Dean Family Pitches: Pau Jr Aims for Major League Ball
The Dean pitching clan speaks of Pau Jr the Lakeside High star who signed with Southern Methodist University for college and says he has better form than Diz Dean. Daffy Dean notes Pau Jr could throw harder with time and emphasizes education for safety before pro baseball.
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Paul
Daffy
Dean
St. Louis Cardinal
Pau Jr
Dizzy
Paur
Southern Methodist
Diz
Dunfor
el Paso
Tex
Pout Jr
Ahartatop
Teast
Allm Young
American Legion
Dean “High
Baur
Dix
Yinele Diz
Paul Jr
Arkansas
Lakeside High
Young Dean
S.M.U
Paul Sr
Jtowaa
Dis
Daffy Dean
Savage, Walker Even Up After Their Two Fights
Savage defeats Walker by majority decision in a 10 round middleweight bout at St Nicholas Arena to square their 2 fight series. Savage weighs 161 pounds and Walker 156. judges score 8-2 and 5-4-1 with AP card 5-3-2 in favor of Savage. Savage lifts record to 35-32-8 in 15 starts while Walker sits at 35-35-7.
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Hac
Chauncey
Ohio
Hubert
Tennessee
Ohio State
Little Channery
Bobbo
Bannery
Bobo
Savage
Walker
St. Nicholas Arena
Springfield
Mass
George Walsh
Wees Ons Gyen
Joe Agnello
Frank Forbes
Associated Press
Cards Rally in Holiday Split with Cubs and Braves
Harry Walker praised the Cardinals after a mixed holiday stretch. St Louis swept Milwaukee, split with Chicago, and beat Atlanta 5-4 behind Wally Moon, Virden, and Pel Crandall’s late homer, with Mel Weight credited for the win in the nightcap.
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Harry
Pel Crandall
Mel Weight
Crandall
Rip Repulski
Fay
St Touis
Kansas City
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Lass
Sox
Vic Power
Hector Loeper
George Kell
Lopez
Kell
Chico Carrasquel
Walt Dropo
Chicago
Connie Johnsoh
Three Area Road Jobs Among 3 Million in Contracts
The State Highway Commission announced contracts totaling over 3 million for highway work. Harry Henery of Ottawa won an 82,375 base course and surfacing job from Lone Star to Lawrence area roads. A F Reis Construction Co of Topeka bid 15,975 for a 12.5 mile stretch on U.S. 50. Roy Baker of Valley Falls received 7,115 for six miles of sealing on K 16 near McLouth.
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State Highway Commission
Harry Henery
Ottawa
Lone Star
Lawrence
A. F. Reis Construction Co
Topeka
Baldwin Junction
Osage County
Roy Baker
Valley Falls
McLouth
Leavenworth Buffaloes Beat Lawrence Hawks 8 to 2
The Leavenworth Buffaloes defeated the Lawrence Hawks 8-2 in a Sunday softball game at Lincoln Park. The American Legion will host a practice game at 6 tonight at Lincoln Park.
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Leavenworth Buffaloes
Lawrence Hawks
Lincoln Park
American Legion
Lincoln
Dumbies Never Cop Pennants Says Brooklyn Loop Chief
Fresco Thompson, 52, Brooklyn Dodgers minor league czar, argues pennants come from thinking players not brute strength. He cites 16 clubs, 350 players, and lauds Jackie Robinson as the ideal blend of imagination and baseball instinct guiding decisive wins.
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Brook
New York
Fresco Thompson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Thompson
Brooklyn
Fresco
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
Williams backs comeback as Red Sox beat Yankees 4-2
Ted Williams, near 37, declares he will keep playing despite back trouble. He homered for Boston off Bob Turley in the first game, his 10th of the season, as the Red Sox win 4-2, then walks in a pinch in the second game of a doubleheader vs New York. Williams posts a .386 average.
