Basilio Claims Welterweight Crown After DeMarco Loss
Carmen Basilio defeated Tony DeMarco to win the welterweight title in Syracuse. Basilio, showing aggression with body and head counters, earned the decision in the 12th round, suffering cuts himself while DeMarco absorbed multiple blows and exited without a return bout contract. A three-way manager pact allows a Basilio defense against Johnny Saxton before a potential DeMarco rematch.
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Major League Baseball Box Score Boston vs Detroit
In the American League game between Boston and Detroit the Red Sox posted a 9 run game while Detroit struggled. Kays pitched for Boston with strong relief and Gey struggled on the mound for Detroit allowing eight runs.
10 000 Attend Grid Classic In MV Senior Bowl Fray
West Milford special report notes Thomas High selected Alex Waitkus and Bert Scott for the Monongahela Valley Senior Bowl in Clarksburg on July 29. Coaches Michael Hast and Jimmy Foltz will field 25-man squads for Northern West Virginia grid showcase at Hite Stadium. Waitkus starred in backfield and line and helped Tucker County win 1953 title. Scott praised as top single-way player, with honorable mention on 1954 All-State list.
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Hast
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Hite Stadium
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Tucker County
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Cline Stansberry
Southern Youth Earns Yankee Scholarship Bids
MEMPHIS Tenn Lee Bolen Jr great great grandson of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest has received scholarship offers to attend three Yankee universities Princeton Yale and Harvard in a rare cross regional educational bid for a southern student active in civil heritage circles and aspirational to study abroad rather than stay local.
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Yale
Harvard
Man Follows Directions into River Arrest
Covington, Ky. Michael Toth, 52, asked a stranger for directions to Booth Hospital. The stranger told him to walk straight ahead and he did, walking into the Ohio River. Police arrested him after he surfaced, finding he was intoxicated.
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Ohio River
Moonshine Called Best Cleaning Fluid by Miami Deputy Marshal
In a Miami office, Deputy U.S. Marshal Guy Hyon praised a moonshine jug seized in a raid, calling the spirit “the best cleaning fluid we have ever had around this office.” The remark underscores the unexpected uses of illicit liquor uncovered in law enforcement actions.
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U.S
Guy
Mickey Finn Used On Fish
The Chicago Museum of Natural History curator used a maritime Mickey Finn to render about 250 marine specimens unconscious for capture. Lenop P. Woods conducted underwater stunts off the West coast of Mexico, coordinating with a 70 foot shrimp boat crew to gather the species.
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Woods
Lee's Planetarium Hidden in W L Attic at Washington and Lee
At Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia a room size mechanical planetarium bought by former president Robert E. Lee in 1868 sits forgotten in the physics building attic. Dr. Robert W. Dickey notes it preserves lessons about the relative movements speeds and inclinations of the three inner planets and Earth's moon, though modern planetariums replace it as a museum piece. Only three or four such devices were made by professor Barlow and one other is known to survive at the University of Mississippi.
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Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University
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University
Robert W. Dickey
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University of Mississippi
Sam Snead Eyes First U S Open Title This Year
The veteran golf star Samuel Snead, 43, pursues a long-awaited U S Open win at the Olympic Club in San Francisco starting June 16 after a Palm Beach Round Robin victory. He has finished runner-up four times, including losses in 1939, 1947, 1949, and 1953, and remains a sentimental favorite as he seeks the blue ribbon at last.
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L. 1
San Francisco Olympic Club
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Nelson
Lew Worsham
Cary Middlecott
Ben Hogan
Ralph Guldahl
IRS Worker Mistakes Deduction For Mite On Return
In Duluth Minnesota M R Nelson of the Internal Revenue Service was startled to find a deduction of twenty dollars for mite on a taxpayer return. Mice had been the abbreviation for miscellaneous.
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Internal Revenue Service Office
Boxing Match Is Proposed For College Presidents
In Lansing Michigan State College name change debate State Rep Richard F Smith jokingly proposed a boxing match between Michigan State president John Hannah and University of Michigan president Harlan Hatcher to settle the dispute winner take all With UM opposing the change citing potential confusion In a different note John L Sullivan visited Pioneer Village in Lincoln on his way home from a gift in town meeting an old friend and observing cable car No 47 Now retired operators and car continued on San Francisco’s hills
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Michigan State
Harlan Hatcher
University of Michigan
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Neb
John L. Sullivan
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Property on U. S. 250 near Marion line sells for 3500
Five and three fourth acres and a four room house on U. S. 250 near the Marion County line priced at 3500 dollars. Contact W A Lawler Realtor at 208-210 Jacobs Building Fairmont for details.
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