Big Seven Upsets Start Conference Race
Oklahoma humbles Kansas 76 61 at Norman to jolts the Big Seven race while Colorado tops Utah Colorado? 80 65 at Boulder in sensational shooting. Missouri holds off Iowa State 66 61 at Columbia as Kansas State remains the top title favorite ahead of next week’s league start.
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Musial Signs 1953 St Louis Contract For Record Pay
Stan Musial sealed a 1953 St Louis deal with Redbird owner Fred Saigh in 25 minutes. The signing keeps Musial as baseball’s top earner after years of breakthrough pay, tripling from early days in Williamson, West Virginia. Musial hit .336 last season and earned his sixth batting crown.
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Tuesday Night Women's League Scores and Standings
Bowling notes show Lawrence Paper asserting a Tear win with all games over Sterling Furniture while Placham Peppern took all three from Coles Food Center and Brown's Togrery swept Reccas' trade. Standings list Lawrence Paper Sanders Motifs Sterling Furniture Pladium Miller Furniture Zimmerman Hardware Reeves Grocery Dine A Mite and Brown's Togrery. There is also a note of Elizabeth Van Meter and Marjorie Tucker among individual high scores, plus a stray line about Egyptian religious writings and the Gospels.
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Placham Pean
Coles Food Center
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Sanders Mowors
Zimmerman Hardware
Miller Furniture Taok
Rusty's
Sanders Motifs
Pladium_ Miler Furniture
Muehle
Opening games in local HS tourney spark two regional showdowns
Four games opened the City High School Basketball League tournament sponsored by the City Recreation Commission. At Haskell Institute, the All-Stars beat the Little Lions 45 to 42 and the Warriors defeated the Braves 35 to 22. At LMHS, Senior No. 1 defeated FFA 37 to 20 and Senior No. 1 overwhelmed the Cubs 34 to 25 with box scores following.
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Regis Over W. Denver in Overtime 84 78
Regis College of Denver outlasted Kansas Wesleyan 84 to 78 in overtime after a 67 67 deadlock at regulation. George Mekert scored seven points and Jack Gleason added six to seal the Colorado victory.
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DiMaggio Poised for Hall of Fame in First Year
Joe Dimaggio appears certain to enter baseball history in his first year on the ballot after early returns show him ahead among 300 writers. The former Yankee star, who retired after 1951, led a career of .325 batting and 3261 home runs in 16 seasons. Other listed candidates include Harry Heilmann, Paul Waner, Bill Terry, Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons, and Bill Dickey.
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Crack Middleweight Ready to Continue Upward Rush
New York Marvin Edelman the crack Philadelphia middleweight won a 10 round unanimous decision over Charley Williams of Newark at Eastern Parkway Arena in a telecast bout. Edelman notched his 29th straight victory as Teddy Brenner eyed a match with John J Sullivan. Referees scored 64 54 .1 to Edelman with no knockdowns in the telecast bout.
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John J. Sullivan
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Jim Crowley
Artie Schwartz
Fights Last Night By Associated Press Card
Brooklyn bout saw Marvin Edelman outpoint Charley Williams in Newark Providence and Chicago entries show George Araujo and Rocky Casillo winning or stopping opponents in varied venues. results listed with weights and locations from the card.
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Ex-Convict Sentenced On a Burglary Charge
ABILENE Up Claude Raymond Maher aged 48 who has spent more than four years in prison was sentenced Monday to another five to six year term. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and second degree burglary for a liquor store at Herrington Kansas on September 29. Maher formerly convicted of manslaughter in 1927 in the slaying of Bud Redard outstanding high school athlete at Plainville Kansas where Maher lived then. He has since served two terms for burglary. A burglary charge against his brother Ralph Maher aged 41 was dismissed on grounds of insufficient evidence. Ralph Maher has been taken to Denver on a burglary charge there. The two brothers were arrested October 14 at Council Grove Kansas.
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Charles Bradshaw
Solomon
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Council Grove
VA awards contract for sprinkler system at Wadsworth Center
The Veterans Administration awards a $228,000 contract to Century Sprinkler Corp of Richmond Virginia for installing an automatic sprinkler system at the Wadsworth Kansas Veterans Center. British passenger jet planes cover about 80 000 miles a week.
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Har ry White: Kansas basketball team manager and official
Bill Mayer profiles Harry White a KU sophomore from Wichita serving as team manager, secretary, statistician, and official. The shy, capable aide sits beside Coach Phog Allen, impressing with precise duties, basketball knowledge, and a growing officiating role. White aims for medical studies while staying close to hoops and West Coast basketball chatter.
Wooden era legends and firewagon ball at UCLA and Purdue
A college basketball reminiscence celebrates a legendary guard named as the greatest all around player, with three straight All American honors and Purdue Big Ten titles. It notes Wooden philosophy of peak fitness and relentless hustle, plus Bruins bench firewagon style and a protege in the West with a quieter approach last year.
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Helms Athletic Boundarion
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Coach Sees Return of Wilder Horse Rider?
Fragmentary lines describe a coach and a young runner, a boy kicked from a team, and a generation of United States exploration. It hints at a sophomore athlete who may come back, with references to plains, horses, and explorers, but details are unclear.
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