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New York
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Jong Ax
New York Yankees
Red Sox
Jimmy Piersall
Williams
Braides
Bob) Turley
Bleacher Collapse Injures Sixteen at Saco Show
A carnival bleacher heavy with Fourth of July attendees collapsed in a muddy field in Saco Maine injuring sixteen people. Two women, Blanche Milliken and Jeanette Grant, were seriously hurt with pelvic and leg fractures. The World of Mirth Shows, Inc blamed ground conditions for the fall and the show resumed after the mishap.
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Saco
Maine
Blanche Milliken
Biddeford
Jeanette Grant
Frank Bergen
World of Mirth Shows, Inc
Mirs
Paint Free Offer With Guarantee For Homes And Farms
A bold advertisement promotes a 10 day introductory deal offering free paint and labor for residences farms and industrial buildings. Purchase at the regular price of 6.15 dollars per gallon and the company guarantees five years. Phone number 1 655 J for free estimates.
Navy Flier Coleman and Hoppes Win Harmon Aviation Awards
The 1955 Harmon Aviation Trophy recipients are Navy Blimp Commander Marion Hoppes and test pilot Skeets Coleman. Coleman is honored for more than 60 straight takeoffs in Convair's XFY1 Pogo turboprop and for pioneering the aircraft’s vertical takeoff and transition to level flight. Hoppes is recognized for leadership and contributions to naval aviation achievements.
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Navy
Harmon Aviation Awards
New York
Harmon Aviation
Test Nilat Jdoof
Skeets) Coleman
Marion Hoppes
Coleman
Marine Reserve Leutenant
NFY
Convair
Mrs Frances Ducker Returns Home From Baldwin Visit
Mrs Frances Ducker returned to her Huntington West Virginia home Friday after visiting Baldwin with her sister and husband Dr C and Mrs W A Saucier. The Sauciers escorted her to Kansas City where she boarded a plane for home.
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Charles Gordon
First Methodist
Lawrence
Gordon
Mary Gordon
Leste Demeritt
Charles
Paul Evans
Kent
Ohio
Baldwin
Edgerton
Fivans
Baker
Kent College
P. W
Buck
Jones
James
Los Alamos
N. M
F. C. Leitaker
A A_ frMaster
Lewis R. Teke
Icke
Eunice Power
Tate
Nathaniel Power
Elsie Power
Baker University
Mpha Delta Sigma
Hvosens
Roland N. Icke
Ralph Icke
San Tiego
Calif
Helen Maxson
Santa Maria
Florence Icke
Pasadena
Baldwin Golf Links
Stanley Cook
Stanley ‘Flickinger O. Scott Morgan
Tooley Whitley
Clarence Broadfoot
Nelson P. Horn
Misa
Frances Ducker
Huntington
W. Va
W. A. Saucier
Sauciers
Ducker
Kansas City
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Bill Maveres
Hubert Bobo
Mack
Nemy
Nebraska
Derry Bush
Milo Savage
Sammy Walker
K.C
Bosox
Ted
Ed Thomas
Jerry
Nancy
Kansas
Thomas
Tongonoxie
David Mackie
Heniversity of Kansas Medical Center
Waly
Mary McCormack
Emporia
College of Emporia
Columbia University
Emporia State College
Adrian College
Michigan
Eds
Foot Jr
Mullinville
Houghton College
University of Wisconsin
Kansas State Teachers Collage
Foot
Judith
Harol Boone
Oklahoma
John Simont
Steven
Alan
Brian
Estes Park
Colo
Camp Naish
Booner Springs
Ivan L. Bord
James Miller
Michael Horn
Bill Kapelle
James Deel
Carl Rutell
Remald Myers
Steven Butcher
Ronald Wright
Robert Broadfoot
Karl Johnson
Mer! Johnson
Wagoner, Jr
Danny Rogers
Raymond Milford White
University of Kansas
Miford
Alpha Delta Sigma
Independent Students Association
Verar
Jollifree Hall
Mathematics Club
Construction Companies
KAW Motor and Salvage CO
Chevrolets
Tighest Hills
Chevrolet
New Hampshire
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