Emmitsburg Faces Poolesville in State Tournament Bid
Emmitsburg may be hampered tonight at College Park with doubts over 6-6 center Bill Zimmerman who was confined to bed earlier in the week. Coach John Horine said he did not know if Zimmerman would be ready to play as Emmitsburg seeks its first state tournament appearance.
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Chicago Nationals
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Maryland House OKs 1 percent bet tax hike for horse racing
The Mary Bouse of Delegates approved a 1 percent increase in the betting tax for horse racing and a separate harness commission to supervise the sport. The tax would rise from 12 to 18 percent on thoroughbred bets and 15 to 16 percent on harness bets, with added revenue to boost purses for Maryland-born horses. The measure advances to the Senate, where fate is uncertain.
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Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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Harness Commission
Short Races Fill Out Day's Card At Lincoln Downs
Lincoln Downs ran an eight race program after shortening distances to three sixteenths of a mile on the straightaway to avoid icy turns. Three horses and jockeys fell in the opening race, the second race was canceled, the rest completed with one more spill, and winners in the first race received a consolation daily double of 3316. Officials plan to try nine races at regulation distance Thursday.
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NBA Scores: Celtics trounce 76ers by wide margin
In a decisive NBA matchup, Boston routed Philadelphia 153 to 102 posting a dominant win. Syracuse beat St Louis 129 to 126 in another league game. American Basketball League results show New York 106 over Chicago 94. College basketball shows Louisville and Kentucky with incomplete scores.
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Orioles and Yankees open spring intrasquad showdowns
In Miami Earl Robinson Whitey Herzog and Boog Powell spark the Orioles in an intrasquad win as Brooks Robinson and Jim Gentile drive in runs. Bob Leopold scatters two hits over three innings for the Stallions. In Fort Lauderdale Roger Maris stars in a Yankees intra squad game with a homer and a 400 foot double. In Annapolis Maryland lawmakers approve a daily keeper limit for striped bass over 15 pounds in Chesapeake Bay.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Emmitsburg Liners Threaten Playoff Run Without Zimmerman
Emmitsburg faces Poolesville in the State playoffs at Cole Field House with center Bill Zimmerman potentially sidelined by illness. If Zimmerman cannot play, Jim Hewitt and Ken Slick would share rebound duties while Don Sweeney and Ken Swomley run backcourt. Poolesville brings a 19-3 record and tough scorer Eddie Sewell as Maryland School for the Deaf is a common foe. Game time is 6 p.m.
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Cumberland
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Cole Fieldhouse
Liberty Added Split-Season In State League
The Maryland State League expands to seven teams with Liberty rejoining to fill one franchise. Thurmont exits to Tri-County, Jefferson cannot participate this year. A split season pits first-half and second-half champions for the title, with no four-team playoff. Max Kehne named vice president. Burall re elected president. schedule duties assigned to the league president.
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William Burall
Burall
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Brunswick
Tom Lamb
Liberty Entry
Heart of Maryland
Kansas State Defeats Nebraska 84 to 60 in Big Eight Affair
Kansas State maintained a slim chance to tie Colorado for the conference title by overpowering Nebraska 84 to 60. The Wildcats jumped to a 24-10 lead, extended a 39-31 halftime edge, and pulled away in the second half despite Wroblewski's foul trouble.
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Colorado
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Kansas
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al Peithman
Pat McKenzie
Wroblewski
Wildcats
Move Up for Mountaineers Move Up for Mountaineers
Prairie View Texas Westminster Pennsylvania and Grambling Louisiana lead the AP final college basketball rankings with a three team top trio. Wittenberg Ohio Hofstra Kentucky Wesleyan Tennessee State Georgetown Ky Mt Saint Marys and Fresno State fill the rest of the Top Ten led by Prairie View 67 points and Westminster 65 with Grambling third at 48.
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Wittenberg
Ohio
Hofstra
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Tennessee State
Georgetown
Mt. St. Mary’s
Fresno State
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ML. St. Mary's
Emmitsburg
Southern Illinois
Lamar Tech
Texas
Mt. St. Mary's
Cubs May Name Charley Metro Manager of Cubs
Feller recounts Cubs rotate coaches system and argues Charley Metro, a proven minor league winner and trainer of dozens who reached the majors, could become Cubs manager after impressing front-office officials in Mesa. Metro’s background includes work with Vancouver and Denver and stints with Detroit and Baltimore.
