Rain Doctor Chosen For Nigeria Tiger Fullmer Fight
Nigeria's labor minister Joseph Modupe Johnson plans a Lagos rain doctor to shield Saturday's boxing title bout between Dick Tiger and Gene Fullmer from showers at Liberty Stadium Badan. The boxing board refused a preliminary bout license, prompting threats to dissolve the board if interference continues.
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West Jordan
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Joseph Modupe Johnson
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Boxing Board
Jack Teller
Ghana
Pro Football Exhibitions Start Week In Preseason Games
The NFL and AFL open a seven day preseason with 11 exhibition games to evaluate players for keeps and potential earnings. Tonight Dallas Cowboys meet Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles as rookies and veterans vie for jobs across multiple venues including Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago New York. Notable names such as Terry Baker Lee Roy Jordan and Pat Richter feature as college stars test against pro teams in the run up to the regular season.
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Terry Baker
Oregon State
George Saimes
Michigan State
Pat Richter
Ron VanderKelen
Wisconsin
Bobby Pell
Sonny Gibbs
Texas Christian
Jerry Stova
Buccaneer Slacks win 6 4 in Industrial League final play
Recreation softball action saw Buccaneer Slacks defeat ABC 6 4 with Fontana and Smith on the winning battery and McGough and McCandlish taking the loss. Reeves Fontana Stinson and May homered for the winners while Lon Wood added three hits for ABC. Finals week lists Chn College Place vs Trinity at 7 p.m. and Chipmunks vs Southside at 6 p.m.
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George Smith
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McCandlish
Larry Reeves
Fontana
Don Stinson
Ronnie May
Lon Wood
College
Trinity
Benoit
Liberal Duck Season Now Expected for 1963-64
Washington sources say a liberalization of the restrictive duck hunting rules adopted last year is likely for the 1963-64 season. Bureau of Sport Fisheries chief Daniel H. Janzen and staff draft proposed regulations for Interior Secretary Udall after a two day waterfowl advisory committee meeting. Flyway councils push for relaxation while Audubon opposes change to protect breeding stock. Department predicts a moderate fall increase in ducks across Pacific, Central, and Mississippi Flyways with a small gain in the Atlantic.
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Daniel H. Janzen
Bureau of Sport Fisheries
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Janzen
The
Audubon Society
Department
Pacific
Central
Mississippi
Atlantic
Twin Cities Junior Golf Championship at Municipal Club
Municipal Golf Club hosts the Twin Cities Junior Golf Championship for boys and girls eight to 18 on August 26. Club pro Johnny Moyers announced additional events including a men’s championship in September, a women’s event in October, a joint putting tournament later this month, a hole in one event in early September, and free junior instruction Saturday mornings.
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Bossier City Seniors defeat Tri-Parish in Dixie Senior tourney
Bossier City beat Tri-Parish all stars 7-2 to reach the Louisiana Dixie Senior baseball tournament finals. De Ridder edged Vernon Parish 10-9 in the losers bracket, setting up DeRidder vs Tri-Parish with the winner facing Bossier City. Also, DeRidder topped Jefferson Parish 5-4 and Vernon defeated Franklinton 9-0. New York University's Barry Kramer set multiple basketball records with a 29.3 ppg season.
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Franklinton
New York University
Barry Kramer
Auburn Faces Patchwork Line as Injuries Hit Tigers
Auburn braces for a tough season as key players miss games or the year due to summer accidents. Mike Alford and Arnold Fitzgerald are sidelined, Mickey Sutton and Chuck Hurston face injuries, while coach Shug Jordan turns to red shirts and sophomores for depth. Quarterback Jimmy Sidle leads a reshuffled backfield as the Tigers aim to improve on a 6-3-1 record.
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Arnold Fitzgerald
Mickey Sutton
Tigers
Chuck Hurston
Ralph (Shug) Jordan
Jordan
Jimmy Sidle
Auburn
Travis Tidwell
Monk Gafford
Sidle
Marlon Kent
Tucker Frederickson
Billy Edge
George Rose
David Raw
Sikes and Greene Lead Western Open Qualifying
Dick Sikes from Springdale Arkansas and Bert Greene of Knoxville Tennessee posted 72s to lead the Western Amateur Golf Championship second round qualifying at Point-O-Woods Benton Harbor Michigan. Winds 10 to 18 mph tougher conditions. Sikes 38-34 and Greene 36-36 marked three sub par rounds on either nine with Antonio Jr. and Newcomb also posting 34s on back and front. Defending champ Art HudHouston opened play. event set for Texas city September 21.
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Mich
Dick Sikes
Tennessee
Bert Greene
Sikes
Springdale
Ark
Greene
Knoxville
Tenn
Alex Antonio Jr. Hubbard
Ohio
Bill Newcomb
Royal Center
Ind
Art Hud
Golf tournament leads field to 50 qualifiers for match play
Elyria's Nutt and Labron Harris Jr. posted solid scores as more than 180 golfers competed. Sikes sparked the round with an eagle on the 492 yard 15th, but bogeyed the final hole. After today, the field will be cut to the low 50 for 36 more holes of qualifying Friday, with 16 advancing to match play Saturday and two more rounds of match play Sunday.
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Labron Harris Jr
Stillwater
Okla
U.S
Sikes
Harvard gets coaching by ex NHL star Ralph Weiland
Former National Hockey League star Ralph Cooney Weiland takes the helm of Harvard’s golf team bringing top level experience to the squad and signaling a push to elevate program prestige and performance.
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National Hockey League
Harvard
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