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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
10
Post season questions focus on attendance effects of televised football. Experts split on NCAA program impact with small colleges seen hurt by big game broadcasts and few saying the game a week rule hindered declines.
Boston 15 tough Collins defeats Lauro Salas of Monterey in a 10 round unanimous decision at Boston Garden before 13,908. Salas knocked Collins down in round one but Collins fought back, opening cuts on Salas and won a wide verdict. Potential rematches include Georgie Araujo or Ray Famechon as NA title status looms.
The Big Ten imposes a seven month no contact quarantine on Iowa basketball coach Bucky O Connor for off campus recruiting talks. Officials note other disciplinary actions in related cases. public announcements deferred to schools, but conference will publish future actions. O Connor cannot attend public events or speak to prospective Hawkeye players during the ban.
In Gary Indiana seven high school boys confessed to more than 90 auto thefts and 21 purse snatchings. Police estimate the cash loot and property damage at up to $20,000. The first two arrestees aged 14 and 15 were taken into custody last Friday at a high school during burglaries and related offenses.
Owner Phil Geeenberger reported a break in at his Indianapolis store on Monday night. Several hundred dollars worth of merchandise were stolen while the burglar alarm functioned. The odd fragment references an oak tree and appears unrelated to the crime report.
The piece notes Wes Santee, Kansas University distance ace, as favorite to outpace a two-man Acacia relay team in a 13-mile race from Tonganoxie to Lawrence along Highway 24 40. It highlights opponents’ likely slower splits, Santee’s stamina, and observers’ view that he should win if he lasts the distance. It also covers KU basketball figures Pat Patterson and Charlie Hoag, their roles, injuries, and potential impact on the season.
Ralph Houk former New York Yankee catcher headlines the American Legion Junior Baseball banquet at :30 tonight at the Chuck Wagon. Houk, a native of Lawrence, is active in local programs and currently based in Kansas City.
A Kansas City clinic advertises a limited offer of a free full-size $1.00 tube of Thornton Minor Pile Ointment mailed free to anyone afflicted with piles or similar rectal conditions. Send full name age and address. no money due, no obligation.
BARTLESVILLE Okla Big Clyde Lovellette in his first AAU season with the Phillips 66ers averages 18.2 points in 10 games. He shares top scoring duties with Chuck Darling as coach Tom Scott uses a post tandem approach. Lovellette, Terre Haute Indiana native and former Kansas star, left pro offers to play amateur and enjoys the competition while moving from sales to public relations with the team.
Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O Malley said star first baseman Gil Hodges and second baseman Jackie Robinson are untouchable in trade talks as the team seeks an established pitcher. He dismissed suggestions of their departure as ridiculous, though admitted disappointment over unsatisfied deal terms.
At the winter meetings the club stated it was still seeking another starting pitcher while denying any deal involving the league's best first baseman. Robinson is not leaving either.
A garbled listing shows college teams and scores including Kirksville Missouri Mississippi Arkansas Tulane Pensacola Naval Air Station East Central Oklahoma Colorado Utah State with unclear dates or context. The fragment lacks full names and events, but indicates a sequence of team matchups and results from a regional athletics roundup.
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