Angels View Seabiscuit Berinsky Belinsky Final Spring Start
Angels manager Bit Rigney likens pitcher Bo Belinsky to Seabiscuit as he prepares for a final 1963 spring appearance in an intrasquad game in Palm Springs. Giants manager Alvin Dark named Jack Sanford as opening day starter for April 9 at Houston. Career notes include Throneberry signing with the Mets, Manny Jimenez signing with Kansas City, and holdouts by Lenny Green, Rorky Colavilla, and Norm Cash.
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Detroit Tigers
Parsons Loses and Clinches Share of Title in Conference Play
Parsons lost but still clinched a tie for the Town Conference title as Upper Town edged Parsons on Fayette floor. Cornell moved into a share of first in the Midwest Conference while Central fell to Buena Vista. Ripon beat Coe. Carleton upset Ripon, and Grinnell won. Meusel dies of heart attack in Long Beach. historical MLB star played for Giants and Phillies. Hockey slate shows Detroit, Montreal, Toronto on weekend cards.
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Rate Team in Easy Victories in State Basketball Race
Highly ranked teams won district round games as Regis ace Jim Cumming scored 30 in routing Vinton. Ottumwa and Centerville clash Monday as Mike Putnam nears a state scoring record while Davenport West, Sioux City Central and Waterloo West also posted district semifinal wins.
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Lakers Question Boston Pace After Slump
The Los Angeles Lakers dropped their third straight and fourth in five, losing 114-109 to Chicago Zephyrs to fall to 51-21 for a 0.704 percentage. Boston leads with 51-21 for a 0.708 mark, stalling a potential record run.
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Lone Tree Wins 4th Tourney Game
Lone Tree defeats West Liberty 44 to 40 in a high school basketball tournament. Readable box scores show Johnson and Feener contributing solid points, with Cambria-Corydon and Albia also posting wins in the round. The day’s results include several Cedar Rapids area teams and state rivals across multiple districts.
Lone Tree Tops West Liberty In Tourney Thriller
Lone Tree defeated West Liberty 44 to 40 in a tight district tourney game at Davenport Central. Mills led Lone Tree with 18 points, Brack’s squad staged a late run to pull away, while Hawley and Harmon paced West Liberty with 14 and 12 points respectively.
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College Basketball Scores From Friday and Upcoming
Duke led by 82 to 65 over North Carolina State while Davidson posted a 75 to 67 win over Virginia Tech West Virginia beat Furman and other results across Yale Dartmouth Temple Princeton and more in assorted conferences East Midwest Southwest and West. NBA results included Chicago 114 Los Angeles 109 Detroit 115 St Louis 113 and San Francisco 182 Cincinnati 125 list of upcoming games follows.
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Big Six in 5 Way Duel After Cal Southern Cal Upsets
Duke and West Virginia advanced to the ACC final after upset-free runs toward the NCAA playoffs, while Princeton surged in the Ivy League with Bill Bradley scoring a school record 29 as Princeton beat Cornell. Wake Forest, West Virginia, California, and Southern Cal also won in conference tournaments, with upsets and tight finishes shaping the race.
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Fastest 600 by Iowa’s Roy Kerr in Big Ten meet
At Madison Wisconsin the Iowa Hawkeyes qualified five athletes for individual titles in the Big Ten indoor track final. Michigan leads team points with eight finalists, Michigan State has six, while Iowa’s Roy Kerr posted the fastest 600 qualifying heat at 1 41.6. Bill Frazier, sidelined from the 600 yard race, led finals contenders with a 1 54.8 time trial, and Don Gardner Gary Hollingsworth Ralph Trimble plus Roger Kerr also advanced to finals.
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Pirates Poised For Changes In 1962 Season
The Pittsburgh Pirates rebuild under manager Danny Murtaugh shifts to speed and defense while accepting a weaker offense. Veterans like Dor Hoak Dick Groat and Dick Swart depart, leaving Bill Mazeroski as a holdover. Donn Clendenon Willie Stargell Pancho Herrera and a rookie Bob Bailey step in. GM Joe Brown began off season reshaping after a fourth place finish in 1961.
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Rosburg Takes Narrow Lead in New Orleans Open
Bob Rosburg used a hot putting stroke to carve a saucy 67 at Lakewood Country Club in gusty winds, one stroke ahead of Bo Wininger after the opening round of the Greater New Orleans Open. Dave Marr and Gary Player share early chatter as contenders.
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High jumper Dave Hawley leads West Liberty in district loss
Dave Hawley of West Liberty cleared 4 rebounds from Ron Cerby of Lone Tree during Friday night district action. Hawley scored 14 points as the Comets fell 44-40.
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Grinnell Wins Loop Track Meet Sets Three Records
Grinnell College scored 77 points to win the 13th annual Midwest Conference intercollegiate track meet, defeating Chicago which had 59% points. Carleton led contenders with 42% while Cornell, Berof t, Coe, and others trailed. Three meet records fell including Carlton’s John Thiel in the shot and the Grinnell distance medley relay clocking 10:37.8 and Chicago’s mile relay at 3:28.1.
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Candy Spots and Never Bend Lead Derby Eligibles
Candy Spots and Never Bend head 129 nominees for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The $125,000-added race meets May 4, with Rex Ellsworth’s Candy Spots aiming after today’s Santa Anita Derby and Harry Guggenheim’s Never Bend set to run in the Flamingo at Hialeah. Four fillies were nominated for the mile and a quarter classic. Fred Hooper’s Win-Em-All is among the three-year-olds in the field.
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Muskies and Bettendorf Meet in District Tourney Night
Muscatine and Bettendorf renew their boys basketball rivalry in a district tournament opener at 7 20 p m at MHS after split regular season games. The all time series is even at 33 33 with this first meeting in tourney play. West defeated Davenport Assumption 61 38 in Friday night action led by Tom Pohlmann 17 points Bob Duffield 13 Ricky Price 10.
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Bachelor Tops Singles in ABC Buffalo Tournament
Ron Haten, a 19 year old bachelor and Metheun Massachusetts alley clerk, led the regular singles division in the American Bowling Congress Tournament in Buffalo New York. His 707 three game series Friday night was 32 pins higher than any he had bowled before.
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