Denver 9 Blasts Toledo Indians Nip Minneapolis
Denver 9 defeated Toledo 5-0 as Denver jumped ahead of the field while Minneapolis fell to Indianapolis. St Paul beat Louisville 3-0 and Omaha moved to third after rainouts. Rudy Roxalado sparked the winning rally with a single and two walks. Bob Lennon homered for Minneapolis, his eighth of the season.
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Coaches Flock to CU Coaching Clinic in Boulder
Coaches from four national conferences will attend Colorado University’s fifth annual coaching school in Boulder in June 2025. Dal Ward will host featuring Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma in football and Johnny Wooden of USA in basketball. Southwest and Wig Seven have reserved spots. clinic runs during the National AA T outdoor track and field championships. The Cleveland Browns, NI champions, plan five exhibition games before the season.
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Strait of Juan de Fuca Swimmers Fail for $1000 Prize
The Strait of Juan de Fuca stopped two long distance swimmers aiming for a $1000 prize. Thomas, a 29 year old Black man from Tacoma, pulled from the water after half of the 18.3 mile course from Victoria to Port Angeles, in about 10 hours 22 minutes. Earlier Vancouver coed Pat Russell, 18, quit after 7 hours 14 minutes, fatigued by cold 48 degree waters.
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Slate Tryouts For Optimist Baseball Club
Tryouts for the Greeley Optimist baseball team for boys 15 and younger will be held at 4 49 p m Tuesday at Forbes Street. Weld County youths in that age group may participate to help form a 15 man roster for the northern Colorado Optimists league with teams in Boulder Fort Collins Brighton Englewood and three from Denver. A 14 game schedule starts June 15 with a tournament playoff in August. Uniforms are provided by the Optimists and teams will supply transportation. The club aims to develop a winning, permanent league member under president James F Hassed.
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Bicycle imports hurt American sales in 1954
New York report notes bicycle manufacturers endured a 19 percent net loss on 1954 sales. Domestic sales fell 25 percent below 1954 targets as imports from foreign makers entered the U.S. market, accounting for 83 percent of total sales with 11 percent more imports than in 1933.
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Tribune
Wichita Clips Lincoln in WL Tug and Tie Forst Upset
In the Western League action Wichita topped Lincoln 6-4 extending a four game win streak while edging the first place by one run. Pueblo beat Sioux City 6-3 and Colorado Springs 9-4 over Des Moines. Pilg Joe Stanka went the distance for Colorado Springs as Jim Peterson shut out Lincoln later.
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New Good Fishing Lake Aims as Ideal for Researchers
Colorado sportsmen gain a new fishing lake at Watson Lake near Fort Collins. Dr. Howard A Tanner of the Cooperative Fisheries Research unit at Colorado A&M proposed converting a 50 acre gravel pit into a lake fed by springs. The G and F will drain and stock it with game fish, managing the site with U S Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service cooperation. Initial improvements received 500 dollars. Willow Creek reservoir near Gratty will also be managed for wildlife and fish under a separate accord.
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Oae
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Big Thompson
Sports In Brief
Peter Thomson led after three rounds of the Ieeydale Round Robin in Great Neck. Faye Crocker shot 71 for 36 holes to lead the Women's Eastern Open in Reading. Joe Conrad moved into the British Amateur final in St Asses after two wins. Trabert and Seixas advanced to the Paris doubles final by defeating Larson and Mores. Ned Winks traded players between Detroit and Boston in a multi-piece hockey deal. Wes Santee ran 4 01.23 in Compton track event while Horace Aschenfelter set an American 2 mile record. Pel Rice was bought by Milwaukee from St Louis. Monterey Park Handicap winner was Spring Count at Hollywood Park. White Kulghe won a Suffolk Downs feature.
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Red Wings Trade Sawchuk in Nine-Player Deal to Bruins
Detroit general manager Mark Adams ships three-time Vezina winner Terry Sawchuk to the Boston Bruins in a nine-player exchange. Framed with Sawchuk are 25-year-old winger Marcel and additional Bruins players as the sides complete the pact on Friday.
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Conrad Rallies To Win British Am Golf Crown
Conrad Ralls of San Antonio Texas defeated Alan Slater of London 3 and 2 to win the British amateur title on a rain soaked day. From an early 4 up lead after 18 holes, Slater steadied and narrowed the margin after lunch but Conrad held firm, weathering a deluge and wind to seal victory.
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Red Wings make roster shuffle in midseason moves
Detroit, seeking a seventh straight league title and a second straight Stanley Cup, shuffled C Rea and Chevrefils to new lines and added rookies Norm Corcoran and Giles Boisvert. The team also traded Glen Skov Tony Leswick and John Wikson for Mack Hawke. Other players included Adams Lag, Renny Wolk, Dave Creighton, Jerry Toppazzini and Johnny McCormick.
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Giles Boisvert
Red Wing
Adams
Glen
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Tony Leswick
Johnns Wikson
Renny Wolk
Chicago
Mack Hawke
Bucky Ollingworth
Dave Creighton
Jerry Toppazzini
Johnny McCormick
Two teams rise from seventh to pennant titles
The text notes two clubs that moved from seventh place to winning pennants. The Yankees climbed from seventh in 1925 to first in 1926, and the Red Sox advanced from seventh in 1945 to first in 1948.
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Harmey leads Redlegs star on 1943 NIT run at MSG
Third baseman Chuck Harmey of the Redlegs played on the Toledo University basketball team that reached the finals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden in 1943.
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