17 year old Middletown star shines with All-American tour
A Middletown High School basketball prodigy, age 17, travels from Dayton to New York with a group of top high school players. He mingles with college stars, meets figures like Wilt Chamberlain, and appears on the Steve Allen Show as part of a high-profile basketball youth tour.
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Collinsville
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Calif
al Butler
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N. Y
Tony Jackson
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Hudson Theatre
Frank Howard
Ohio State
Wilt Chamberlain
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Paramount Hotel
Haskell Cohen
Parade
Celtics Even Pro Series By Controlling Boards
In St Louis, Boston tops Hawks 123 118 to tie the NBA playoff at 2 2. Celtics win the rebounding battle 67 50 led by Bill Russell with 20 boards and Bob Cousy 31 points while Cliff Hagan fuels the Hawks late rally with 17 points in the final 14 minutes. Pettit leads Hawks with 33 as series scoring averages show Pettit 26.8 Sharman 24.1 Cousy 23.8.
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Reds Power Past Senators in Exhibition As Tebbetts Fumes at Kluszewski
Cincinnati Reds hammered five home runs to overturn a 5-0 deficit and beat the Washington Senators 9-7 in an exhibition in Nashville. Manager Birdie Tebbetts benched Ted Kluszewski for not hustling on a fourth inning liner, urging all players to push the pace. Ed Bailey and Gus Bell homered, with Bailey adding a second shot, and Frank Robinson also connected.
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Reds
Washington Senators
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Ted Kluszewski
Tebbetts
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Kluszewski
Redleg
Cincinnati
Senators
Roy McMillan
Don Hoak
Ed Bailey
Gus Bell
Frank Robinson
Amateur Boxers In NAAA Trials Begin in Boston Garden
About 125 amateur fighters, including defending titlists in lightest and heaviest divisions, start the 69th AAU boxing championships at the Boston Garden with trial bouts. Flyweight Al Pell and heavyweight Jim McCarter defend 1956 titles as Air Force swept eight crowns last year. Twenty teams from coast to coast provide deep talent as tournament director Tom Sheehan predicts a top-tier event.
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Boston Garden
al Pell
New York City
Jim McCarter
Seattle
Air Force
Tom Sheehan
Snead Loses Masters Title To Ford In Augusta
Sam Snead finishes second in the 21st Masters as Doug Ford shoots 66 to claim the title by six strokes. Snead hoped a 70 would win but ends at 286 after a final round 72, admitting he miscalculated the needed score. Ford totals 283 for the championship.
Roberts tops singles with first 700 series in Ohio tourney
Akron Ohio William H Roberts 60 of Warren bowls a 781 total aided by 60 pin handicap to lead the 53rd Annual Ohio State Bowling Assn tournament singles, moving past Ed Markulis of Akron. Salvatore de Vito of Shelby and William Boyd Jr of Warren tie for second with 722s.
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William H. Roberts
Warren
Ohio State
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Doug Ford Captures Masters With 66 Final Round
Doug Ford, aged 34 from Mahopac New York, scored a Masters record 66 in the final round to win by three strokes over Sam Snead. Ford finished at 283 two under par after four rounds, earning 8750 dollars and boosting his season winnings to 25684 dollars. He credited a new grip and aggressive play, citing a 40 foot approach from the 15th hole and a spectacular finish after a risky shot over the pond.
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N.Y
Ford
Doug
Sam Snead
Jimmy Demaret
Harvie Ward Jr
Golf stars finish strong in close tournament
Demaret fired 70 to share high finish as Snead 72 Ward 73. Thomson 71 for 289 and Furgol 74 for 290, with Finsterwald and Palmer at 291.
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Snead
Ward
Australia
Peter Thomson
Ed Furgol
Don Finsterwald
Arnold Palmer
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