Ponca Duo Nabs Lead In Women's Pin Meet
Nancy Tipton and Darlene Widner of Ponca City took over first place in the Class D doubles event at the Oklahoma Women's Bowling Association tournament at Sooner Lanes Sunday. Brady Krause of Chinchillas led Class A team standings with 2268. French Cleansers tied for fifth in Class B with 2188.
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Bill Ewald
Nancy Tipton
Darlene Widner
Ponca City
Oklahoma Women’s Bowling Association
Sooner Lanes
Brady Krause Chinchillas
Oklahoma City
French Cleavers
Glen Paris and Sons
Goodrich Rollettes
Miami
Cobb Pontiac
Charlene Ware
Joan Brown
Stillwater
Weer
Zella Hughes
Seminole
Jane Hall
Jerry Clinton
Ola Brewer
Robbie Jo White
T. Zeinemann
Shawnee
Refa Walton
Rain Postpones Pensacola Open Final Round
The final round of the Pensacola Open was halted by rain with Don Fairfield Casey Mil leading at 54 holes with a 206 total. Highlights from golf, track, tennis, skiing, horse racing, and more across multiple venues.
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Pensacola
Fla
Don Fairfield
Casey
Mll
Augusta
Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Eastern and Western Pro Cage Standings and Schedule
Eastern Division standings show Philadelphia and Boston near midtable with wins and losses. Syracuse leads the division with a strong 34 win total. Western Division features St. Louis and Minneapolis with overlapping records. Monday to Tuesday schedules include Syracuse vs St Louis and New York vs Minneapolis with recent results listed for Sunday Saturday and Tuesday matchups.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Syracuse
St. Louis
CSR
Minneapolis
Rochester
New Haven
New York
Fort Wayne
Weekend Fights Result Across Cities
Henry Davis of Honolulu outpointed Art Ramponi of Oakland by ten rounds in Hollywood. Joey Giardello of Philadelphia defeated Hurley Sanders of Newark in Paterson by ten rounds. Santiago Martinez from Havana fought Andy Arel of Miami, report notes scoring and local venue details.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Henry Davis
Honolulu
Art Ramponi
Oakland
Calif
Paterson
N.J
Joey Giardello
Philadelphia
Hurley Sanders
Newark
Havana
Santiago Martinez
Andy Arel
Miami
Hartack on Vacation Heads to Gulfstream Park
Willie Hartack, the nation’s leading jockey by wins last year, begins a brief vacation Monday at his Charlestown WV farm and plans to proceed to Florida’s Gulfstream Park next week.
Death Claims Diamond Star
ST LOUIS Arthur F Hofman 73 utility player in 14 major league seasons dies here He played multiple infield and outfield positions and was part of the 1908 Merkle bone head incident His nephew Bobby Hofman Giants Also tied to the replayed game when Merkle failed to run to second base and Evers received the force out Hank O Day umpired and noted Hofman made the call Merkle died March 2.
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Arthur F
Circus Solly) Hofman
Fred Merkle
Bobby Hofman
New York Giants
Hofman
Chicago Cubs
al Birdwell
Giants
Merkle
Cubs
Hank O’day
Johnny Evers
Maryland Opens Spring Grid Drills For 1956 Squad
Maryland head coach Tommy Mont begins spring practice with 84 candidates and 23 lettermen reporting to College Park. The 1956 squad features co captains Mike Sandusky and Jack Davis, with returning backs Frank Tamburello Jack Healy and Fred Hamilton. Fullback Tom Sele p expected to return after injury.
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College Park
Tommy Mont
Maryland
Mont
Mike Sandusky
Jack Davis
Ed Vereb
Frank Tamburello
Jack Healy
Fred Hamilton
Tom Selep
Pancho Gonzales Extends Lead Over Trabert 44-12
In Houston yesterday Pancho Gonzales beat Tony Trabert 6-3 6-2 to extend his series lead to 44-12. Pancho Segura won 6-3 6-3 over Rex Hartwig. The Trabert Hartwig duo edged Gonzales Segura 2-6 14-12 6-3 in doubles.
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Hartwig
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All Tournament Teams Selected in State High School Cage Finals
Tulsa Will Rogers and Guthrie each placed two players on all star basketball teams after the state high school championships in Oklahoma City. Class AA first team includes Spergel Capitol Hill Price Norman Land El Reno Wade Scranton Rogers. Second team features Tillery El Reno Brown Rogers Burton Rogers Dobson Capitol Hill Woodfall Norman. In Class A Guthrie’s Knight Yar Urban Matthews Roberts lead the first team with Urban Blackwell Kroeger and Roberts among others on the second team.
