Spring baseball camps begin as players report for drills
Baseball's camp season opens with players in Florida and other warm locations. Frank Thomas praises Dick Stuart as he fights for the Phillies first base job in Clearwater. Boog Powell and other stars train at first base while Baltimore and Washington field hopefuls. Roberto Clemente is hospitalized with malaria and out for weeks, delaying NL batting champ status. Others remain delayed by visa issues or travel from Latin America.
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Associated Press
Florida
Arizona
Latin ‘America
Frank Thomas
Dick Stuart
Philadelphia
Clearwater
Fla
Stuart
Boston
Phillies
Thomas
Dennis Bennett
Phils
Bennett
Red Sox
Stu
Miami
Pompano Beach
Baltimore
Washington
Big Boog Powell
Orioles
Hank Bauer
Senators
Gil Hodges
Rob Chance
Roy Sievers
Dick Nen
Joe Cunningham
Pittsburgh Pirates
Roberto Clemente
Puerto Rico
Julian Jagler
Louis Cardinal
Roberto Pena
Chicago Cubs
Dominican Republic
Central
South America
Bradley Best Of Hoopster Herd
Bradley, Princeton’s 6-1 guard from Crystal City Missouri, named the AP college basketball player of the year. He won 116-30 over Michigan’s Cazzie Russell in the voting by 216 sports writers and broadcasters.
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New York
Bill Bradley
Princeton
Associated Press Today
Crystal City
Cazzie Russell
Michigan
Bradley
Russell
Rick Barry
Miami
Fla
Hurricanes
Gail Goodrich
UCLA
Fred Hetzel
Davidson
Tate Wayne Estes
Utah State
Estes Ares
Hetzel
Pallten
West Virginia
Barry
Good- Tich
Hates
Cath
Clyde Lee
Vanderhil
A.W. Davis
Tennessee
Davestall Wat
Ect
Skip Thawen
Aikrms
Henry Finkel
Dayton
BiDy
Strong Vincent Hickory Tangle In A Playoff Clash
Meadville waits as Hickory and Strong Vincent clash in the first gate of the District 10 Class A playoffs at Allegheny College. Meadville hopes to face the winner in the finals at Farrell High School after a first round bye.
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Strong Vincent
Hickory
Meadville
Brie Strong Vincent
Allegheny College
Basketball Playoffs Roundup with District Sc semifinal results
District 1 semifinals saw Chester 70 over Upper Perkiomen and Nether Providence 60 over West Shester. Dist 3 quarterfinals featured Steelton Highspire and Chambersburg 63 Middletown 80 York Suburban 58 Conestoga Valley 66 York Central 57 Waynesboro 67 Shippensburg a. Dist 4 semifinals include Williamsport 77 over Lewisburg 64. Dist 7 WPIAL quarterfinals Midland 84 Gateway 37 Mt Lebanon 73 Norwin 63. Dist 11 semifinals Catasauqua 73 Nazareth 60. Class B Dist 2 semifinals Sweyersville 47 Forest City 41. Dist 6 semifinals Ferndale-Dale 59 Adams-Summerhill 54 Northern Cambria 74 Portage 54. Dist 9 semifinals Cameron County 67 St Marys 66. Dist 10 semifinals Cambridge Springs 60 Rocky Grove 51 Shenandoah 64 Minersville 57 Nescopeck 58 Montgomery 64. Williamsburg 99 BCS 60 Juniata Valley 69 Rothrock 48. Other games Upper Dauphin League Title Lykens 54 Millersburg 52. PCIAA Playoffs Scranton Diocese Class C Williamsport St Joseph's 65 Hazleton St Gabriel 61 Green Pond Notre Dame 80 Phillipsburg NC Catholic 47 Cuttingham NC Willie Somerset Duquesne Flynn Robinson Duke Oliver Darden Michigan vote.
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Williamsport
Lewisburg
Midland
Gateway
Mt. Lebanon
Norwin
Catasauqua
Nazareth
Sweyersville
Forest City
Ferndale - Dale
Adams- Summerhill
Northern Cambria
Portage
Cambridge Springs
Rocky Grove
Shenandoah
Minersville
Nescopeck
Montgomery
Williamsburg
B.C.S
Juniata Valley
Rothrock
Upper Dauphin
Lykens
Millersburg
Scranton Diocese
St. Joseph's
Hazleton St. Gabriel
Indiana seeks new head coach after McCracken resigns
Bloomington Indiana AP. Veteran coach Branch McCracken resigns ending his 24th season with the Hoosiers. The 57 year old will leave coaching but remain at Indiana as a professor of health and physical education. Indiana faces a second coaching search in 10 weeks as Dickens and Pont earlier exited. NBA scores list for games involving San Francisco Los Angeles Philadelphia and New York.
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School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
University
Big Namers Seek First Wins at Pensacola Open Warmup
Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player chase their first 1965 tour wins starting with the Pensacola Open pro am. A field of 52 pros tees off 72 holes at Pensacola Country Club after a $3,000 pro am. Ken Venturi returns to the tour after arterial inflammation.
