Five Teams In Field Sill Cage Tourney Tips Off Tonight
The 1955 Fort Sill battalion level basketball tournament starts with five teams this week two games tonight at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The 41st FA Group via 554th AFA faces 617th FA Ober Battalion, and 184th Ordnance Battalion faces 537th FA Battalion of the 77th FA Group. The double elimination finals are set for Saturday or Monday if needed.
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Fort Sill
554Th Afa
184Th Ordnance Battalion
1St Ordnance
Ta&gms
1St Officers Student Battery
Officers Candidate School
Headquarters Battery
Billy Joe Emmons
Worthy Patterson
Boston Celtics
Earl Murray
Dan Graham
Frank Byrnes
Bill McLean
Willie Deerman
Charles Brown
Ordnance Five
617Th
Ober
1St Officers
Bill Osborn
Wildwood
New Jersey
Osborn
George Knightson
Georgia
Walt Ward
Chicago High School
Chicago Royals
Martin Boulger
Santa Clara University
Tom Knudson
LaCrosse
Wisc
State Teachers College
Ken Deardorff
Cage
York Junior College
Furman College
AFA
534Th
John Bachman
Michigan State
Paul Branch
77Th FA
537Th FA
Jack Prior
Tom Mercer
Big Seven Clubs Lead In Early Nonconference Play
Kansas, Colorado, Missouri show edge in 14-6 start from 20 non-league games. Kansas beats Wisconsin 74-66 as Dobbs scores 26. Missouri tops Illinois 74-73 with Stewart at 31. Iowa State holds Tulsa 62-50. Oklahoma, Kansas State, Nebraska, Kansas all suffer losses. Schedule outlines remaining games this week and next.
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Big Seven
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas State
Iowa State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Phog Allen
Kansas Jayhawks
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Dallas Dobbs
Jayhawks
Sparky Starcup
Missouri Tigers
Illinois
Columbia
Norm Stewart
Tigers
Stewart
Tulsa
Ames
Iowa
Vanderbilt
Nashville
Tenn
Indiana
Bloomington
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Wichita
Ohio State
Drake
Arkansas
Los Angeles
Loyola
Brigham Young
UCLA
SMU
Washington
Honolulu Man Sues Olson In 500000 Breach Case
In San Francisco a $500000 breach of contract suit against Carl Olson and manager Sid Flaherty opens before Federal Judge Oliver Carter. Herbert Campos, a Honolulu dairyman, claims Olson must pay one third of all his purses from July 1951 to July 15, 1959 under a 1949 agreement. Olson was dethroned as middleweight boxing champion in Chicago last Friday by Sugar Ray Robinson. He has avoided reporters since returning to California. Meanwhile Bobo Olson visited his estranged wife Dolores and their four children at his Hillsborough home built with fight earnings.
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San Francisco
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Sid Flaherty
Oliver Carter
Herbert Campos
Honolulu
Olson
Chicago
Sugar Ray Robinson
California
Bobo
Dolores
Hillsborough
Peninsula
Blinky Palermo Faces State Probe Today
Fight manager Frank Blinky Palermo was to appear before the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission in Philadelphia to show cause why his manager license should not be revoked. He faces accusations of acts prejudicial to boxing and a long record of associations with known criminals and gamblers.
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Philadelphia
Frank (Blinky) Palermo
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
Palermo
Johnny Saxton
Carmen Basilio
Commission
Harrisburg
New York State Athletic Commission
National Boxing Assn
Bears Jumped Gun Propels Ram Coach to Message
After clinching the Western Conference title the Los Angeles Rams coach Sid Gillman displayed a gold cuff link engraved Chicago Bears 1955 Football Champions. He said a friend in Chicago sent it and noted someone had jumped the gun, promising to return the item.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Rams
Sid Gillman
Chicago Bears
Santee Team Mate Wins Cross Country Handicap
Philadelphia report says Wes Santee, top American miler, finished 31st but recorded the best elapsed time in the Penn AC cross country handicap race. John Tibbets, a Marine at Quantico, won the five mile race in 31 minutes 20 seconds with a 90 second handicap. Santee clocked 27 minutes 36 seconds.
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Philadelphia
America
Wes Santee
Penn AC
Kansas
Trabert Falls To Gonzales In Cincinnati Showdown
Tony Trabert narrowly lost to Pancho Gonzalez 6-2 7-5 in a Cincinnati Gardens singles match. They then teamed with Rex Tartwig for a doubles win as Gonzalez pressured Trabert with long reach and hard serves on Kramer’s 100-city tour stop.
