Americans Take 2-0 Lead In Davis Cup Play
In Sydney Tony Trabert defeated Lewis Head 6-4 2-6 12-10 6-3 and Vic Seixas beat Ken Rosewall 6-8 to give the United States a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup opening singles. Talbert praised Seixas and Trabert as they head into doubles tomorrow with Rosewall and Hoad Denmark.
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Sydney
Australia
America
Tony Trabert
Vic Seixas
Trabert
Lewis Head
Seixas
United States
Teac
Ken Rosewall
Bill Talbert
Honda Rosewall
Harry Hopman
Rosewall
Hoard
Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
Hartwig
Rose
T Audence
Davis
Innati
Hoad
Talbert
Vic
Hopman
Head
Dixie Basketball Classic Opens With Strong Field
North Carolina State leads the field as host and undefeated eight powered by the 90 point per game pace of Bernie Jani and Rudy D Emili in Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh. Southern California West Virginia Duke Wake Forest Minnesota Cornell and Maryland compete in a four day event with a semifinal and championship set for mid week. The field also includes Minnesota 6 11 center William Simonovich and Dick Garmaker the Gophers leading scorers.
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Reynolds
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Everett Case
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Cliff Dwyer
Dickie Hemric
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Denver
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the Favorite
Mississippi
Texas Tech
Evansville
Dukes and Mountaineers Line Up in Dixie Classic Opener
West Virginia meets Duke in the Dixie Classic first round at Raleigh to start a busy tourney week for Southern Conference teams. George Washington Richmond William and Mary and Virginia Tech join in a trio of events including the Richmond Invitational Tournament beginning tomorrow. Davidson hosts NYU in Greenville while Washington and Lee faces Carnegie Tech and Virginia as Fayetteville plans shift to Huntington. Virginia Tech is seen as too young, Colgate Boston College Boston University and Rutgers join the Northern field.
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Boston University
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Devine Promoted Within Cardinals Front Office
Vaughn T. Bing Devine moves to administrative liaison in the St. Louis Cardinals scouting and minor leagues, after years as Rochester general manager in the International League. He will be replaced by E. Sisler Jr., who will become manager at Columbus.
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Vaughn T
Bing) Devine
St. Louis Cardinals
Rochester
Devine
Sisean Cardinal
E. Sisler Jr
Columbus
Ee Isler
Joe Mathes
Dick Meyer
ACC Teams Set for Week With Mixed Scheduling
The schedule lists Virginia facing Marshall and Washington and Lee meeting Carnegie Tech in openers while Clemson travels to Pelzer Mills and NC State visits Villanova. Texas Tech to be met by Maryland in Fayetteville doubleheaders as ACC teams rearrange due to conference approval.
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Terps
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Virginia
Marshall
Washi. & Lee
Carnegie Tech
ACC
Clemson
Pelzer Mills
North Carolina State
Villanova
South Cena
Browns Top Lions in Big NFL Title Win
The Cleveland Browns overwhelmed the Detroit Lions 56 to 10 to claim a second consecutive NFL title as Otto Graham sparked the attack with three touchdown passes and three rushing scores. Graham set playoff scoring marks while Ray Renfro and Brewster connected on key receptions, and the team capitalized on a pivotal turnover.
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Cleveland Browns
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Detroit Lions
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Brewster
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Browns
Cleveland
Jerry Cleveland
Lions
Paul Brown
Detroit
NFL
Parker Coa
TV View
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Girard
Graham
Bobby Layne
Layne
Renfro
Hanulak Lou
East Stars Face West Tankers In East West Meet
In Fort Lauderdale Florida the East team prepared to challenge Western tank stars in the annual East West swim meet. The event draws top Eastern performers from schools including Amherst Miami North Carolina Oklahoma Purdue Rutgers St Thomas Union Villanova West Point and Yale as 500 plus entrants vie for team honors.
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Fla
College ‘Swimming Coaches Forum
Jim Councilman
Georgia
Amherstrado
Miami
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Purdue
Rutgers
St. Thomas
Union
Villanova
West Point
Yale
Bucceroni to face Brion in high-stakes NYC heavyweight bout
Dan Bucceroni and Cesar Brion meet at St Nicholas Arena in New York tonight on DuMont TV at 10 p.m. EST. Bucceroni sports a 46-5 record with 30 KOs. Brion stands 43-10 with 20 KOs as both seek a leap back into the heavyweight rankings.
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New York
Dan Bucceroni
Cesar Brion
St. Nicholas Arena
DuMont
Bucceroni
Philadelphia
Brian
Kayes
Charley Norkus
Brian Hope
Wildcat
Billy McNeece
Islip
Bobby Dykes
Miami
Brooklyn
Brennan to Speak to Philadelphia Sports Writers
Terry Brennan 26 year old Notre Dame football coach will address the 51st annual Philadelphia Sports Writers Association banquet in Philadelphia on January 31. His team won nine of ten games and he is the first Notre Dame coach to speak to Philadelphia writers since Knute Rockne.
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Penna
Terry Brennan
Notre Dame University
Philadelphia Sports Writers Assn
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Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Holiday week brings four major college tournaments to start
NC State leads 9 0 as Dixie Classic opens in Raleigh while Kentucky pursues a seven game streak after last week’s invitational. Villanova, Seton Hall, and Stanford face early tests in New York Buffalo and Kansas City events.
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Pitt
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