Best of 1952 Sports Stars and Teams Highlights
A compact roundup naming 1952’s top and bottom sports figures and teams. Highlights include New York Yankees and Michigan State as standout squads, Rocky Marciano as Fighter of the Year, the U S Russia Olympic duel, Tony Despirito the brightest newcomer, and Bob Mathias as athlete of the year with Helsinki decathlon feats.
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Michigan State
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Eories
Rocky Marciano
Russia
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Tony Despirito
Presbyterant Se Substitutes In Local Cage Scores
The page lists substitutes and players across multiple teams including Bears, Presbyteria, and Bratton, with names such as Kennedy, Morrison, Vanderholt, Reed, and Dickerson among those noted as substitutes. Scores and rosters are intermingled with references to games and lineups for a local basketball roundup.
Stanford Beaten By Oregon State at Cow Palace
Oregon State defeated Stanford 63 to 46 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Coach Bobby Burnett used a zone defense early in the second quarter to overturn a Stanford lead, as Beavers exploited gaps with a double post and weakside attack.
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Oregon State
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Cow Palace
Bobby Burnett
Beavers
Ron Robins
Aggies Reach Hoop Finals in All-College Tourney
Oklahoma A&M, ranked seventh, advanced to the semifinal of the 17th annual all college tournament by defeating Penn State 68 to 61. They set up a semifinal with Oklahoma City after earlier beating Bowling Green 65 to 58.
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Poly Center Threatens Hoop Record
Lanky center Bill McFarland, averaging 18.2 points per game, begins to threaten Poly season scoring mark. He scored 96 points in four games at the Long Beach Invitational, boosting his season average to 18.2 and moving ahead of Art Henriksen's 17.1 from 1951.
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Art Henriksen
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Rice, SMU In Finals of Cage Event
In Dallas, Rice center Don Schwinger led the Owls to a 65-56 win over Baylor on Monday night, placing Rice in the Southwest Conference pre-season tournament finals. SMU upset Arkansas 65-62 to earn a final against Rice, while Arizona defeated Texas A&M 66-49 to reach the consolation final against Texas Christian.
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Arkansas
Mustangs
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Georgetown Five Upsets Seattle In Boston Invitation
Georgetown basketball defeated Seattle 79 to 10 at the Boston Invitational Tournament in the Arena. The taller Georgetown team led throughout as Seattle struggled with poor shooting aside from Johnny O'Brien who had 28 points to raise his scoring record to 3646. Seattle meets Boston College in a consolation game, after BC fell to Rhode Island.
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Wrestlers Vie In TV Card At Wilmington Bowl Tonight
Zebra hid 300 pound wrestling villain who upset Sandor Szabo last week tops a top television card at Wilmington Bowl tonight. Warren Bockwinkel of St Louis and Bobby Managert of Chicago join the bill as nationally known staples. After the telecast program, Karl Davis faces La Roca Ortega, Jerry Christy meets Big Boy Gardenia, Matt Kosternich tackles Juan Hernandez, and Johnny Demchuk tests Pat Mehan.
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Johnny Demchuk
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Fuentes Favored in 10 Round Los Angeles Main Event
Ramon Fuentes is favored to defeat Clifton Lester in a scheduled 10 round main event at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles tonight. First bout starts at 1:30 am local time. Fuentes holds a perfect 1952 record with eight straight victims, while Lester is unbeaten this year but has no fights to date. Lester is considered the better boxer, yet may struggle against Fuentes’ two fisted attack.
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Clifton Lester
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles
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Lester
Franklin Victor ian Bowl Feature King of the Ring at Kea mington Bowl
Franklin Victor won the feature fight on the boxing card at the Kea mington Bowl Monday night, taking a first round TKO over Marko Polo after Polo was knocked down for an eight count. Other results included Martinez, Bush, Perez, Velarde, Taylor, Ly and Ly in various decisions and TKOs.
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Marko Polo
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Nh Martinez
Bob Dutanj
Jim Bush
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Fred Taylor
Ben Ly
NYU Upsets DePaul In Holiday Festival Consolation
NYU defeated DePaul 74 64 to enter the title round as the Holiday Festival continued at Madison Square Garden with an empty house and 2149 attendance for the evening games. Manhattan State and La Salle played strong showings while Cincinnati and St Johns faced losses as the doubleheader slate wrapped up.
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NYU
DePaul
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Garden
Utah State
Cincinnati
Nash Enthusiasm Drives Buyer Passion and Pride
Enthusiastic Nash owners praise performance safety and luxury in Airflyte construction. They cite Farina styling Airliner Reclining Seats Twin Beds Weather Eye Conditioned Air System and economy. Visit showrooms to ride in the Ambassador Statesman or Rambler and share in the enthusiasm.
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