Braves Boasting Two Star Minor Leaguers In 54
New York report notes Milwaukee Braves preparing for 1954 with two standout minor leaguers Gene Conley and Henry Aaron poised for future impact. Conley, Minor League Player of the Year, led Toledo with 23 wins and a 2.90 ERA. Aaron, 19, led his league in batting at .362 with 125 RBIs and 115 runs.
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Gene Conley
Henry Aaron
Milwaukee Braves
Conley
Aaron
Toledo
Milwaukee
Charlie Grimm
Braves
Bradenton
Fla
Joey Jay
Tockfall
Conn
Cincinnati
Ray Crone
Jacksonville
Glenn Thompson
Bill Denney
Lincoln
Neb
Philine
San Diego Open Play Under Way
A field of 137 top golfers tee off in the San Diego Open third annual tournament at Rancho Santa Fe with 15 000 in prize money. Rain left mudholes on the 6 800 yard course as pros arrived and practiced. past winners Bolt Kroll and Boros join a strong field including Runyan Penna Mayer and Little Ferrier.
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Calif
Rancho Tuesday
San Diego
Tommy
Thunder
Bolt
Walter Burkemo
Franklin
Mich
Julius Boros
Mid Pines
N.C
Kroll
Toney Penna
Gina
Ohio
Paul Runyan
Pasadena
U.S
Gene Little
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Dick Mayer
Greenwich, Conn
Chaotic Scores Patchwork From District Tournament Roundup
A scattered score list from various high school and college games shows numerous abbreviations and misreads. Notable items include Valliant girls 68 over Rattan St Rattan 43 and Mount Union 64 over Yountstown 62. several college teams such as Cornell 78 over Sampson AFC 72 and Temple 65 over Delaware 57.
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Siurd
Chandler
Stroud
Valliant
Rattan
Mountain View
Hobart
Iris
Goteno
Consolidated Eight
Mounts
Hinton
Gracemont
Cyra Binger
Fort Cobb
Apache
Warside
Guisy Coll Ast Amherst
Wesleyan
Army
Pennsylvania
Gorham State
Kates
Freooklyn Coll
Adetont TL
Barneci Tech
St. Vincent
Cornell
Sampson Afc
Strenton ‘Tees
Wilson Techrs
Massachusetts Poly
Worcesterns
New Haven Techhs
New Britain
New York Aggies
Packard College
Assumption
Curry
Washington & Jefferson
Theil
Temple
Delaware
Drexel Tech
Penn
Miliary
Borwich
Middlebury
St. Ansiem
Siena
Villanova
Muhlenberg
Lafayette
Frick to Hold Press Confab on Pension Plan
Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick announced a late Thursday press conference focusing mainly on the players pension plan. The dispute centers on whether all broadcast receipts from World Series games should fund the pension or be pooled into a central fund for Pension Plan allocations.
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Ford Frick
Dickey and Terry Enter Hall of Fame by Voting
New York January 21 UP Bill Dickey said he is greatly pleased by election to baseball's Hall of Fame while Bill Terry declined to comment and went fishing. Dickey and Terry were elected along with Rabbit Maranville, who died January 5. Maranville led voting, DiMaggio fell short, voters cited honoring old-timers first.
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Bill Dickey
Thursanyne
Bill Terry
Dickey
New York Yankee
Terry
New York Giants
Cooperstown
N. Y
Rabbit Maranville
Maranville
Baseball Writers’ Association
Hall of Fame
Miracle Braves
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Wichita Trains Power Surge as Midlands Lead Ups Heat
Wichita Wheatshockers ride 15 wins in 16 as they threaten Missouri Valley power Oklahoma A&M and St Louis University. Coached by Ralph and Dick Miller, Wichita eyes a conference title and a near all-time school record. They average 82.1 points while limiting foes to 63.5 as arena plans for a $2 million 11,000-seat facility begin.
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Midlands
Wichita Wheatshockers
Oklahoma A&m
St. Louis University
Wichita
Kansas
Ralph
Dick Miller
Fort Hays
Kan
Ralph Miller
Missour Valley
Seattle University
College of Pacific
Regis
Creighton
Hamline
Canisius
St. Bonaventure
Detroit
Houston
Tulsa
United Press Board of Coaches
St. Louis
Miller
Wichita East High School
Troy Ward Bout Set in Detroit Olympia Feb 3
Willie Troy of Washington, holder of 25 wins in 26 pro fights, will meet Moses Ward of Detroit in a middleweight bout at the Olympia on February 3. Ward will make his first main attraction appearance after winning all five of his 1953 outings.
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Detroit
Willie Troy
Washington
Moses Ward
Olympia
Ward
Landy Fails Again In Title Mile Bid
John Landy failed again in his bid for a four minute mile at a twilight meeting in Melbourne’s Olympic Park. He clocked a 4:02 last December and ran 4:01 plus in other efforts, while Arne Anderson’s 4:01.6 is noted as the second fastest. The crowd of 25,000 marked Olympic Park’s largest attendance as Landy opened in 99 seconds for the first quarter and reached 3:02.1 for three quarters.
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John Landy
Australia
Olympic Park
Landy
Gunderbaegg
Arne Anderson
Jere Ky
Gackt Warren
Perry
Babe Zaharias resigns from Ladies PGA post
Babe Didrikson Zaharias announces resignation as president of the Ladies Professional Golfers Association citing quibbling within the group and poor health. Fred Corcoran and Glen Harvey also resign, with Corcoran noting funding withdrawal.
