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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1959
Page
3
Ice and high water battered a boat leaving doubts about the owner's ability to repair. The article urges careful maintenance, painting aluminum and fibreglass craft, replacing worn wood parts, and proper storage to extend life and reduce next season costs.
Brunswick High School won its fifth straight basketball game last night beating Frederick County 60 2. Spurrier and Fleetwood led with 18 points each and Brandenburg added 12. Brunswick JV won 40 37. They face tough Class B games next week with Middle Township on Tuesday.
The sixth annual Tops in Sports banquet at the Lord Baltimore Hotel will feature Ernie Banks, NL MVP, and Rocky Colavito among other honorees. The piece highlights Banks’s home runs and RBIs, Colavito’s 41 homers and 303 total bases, and notes preparations for a 1958 ceremony amid mixed editorial content.
Naval Medical Center defeated Fort Detrick 72 to 57 in a regional contest. The report notes team lineups and key scorers, with Navy Medical Center led by Bowie and Snowden, while Fort Detrick struggled to close the gap.
YMCA Intermediates announce two basketball games as part of local youth league action. The club meets at Rosedale Field House for a regular Pop Warner midget football tag meeting on Monday at 7 30 p m.
Gene Ace Armstrong faces Eddie Dixon in a mid dleweight bout at Madison Square Garden as Dixon weighs options between a Newark police beat and boxing prize money. Dixon, a 25 year old Korean veteran with 14 4 2 record, has fought little but aims to win and return to his police duties. Armstrong holds a 15 0 pro record and hopes to force Dixon back to his beat after tonight’s fight.
At the NCAA convention a lengthy talk focused on a national letter of intent for signed athletes receiving financial aid. While support grew, many details remain unresolved and adoption on a national scale seems distant. Representatives from colleges and conferences backed expanding use, though opposition cited dates for signing as a major hurdle.
The NCAA Council moved to empower schools to suspend or fire coaches found guilty of serious infractions while the council can act against individuals indirectly. It reinforced football TV controls and ruled that professional clubs may not fund college athletic scholarships, opposing pro funding proposals from the Detroit Tigers. The national letter of intent system for signing athletes showed no clear agreement.
The Orioles announced a 39 man spring roster with contracts sent to 37 players as rookie Pedro Cepeda helps Giants still contend for pennant. Cepeda, 22, is the NL rookie of the year, after a .312 season with 25 homers and 96 RBIs. The roster includes seven newcomers and averages 27.6 years, 6 feet tall, and 186 pounds with O.Dell as elder statesman.
In a compact college football note Virginia defeated New Hampshire while Penn State posted a 91 to shift in the Mexico State tilt.
Peruvi an tennis star Olmedo pulled from the West Australian Championships due to a strained stomach muscle after a 12-game showing in doubles. MacKay and Buchholz advance to meet each other, with Gimeno moving toward the finals. Olmedo planned heat therapy Friday and cited a recurring old injury from Brisbane.
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