechanics select camshafts spark advance carburetion gear ratios and RPM plots to extract max speed while trimming accessories and avoiding excess RPM. The process hinges on precise gear choices chassis suspension andNitrogen cooling to deliver a peak power curve rather than plain high revs. The unsung wizards behind the scenes tune engines while drivers wait for their cue to climb in.
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Nicklaus Tops Open Scoring Two-Year Aggregate
Great Golf in Columbus reports Jack Nicklaus, the newly turned pro and U S amateur champion, posted the lowest aggregate score across the last two U S Open championships at 566. He shot 282 in 1960 and tied for fourth with 284 in 1961.
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First U S Postal Call Issue Date Reported
The article notes that the first U S postal call was issued on May 1, 1872, marking a historical milestone in postal service history and date-stamping evolution.
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