Shaky Sox Begin Key Week Amid Series With Senators
The Chicago White Sox start a three game set with Washington and then a double header against the Yankees as they chase the leaders. A split twin bill with Baltimore earlier shows the volatile pace of their season and manager Marty Marion questions the team’s consistency. Six more twin bills loom in their schedule.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Washington
New York Yankees
Yankees
Cleveland
Cleve
Senators
Indians
Baltimore
Billy Pierce
Bill Wight
Orioles
Yanks
Detroit
Marty Marion
Olson Giambra Friday Bout Set At Cow Palace
Middleweight champ Bobo Olson faces Joey Giambra in a non title 10 rounder at the Cow Palace Friday night. Olson is the hometown favorite around 3 to 1, with Giambra from Buffalo expected to score. The bout airs nationally at 9 p.m. est, though SF area is blacked out. Giambra has won four straight fights in Texas where he serves in the army and will be discharged in December.
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Bobo Olson
Joey Giambra
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Giambra
Buffalo
Cow Palace
Texas
Philley Hits Past Old Teammates in Chicago Series
Baltimore’s Dave Philley, once with the White Sox for six seasons, delivered a standout four game showing in Chicago. He collected 10 hits in 17 at bats with two doubles and two home runs, lifting his average from .288 to .305.
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Baltimore
Dave Philley
Chicago
Philley
White Sox
East Wins All-American Prep Clash In Memphis 20-14
In Memphis, Bob Craven of Owensboro Kentucky led the East to a 20-14 victory over the West in the seventh annual All-American high school game. Nick Pietrosante Ansonia Connecticut and Bobby Johnson Mobile Alabama provided key plays while Gene Littleton Moultrie Georgia and Dewey Bohling Albuquerque New Mexico contributed on offense and defense.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bob Craven
Owensboro
University
Kentucky
Nick Pietrosante
Ansonia
Conn
Bobby Johnson
Mobile
Ala
Pietrosante
Vince Mathews Houston
Tex
G. L. Alsbrook
Galveston
Jackson
Craven
Mathews
Dewey Bohling
Albuequerque
N. M
Coaches Start Gridiron Grind for Little Musky 1955
Jefferson field hosts opening day football drills as the Little Musky squad began two a days. Gantenbein and Kochneff led linemen and backs in live blocking and tackling with speed noted in passing drills. Coaches expect two a day sessions through Labor Day as they blend T and single wing concepts and build toward the first game in 13 practices.
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Earl Gantenbein
Walt Kochneff
Gantenbein
Kochneff
Caroline to Play Pro Football for Toronto Argo naughts
Toronto Argo naughts offer prize money to J C Caroline former Illinois halfback who says he agreed to terms and will play this season after arriving from scholastic ineligibility. Caroline, Illinois’ top offensive star in 1953, joins the team despite a shoulder injury.
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J. C. Caroline
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Argonauts
Ace Oak Four Football Union
Rieeter
Fleet Veterans Bolster Hawks Eddie and Earl Spark Backs
Iowa City senior Eddie Vincent and left halfback Earl Smith headline the 1955 Hawkeyes backfield after standout 1954 seasons. Smith set a Big Ten rush average record and punt return mark, while Vincent led Iowa in rushing and owns a modern era 96 yard TD run. Also listed are Kenneth Ploen, Eldean Matheson, Delmar Kloewer, and Collins Hagler as key backfield players with spring notes on form and versatility.
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Earl Smith
Eddie Vincent
University of Iowa
Earl
Eddie
Hawkeye
Eldean Matheson
Lake Mills
Kenneth Ploen
Clinton
Smith
Gary
Ind
Iowa
Big Ten
Ohio State
Punkin) Vincent
Ensirely
Purdue
Delmar Kloewer
Manilla
Garcia Back in Form To Aid Indian Drive
Cleveland manager Al Lopez may have found pitching help in Mike Garcia as he returned to form. Garcia allowed only one earned run in his last 18 innings and blanked the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on seven hits to lift his record to 9-11.
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al Lopez
Indians
Mike Garcia
Boston Red Sox
Grammas Hits First Away Home Run for Cardinals
Homer Grammas of the St. Louis Cardinals connected for his first away home run of the season at the Polo Grounds against the New York Giants. In his second big league season, Grammas previously homered twice last year, both at Busch Stadium.
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Cards
Data incomplete on football backfield candidates
The text lists several back candidates by name and origin, noting one exceptional runner with breakaway potential but weaker defense than Vincent. It mentions Bill Happel and Donald Nachtman as possible helps, plus a longer roster of left and right backs from multiple states with no clear selection or outcome.
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Bill Happel
Cedar Rapids
Donald Nachtman
Dubuque
Mike Phelps
East St. Louis
Ill
Phil Leahy
Clinton
Wally Sheets
Tipton
Tom Newell
Woodward
George Cabalka
Independence
Bob Lear
Keokuk
Orlando Pellegrino
Chicago Heights
Bill McAdams
Spring Valley
Bob _ Stifter
Chicago, Ill
Ronald Means
Villisca
Riley Leads Field To Final Eight In National Amateur Golf
In Charlotte North Carolina the 55th Women s National Amateur narrowed to eight with Polly Riley from Fort Worth Texas advancing through two matches at Myers Park Club. Riley beat Rae Milligan 4 3 after defeating Rae Milligan and had edged past Barbara McIntire s rival Wiffie Smith before the quarter finals. Williamsville New York s Pat Lesser Seattle and others remained in contention as play concluded for the day.
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Myers Park Country Club
Scott Probasco
Chattanooga
Tenn
Anne Quast
Marysville
Wash
Probasco
Marjorie Lindsay
Decatur
Ill
Jane Nelson
Indianapolis
Barbara McIntire
Toledo
Ohio
Wiffie Smith
St. Clair
Mich
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Tex
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Orangeburg
S.C
Pat Lesser
Seattle
Miss Riley
Mary Lena Faulk
Philip Cudone
Montclair
N. J
Rae Milligan
Alberta Canada
Miss Smith
Chicago
Carl Tuttle
Detroit
Margaret Allen
Arlington
Gilmer Delivers as Lions Top Redskins in Exhibition
Gilmer leads Detroit in a 17-14 exhibition win over Washington in Mobile. He throws for 35 yards to Dave Middleton and runs for a later score, finishing with 180 passing yards. Bobby Layne watches from the sidelines for treatment as Dorow and Guglielmi score for the Redskins.
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Ala
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Detroit Lions
Bobby Layne
Harry ‘Gilmer
Washington Redskins
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Gilmer
Jag Girard
Washington
al Dorow
Ralph Guglielmi
Dorow
Redskins
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Guglielmi
Johnny Carson
Doak Walker
Layne
Detroit
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