Kentucky Maintains No. 1 in AP basketball poll
Kentucky remains the top ranked team in the AP poll for the sixth straight week with 67 first place votes. San Francisco moves to No. 2, NC State slips to No. 3, and Duquesne, La Salle, Washington, and Utah also rise or fall as top teams shuffle in the standings.
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Young and Adams aim for paydays after TV ring wins
Paddy Young and Petey Adams, victorious on television, eye another check within a month. Olson in Chicago on Feb 6 could pay around $10,000 for Young if the comeback bout materializes. Adams, a 23 year old Newark middleweight, extended his win streak in Brooklyn and St Nicholas Arena, with a TV shot looming in about a month against Gronik or Lowrey.
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Vague College Cage Results Across Multiple Games
Readable lines show scattered college basketball results including Minnesota over an unidentified opponent 10 percent, Arkansas State beating Iowa 79 to 79 unclear, and Ohio State 66 vs an unknown team. The text contains numerous garbled team names and locations making precise pairings and scores uncertain.
Mays deflects talk of Babe Ruth record and Musial praise
Willie Mays shrugs off predictions of a .345 season and a chase of Babe Ruth’s home run mark. He credits teammate Ruben Gomez and downplays comparison with Stan Musial, saying he aims to start strong and pace himself. Mays accepts a polio fund award at the Rochester Press Radio Club dinner.
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County Court Fines Douglas Hunn for Wrong Side Driving
Douglas William Hunn of Topeka was fined 35 dollars plus costs yesterday in County Court for driving on the wrong side of the highway.
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Willie Mays Plans Rest After 240 Games in 10 Months
Rochester dispatch reports Willie Mays says he is tired of going to the ball park after about 240 games in the last 10 months. He will not play winter ball next year and plans to return to Puerto Rico to play with Santurce while remaining ready for the 1955 season.
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Juco Court Action In State Slows With Four League Games
Independence background notes minor league action as four Kansas Jayhawk Conference games loom this week. Western leaders Dodge City and Arkansas City face key tests while Coffeyville and Parsons in the east press for division supremacy.
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Northwestern Reign Short in Big Ten as Penn State Era Ends
Northwestern dropped to a third place tie after a 102-82 loss to Minnesota at Minneapolis. Minnesota’s Bill Simonayich, a 6 11 center, scored 28 as the Gophers matched a school scoring record. Tulsa beat Houston 67-64 on the road to stay atop the Missouri Valley standings. Colorado edged Town State 78-71 behind Burdette Haldorson’s 27. West Virginia rallied to beat Virginia Tech 64-61. Georgia defeated Georgia Tech 70-66, Vanderbilt crushed David Lipscomb 88-61, and Wichita edged Drake 80-78 in other major games.
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Wardens Hold Secret Meeting Statewide
Game wardens from across the state met in Albuquerque yesterday, and the gathering was kept secret until all had departed. Officials warned poachers could have exploited the absence of wardens. Columbia University, New York State’s oldest college, traces its origins to King’s College founded 200 years ago.
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Marilyn DiMag Visit Sparks Hope For Reconciliation
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio spent the night in Boston quietly dining with DiMaggio's brother Dom and wife. A bystander asked if they planned a reconciliation. Monroe declined, saying it was only a visit while DiMaggio smiled.
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New K State Coach Will Keep Split T
Manhattan Kan Ber jpard Bus Mertes is Kansas State Colleges new head coach replacing Bill Meek He will keep the split T formation and bring a 1800 salary with 1000 more than his predecessor Mertes played in World War II on the Navy Iowa Preflight team coached by Don Faurot He became Meeks assistant in 1953 after coaching at Bradley University Meek raised Kansas State from the Big Seven cellar and Mertes inherits a rebuilding program and staff by next week finalizing assistants
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KU's Bob Allison Signs Diamond Pact With Senators
The Washington Senators signed Bob Allison, a 19-year-old Kansas University athlete who starred for the Jayhawker football and baseball teams in 1953-54. Listed at 6-3, 205 pounds, he was a leading ground gainer in Kansas backfield two years earlier and was ineligible last year. His contract was assigned to Hagerstown in the Piedmont League, with a plan to bring him to Orlando for spring training.
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