Ottawa Relays Seeks Many Hands for 10th Annual Meet
More than 800 high school athletes expected Saturday at Ottawa Relays. Relays director Orlis Cox leads a large Ottawa high school team as assistants fill roles from starters to finish clerks. Washburn’s Dick Godlove returns as official starter with numerous workers handling events including weights, jumps, throws, and judging. Local coaches Bill Boucek and Bill Frear head weight edge and jumps respectively with a broad staff handling events and results.
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Hlere
Ottawa
Hale Blair
George Medlock
David Woods
Malcolm Jones
Glenn Ainsworth
E. V. Stewart
Jack Morrisey
Jack Byrd
Vernon Chesbro
Larry Ott
Bob Jenkins
Leroy Hood
Henry Parker
Bob Leonard
Reid Harder
Ben Park
Quincy Seymour
Norris ‘Burke
Howard
Tom Gleason
George Lister
Ted Dorkins
Don White
Freeland West
Bill Boucek
Ottawa University
Boucek
Jim Curry
Ron
Vaughn
Dick Schwartz
Clausie Smith
Willie Barnes
Olin McCool
Dean Stewart
Dave Brown
Lawrence Sayre
Dale Lanning
Ken McAdoo
B. L. Knight
Jim Bennett
Bill Frear
Frear
Jim Hartshorn
Nelson Hicks
al Keefer
John Martin
Clayton True
Gary Shofner
Bill Stevens
Pete Vault
Louis Coppoe
Ed Waters
Sidney Pope
Jim Clark
Don Hoglund
Ralph Bird
Claude Webb
Don Hull
Lamar Phillips
Ralph Loyd
Paul Andree
P. R. Jamison
Glen Dick
Dick Martin
Kent Granger
Dick Maach
Joe Cotton
Bob Young
B. F. Knight
Ray Cooper
Gordon Anderson
Kenny Clifton
Fragmentary list of event staff and sellers names
A partial OCR fragment lists personnel for an event. It names Len Martin and others involved with finishing strings and batons sourced from Jim Wicke and Jim Grogan, with Robert Bundy and Leonard Kelley set as gate ticket sellers.
Bazooka's String To Five Straight
New York hardman Bazooka Smallwood, 23, from Brooklyn, won a ten-round decision over Gaspar Ortega of Mexico at St Nicholas Arena. Smallwood floored Ortega for a nine count in round four, dominated early, and held on as Ortega rallied late. Judges and AP differed slightly on the tally, but all favored Smallwood who extended his unbeaten stretch to five.
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New York
Hardy
Bazooka
Smallwood
Mexico
Gaspar Ortega
Brooklyn
St. Nicholas Arena
Ortega
Artie Aidala
Artie Schwartz
George Walsh
Associated Press
Hays High Names New Grid Mentor
Hays High School in Kansas appoints Jack Hague as head football coach succeeding Grover Nutt who left to lead athletics at Ottawa University. Hague, a Ft. Hays State graduate, previously coached Oberlin High School for five years and led an undefeated team last season.
Draft Beckons Gola for Philadelphia Warrior rookie
Philadelphia 4 rookie Tom Gola of the Philadelphia Warriors must report April 17 for a draft physical. The 6 foot 7 inch National Basketball Association standout took the news calmly yesterday saying it’s something we all have to do. Gola’s height might keep him from induction.
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Philadelphia
Tom Gola
Philadelphia Warriors
la Salle
Gola
Do You Know Eddie Wallace Shines in NCAA Regional Play
Eddie Wallace Kansas State junior guard joins the NCAA Western Regional all tourney team and scores 23 points in K State's playoff win over Oklahoma City U marking his first major playing role this season. He had totaled 18 points in 18 games prior this season. The Cincinnati Redlegs finished fifth in the 1955 National League with 12 team shutouts.
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Eddie Wallace
Kansas State
K-State
Oklahoma City U
Wildcat
Wallace
Cincinnati Redlegs
Ottawa Softball Men Plan Season Start Meeting
The Ottawa Softball Association will meet Friday at 8:30 p m in the Bennett building Chamber of Commerce rooms to plan the coming season. An invitational double elimination tournament opens the season on May 10 with entrants including Topeka Hornets Topeka Midwest Appliance Clinton Lawrence Flower Box two Iola teams and four Ottawa teams.
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Ottawa Softball Association
Chamber of Commerce
Bennett Building
Topeka Hornets
Topeka Midwest Appliance
Clinton
Lawrence Flower Box
Iola
Ottawa
AAU Teams Clash In Cage Tourney Title Rematch
In Kansas City the Bartlesville Oilers and Seattle Bakers aim to rebound in a three night AAU round robin. The Armed Forces beat the Oilers 78 77 in overtime and the College All Stars routed the Bakers 86 79. Bill Russell and K C Jones starred for the All Stars with 42 points.
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Kansas City
Bartlesville Oilers
Seattle Bakers
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Club
Bruce Drake
Oilers
College All- Stars
Bakers
U.S
Australia
Bartlesville
Seattle
College All-Stars
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Army
Gib Ford
Larry Dugan
Ron Tomsic
Dugan
Bill Jurges Shapes Brandt Infield Skills This Spring
Washington Senator coach Bill Jurges helped St Louis Cardinal infielders this spring and noted Rochester out fielder Jack Brandt’s strong fielding of ground balls. Brandt showed solid fielding and emerged as a promising infielder prospect.
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Bill Jurges
Washington
Jack Brandt
Jurges
St. Louis Cardinal
Brandt
Rochester
Bluebird and Wren House Pattern Sale From Ottawa Herald
A note from the Pattern Dept of the Ottawa Herald in Bedford Hills New York describes Pattern 277 featuring bluebird and wren house designs. The two styles can be mailed for 25 cents or included in a packet of bird house patterns for one dollar postpaid, with placement tips for wrens under roof overhangs and bluebirds in orchard trees.
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Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept
Bedford Hills
New York
Phog Allen Slanders Suit Filed Over AAU Remarks
Harry D. Henshel head of the Olympic Basketball Committee sues Forrest C. Phog Allen in Jackson County Circuit Court for 35000 for remarks at a Kansas City civic club. Allen criticizes Henshel over AAU actions linked to Wes Santee and the 1945 Bronze Star and World War II service cited by Henshel in his defense.
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Kansas City
Harry D. Henshel
Forrest C
Phog) Allen
University of Kansas
Henshel
Allen
Jackson County
Amateur Athletic Union
Wes Santee
K. U
Santee
California
AAU
Harry Henshel
Brooklyn
Kan
Urge Phog Allen Run for Governor
Dr. Forest C. Allen known as Phog Allen, KU basketball coach, faces retirement June 1 and is urged to seek the Republican nomination for Kansas governor. Ed Abels, editor and former legislator, announced the plea in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Forest C
Phog) Allen
University of Kansas
Kansas
Ed Abels
Allen Reacts to Radio Speech on Republican Unity
A Liberal Kansas broadcast noted Allen’s remark that he heard the radio speech about uniting the Republican party. He added that many people have urged him to go fishing, and he has not given the issue serious thought yet.
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Allen
Liberal
Kas
Florida crowd sets record at 1956 Widener Handicap
The largest horse racing crowd in Florida history attended the 1956 Widener Handicap at Hialeah, with 42,366 spectators watching the event.
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Florida
Hialeah
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Phog Allen
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Kansas State Bank Bldg
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Cadillac
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