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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1960
Page
6
A New Year speech laments the slang in football coverage and urges reporters to report in plain English. It criticizes terms like defense as a verb and mocks coach speak while noting a boxing match broadcast ended a wild sports day.
Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis predicts African Americans will travel to Cuba for winter vacations. He praised Fidel Castro’s government for a new tourism push aimed at groups including Negroes, Jews and young people. Louis led a 73 member interracial group visiting Havana during the New Year holiday.
Philadelphia officials could not find a local smith to shoe 64 horses for the Fairmount Park Commission. The city widened residency rules and drew applicants from distant areas including New Mexico and several countries. Rocco Romani, a Philadelphia resident, was finally hired.
Cincinnati leads the AP basketball rankings as the Bearcats (10-0) top 150 of 175 ballots with 1 686 points. California slips to second after losing to USC ending a 25 game win streak, while West Virginia Utah and Illinois drop from the unbeaten group.
New York AP Cincinnati's Jack Twyman stays atop the NBA scoring list for the fourth straight week with 1,267 points in 40 games averaging 31.6. Wilt Chamberlain trails with 1,172 in 32 at 36.6, while Bob Pettit is third with 909 in 34 at 26.7.
Two Yale University players on the school’s variety hockey team are Canadian natives Ken MacLean from Toronto and Steve Ripley from Calgary. MacLean is a junior defense man and Ripley a sophomore forward.
The Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson, who stunned Floyd Patterson to win the world heavyweight title, is voted Athlete of the Year for 1959 in the Associated Press poll. He tallied 120 votes to Johnny Unitas's 54, with other notable contenders including Billy Cannon and Ernie Banks. Johansson will receive a Milwaukee award at a later dinner.
National match king Billy Welu shares key coaching from his youth emphasizing slow, smooth footwork and a natural drag of the ball. He warns against rushing the foul line and stresses that bowling is rolling, with speed coming from deliberate four step delivery. He promotes his booklet Better Bowling Hints available for 35 cents.
New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams threaten legal action over Charlie Flowers and Billy Cannon contracts. Flowers says he signed with the AFL Los Angeles Chargers. Cannon says he signed with the Houston Oilers and rejects post dated NFL papers.
NEW YORK AP Cecil Smith a Texan and former cowboy who helped start the 10 goal rating 25 years ago will be a 10 goaler again for at least a year He represents the Oak Brook Illinois Polo Club and Bob Skene rides for the Menlo California Circus team both named the only players at 10 goals in the 1960 handicaps announced Monday by the U S Polo Association Skene has held a ten goaIer since 1951
Cleveland Indians General Manager Frank Lane announced that veteran battery of pitcher Jack Harshman and catcher Ed FitzGerald along with three rookies have signed 1960 contracts. The announcement lists the signings as part of the team’s midwinter dealings.
In Atlantic City Jethro Cason of Philadelphia out pointed J D Ellis of Trenton after ten rounds. In Tokyo Atsuto Fukumoto beat Shigeru Ito on points in a ten round result.
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