El Dorado drought cancels junior college track meet
El Dorado Kansas faces water shortages that force the cancellation of State junior college track golf and tennis championships. Dean Max Bickford of El Dorado Junior College says showers for about 150 athletes would require too much water. The college uses a single shower room across its athletics facilities.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Kansas City
Dean Max Bickford
el Dorado Junior College
Bickford
Unior College
Recreation Softball Results Snapshot
Recreation softball standings and game results show Ellingtons Grill and Myrtle Desk atop the league at 5 1, both .833. Mech. Comets and National Upholstery sit at 3 3, National Guard 1 4, Moose Lodge 1 6, with multiple doubleheader results and winning pitchers listed alongside key hits and 3Bs.
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Ellington's Grill
Myrtle Desk
Mechanicsville Comets
National Guard
Moose Lodge
Pilington's Grill
Nat. Guard
James Bowman
Francis, Sr. Hendricks
K. Johnson
Ams. Mech. Comets
Cranford
C. Jones
Montgomery
Daisey McCarter
Ledwell
Brown
C. Smith
Stoker
Francis
Wishon
Williams
Myrtle
Show
Pope
Industrial Softball Results and Standings Recap
Industrial Softball results show multiple teams with win loss records such as Sylvania leading hitters Bohler 4 for 4 and Welborn 3 for 5 while Gilley Dorsett and others contributed with home runs. Key pitchers included Linthicum Reid Walker Byre and Cochran with varied wins and losses across Globe Heritage Continental and Triangle teams.
UNC names captains for 1954 55 wrestling team
George Pete McGehee of Silver Springs Maryland and Miles Gregory of Halifax were elected captains for 1954 55 UNC wrestling. McGehee 147 pounder is a rising senior and Gregory heavyweight graduates this year with one more year eligibility. Gregory also won the Patterson Medal this week.
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Chapel Hill
George
Pete) McGehee
Silver Springs
Miles Gregory
Halifax
University of North Carolina
McGehee
Gregory
Patterson
Mapp Named Southern Conference Athlete of the Year
Johnny Mapp, 21, honor student and star for Virginia Military, earned the Southern Conference athlete of the year honor. The Norfolk native narrowly beat George Washington’s Steve Korchek for the award, which last year went to Furman’s Frank Selvy.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Johnny Mapp
Virginia Military
Southern Conference
Waterville club funds warden radio amid Maine conservation push
The Arnold Trail Club of Waterville financed a two way radio for the local warden after the Maine Department of Game lacked funds to buy one. The collaboration highlights sportsmen support for conservation efforts despite limited agency resources.
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Augusta
Maine
Arnold Trail Club
Waterville
Department of Game
Coronado Bride and Football Queen Wed
Coronado California bride Sharon Townsend, last year’s football queen, married Bill Wade a former Vanderbilt star who played with the Pacific fleet amphibious base team. Wade served as groom and Townsend as bride in a public ceremony.
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Coronado
Calif
Sharon Townsend
Bill Wade
Vanderbilt
Pacific Fleet
Wade
Little Leaguers Open 1954 Campaign at Armstrong Park
Little League opens Monday May 31 at Armstrong Park with a 7 p.m. doubleheader. The Yankees meet the Red Sox in the first game and the Tigers face the Indians in the second. Mayor Covington to toss first ball as city officials and Optimist Club praise the twilight season.
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Little League Baseball
Armstrong Park
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Covington
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