Collegians Meet Pros In Classic All Star Grid Showdown
Chicago tonight features the College All-Stars, 49 top players from the 1954 college season, against the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. CST, telecast on ABC and radio via Mutual, with pro substitution rules. Browns come in as two touchdown favorites after Otto Graham’s retirement, with George Ratterman replacing him. Proceeds aim for about $400,000 for United Charities, Catholic Charities and Jewish Federated Charities. about 75,000 fans expected under clear weather.
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Paul Larson
California
George Shaw
Oregon
Dave Leggett
Ohio State
Alan Ameche
Wisconsin
Bobby Watkins
Dick Bielski
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Max Boydston
Oklahoma
Dick Syzmanski
Bud Brooks
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Des Moines Move Up in Red-Hot Western League
In a tight WL race Des Moines kept pace as Wichita routed Sioux City 15 to 3 and Colorado Springs climbed to second while Pueblo fell to third. Gene Fudge pitched a two hit shutout in the opener for Des Moines, lowering his season ERA to 1.90 and extending a seven game winning streak to improve to 14-8.
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Fodge
Ousted Jean Ashley Fails to Halt Seattle Pair
In Lake Geneva Wisconsin the Western Junior Girls Golf Tournament final round sees defending champion Anne Quast and Joe Anne Gunderson from Seattle reach the title match at Lake Country Club. Quast 17, defends her lead by beating Jean Ashley of Chanute Kansas 2 and 1, while Gunderson ousts Meriam Bailey of Palatine Illinois 4 and 2 to reach the final.
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Chanute
Kan
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Meriam ‘Bailey
Palatine
Kansas Kansas Texas grid series eyed for future match
A new Kansas University home and home football series with Texas is being explored. KU owes Texas a game from 1938 in Lawrence that Texas played there. The first series game could occur in 1957 or 1958, with Kansas hoping to schedule the opener in those seasons.
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Elston Hogan lead Kansas City golf stars to finals
Gene Elston Red Hogan Bill Webb and Pat Tudor won by four in the Milburn Country Club Kansas City men's Play tournament on Thursday. The four who advanced to today’s finals included Smith Irl Jack House and Tom Steph, a 1954 55 Kansas freshman basketball star Gallagher. The event will use double elimination.
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Pat Tudor
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Irl
Jack House
Tom Steph
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Park
AL Gets Its Old Look As Tribe Sox And Yanks Hold
The American League title race tightens with Cleveland beating Detroit 3-2, Chicago hammering Kansas City 14-1, and New York defeating Boston 5-3 to stay two back. Early Wynn notches his 14th win as Lopez’s Indians rally behind a Hoot Evers three run homer. Stengel restyles lineup to spark the Yankees, while Boston and Detroit fade further. In the NL, St Louis and Cincinnati win key games as Banks leads Chicago in a late surge. Brooklyn idle.
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Stan Musis
Sally Hemus
Cincinnati
Cub
Ernie Banks
Walker Blast Worked Maybe A's Shell-Shocked by Chisox
August proved rough for the St. Louis Cardinals as Harry Walker used 27 pitchers in losses. The slide included a four-game set with Atlanta. St Louis won three in Milwaukee with 7 1 and 4 0 scores. Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst produced key hits while Harvey Haddix won his ninth with a grand slam? The White Sox and Athletics also posted heavy hits in separate games.
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St. Louis
Bill Harvey Haddix
Fights Last Night Roundup From Cities and Results
Salt Lake City welterweight Milo Savage won on points over Helly Mims in Salt Lake City. Irish Wayne Cooke stopped Vic Eison in Los Angeles. Art Towne knocked out Johnny Sullivan in New York. The notes list scattered scores and locations including Buffalo, London, and several Kansas towns.
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Helly Mims
Washington
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Vic Eison
Buffalo
N.Y
Liverpool
England
Art Towne
New York
Johnny Sullivan
Great Brittain
Godfrey Plane Damaged In Takeoff Preparations
At Teterboro Airport Arthur Godfrey damaged the right wing of his DC3 while taxiing for departure to Moncton Canada. He and a co pilot escaped injury. plane minor damage and later flown out. Godfrey’s license was suspended for six months in March 1956 for flying low over the control tower.
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Arthur Godfrey
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Newlywed Couple in Tokyo Die by Train Suicide
In Tokyo yesterday a 22 year old man Sadao Sato and his bride Kiyoko, married three days, killed themselves by stepping in front of a train. A note beside them said they could not love each other and hoped for a fresh start in Heaven.
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Tokyo
Sadao Sato
Kiyoko
27 Golf Stars Split Four-Stroke Tam O'Shanter Lead
In Chicago, 27 players separated by four strokes lead after the opening round at Tam O'Shanter, with 66s from Rosburg Krak and Litter tying for early lead. The purse tops 50,000 cash plus 55,000 in exhibitions, plus caddy fees and future options as stars chase the top prize. Notables like Hawkins, Wininger, Fleck, Dickinson, Thomson, Ball, and others sit near the top or within reach, amid a field of 105.
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Tam O'Shanter
Bob Rosburg
Mike Krak
Gene
Litter
Fred Hawkins
Bo Wininger
AL Hs
Antonia Cerda Fren
Buenos Aires
Henry Ransom
Jay Hebert
Paul Oh Leary
Jack Fleck
Gardner Dickinson
Wally Cineh Brush Owen Cham
Rien Peter Thomson
Ernie Ball
World tourney leaders in women and amateur divisions
Other divisional leaders in the world tourney were Patty Berg and Fay Crocker with Sunder par in the women pros race and Gloria Fecht plus Ruth Jessen leading the women amateurs. Doug Sanders topped the men amateurs with 67 in Cedartown, Ga with 77 for Ruth Jessen and 76 for Inglewood, Calif.
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Patty Berg
Fay Crocker
Sunder
Gloria Fecht
Inglewood
Cthf
Ruth Jessen
Seatue
Doug Sanders
Cedartown
Wichita Murder Suicide Sparks Tragedy in Clay Center
Police report Kas Wichman killed his estranged wife in her apartment using a 2 rifle then shot himself to death. The couple, parents of four children aged 10 to 18, were not at home when the incident occurred last night.
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Clay Center
Kas
Dan Wichman
Wichmans
Invading Army of Bugs Drives Family Outside
In Cumberland Maryland Kenneth W Troutman moved his family from a home after an invasion of thousands of thin black bugs rising from the ground after a rain. Police could not identify or remove the pests, forcing the family to seek shelter with a neighbor.
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Cumberland, Md
Kenneth W. Troutman
Troutman
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