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Tony Trabert
Pancho Gonzales
Australia
Rex Tartwig
Gonzales
Trabert
Cincinnati Gardens
Jack Kramer
Slammer Sneaks Miami Open by Slicing Two Iron
Sam Snead wins the Miami Open in a playoff with Tommy Bolt after an ant hill deflected Bolt’s shot. Both finish nine under par 201, tying Bolt after 54 holes, with Snead rallying to card a 29 on the back nine and break the course record. Mike Souchak finishes tied for third.
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Miami
Fla
Sam Snead
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mike Souchak
Grossinger’s
N.Y
Miami Springs
Souchak
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
E. J
Dutch) Harrison
St. Louis
Stranahan
Harrison
Jay Hebert
Woodmere
Fred Wamonder
Indianapolis
Pro Cage Coaches Facing Bribe Calls Across League
Maurice Podoloff said the NBA is investigating a series of long distance telephone bribe offers to throw or influence games. Coaches Charley Eckman, Al Cervi, and Bobby Wanzer reported calls from unidentified men, with Eckman linked to Minneapolis and Chicago, Cervi to Minneapolis, Wanzer to St Louis, all reported to police.
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Maurice Podoloff
National Basketball Assn
al Cervi
Syracuse Nationals
Bobby Wanzer
Rochester Royals
Charley Eckman
Fort Wayne Pistons
Podoloff
NBA
Eckman
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cervi
Wanzer
St. Louis
Halas Signals Retirement After Bears Win Ambitions
CHICAGO owner coach George Halas insists he is quitting after the season though others doubt. Chicago Bears beat Philadelphia 17 10 while Los Angeles topped Green Bay 31 17 preventing the Bears from capturing the Western Conference title. Halas says he will retire but may stay involved in drafts and behind the scenes, leaving successor uncertain and speculation about a possible comeback next season.
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Chicago
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Bears
Philadelphia Eagles
Los Angeles
Green Bay Packers
Halas
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Decatur
Ill
Compton Claims Jaco Grid Crown in 1955 Rose Bowl
Compton of California claimed the 1955 national junior college football title after a 22 to 13 victory over Jones County JC of Ellisville Massachusetts in the Junior Rose Bowl. The Tartars’ line limited Jones to 17 rushing yards, a game record for the matchup. Attendance reached 57,132, marking the fourth straight year over 50 thousand and ranking fifth among bowl games in the country.
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Pasadena
Calif
Compton
California
Jones County JC
Ellisville
Mass
Jones
Compton Tartar
Weekend Fights Graded By The Associated Press
In Boston Bobby Murphy fought Aaron in a non title bout with 10 rounds. Jimmy Palazzola beat Pedro Gonzales in a 10 round match. Cherif Hamia stopped Robert Cohen in Paris. Johnny Van Rens halted Willie Toweel in Johannesburg. Carlos Ortez defeated Charlie Titone in Paterson.
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Associated Press
Boston
Bobby Murphy
Aaron
Chico Vejar
Stamford
Conn
Celes
Jimmy Palazzola
Tor Andes
Pedro Gonzales
Pittsburgh
Paris
Cherif Hamia
France
Robert Cohen
Hamia
Cohen
Johannesburg
Johnny van Rens
South Africa
Willie Toweel
Paterson
N.J
Carlos Ortez
New York
Charlie Titone
Brooklyn
Pro Cage Standings Show Western and Stern Division Totals
The Pro Cage standings list Stern and Western divisions with teams like New York Syracuse and Minneapolis, showing win loss percentages. Monday had no games scheduled while Sunday results include Syracuse 101 over Boston 89 and Fort Wayne 96 over Philadelphia 91, with Rochester 93 over St. Louis 91.
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Pougeinie
New York
Ou Pee
Syracuse
Adil
Ocomes Ieee Sk
Saku
Minneapolis
Boston
Fort Wayne
Philadelphia
Rochester
St. Louis
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Malcolm Garrett
el Reno
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Bob Osborne
Osborne
Doug Pruitt
Jim O’neal
Parsons
Kan
Roy Laster
Hutchinson
Baltimore
Nashua
Turf and Sports Digest
Nasrullah
William Woodward, Jr
Maryland
Slammer
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