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Pensacola
Fla
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Palmer
Nicklaus
Pensacola Country Club
Ken Venturi
Warren High star breaks prep pole vault record at 16 4¾ feet
Paul Wilson of Warren High School shattered the national prep pole vault record with a 16 foot 4¾ inch leap in his first attempt. He had become the first prep athlete to reach 16 feet last year, with three attempts at 16-9 failing.
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Los Angeles
Paul Wilson
Warren High School
Tuesday Fights Result in New York and Oakland Wins
George Foster of Cincinnati stopped Baby Soto of Puerto Rico in New York at 135 pounds. Charles Shipes of Oakland stopped Memo Lopez of Los Angeles at 144 pounds in Oakland.
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New York
George
Kayo) Foster
Cincinnati
Veteran coaches quit cage wars top five wins
Michigan coach Dave Strack celebrated his 42nd birthday with a 98-75 win over Wisconsin as his Wolverines stayed in the Big Ten title chase. Providence coach Joe Mullaney reached 200 career victories with a 102-75 win over Massachusetts. Indiana’s Branch McCracken and Mississippi State’s Babe McCarthy announced resignations as their seasons ended.
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Associated Press
Dave Strack
Joe Mullaney
Michigan
Providence
Babe McCarthy
Mississippi State
Branch McCracken
Indiana
Strack
Wisconsin
Wolverines
Mullaney
Friars
Massachusetts
Couch
McCracken
McCarthy
Mi State
Cazzie Russell
Bill Buntin
Ann Arbor
Minnesota
Gophers
Iowa
Lou Hudson
Jim Walker
Dexter Westbrook
Brown
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Texas A&m
Southern Methodist
Texas Longhorns
SMU
Texas
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Baylor
Rice
Detroit
New York
Marquette
Milwaukee
Crosscut Captures Singles Title in Bon-Aire Tourney
Dick Crosscut won the 20th annual Men's Bowling Association handicap singles with 678 pins, edging Ed Koyach by one. Terry Williams and Dale Paige won doubles with 1270, one pin ahead of Howard Van Cassel and Bob McCray. Raymonds No. 2 claimed team honors with 3013. Highest games were 249 by George Price and high series by Williams 624 Kovach 423 Bracken 614.
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Dick Crosscut
Crosscut
Ed Koyach
Bon-Aire
Chuck Hess
Iis
Terry Williams
Dale Paige
Howard van Cassel
Bob McCray
Bill Stockton
Jerry Haenel
Raymonds No. 2
George Price
Kovach
Bob Bracken
Asual
Lyle’s Builders AY
Don Weaver
Far Bennett
Bliz
Chuck Jackson
Kelly Lewis
Barney's
Firestone
Mel Blynt
Bayle
Bill Mitchell Sr
Louie White
Bowl-Aire Ladies
Don Gibas
Corry Pharmacy
Raymond Mig
Frank & Verna's
Jerry Haewel
Jordan's
Moose's Rest
Bat
Ste Dick Crossent
McInnes Steel Co
Mike’s Pizzeria
Jubles Citizens Bank
Williams
K. Lewis
Carol's Gift
D. Sperry
H. Sperry
Necchi
Elna
N. Swart
C. Clabhate
Kimlin
L. Migliaccio
B. Hand
Avalon E. Berry
A. Tomedo
Clark
B. Mitchell Jr- Corry
Donkey Ball Games Slated Here Friday
A donkey basketball double header highlights the week with two games at Corry Area High School under the Future Farmers of America. The 8 o’clock kickoff features FFA against the high school faculty, followed by an 9 o’clock nightcap with another FFA team against Wattsburg FPA. Senior FFA members in the first game and juniors in the second are noted.
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Corry Area
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Wattsburg Fpa
Light Pinfall Marks WEW Ladies Bowling Night
WEW Ladies B League saw unusually light pinfall with two 500 series the top scores. Lois Huth posted 180 182 306 while Pat Shomsky had 188 94. Others include Kate Mec Nulty 206 Kay Hart Maxine son 194 Skinner 24 Fran Halfast 179 Thelma Paulson 37 split.
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WEW
Lois Huth
Pat Shomsky
Kate MecNulty
Kay Hart Maxineson
Skinner
Fran Halfast
Thelma Paulson
Nancy Dunnewald
Angie Crapser
Dorothy Wavus
Mary Helen Curas
Willa Rhodes
Sylvia Munsee
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Hoopster Herd
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Farrell High School
Hornets
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Rich Schauble
Meadville High School
Crawford County
Cambridge
Bernie Novotny
Randy Rhodes
Dick Bidwell
Rogan Goughler
Don Watts
Reynolds
David Mead
Sheffield
Clarion
St. Marys High School
PIAA
Chester
Upper Perkiomen
Cameron County
St. Marys
Green Pond
Notre Dame
Phillipsburg
N.J
Catholic
Cutiningham
North Carolina
Willie Somerset
Duquesne
Flynn, Robinson
Wyoming
Steve Vaceridak
Duke
Oliver Darden
NBA
Etic
San Francisco
Louis
Buesink Ford
Marla Otruns
Arnie Palmer
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Pans
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Wren
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Lieve Vaeine
Llinois
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Evanston
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Peoria
Missouri
Nebraska
Columbia
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Anata Sinaia
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Vrestewe
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