Bat Size Might Drive Home Run Power, Not The Ball
The debate over livelier bats vs livelier balls continues as players including Ted Kruszewski Hank Bauer Ernie Banks and Mickey Mantle discuss lighter bats producing faster whip and longer hits. Historical contrasts show older heavier bats used by Ruth Cobb and others.
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Ted Kruszewski
Cincinnati
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Hank Bauer
Bauer
Mickey Mantle
Solly Hemus
Phillies
Solly
Granny Hamner
Om Phils
Louisville
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
USC UCLA Seek New Purity Code to End PCC Suspensions
Southern California and UCLA join to suspend PCC athletic bans and draft a new purity code for scholarships. Dr. Frederick Fost of USC and Dr. Robert Sproul of UCLA push for a two week meeting to draft changes while Raymond Allen of UCLA endorses the move. The Rose Bowl bans affecting USC and Washington linger as the faculty challenge June 1 directives and call for unified penalties review before Sept. 1.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
UCLA
Sao
Fred C. Fost
University of Southern California
Yesterdiay
Robert Gordon Sproul
Sproul
Washington
Fagg
Machen Chosen To Face Nino Valdes In TV Bout
Miami Beach heavyweight Eddie Machen, 14 straight wins with 11 KOs, is favored to beat Nino Valdes in a nationally televised fight at the Auditorium. Valdes, Cuban veteran with 52 bouts, beat Ezzard Charles in 1955 and has wins over Parker, McBride, Jackson, and Cockrell. ABC telecasts at 10 p.m.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Younge
Eddie Machen
Redding
Calif
Nino Valdes
Cue
Machen
Valdes
Ezzard Charles
Cuba
Charles
James J. Parker
Archie McBride
Hurricane Jackson
Don Cockrell
Gockel
Jackson
Archie Moore
Bob Satterfield
Bob Baker
Mike Hammer
Bobby Gleason
ABC
Betty Bush joins Cavalier Yacht and Country Club golf team
Betty Bush of Detroit now represents the Cavalier Yacht and Country Club at Virginia Beach Virginia as a women's golf professional.
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Betty Bush
Detroit
Cavalier Yacht and ,Country Club
Virginia Beech
Cal golfers advance in 64 man Publinx match play
Sixty four players reach match play at Harding Park after two qualifying rounds in the National Public Links Tournament. Medalist Scotty McBeath of Palo Alto, Vern Callison of Sacramento and Joe Gallardo Jr. of Los Angeles led with totals of 141, 142 and 143 respectively as first round matches begin.
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Scotty McBeath
Palo Alto
Calif
Harding Park
Vern Callison
Sacramento
Joe Gallardo Jr
Los Angeles
Harding
Roy Hart
Smilhman
Daly City
Callison
Boxing results from night shows in Boston Windsor and Duluth
In Boston Isaac Ze We outpointed Withern in a 147 pound bout. In Windsor Don Ja defeated Duluth Minns Saunders at 223 pounds in eight rounds.
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Isaaac Ze
Cuba
Wither
Windsor
Ont
Don Ja
Duluth
Minn
Saunders
Winnipeg
Baseball stitches evolve from 360 single to 108 double
The historic note compares early baseballs with 360 single stitches to modern regulation balls featuring 108 double stitches, highlighting a shift in stitching style and count over time.
Rocky Marciano suffers new back injury no surgery planned
In Brockton Massachusetts orthopedic surgeon Dr Nathaniel Gould said Rocky Marciano has a ruptured disc but for now bed rest massage and therapy will continue two to three weeks. If relief stalls surgery will be considered. Marciano said the ailment began two weeks earlier during Bermuda calisthenics and he may not return to boxing if recovered.
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Mass
Rocky Marciano
Nathaniel Gould
Brockton Hospital
Rocky
Gould
Bermuda
Barbara
M. Ann
Corree
Brownlow and Sawyer Meet in North Carolina Open Quarterfinals
Second seed John Brownlow of Spartanburg faces sixth seed Ronnie Sawyer of Shreveport in a quarterfinal at Asheville. Brownlow reached the quarterfinal by a 6-0 6-0 win over Dick Saunders and a 6-3 6-0 over Lasley Cameron, while Sawyer, No. 2 in Louisiana, defeated Nick McCabe 6-0 6-2 and Ben Keys 6-2 6-? to reach the round. Top seed Herb Brown of Columbia and other favorites advanced in both men and women brackets with Cowan and Haynie advancing past Armstrong and Peterson respectively.
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John Brownlow
Spartanburg
S. C
Ronnie ‘Sawyer
Shreveport
Brownlow
Dick Saunders
Camp Ridgecrest
Lasley Cameron
Knoxville
Tenn
Sawyer
Louisiana
Nick McCabe
Ben G. Keys
Greenville, &C
Herb Brown
Columbia
Decenes
Milton Osbitt
Sheville
Evelyn Cowan
Covington
Mary Ann Rash
Louisville
Janie Haynie
Belton
S.C
Mary Ann Connreat
Atlanta
Miss Cowan
Lourie Glenn
Miss Haynie
June Peterson
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