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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1958
Page
14
Gary Thompson, a standout in the 1957 Iowa area basketball scene, has captured attention with his sensational NIBL play while based in Bartlesville. He describes his growth as a fast, easy player and notes his early sales training with Phillips in Bartlesville as part of his development.
Three games scheduled Thursday highlight the Little Seven tournament. Teams include Baldwin, Neal, Kreighbaum and Johnson, with players such as Lenahan Wright and Skae contributing. Local standings and matchups emerge as the event advances.
Lawrence Junior High School improves to 8-0 by defeating Ottawa 30-22 as the A-team faces issues with efficiency while the Mustang B-team rolls to a 41-17 win. Melvin Racy leads A-team scoring with eight points and Joe Oberzan shines on offense and defense.
WIEW-TV Channel 13 Topeka will telecast the Kansas State versus Iowa State basketball game from Ames on Saturday night with a 7 35 tipoff. Sports director Dev Nelson will handle play by play as the Kansas State team leads the Big Eight at 4 0 and 2 1 records with two games remaining in the race.
A fragment mentions rights and an auralacitated press in reference to last night events. No clear persons or organizations are readable to specify names, places, or outcomes.
In New York the Boston fighter outpointed George Mercer 16 to 8. In Liverpool England Kid Hogan Bassey from Nigeria outpointed Pierre Cossemyns of Belgium 10 to 128 in a non-title bout.
Olympic great Al Oerter, already famed in discus, trains toward Big Eight shot-put elite. He tops 55-24 in practice, hovers near 54-0, with a career high 547 and two Big Eight titles. Delavan has reached 57-0 in practice and 59-9 in meets, threatening Oerter’s edge as rivals like Nieder and Hackney define the 560+ club.
The article previews Oklahoma track prospects for a meet with Oklahoma, highlighting Oerter's rapid progress in discus and shot put, Easton's praise for his strength and maturity, and notes on other key athletes including Bob Cannon Tidwell Crawford Cummins Floerke Lida McNeal Schmidt Skutka Tillman Henderson Potts and Tillman. It mentions expectations for improved discus marks around 57 to 58 feet and a stronger overall squad balance despite not matching past 880 mile power.
St. Louis headline notes Del Ennis of the Cardinals, second in the NL last season with 105 RBIs, received a pay raise to about 37 000. The 32 year old outfielder rushed to St. Louis yesterday to sign his 1958 deal after being acquired from the Phillies for Rip Repulski and Bobby Morgan. Ennis trailed only Hank Aaron in RBIs last year.
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