Year of Thrills Highlights Deep Sports Year
A busy prosperous year in sports featured Nashua, Swaps, and Robinson, with Nashua's $1,252,200 sale marking a record. Dodgers won the World Series at Yankee Stadium, Swaps defeated Nashua in the Derby, and Robinson reclaimed the middleweight title, while attendance and betting reached all time highs in several codes.
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Bet
Nashua
Johnny Podres
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ray Robinson
Swaps
Cali
Fornia
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Australia
Cleveland Browns
Jack Fieck
Yankee Stadium
Dodgers
Sone
Churchill Downs
Washington Park
Chicago
Robinson
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Various College Basketball Scores From Saturday Card
Connecticut defeated New York US 90 to 82 while Manhattan beat George Washington 71 to 63. Wins also included Miami 80 over Bradley 73 and Tulane 91 over Washington State 52 with Georgetown Kentucky 71 over Piedmont 63.
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Connecticut
New York
Manhattan
George Washington
Miami
Bradley
Tulane
Washington State
Georgetwon
Piedmont
Wake Forest
Brigham Young
Quantico Marines
Mt. St Mary’s
Wabash
Iowa
Akron
Ball State
Lemoyne
Georgia Teachers
Kansas Wesleyan
Penn College
Ohio State
Washington
Seattle
Indiana
Drake
Evansville
Atlantic Christian
Parsons
Chanute
Southern Methodist
Wichita
Cassady Awarded Walter Camp Trophy
Howard Cassady of Ohio State receives the Washington Touchdown Club Walter Camp Memorial Trophy as the year's outstanding college back. He already won the Heisman and Maxwell Trophies for top college football player.
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Washington
Howard Cassady
Ohio State
Washington Touchdown Club
Walter Camp
Buckeye
Heisman
Maxwell
SMU Ponies Rout Wichita for Seventh Win in Nine
SMU Mustangs led by 6-8 center Jim Krebs defeated Wichita University 85-67 in Wichita Kansas. Krebs scored 24 points, boosting SMU to a 51-37 halftime lead as Wichita’s Bob Hodgson led with 18 points. SMU shot 51.5 percent in the first half and 47.6 percent for the game amid Wichita miscues.
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SMU
Mustangs
Big Jim Krebs
Wichita University
Wichita
Kan
Ponies
Midwest
Kansas
Lawrence
Jayhawks
Dallas
Baylor
Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
TCU
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Krebs
Bob Hodgson
Dulles Affirms West German Republic as German Government
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles states the North Atlantic Treaty Organization recognizes the West German Republic as the sole government representing the German people. He reiterates the decision amid Allied deliberations on postwar Germany.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Germany
Connie Mack Celebrates 93rd Birthday in Bryn Mawr
The famed manager Connie Mack marked his 93rd birthday at his son Roy Mack’s Bryn Mawr home. Surrounded by reporters and cameras, the legendary figure appeared content and strong, blowing out candles on a cake decorated with a gray elephant and a baseball, recalling a career spanning from 1883 to 1950 with the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Bryn Mawr
Connie Mack
Mr. Mack
Roy
Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Retired Athletics Manager Faces Reflections on Sale
A former Athletics manager reflects on stepping down thirteen months ago and the sale of the team in Kansas City. He discusses lingering frustrations over the deal and its impact on the club and city.
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Athletics
Kansas City
Mack
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Main ST
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A. L. Harp Drug CO
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A. L. Harp Grey L. Bean
Ruby Douglas
Helen Lyon
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Betty Henson
Andy Lee Harp
Joe M. Harp
Lois Conway
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