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Tulsa
Will Rogers
Guthrie
Dick Spergel
Capitol Hill
Dennis Price
Norman
Walter Land
el Reno
Lew Wade
Gib Scranton
Rogers
Jerry Tillery
T. Brown
Tulsa Rogers
Mike Burton
James Dobson
John Woodfall
Tigers Nudge Senators 5-4 in Florida Grapevine
In Florida action the Tigers edged the Senators 5-4 after a game highlighted by ten walks by Detroit pitchers and late runs. Vernon Law delivered a bases loaded homer and three hitless innings for the Pirates in a 11-1 win over the Athletics at Fort Myers while Gene Freeze also homered for Pittsburgh. Walt Moryn and Monte Irvin connected for Chicago in a 13-5 defeat of Baltimore, and a sacrifice fly by Bob Nieman propelled Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 win over Cincinnati in Tampa.
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Kansas City Athletics
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Cubs
Monte Irvin
Giant
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Baltimore
Orioles
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Washington Senators
Orlando
Jim Lymon
Washington
Ben Downs
Detroit
Bob Nieman
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
White Sox
Redlegs
Tampa
Jinookie Snares All Events Lead at ABC Tournament
John Jinookie, 41, of Plodzien Florists Chicago, leads the all-events class with a nine‑game 1,864 after moving into a four-pin lead. Joseph Rutkauskas of Sheboygan is second at 1,860. doubles standings shift see Horvath and Joseph moving to second at 1,277. Union East 108th Lanes Cleveland climbs to second in regular team with 1,909. Stetler and Sons York, Pa. next at 2,984. other positions unchanged.
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N.Y
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Plodzien Florists
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Jinookie
Maywood
Iil
Joseph Rutkaukas
Sheboygan
Wis
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Emil Joseph
Toledo Ohio
Union East
Cleveland
D. E. Stetler and Sons
York
Exhibition Baseball Scores and Schedule Summary
A compact recap shows early American and National League standings, with teams such as Detroit Boston Chicago New York and Baltimore listed, plus a Monday schedule from West Palm Beach to Clearwater and Sunday results in several cities. Notable scores include New York A 4 St. Louis 3 and Chicago N 13 Baltimore A 5. The report mixes standings snippets with a lane of spring training game results and upcoming venues across Florida, Arizona and California.
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Stuis
Ft. Myers
Mashburn Stars In Cowpoke Win Over Texas in Border Olympics
LAREDO Texas Oklahoma A&M captured its second Border Olympics team title as J W Mashburn anchored the mile relay to a 56 53 12 victory over Texas. A&M also took the mile and two mile with Stuve Landqvist, Ellis won the broad jump, Mashburn the 440, Ed die Ray Robert the high hurdles and Jim Graham tied for first in the pole vault.
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Aggies
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A&m
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Kim Ellis
Mashburn
Eddie Ray Robert
Jim Graham
Suggs Wins Titleholders Golf Title in Augusta
Miss Louise Suggs edged Patty Berg by one stroke to win the Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club. Suggs earned $900 after 72 holes, Berg $675, with final round scores of 74 and 74 respectively. Suggs battled hay fever and temper as she secured victory on the 18th with a 15-foot birdie putt.
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Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Ill
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Suggs
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Late Saturday Scores from Pac-12 Showdowns
UCLA defeated Southern California 97 to 84 and Stanford beat California 70 to 68 in overtime. Oregon State edged Oregon 59 to 49 while Colorado topped Kansas 75 to 67 and Idaho won over Washington State 78 to 71.
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Tulsa Opens Spring Drills for 80 Man Squad
The University of Tulsa begins spring football practice with 80 players. Coach Bobby Dobbs plans sessions Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays until 20 practice days are completed within 36 days. Main tasks include improving end positions strength backfield speed and quarterbacking while finding a center replacement for Max Black. An intra-squad game is set for April 14 and the spring contest for April 20.
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Ohio
University of Tulsa
Bobby Dobbs
NCAA
Dobbs
Max Black
Jockey Sal Chiappetta Suspended at Lincoln Downs
Lincoln Downs officials suspended jockey Sal Chiappetta for 10 racing days from Monday through March 22 for rough riding aboard Fighting Andy in last Friday’s fifth race.
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Lincoln Downs
Sal Chiappetta
Andy
Clark Top Scorer For Aggie Fresh
Arlen Clark of Colbert led Oklahoma A&M freshman basketball scorers with a 15.1 point average over 15 games. The Colts finished 13-2. Jerry Adair of Sand Springs was second at 11.4, while Travis Slaton of Valliant was third with 10.3 and led the team in rebounds.
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Okla
Arlen Clark
Colbert
Oklahoma A&m
Colts
Jerry Adair
Sand Springs
Travis Slaton
Valliant
Youll Enjoy KatyK Hickory Smoked Bacon Fest Shine
A local food festival called ABC Flap Jack & Food Fest runs March 14 at the old Constitution Building featuring Katy-K Hickory Smoked Bacon and other treats.
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Old Constitution Building
Vincent Wins Beaulieu Tennis Title
Tony Vincent of Miami defeats Antonio Maggi of Italy 2 6 6 3 6 4 to win the men's singles at Beaulieu. Ilse Buding of Austria beats Shirley Bloomer of Britain 3 6 6 4 6 4 for the women's title in France.
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France
Tony Vincent
Miami
Fla
Antonio Maggi
Italy
Ilse Buding
Austria
Shirley Bloomer
Britain
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