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NEA
Cubs
Philip K. Wrigley
U S Hockey Team Bets On Opening World Tilt
U S national ice hockey team coached by John Connie Pleban expects to win the opener against Norway in the eight team world amateur championship at Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs. Two goaltenders Mike Larson and Jim Hogue lack world championship experience.
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Associated Press
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Colo
John
Connie) Pleban
U.S
Norway
Broadmoor World Arena
Robert Lebel
Montreal
International Ice Hockey Federation
West Berlin
Pieban
Duluth
Minn
Mike Larson
University of Minnesota
Jim Hogue
Malden
Maas
Speed King Mickey Thompson Plans Comeback After Crash
In New York to promote a Challenger model kit, Mickey Thompson, famed for the 4066 mph Salt Flats run, says a return to land speed racing is possible despite a back injury and two-way record holder John Cobb. He notes taxi drivers scare him, praises his wife’s driving, and vows another record attempt.
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Associated Press
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Marion
Mickey? Thompson
Mickey
Thompson
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
New York
Williams heads advisory group for Sears sporting goods
Ted Williams forms the Ted Williams Advisory Committee to aid Sears Roebuck and Co. on development testing and promotion of Williams named sporting goods with Williams as chairman. EJ McGuinness notes local Sears store involvement and Sears sports buying department collaboration. Williams remains a consultant on baseball boating camping fishing and hunting.
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Sears
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Four and Twenty Captures San Bernardino Handicap at Santa Anita
Favorite Four and Twenty won the $28,600 San Bernardino Handicap at Santa Anita Park by four lengths. Johnny Longden rode the 127 pound top weight through the mile and one sixteenth in 1 48 1 5 on a slow track, with Machan second and Juandro third in a field of 10.
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Red shirting ban eyed by four eastern universities
An agreement to ban red-shirting in athletics at four eastern universities is expected to be announced soon. Pittsburgh Athletic Director Frank Carver said he discussed the plan with Penn State Syracuse and West Virginia officials, explaining red-shirting as delaying intercollegiate competition to extend a athlete's college eligibility.
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Race director named for Pimlico Race Course
AP reports Charles J. Lang named director of racing at Pimlico Race Course first to hold the title Lang 35 currently assistant director of racing formerly a jockey agent who handled Bill Hartack. The Detroit Tigers have trained at Henley Field in Lakeland Florida for the past 23 years.
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Charles J. Lang
Pimlico Race Course
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Bill Hartack
Detroit Tigers
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Lakeland
Cubs in Furor Over Locke Walkout Intra squad
Chicago managerless camp was unsettled after pitcher Bobby Locke walked off the mound in an intrasquad game citing arm trouble. Locke, 28, said he acted to avoid risking a hurled ball and claimed no discipline was expected. Coach Elvin Tappe implied a misunderstanding and planned standard spring training follow up.
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Associated Press
Mesa, Ariz
Chicago Cubs
Bobby Locke
Locke
Cleveland
Cub
Elvin Tappe
Phoenix
al Scheuneman
Tappe
Regar
NIT Opening Round Set For March 15 At Madison Square Garden
The Providence defending champion meets either St Joseph's Pa or Temple in the March 15 opening doubleheader at Madison Square Garden. Wichita faces Dayton in the other opener. St Joseph's and Temple play Friday in Philadelphia to decide the Middle Atlantic League winner.
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Philadelphia
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Houston
AFL creates West Coast grid rivalry with Chargers and Oakland
In Dallas January 1960 AFL executives added Oakland to form a West Coast rivalry with the Los Angeles Chargers. Hilton testified the Chargers needed a rival and two locations, Oakland and Atlanta, were considered for the eighth team as Minneapolis departed the AFL. Hilton noted owners favored Atlanta but rivalries could boost Chargers development. He also discussed NFL expansion prospects for Hunt and Adams.
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Bud) Adams Jr
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Hunt
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