It Was Blue Tuesday At Fort Sill And Fort Lee’s Lime Burns
Fort Sill officials faced disappointment after the postponement of the Fort Sill Bolling inter service game due to a lime burn incident. Bolling players suffered second degree lime burns in a 12-7 win over Fort Lee, prompting medical rest. The piece notes rain, field marking with lime, and the broader Lawton Fort Sill football scene including upcoming Cameron versus Northeastern A&M, plus coaching comments from Red Robertson.
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Fort Sill
Bolling Air Force Base
Sill
Bolling
Olling
Fort Lee
Robertson
Lawton
Cameron
Northeastern
Former Sill Officer Coaches Army Grid Team In Germany
Marvy McFadden former Michigan State football star who trained at Fort Sill last year now coaches the 36th FA Group Rams in Babenhausen Germany He led the Rams to a 33 7 win over Third Armored Cavalry at Nurnberg in a Central Conference game McFadden a 1952 Spartan four year performer drafted by the Steelers later coached at MSU before entering service in 1954 He is married to the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ewing Hedges of 706 Lee
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Michigan State
Fort Sill
Rammers
Babenhausen
Germany
Marvin G. McFadden
Third Armored Cavalry
Nurnberg
McFadden
Spartans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Steelers
Heater
McFaddens
Ewing Hedges
Lee
Tuesday's Fights in Detroit and Folyoke Card Upset
Eddie Walker of Detroit stopped Don Jasper of Duluth in a 3 round clash. Sammy Walker from Springfield halted Harvey Smailwood of Brooklyn in another bout. The mass card lists two featherweight seniors with Walker wins, reflecting a busy boxing lineup in New England and Midwest venues.
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Detroit
Eddie Walker
Don Jasper
Duluth
Folyoke
Mass
Sammy Walker
Springfield
Harvey Smailwood
Brooklyn
Casey Wants To Keep Job With Yankees
Casey Stengel aims to return as manager of the New York Yankees in 1956 despite illness and a near 65th birthday. Phil Rizzuto, 37, seeks to continue at shortstop and play for the Yankees or another club if needed. The Yankees acknowledge strong pitching, with Johnny Podres and Duke Snider singled out for the Dodgers series.
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NEW York
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Phil Rizzuto
Rizzuto
Brooklyn
Yanks
Phil
Gerry Coleman
Billy Hunter
Denver
Billy Martin
Army
Podres Crowned Dodgers Hero In World Series Triumph
Johnny Podres, 23, from Witherbee New York, pitched the Dodgers to their first world title with an eight hitter in a 2 0 win clinching Game seven, rebuffing the Yankees as agents hustled for his signature. Podres overcame a back ailment and had previously shut down New York in Game Three. His miner father Joseph Podres watched proudly as the victory sparked a flood of offers and TV interest.
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New York
Johnny Podres
Brooklyn Dodgers
Flatbush
Podres
Casey Stengel
New Yorkers
Yankees
Alston Sees Bright Dodgers Future With Young Pitchers
Brooklyn manager Walt Alston praised a talented core of young pitchers led by Johnny Podres after the Dodgers clinched their first World Series title by defeating the Yankees 2 0 in seven games. He highlighted Roger Craig Don Bessent Ed Roebuck Karl Spooner and Sandy Koufax as future anchors. Podres, 23, earned the clinching victory at Yankee Stadium as the Dodgers set a Series attendance and revenue record of 2 337 513 34 in the first five game win comeback from 0 2 down.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Yanks
Rizzuto
Joe DiMaggio
Phil
Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Podres
Lake Placid
Brooklyn
Walt Alston
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Alston
Johnny Podres
Roger Craig
Don Bessent
Ed Roebuck
Karl Spooner
Sandy Koufax
Craig
Bessent, Roebuck
Spooner
Koufax
Bronx Bombers
Goat Hodges Drives Dodgers To 1952 World Series Victory
Gil Hodges, once the series goat with 0 for 21, delivered two RBIs as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 2 to 0 to win the world championship. He followed later with a fourth inning RBI single and a sixth inning sacrifice fly to seal the win, amid celebration in the Dodgers’ dressing room.
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New York
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Dodger
Brooks
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Yankees
Hodges
Rocky Nelson
Nelson
Gil
Yanks
Allie Reynolds
Yankee
Ed Lopat
Allie
Gene Woodling
Duke Snider
Roy Campanella
Campanella
Bob Grim
Tommy Byrne
Reese
Chavez Flanagan In TV Ring Scrap Tonight
Eddie Chavez of San Jose meets Glenn Flanagan a substitute from St Paul in a 10 round lightweight bout televised nationally. Flanagan has 86 losses? He has lost only 14 of 100 bouts. Chavez has a record of 52 victories 8 losses and 3 draws.
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Richmond
Calif
Eddie Chavez
San Jose
Glenn Flanagan
St. Paul
Texas Eyes End Of OU Win Streak In Dallas Showdown
Texas quarterback Joe Clements, recovering from a knock, aims to halt Oklahoma’s 21 game college football win streak in the Dallas Cotton Bowl. Coach Ed Price praises a tough, well conditioned Longhorns squad as they prepare to face a strong, balanced OU team led by Tommy McDonough Harris and Bob Burris. The Texas–Oklahoma rivalry dates to 1900 with 49 meetings, Texas leading 30 to 17 with two ties.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Tex P
Joe Clements
Texas
Longhorns
Dallas
Oklahoma
Clements
Southern California
Sooners
Bobby Layne
Ed Price
Price
Tommy McDonad
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Harris
Bob Burris
California
Layne
Hartack Wins Two More, Reaches 333 Victories
Willie Hartack, leading rider, at Atlantic City race course, won on Play Fiddle and Girder to raise his 1955 victory total to 333. The gelding Play Fiddle paid $6 and Girder $5.60.
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Hartack
Mays Landing
N.J
Willie Hartack
Atlantic City
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Red) Robertson
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Minesville
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