Compton Beats Garden City in Opening Home Clash
Compton College Tartars rallied past Garden City Juco 82 77 in a home opener. Keady and Burrows sparked a late surge as Garden City cut an 18 point gap but fell short despite strong free throwing and rebounding. Stone Leahy and Leavy led scoring for Garden while Pauls Potts and Adelhart contributed for Compton. Garden shot 28 percent first half 47 percent after intermission while Compton improved to 50 percent. The teams split meetings this season with Compton winning again later.
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Buffs and Juco clash as Buffs trek to Hays
Garden City buffs and coach Don Talley take on Hutchinson in a Kansas Junior College basketball game at Grimsley gym with 8 30 tipoff. Hutchinson rides a 2 3 mark while Garden City prepares changes for a tough K O league test.
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Nashua Sold For World Record Price Inheritance to Spendthrift
New York reports Mighty Nashua sold for a world record 1,251,200 dollars to a syndicate led by Leslie Combs II of Spendthrift Farm Lexington. The 3 year old will ship to Florida to begin training at Hialeah Park for the 100000 added Widener Handicap February 18, with Sunny Jim Fitzimmons, 81, to train him. The sale marks the end of Belair Stud as a racing dynasty and totals 62 horses sold for 1,866,200 dollars.
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Oklahoma To Receive Top Football Trophy
Oklahoma tonight receives the Rev Hugh J O Donnell Memorial trophy emblem of the National Football championship based on the Associated Press annual poll.
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Mays Wins Slugging Title For Giants In NL
Willie Mays of the New York Giants captured the National League slugging title with 382 total bases in 580 at bats for a .659 mark. He hit 51 home runs, 18 doubles, and 13 triples, leading the league in homers and total bases while finishing second in batting to Richie Ashburn of Philadelphia.
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Wes Santee Plans Indoor Mile Campaign
Wes Santee America's fastest miler plans an active indoor campaign after running the second fastest mile ever on a flat track. He targets major indoor meets to boost his record and gain season momentum.
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Two Big Seven Clubs in Wins
Kansas State beat Loyola of Los Angeles 92-66 at Manhattan as Big Seven teams posted 2-0 in non conference action. Oklahoma defeated Arkansas 69-59 at Norman with Bill Pinkerton scoring 18 and Manuel Whitley 14. Kansas State's 74 rebounds clamped down on Loyola’s 43.
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Brooklyn Dodger Captain Reese Signs 1956 Contract
8 Pena Wee Reese the 36 year old captain of Brooklyn's world champion Dodgers has signed his 1956 contract Reese first of the Dodgers to sign and reportedly received a boost of 1000 dollars to 36000 dollars
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Cage Tourneys Open as Dons Meet Marquette in Chicago
The San Francisco Dons led by All-America Bill Russell aim for a 20th straight victory against Marquette in Chicago as holiday major college tournaments begin. Blue-Gray at Montgomery brings Auburn Eastern Mississippi Texas and more. Kentucky edged Maryland 62 51 in top card while Oklahoma beat Arkansas 69 59 and other scores follow. Apprentice jockey Ken Bonin 18 stars at Florida tracks this winter after first win at Sunshine Park last January.
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