Milwaukee Braves Lead in Ticket Advances Across Leagues
The Associated Press reports rising advance sale totals for 1955 baseball season. Braves top 1,000,000 tickets while Yankees report 1,125,000, Indians over 1,000,000, with several clubs near or above the $400,000 to $550,000 marks. Giants and Phillies show strong gains, Dodgers limit sales, and overall attendance expected to rise from 1954 levels.
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Mount St. Mary’s and Loyola Set For Key Clash In Md
Mount St. Mary’s, 12 1 in conference play, faces front-running Loyola in Emmitsburg with a possible regular season title on the line. Loyola, 11 0 in conference play, could clinch first place, while Johns Hopkins and American threaten in Baltimore. High scorers include J Burgess and J Johnson with Kanode delivering strong highs.
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Bowling Office Patternmakers and Machinists Matchup Preview
A fragmented scorecard shows teams Bowling Office Patternmakers and Machinists with cleaners and warehouse squads. Details list high games and sets, with names Whit nore Ensor and Office as top performers, and a 1 661 high team total. Next week's matches feature Warehouse versus Cleaners and Molders versus Office.
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Whitnore
Ensor
Comets Triumph in Home Victory and Open Golf Report
Derrick Comets return home with a win while a Michigan hospital official notes medical costs drop as knowledge grows. The Texas Open at Brackenridge Park features Souchak leading at 68 and Haas at 129, with Balding Burke and others tied for third as wind and course challenge the field.
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Freddie Haas
Claremont
Calif
Duke University
Haas
Brackenridge Park
al Balding
Toronto
Canada
Jack Burke
Kiamesha Lake
Ty Eat
Paul Ears
Wichita
Kans
Bob Rosburg
San Francisco
John Barnum
Grand Rapids
Mich
Camp Detrick Valley Ball Camp Results and Fixtures
The report lists Tuesday results for Camp Detrick Valley teams including Screeners Motor Pool Parsons and Sox with scores and forfeit notes. It previews next week’s matches with Screeders Motor Pool Scorpions Parsons and Detachment No. 2 against Screeners and other teams.
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Parsons
Sox
Bullets
Scorpions
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Screedhers
Om Tenchaent
Wattats
Procurement
Screeners
Fight approval for Vejar Billy Graham bout in MSG
New York State Athletic Commission approves the Chico Vetjar Billy Graham fight at Madison Square Garden on March 4 despite protests from the Massachusetts Athletic Commission. Massachusetts chair Henry Lamarr argued Vejar not properly reinstated after Army discharge and failed to fulfill a Boston contract last April. NYAC records say Vejar is properly reinstated.
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Massachusetts Athletic Commission
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Massachusetts
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More Maryland Students Flunk Out
College Park Md Feb 18 More University of Maryland students flunked out at the end of the first semester this year. Registrar figures show 339 full time students dropped for unsatisfactory work, 5.9 percent of undergraduates, up from 244 and 3.9 percent a year earlier. Dr. Elkins cites tighter administration and more probation admissions as possible causes. The Diamondback editorial cites exams and papers as overburdening factors.
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University of Maryland
Wilson H. Elkins
Phi Beta Kappa
Rhodes
Svcholar
Elkins
College Scores From Yesterday Across numerous matchups
The Associated Press tally shows Penn 8 Harvard 73 Colgate 69 Penn State 59 Fordham 73 Holy Cross 61 Villanova 86 Lebanon Valley 76 St. Lawrence 76 Alfred 69 Allegheny 89 Bethany 72 Hamilton 83 MIT 87 Bowdoin 8 Saint Peters 19 Brooklyn 69 Franklin & Marshall 81 Susquehanna 64 Colby 75 Coast Guard 91 Kutztown 70 New Hampshire 94 Maine 89 Alderson Broaddus 103 Shepherd 92 Clarion 84 West Virginia State 87 Bluefield 62 Indiana (Pa) 83 Grove City 83 Waynesburg 88 Lycoming 69 Slippery Rock 78 Thiel 74 Salisbury 85 Winston-Salem 75 Catholic U 1 Hampden-Sidney 61 American U 93 Montclair 93 Wilson 80 Widely varied scores across NAIA and Division I/II teams including Notre Dame?
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First Team To Average 100 Points Or Better
New York with West Virginia sections noting the Golden Bears from Montgomery have clinched the distinction as the first college basketball team to average 100 points or more per game over a full season. They finish the regular season against Virginia Military Institute with 13 wins in 17, and their average remains above the century mark regardless of final score.
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Damascus Class C title win sparks debate on promotion
In Poolesville Maryland a crowded gym watched Damascus varsity edge Poolesville 74 73 to claim the Class C basketball crown amid arguments that promotions boost interest. Damascus led late as Kemp and Thompson paced the victors while Poolesville raced back to within a point in a seesaw finale.
Deaf Schools Begin Tournament for Deaf Students
PITTSBURGH February 18 The 23rd annual basketball tournament for schools for the deaf will be held March 3 5 Schools representers include Kendall Washington Marsland Frederick Md and West Virginia Romney W Va The tournament is sponsored by the Eastern Schools For The Deaf Athletic Association In all 110 deaf athletes of high school age will take part in the three day event.
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