Yankees Giants and 18 Others Open Exhibition Season
The world champion New York Yankees will test the new strike zone at Fort Lauderdale against Baltimore while the San Francisco Giants meet Cleveland in Tucson. Other opens include Cincinnati vs Chicago White Sox and more in a full slate as managers adjust to changes and players seek rehabilitation and form.
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Yogi Berra
Birdie Tebbetts
Mel McGaha
Bobby Bragan
Tebbetts
Johnny Pesky
Eddie Lopa
Pistons and Warriors Face Crucial Playoff Clash
The Detroit Pistons meet the San Francisco Warriors tonight in Fort Wayne to battle for the last NBA playoff berth. Both teams have 45 losses, and Detroit holds a one game lead despite recent setbacks.
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San Francisco Warriors
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Warriors
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Boston Celtics
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Syracuse
Savis Takes Open Lead At Mobile Open
AP report shows Al Savis using a found ball to surge to the Mobile Open lead with 2628 total after six games. Ed Bourdase slips to second on 2620. Don Carter sits 2505 as Carmine Savino falls to 20th with 2452. 86 touring pros and 10 locals bowl 12 more games today with cuts to 16 then four for Saturday’s final televised match.
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al Savis
Savis
Ed Bourdase
Don Carter
Carmine Savino
Wittenberg Tops AP Small College Basketball Poll 1962-63
Wittenberg Tigers led by coach Eldon Miller aged 23 finish the 1962-63 season with a 22 1 record and a 17 game win streak atop the AP small college poll. Grambling Southeast Missouri Evansville follow with multi team voting details.
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Ohio
Wittenberg
Eldon Miller
Tigers
Eastern Kentucky
Associated Press
NCAA
NAIA
Grambling
Southeast Missouri
Evansville
Hawks Star Expected To Sign Today
Danville star Joe Millsap of the Hawks is expected to sign a scholarship with Auburn University today or tonight. Millsap earned All-Tournament and MVP honors in Class A and helped Danville win two consecutive state titles. Coach Morris Schrimsher and Millsap traveled to Auburn and will return over the weekend.
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Joe Millsap
Danville Hawks
Auburn University
Millsap
Charles Segars
Hawks
Morris Schrimsher
Auburn
Schrimsher
Alabama
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
Chattanooga
Beatty Primed For Chicago Relays Showdown
World record holders Pentti Nikula and Jim Beatty head a star lineup for the 27th Chicago Daily News Relay in Chicago Stadium. Beatty seeks the indoor two mile mark while Nikula aims for Warmerdam’s 15-8% pole vault record as 16,000 fans watch top contenders including Tom O Hara Hayes Jones John Thomas and Bill Crothers. Bruce Kida challenging Beatty in distance events and Tork Uelses duel in vault highlight the meet.
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Jerry Liska
Associated Press
Chicago
Pentti Nikula
Jim Beatty
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Stadium
Little Beatty
New Zealand
Murray Halberg
Nikula
Cornelius Warmerdam
Chicago Loyola
Tom O’hara
Hayes Jones
John Thomas
Bill Crothers
University of Toronto
Beatty
Bruce Kida
Toronto
Dave Tork
John Uelses
Finland Romps Over United States In World Hockey Showdown
In Stockholm AP reported Finland crushed the United States 11 to 3 in the World Amateur Ice Hockey Championship opener. The Finns led 3-1 after one period and 9-2 by the second, forcing the Americans into a defensive game amid penalties and pressure.
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Finland
United States
Russia
Bears Triumph Sees Athens Welcome Home Parade
Athens College celebrates an 85 83 victory over Huntingdon to win the District 19 NAIA title and earn a Kansas City bid. Mayor Arthur Stewart and Dr J E Bathurst lead a long city parade from Highway 31 to the campus as Coach Belcher touts a historic season and imminent national tournament.
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Bears
Montgomery
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Highway 31
Homer Dunnivant
McConnell Funeral Home
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Arthur Stewart
J. E. Bathurst
Stewart
Bathurst
Virgil McCain
Belcher
Butler District Tourney Opens with Close Games and Upsets
In first round action Butler fell to Pisgah as Emma Sansom nipped Kinston 57 56 and Tuscaloosa County beat Lexington 65 29. Other winners include Central of Phenix City 69 57 over Semmes Parrish 58 56 over Gadsden and Opelika 58 45 over Hartford. Quarterfinals schedule lists Lanier vs Tuscaloosa County 2 pm Central vs Emma Sansom 3 30 Parrish vs Tuscaloosa 7 and Opelika vs Pisgah 8 30.
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Phenix City
Semmes
Emma Sansom
Kinston
Parrish
Selma
Gadsden
Opelika
Hartford
Pisgah
Davidson
Mobile
Lanier
Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa
Lexington
Bill Ahead
Black Bears
Larry Riggs
Bill Nail
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Larry Stalling
Randy Thomas
Bobby Glover
John Whitworth
Butler
Ronnie Moore
Charlie Collier
Winfield
Mike Christof
Byrd
George Elrod
Wayland Jones
Farrell Bailey
Tommy Dodd
John Willcox
Melvin Brunson
Bill Martin
Bricken
Kohn
Julian
Knox
Thomas
Young
McDavid
Miller
Cook
Jordan
Brown Buttered Bacon Crackers
Instructions describe frying bacon in very low heat to render white fat then using resulting fat to drain brown crackers on brown paper and serve immediately. Mentions pairing with a before dinner drink.
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