NAIA Cage Tourney Opens Week for 32 Teams
The 17th NAIA national tournament begins Monday in Kansas City with 32 small college teams from 30 states. Games run Monday to Saturday, five straight wins needed to claim the crown, and no clear favorite emerges this year. Notables include Western Illinois, Beloit, Evansville, Gustavus Adolphus, Loyola Los Angeles, and St Francis Brooklyn, with Al Duer directing the event for Pepperdine College.
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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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Atchison, Kan
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Nashville
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Wartburg
Western Illinois
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Steubenville
Ohio
Evansville
Ind) College
Gustavus Adolphus
Loyola of Los Angeles
Geneva
St. Francis of Brooklyn
Alderson-Broaddus
Philippi
W.va
N.C
al Duer
George Pepperdine College of
Los Angeles
NAIA
Santee to Report Late for Pan Am Games
Wes Santee America's best miler was given permission to report late to the U S track team for the Pan American Games in Mexico City. Jim Kelly Minnesota coach and U S Olympic Track head announced the decision today.
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Wes Santee
America
U.S
Mexico City
Jim Kelly
University of Minnesota
Nashua Leads Nominees For '55 Kentucky Derby
Nashua tops Churchill Downs list of 125 nominees for the 1955 Kentucky Derby to be run May 7 at Churchill Downs. Also named are Adirondack era contenders Boston Blue Ruler Summer Tan and other proven juveniles plus a few promising outsiders. The purse rises to 125000 with potential winner likely earning over 100000, as classic field features two fillies among the nominees.
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Greensboro Puts Two On Kiwanis Team
Greensboro and Gastonia led North Carolina selections for the Kiwanis basketball Classic all star squad with two players each. The Tar Heel team will face a South Carolina group in the Spastics Hospital Charity game in Greensboro on March 11.
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Bob Jamieson
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Shelby
Larry McCrank
Dave Scurlock
Doug Hoffman
Chick Kelton
Gastonia
Fred DeBerry
Semi Mintz
Jerry Robertson
Burlington
Jerry Barney
Asheville
Danny Parham
Wilmington
Richard Odom
Ahoskie
Pat Sawyer
Greenville
Bobby Campbell
West Mecklenburg
Robertson
Odom
Parham
La Salle Aims for Second Straight NCAA Title Run
LaSalle led by Tom Gola goes after a repeat NCAA crown as tournament play opens with first rounds in four sites. The Explorers face George Washington or West Virginia in New York while other conferences work toward bids, with finals set for March 19.
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Championship boxing title decision at Cow Palace
San Francisco March 5 The bantamweight title will be decided Wednesday night at the Cow Palace in a 12 round bout between Raul Macias of Mexico and Chamrern Songkitrat of Thailand. NBA President Anthony Petronella will present the belt.
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Raton) Macias
Mexico
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Thailand
California Athletic Commission
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Commission
Anthony Entenza
International Boxing Club
San Franciscan
Bennie Ford
California Commission
Entenza
Ange
High Point Hosts Central Carolina Singles Duck Pin Tournament
The Central Carolina Singles six game duck pin tournament will be held at High Point Carolin Bowling Center March 12-13 with about 100 entries. Defending champions Clarence Henry and Beulah Tate will attend to defend their titles amid strong local rivals and many High Point bowlers.
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High Point
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North Carolina
Clarence Henry
Asheboro
Kannapolis
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Aerio
Henry
Roy Hauser
C. V. Harvey
Bob Cecil
Darkhorse
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Fish” Bowman
Sonny Burchette
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W. C. Pierce
Lowell Hurley
Cecil Goins
Nine Deaths From Diphtheria Reported in Britain
London reports nine deaths from diphtheria in Britain last year according to the Health Ministry. The agency notes that fourteen years ago before the government immunization program began the disease caused about one hundred deaths yearly.
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London
Britain
Health Ministry
Comeman
Arkansas Pointer Survivor Named Nation Bird Dog Champion
Survivor, owned by Dr. E. R. Calame of Jonesboro, Ark., was chosen as the nation's bird dog of 1955 at Grand Junction Tenn. He outperformed 33 rivals in the Bradley Series field trials, earning a $1,500 purse for Survivor's handler after six flawless pointings on quail.
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Tenn
Lowever
E. R. Calame
Jonesboro
Ark
Survivor
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