Rookie woes frame NBA season across league
The draft class underperformed this year with notable disappointments including Lennie Rosenbluth and Charlie Tyra. Veterans like Woody Sauldsberry and Min Wilfong provided some impact while teams recalibrated rosters and debated top prospects, colleges, and potential two down the road.
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Min Wilfong
St. Louis
Woody Sauldsberry
Philadelphia
Rod Yundjey
Minneapolis
Charie Tyra
Detroit
Hundley
Tyra
Lennie Rosenbluth
North Carolina
Philly
Lennie
Kansas
Wit Chamberlain
New York
Len
Vear Wilfrie
Missouri
Memphis State
Lauldsberry
Texas
Officials and the challenges of basketball officiating
The passage discusses the difficulty of officiating basketball compared with football. It notes basketball requires multiple referees with specific roles, cites pass interference as a harsh football critique, and argues that despite inevitable errors, honest officials who stay fit and positioned well deserve support from players and fans.
Trucks Effective In His First Spring Chore
Virgil Trucks, in his 20th pro season, pitched the seventh and eighth innings for the Kansas City Athletics against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He avoided hard throws, allowed two singles and two walks, and kept the Pirates scoreless as Pittsburgh led 7-4.
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Trucks
Kansas City Athletics
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Duren Shifting Jokes Into Yankee Rotation News
ST PETERSBURG Fla The world of Arnald Duren is full of jokers yet he shrugs off the barbs about his thick glasses and near sighted pitching His 20020 vision left eye 7020 right eye with corrective glasses makes him nearly normal on the mound After a May debut in Kansas City he joined the Yankees roster following a midseason trade and a stint in Denver where he posted a 13 2 mark Could become another Joe Page in the making
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New York Yankee
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Duren
Tve
Yanks
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Kansas City
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Billy Martin
Ryne
New York
Denver
Joe Page
Mimlitz and Albert named to West Shrine squad
Kansas City and Jack Mimlitz of St. Louis University and Stan Albert of Colorado State have been named to the West squad for the East-West Shrine basketball game this Sunday. Other members include Huh Reed of Oklahoma City University, Mike Farmer and Gene Brown of San Francisco University, Jack Parr and Roy DeWitt of Kansas State, Fred Grim of Arkansas, and Lyle Frahm of Iowa State. Middleweight boxer Holly Mims has been fighting professionally since 1948.
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Chamberlain
Ohio State
Frank Howard
Washington
Doug Smart
Seattle
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Indiana
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Kansas State
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Bob Boozer
Temple
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North Carolina
Tommy Kearns
Pete Brennan
Bradley
Barney Cable
Oklahoma City
Hub Reed
San Francisco
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Mike Farmer
Rosenbluth
Tyra
Krebs
Hundley
Friend
Ebben
Wilfong
Iowa State
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Phillips
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NAIA
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Columbia
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Mississippi
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Pitt
Kansas City
Jack Mimlitz
St. Louis University
Stan Albert
Colorado State
Huh Reed
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San Francisco University
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Fred Grim
Arkansas
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Little All America Basketball Outfit Led by 5 11 Dandy
Jimmie Daniels, a 5 11 Brooklyn guard, headlines the 1958 Little All-America team after leading South Dakota to the NCAA small college title with a 64 60 upset and 40 point final. Teammate Dick Barnett, Jim Smith, Mel Peterson, and Bennie Swain join the first team, with several others receiving honorable mention. Musial note included.
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Associated Press
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Wheaton
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Ottawa
Kas
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Arkansas State
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Southeastern Oklahoma
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