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Fla
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Ladies Professional Golfers Association
Lady of the Links
Fred Corcoran
Ladies Pga
Glen Harvey
National Golf Sestion
New York
Concoran
Naonal Golf Foundation
Pro Cage Tilt Slated Tonight
NEW YORK The East-West NBA all star game at Madison Square Garden features dominant Eastern lineups led by coach Joe Lapchick with nine of the league's top 11 scorers. Starting for the East are Adolph Schayes Ed McCauley Ray Felix Bob Cousy and Dick McGuire. West stars include George Mikan Mel Hutchins Jim Pollard Bob Wanzer and Bob Davies under coach John Kundla.
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National Basketball Association
Madison Square Green
Joe Lapchick
New York Knickerbockers
Adolph Schayes
Syracuse
Ed McCauley
Boston
Ray Felix
Baltimore
Bob Cousy
Dick McGuire
John Kundla
Minneapolis
George Mikan
Mel Hutchins
Fort Wayne
Jim Pollard
Bob Wanzer
Bob Daves
Rochester
Selvy Leads College Scoring as Pettit Trails Second
New York Jan. 21 UP Sixteen years ago center jump was banned in college hoops. Frank Selvy of Furman now averages 38.1 points, leading a strong scoring pack while rivals like Bob Pettit of LSU and Arnold Short of Oklahoma City chase him. Selvy eyes Clyde Lovellette and Jim Lacy records as the season nears its end.
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Furman
Frank Selvy
Ncaa Service Bureau
Selvy
Bob Pettit
LSU
Oklahoma City
Arnold Short
Villanova
Bob Schafer
Virginia
Buzz Wilkinson
Clyde L Avellette
Jim Lacy
Loyola
Baltimore
Lovelette
Lacy
Oklahoma A&m
Bob Mattick
George Washington
Walt Veylin
Nardico Upset by Norkus in Miami Beach Knockout
Danny Nardico lost to Charley Norkus in a nine round stoppage in Miami Beach. Norkus floored the Tampa fighter seven times, delivering a dominant performance that ended at 2 15 of the ninth round. Nardico, previously close to a title shot, eyed a rematch despite odds and a televised bout.
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Fla
Danny
Nardico
Charley Norkus
Jersey City
Rocky Marciano
Norkus
Tampa
Nordico
Diddle reaches 600 wins at Western Kentucky in 62–51 victory
Gray-haired coach Ed Diddle tied a unique mark by 600 wins at Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers, 17–0, beat Tennessee Tech 62–51 as Diddle’s teams held a 600–180 record and a .759 winning percentage. Other notable games included Army over Sampson AFB 71–64 and Siena rallying past Wright 79–72.
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Ed Diddle
Diddle
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Tennessee Tech
Mockingbeck
Alvin “Bo
Centre College
Brmning Colonels
Western Kentucky
Forrest (Phog) Allen
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Allen
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Marshall
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West Point
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Mark Einstein
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Seton Hall Amn
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Georgia Tech
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Laware
Muhlenberg
LaFayette
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Bevo) Francis
Rio Grande College
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Missouri Valley Conference
Fort Hays State
Colorado A&m
Seattle
George Washington
Virginia
Spahn Honored as Oklahoma's Top Major League Player
Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn received the Art Griggs Memorial Plaque as the state's top major league player of 1953 at the Oklahoma Old Timer Association diamond dinner. More than 600 baseball fans attended the eighth annual event in Tulsa, where Spahn noted his winter home in Marshorne.
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Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Oklahoma Old Timer Association
Spahn
Art Griggs
Oklahoma
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Ellis
Cot
Deal
Rochester
Jack Thomas
Mi Euer
Oklahoma City
New York Yankee
Mickey Mantle
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
Vernon
Lefty) Gomez
Midget Cage Season Opens In Ton-Lawton Fort Sill League
First round games in the Ton-Lawton Fort Sill midget basketball league opened Wednesday. In the west league Whittier beat Roosevelt 23 to 16, Wilson defeated Taft 34 to 15, Washington beat Howell 16 to 7, and Swi ney earned a forfeit win from Fort Sill grade school. East league saw McKinley 20-15 over FSIS, Will Rogers 17-11 over Emerson, Lincoln 28-10 against St. Marys, Douglass 30 to Dunbar, and Angrum topping Roosevelt seven to eight. Brooks led Woodrow Wilson with 15 points, Pierson scored 11 for Taft, Washington had six, and McCracken had three for Howell.
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Lincoln
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Douglass
Dunbar
Manorum
Brooks
Woodrow Wilson
Pierson
McCracken
Two Sooners on Star Club: All America picks
Scholastic Magazine lists 77-man 1953 All America high school football team with six players from Texas and Oklahoma each. Notables include Kenneth Hall of Sugar Land who scored 361 points, breaking the Texas national record. other named players from Oklahoma include Larry Placher, Don Hawkins, and Carl Schlemeyer among backs and linemen with several regional stars across Oklahoma and nearby states.
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Oregon
Land
Tex
Aubrey Lewis
Montclair
N. J
Kenneth Hall
Sugar
Dick Todd
Crowell, Tex
Simmons Signs With Phillies Amid Trade Buzz
Curt Simmons, recovering from a toe injury, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for about 20,000. The Indians and Senators swapped catchers Mickey Grasso and Joe Tipton, both generally swing role players. Other signings included Pat Mullin with Detroit, Sherman Lollar with Chicago, and Wilber Shantz with Philadelphia as teams reshaped rosters while Milwaukee eyed a pennant.
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Phillies
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Mathews
Curt
Roberts
Eddie Mathews
John Quinn
Milwaukee Braves
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Cleveland Indians
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Philadelphia Athletics
Wilmer Shantz
Cincinnati
Wally Post
Bob Borkowski
Howie Pollet
Bubba Church
Milwaukee
Yankees
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