Fiberglass Pole Changes Vaulter Debate in 1950s
Costa Mesa Calif AP says Cornelius Warmerdam backs fiberglass poles for vaulting noting no regulation limits pole type and predicting higher marks. History recalls Velses 16ft barrier and earlier pioneers like Myer Jackson and Bob Mathias linked to fiberglass use.
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Tony
Cornelius Warmerdam
Fresno State College
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Verses
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George Davies
Bob Myers
Pasadena City College
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Bob Mathias
Bob
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Cassius Clay Targets Liston Title After Banks Date
Cassius Clay, 20, speaks at a New York boxing luncheon and hypes a Madison Square Garden date with Sonny Banks. He aims for a title shot by beating Eddie Machen Johansson Patterson and Liston, while predicting Banks will fall in four rounds. Clay’s deal pays $30 a month plus expenses and a share of the purse. He jokes he’d jet out if he loses.
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Sonny) Banks
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Alex Miteff
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Sonny Liston
Liston
Floyd Patterson
Eddie Machen
Ingemar) Johansson
Cley
Bill Faversham
Louisville
Ito
Davidson Rolls 740 In Tuneup At Sports Bowl
Dick Davidson posted a 740 series for Lee's Cafe in Legion League action, with games of 246 236 258 as part of a tuneup for the State Tournament. Irene Daniel led women with 508 while several others topped 200 in various 18 and 200 games across men’s and women’s divisions.
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American Legion
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Davidson
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Mary Griffin
George Handy
Rod Johnson
Bill Whitt
Ralph Mattingly
Gene Weidner
Gene Switzer
Willie House
Don Green
Snead Leads Women Golfers in Palm Beach Event
Veteran Sam Snead held a one stroke lead after 36 holes at the Royal Palm Beach Invitational, amid a field of top women golfers. Snead carded a 3 under par 105 on Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Club, the only man in the field.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Sam Snead
Snead
Palm Beach
Ridan Aims For Ninth Win In Bahamas Stakes
MIAMI Fla AP Ridan Crimson Satan and Sir Gaylord race under 126 pounds in the $25, Bahamas Stakes. Mrs Moody Jolley's Ridan seeks his ninth win in the race famed for tuning up Triple Crown candidates. Meadow Stable's Sir Gaylord defeated Crimson Satan in a prep race last week.
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Fla
Ridan
Crimson Satan
Sir Gaylord
Hot Strip Edges Cold Strip In OT for League Win
Hot Strip defeated Cold Strip 75 73 in overtime. Bob Davis led Hot Strip with 23 points and scored the game winning shot. In other games, East Side Office beat Blast Fur.
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Cold Strip
Armco
Bob Davis
East Side Office
Seven Mile Boosters Plan Meeting and Film Event
The Seven Mile Boosters Club will meet tomorrow evening in the high school cafeteria at 8. A film of the 1961 Class A State Tournament finals will be shown. The group will discuss arrangements for a donkey basketball game scheduled for February 10.
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Seven Mile
Seven Mile Boosters Club
Lanigan Former Hall of Fame Historian Dies at 89
Ernest J. Lanigan, longtime sportswriter and historian of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, died Tuesday at age 89. He began with the Philadelphia Record and later worked for the Sporting News, New York Press, and Cleveland Leader. Lanigan joined the Hall of Fame in 1946 and became historian in 1948, retiring four years ago.
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Ernest J. Lanigan
Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N.Y
Lanigan
Philadelphia Record
Sporting News
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Hall of Fame
Brown Looks For Big Pay At Las Vegas
Joe Brown the world lightweight champion aims to return about 60 000 from Las Vegas after defending his title a 12th time against Carlos Ortiz on February 24 in Las Vegas He plans to fight despite a pistol charge after a 800 bond was posted and the gun was allegedly left in his car by a friend.
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Jenks
Melbourne
George Roubanis
Greece
Brown
Las Vegas
Houston
Joe Brown
Carlos Ortiz
New York
Vegas
Rubber Bowl Contest Out For Browns
Cleveland Browns will skip the annual Rubber Bowl exhibition at Akron this fall due to a scheduling conflict. The club has played in Akron in 15 of 16 prior preseasons, averaging about 27,000 fans, with a 1962 note of a 28,000 crowd against Pittsburgh. Browns plan to return to Akron in 1963 after the Chicago Bears Armed Services game in Chicago on September 8.
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Arthur Modell
Modell
Lahar Returns as Colgate Coach for 1962 Red Raiders
Harold W. Lahar, 43, former Colgate coach 1952-56 and Houston head coach 1961, returns to direct Colgate football in 1962 replacing Alva Kelley who resigned. Lahar led Colgate to 24-17-4 in prior tenure and played for the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills before coaching at Arkansas, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh. Kelley, 43, came from Brown in 1959 and coached Colgate to a 5-4-1 season.
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N.Y
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Hal) Lahar
Colgate University
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Alva Kelley
Buffalo
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Houston
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