Stumbling White Sox To Take First Kill Or Cure Dose Tonight
The second-place Chicago White Sox face two games with Boston and four with Cleveland in six days as they chase first place. They’ve won five of eight, but losses to Washington and Baltimore show fragility. If they heat up, they could gain, else the race tightens. Orioles beat Tigers in a doubleheader and a late single clinched the nightcap. Musial beaning sparks a bench warning as Dodgers and Cards trade homers and Cubs slam four against the Giants.
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Rocky Marciano Hosts Quiet Morning At Moore Fight Camp
In Grossinger New York Rocky Marciano chats with Al Weill and newsreel crews at the camp ahead of his bout with Archie Moore. A visitor asks about John L Sullivan while Marciano recalls youth football, weight battles, and training memories. He discusses Moore’s defense and a caution about bending, noting the weight and strength differences between fighters.
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Butts To Draw Togs Wednesday
Garden City High School prepares for the 1955 football season with 60 or more athletes reporting for equipment and first practices. Lettermen pick up gear from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and others from 9:30 to noon. Practices begin Thursday with linemen at 8 a.m., backs at 10, and the full squad joining at 3:30. Two-a-day workouts are planned.
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Cut Eye Costs Poirier Fight
New York w Denmark's Chris Christensen scored a sixth round TKO over Gene Poirier of Niagara Falls New York after a severe cut over Poirier's right eye forced stoppage. Poirier, 11-5 favorite, weighed 148 to Christensen's 146. Poirier's third defeat by TKO. Christensen marked his 30th win.
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Kansas Duck and Goose Hunt Seasons Fixed
Interior Department announces waterfowl seasons for Missouri and Kansas. Missouri ducks geese coots Oct 28 to Jan 3, Wilsons snipe Oct 28 to Nov 11. Kansas ducks coots Oct 9 to Dec 22, geese Oct 9 to Dec 7, Wilsons snipe Oct 9 to Oct 23. Daily hours start before sunrise. bag limits differ by state with 5 geese, 10 coots, 8 Wilsons snipe in Missouri. 5 ducks, 5 geese, 10 coots, 8 Wilsons snipe in Kansas.
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Football Rules Meeting Planned Here Sept. 7
Kansas high school activities association schedules fall football rules explanation and discussion meetings for coaches officials and others across multiple Kansas cities including Topeka Sept 7 and a list of dates and venues such as Horton Manhattan Emporia Iola Great Bend Pittsburg Garden City Independence Dodge City Wichita Pratt Hutchinson Beloit Kansas City Colby Marysville Hays Lawrence Salina and more.
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Drake Returns to Mo Valley in 8-Team Conference
The Missouri Valley Athletic Conference voted to readmit Drake University, restoring its status in an eight-school loop. Drake left in 1951 after a dispute over an incident involving star football player John Bright. The school will resume conference play in baseball track golf and tennis next spring and in basketball in 1956 57.
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Five teams remain undefeated in Wichita tourney
In the National Nonprofessional Baseball Tournament only five of 32 teams stay unbeaten after early rounds. Wichita Boeing Bombers defend their title alongside St. Joseph Michigan Aus cog Linton Texas Oilers Huntsville Alabama Parkers Auburndale Florida Athletes, Huntsville and Auburndale face third round games tonight as eliminations continue toward 10 by Wednesday night.
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Cobb Broke Into Big Time Fifty Years Ago
Detroit memorandum chronicles Ty Cobb’s first box score appearance fifty years ago and recalls his 24 year arc of genius on the field. It highlights his keen baseball intellect, early struggles as a hitter, superior game sense, and enduring fierce competitive nature.
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Torrid WL Race Heats Up With Key Pentagon List
Sioux City climbed from the cellar with a 10-4 and 3-1 wins over Colorado Springs, tying the Sky Sox for first with Pueblo. Pueblo Dodgers edged Lincoln 6-4 as pennant pressure grows with Colorado Springs and Pueblo set for a home and home.
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Nashua Swaps Dream Race Set at Chicago
Chicago expects a dream showdown between 3 year olds Nashua and Swaps at Washington Park on a 1 1/8 mile dirt. Swaps owns eight straight wins this year while Nashua seiged wins in Preakness Belmont Dwyer and Arlington Classic. Odds list Swaps 2-5 Nashua 9-5 with Arcaro and Shoemaker aboard.
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Landy Debates On Doning Spikes
MELBOURNE John Landy worlds fastest miler faces the question of wearing spikes this season. The schoolteacher turned athlete recalls his 3 58 and 9 41 8 figures while weighing a return to competition. He may delay trials and decide his future based on early workouts.
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