Anderson Cops Feature Again At Speed Bowl
Dubbie Anderson 32 of La Crosse won the feature at North La Crosse Speed Bowl on Sunday. He faced a tough challenge from Sammon of Winona, whose car rode with front-end misalignment after a third-heat wreck. Marv Fenske of Winona finished third. Ferguson of La Crosse rolled over twice but recovered a sprained ankle and burned foot. Heat winners were Callaway, Wigdahl, and Dan Sammon.
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Tom Elsen
Freeman Loses Parts Of Two Fingers In Chopping Accident
Robin Freeman, Ohio State guard known for record scoring, lost parts of the middle and index fingers on his left hand in a Sunday woodchopping accident in Cincinnati. He underwent surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital and was reported in good condition. Freeman, 21, 5 foot 11, 32.5 points per game last season, will have partial mobility in the remaining finger section.
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Big Ten
Track Crowd Sees Largest Car Turnout of Season
A large crowd attended as 26 stock cars competed, the season’s tallest turnout. Phil Kelly provided heat by heat updates on two water trucks that wetted the track between races, keeping dust down and pleasing spectators.
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DeMarco Martinez Clash Friday Night in Boston Welterweight Duel
Boston's Tony DeMarco and New Jersey’s Vice Martinez, two hard hitters, meet in a 10 round welterweight confrontation in Boston. DeMarco, 24, 43-6-1, seeks rebound after losing crown to Basilio. Martinez, 27, riding 21 straight wins with 25 KOs, is 49-3. Bout not televised. Also Friday, Gaspar Ortega vs Gene Poirier in middleweight 10 rounds at St. Nicholas Arena in New York. DuMont telecast at 9 p.m. EST.
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Gene Poirier
Niagara Falls
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DuMont
Nite Hawks Lead In Trane Co League With Big Win
Nite Hawks took sole first in the Trane Co League by beating Punchers 26 to 10 as Tauscher had four hits including two homers. Mohawks edged Hawkeyes 15 to 14, earning their first win behind Murray and Mitley as Greene guided Hawkeyes with three hits.
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Peth
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Ankney
R. McClintock
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Veradenberg
Bangor
Onalaska
Ivan Foote
Bud Mahlum
Dick Dahlby
Foote
Bud Smith
Grimm Restores Torre At First As Braves Meet Phillies
Milwaukee Braves shift Frank Torre to first base replacing Joe Adcock for the opening game of a three game set with the Philadelphia Phillies. Adcock has slumped to under .250 after four trips in three starts, while Torre carries a 323 average ahead of Sundays 5-3 loss. Manager Charlie Grimm plans a spell with the lineup as he aims to spark hitting.
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Newburgs win in 10th to stay unbeaten in Southern League
Newburgs edged Soldiers Grove 9-8 in 10 innings at Copeland Park as Kye Bobby Kime delivered the game winning hit scoring Jimmy Mason. La Crosse rallied from 9-1 down with seven innings left, getting two in seventh and five in eighth to seize the slugfest. Don Jacobson earned the win for La Crosse while Bill Hoffland took the loss.
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Red) Jacobson
Doug Martin
Stan McCurdy
Bill Hoffland
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John Stafford
Bill
Booker) Parizek
Stafford
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Roger Iverson
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Davis Sets Record as Kansas Wins CCC Track Title
Glen Davis of Ohio State dominates the Central Collegiate Conference meet with a 400 meter hurdles mark of 50.8 seconds and a 220 low hurdles time of 23.6 seconds, earning the John Nicholson Trophy. Kansas edges to team glory with eight firsts and 73 points, labeled by strong showings from Notre Dame and Missouri among others.
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Russia
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Ted Wheeler
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Iowa State
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Western Michigan
Gophers and Rebels Remain Undefeated in NCAA Tourney
Minnesota Gophers and Mississippi Rebels, both in their NCAA baseball tournament debuts, stayed unbeaten. Minnesota beat Arizona 3-1 as Jerry Thomas fanned 10 in a duel with Carl Thomas. Mississippi pitchers Buddy Wittichen spun a 4-0 one hitter against Bradley, aiding a team that also features Wittichen’s .352 season mark. Washington State and New York University were eliminated from the double elim event.
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Braves
Jerry Thomas
Minneapolis
Carl Thomas
Jerry
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Big Time Road Course Racing at Elkhart Lake
Elkhart Lake Wisconsin hosts the nations first major stock car road race on August 12 at the Road America course. The 250 mile late model American production car event offers more than 15000 dollars in prize money. Road America, 60 miles north of Milwaukee, opened last year with a sports car race and is the only venue of its kind in the United States.
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Parilli Sees Films He’s Browns' Boy For 1956 Season
Cleveland Ohio article notes quarterback Vito Parilli, recently discharged from the Army, slated to join the Browns. Coach Paul Brown’s staff used film of Otto Graham and George Ratterman from 1955 to show Parilli what is expected next fall. Parilli, a Kentucky alumnus, is tasked with filling the retiring Graham’s role.
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Two Stock Car Drivers Die In Weekend Crashes
At Memphis Arkansas Speedway two drivers died in separate crashes. Thomas Cotton Priddy age 27 from Louisville Kentucky died in a 250 mile race when his 1956 Chevrolet crashed on the dirt track. Clint McHugh age 28 from Biloxi Mississippi was killed during time trials when his 1956 Oldsmobile struck a guard rail and plunged into a lake. Both men were thrown clear and suffered multiple injuries.
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Cotton) Priddy
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Mangrum Sees Littler Favored for Open after Round Robin
After Littler won the $3,000 top money in the Round Robin at Wykagyl Littler led the field with a 344 medal score, aided by a near record plus 55 points. Mangrum noted Littler’s hot streak and predicted his Open bid from Rochester's Oak Hill Club.
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Australia
Peter Thomson
Golfing No Good But Fishing Great at Mt Clemens Beach
MT CLEMENS Mich NEA reports golfing poor yet fishing excellent at Metropolitan Beach course. Gale driven waves from Lake St Blair drenched the course while Ivan Sayers and James Kraft caught long strings of carp in a water filled sand trap near the lith green.
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