Kansas to Open 1955 Season With Married Players
As Jay Gridmen begin the 1955 football season Kansas will field a full squad of married men. The roster includes John McFarland senior quarterback John Handley senior halfback Jerry Baker sophomore full back Gene Blasi senior tackle Don Clement junior halfback Frank Gibson sophomore tackle Ted Reynolds sophomore center John Drake junior tackle and Dud...
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Kansas Jayhawks Seek First Win After Long Losing Streak
Kansas University football coach Chuck Mather presides over a rebuilding 1955 season aimed at snapping a 16 game skid. The Jayhawks face a tough 10 game slate with rising expectations from spring drills, several seasoned players, and a new wave of sophomores ready to contribute. The focus is on steady improvement, team spirit, and securing at least one victory to lift KU financially and competitively.
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Dick Bloney
Young Arnold Palmer Wins Canadian Open Title
Arnold Palmer, 25, of Latrobe Pennsylvania, captures the Canadian Open for a pro career first win. He posts 265 to finish four strokes ahead of Jack Burke Jr. and five ahead of Freddie Hawkins, with a near record 23 under par. Johnny Palmer holds the only lower score, 263, in 1952 at Winnipeg.
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Ban Johnson Baseball Scores Note
Salina defeats Dodge City 3 to 1 while Pratt opens with a 6 to 2 win over Hutchinson McPherson tops Great Bend 5 to 3 and Larned edges Liberal 5 to 4 in a sequence of Kansas league results.
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Wreck Kills Kansas City Man in Missouri Collision
Orville Wade, 48, Kansas City Kansas, was killed in a two car crash on U S Highway 71 north of Platte City Missouri Saturday.
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Chuck Davey Returns to Ring in Saginaw Ten Round Fight
Chuck Davey, 29, a former boxing idol, ends a 15 month retirement tonight in Saginaw Michigan against Pat Manzi in a 10 round bout. Davey recalls his February 1953 setback to Kid Gavilan and a seventh round KO by Vince Martinez.
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Stamina a Vital Factor As 104 Women Golfers Compete
In Charlotte North Carolina the 55th National Women's Amateur Championship opened at Myers Park Country Club with 104 competitors. Canadian Marlene Stewart and Californian Barbara Romack lead the field noted for youth and skill. stamina tests dominate as seven rounds of match play unfold on the hot, hilly course.
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Wichita Easy Winner At Valley Swim Event
Wichita Swim Club dominated the Missouri Valley AAU swimming and diving championships at Homestead Country Club scoring 447 points. They led by eight in diving and outpaced the Homestead team by more than double. Naval Air Station Hutchinson won open men with 56 points, while Kansas City Athletic Club captured open women's division.
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Former Jay Jumper Cops All Around Track Crown
Buzz Frasier of the Baltimore Olympic Club outscored 10 rivals to win the national all around track crown at College Park Maryland. Yale’s Stu Thompson set three meet records in hammer throw shot put and weight throw while winning the mile but finished fifth in points. Frasier won the high hurdles 15.6 broad jump 23 feet 1 inch and tied for high jump 5 feet 8 inches, continuing his KU track and football ties.
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Buzz) Frasier
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Six Jayhawkers Pros Push into Pro Football This Fall
Kansas numbers six former Jayhawks entering professional football this autumn. Mike McCormack headlines the Cleveland Browns as tackle guard while Bud Laughlin and Bob Handa join the San Francisco Forty Niners and New York Giants respectively. Harold Patterson and John Anerson headline the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian league.
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Harold Patterson
John Anerson
Montreal Alouettes
Cawley Shines In All-State Junior Baseball Series
Galen Cawley of Lawrence pitched six innings of scoreless relief across two all-star games. He earned the win Sunday as the Kansas All-State team beat the Kansas City Missouri All-Stars 14 to 2 in Olathe, after pitching the middle three frames Saturday as Kansas downed Eastern Kansas 5 to 4. Catcher Chuck McIntyre appeared in both games, scoring once Sunday and stealing a base Saturday. Other contributors included John Hadl Don Wrench Curtiss Melton and Jim Ragan with key hits and runs in the Kansas and Eastern Kansas squads.
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Local Amateur Chemist Dyes Lawn After Trials
Evanston amateur chemist Mark Maxwell sought to cure crab grass with a brew last month. The experiment stained the lawn mottled green and yellow, prompting a second attempt that restored the grass to its original green.
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Chrysler founder's home in Ellis becomes museum new civic asset
Chiple Deed 6 Ellis reports Chrysler founder Walter Chrysler's birthplace home in Ellis to be turned over to the city next Saturday. Top officials will attend the formalities as the house, long owned by the family since 1878, is renovated and sold to the city by the corporation for use as a museum.
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