Good Showing By Braves At Emporia Relays
Ottawa University Braves placed in multiple events at the Emporia Relays led by Louis Coppee’s Ottawa pole vault record 13 feet, and Dick Utter of Emporia State clearing 14-4. The team finished sixth in points as Hays Teachers won with 32. Ottawa’s sprint medley and shuttle hurdle relay shows strong depth, with several seconds and thirds. Upcoming dual with Southwestern and KU relays loom.
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Ray Cooper
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Ken McAdoo
Clayton True
Southwestern College
Cockfield
Glandular Inflammation and Non Surgical Treatment Claim
An advertisement targets men over 40, warning that glandular inflammation causes age-related troubles and premium relief is only temporary. It promotes the Excelsior Institute’s non surgical treatments for older men and offers a free book by mail from Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
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Excelsior Institute
Records Fall at Emporia Relays With Several Records
Eight college and ten Class AA high school marks fell at the 10th annual Emporia relays. Fort Hays State won the college division, Hutchinson claimed junior college honors, and Topeka topped Class AA. Dick Utter set a state record with a 14 feet 4 inches pole vault for Emporia State.
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Wellsville Ace to Play in Emporia State Intra-Squad
Jerry Vickers, ex Wellsville High School star, will join Emporia State College players in an intra-squad game on April 21 to close spring drills. The event starts at 9 a m at the E State stadium. Vickers, 180 pound halfback, is a 1955 graduate and a freshman accounting major, son of Mr and Mrs Elton Vickers of Ottawa.
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Wellsville High School
Emporia State College
E-State
Vickers
Emporia State
Elton Vickers
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Ottawa
Ottawa Umpire Heads Districts in Softball Plans
Bill White of Ottawa named umpire in chief at the state softball meeting in Wichita. Ralph Emerson attended from Ottawa. The state tournament will be in Great Bend on August 22 126 with fourteen teams including Ottawa and Parsons districts. Local season opens May 10 with an invitational tourney. Night games, 25 cent admission. tourney ends May 19. League play begins May 28. Practice schedule lists Skelly Budge’s Baldwin Co-Op and Phillips 66 for weeknights.
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Great Bend
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Clinton
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Nieder's Toss Spurs Aggie Kansas Track Meet
Bill Nieder of Kansas dominated a dual meet with Oklahoma A&M in Lawrence by throwing the shot 60 feet 3 inches, a mark above 60 feet. Kansas won 86 to 45 as sophomores Al Orter Kent Floerke and Bob Cannon set records in discus broad jump and high jump, and Jim Graham of the Aggies vaulted 14 feet 5% inches for another meet record.
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al Orter
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Bob Cannon
Jim Graham
Aggies
Bumns Yankees Picked To Cup Titles Again
The defending champion Dodgers and Yankees were named as top favorites to repeat as pennant winners as Opening Day looms. Injuries to key players Mantle Howard and Berra cloud the Yankees lineup while Dodgers face possible surprises from other strong clubs across the league.
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Yankees
A's win twice to seize Missouri title over Cardinals
Kansas City Athletics defeated St. Louis 6-1 in the final with Lou Kretlow delivering a superb eight innings of three hit ball. The A's also won 6-3 in Saturday's opener, piling up ten hits and a four run first inning. Kellner to start vs Tigers as A's close spring with 15-16 mark.
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Alex Kellner
Major Leagues Name Hurlers For Openers
Opening day rosters and expected attendance listed for major league games on Tuesday 1955 season start. National League matchups include Philadelphia at Brooklyn New York and Chicago at Milwaukee with listed pitchers and announced crowds. American League games feature New York at Washington Baltimore at Boston Cleveland at Chicago and Kansas City at Detroit with projected starting pitchers and attendance figures.
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Mizell
Yanks and Cardinals Win Exhibition Crowns
The New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals claimed the exhibition championships of the American and National leagues. The Yanks finished 19-14 after a rainout with Brooklyn. St. Louis posted a 20-11 spring record, one game ahead of the Pirates.
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Gets Jail Term For False Registration
In Taipei Formosa W Kuo Hsiang Sheng was sentenced to 60 days in jail for registering as twins a daughter born to his wife and a son born to his mistress. He listed his wife as mother of both children born last year four months inpart.
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Kuo Hsiang- Sheng
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Walcott Called By Grand Jury in Boxing Inquiry
Former heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott and former manager Jack Begun were summoned to testify before Cook County Grand Jury in a boxing investigation. Walcott spoke on TV about crookedness in boxing while in Chicago to promote The Harder They Fall. Begun, previously subpoenaed, faced Illinois Athletic Commission remarks about the Saxton Basilio bout and is no longer licensed in Illinois.
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Saxton
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Lawrence Names Coach At Lawrence High School
Lawrence High School names Max Rife as basketball coach succeeding Jerry Waugh who becomes assistant to Dick Harp at Kansas. Rife arrives from Inman where he coached basketball for three years.
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Kansas
Santee Targets Four-Minute Mile At Norfolk Relays
Wes Santee, Marine lieutenant and top American miler, aims for a four minute mile at the Norfolk Virginian Pilot Relays on April 28. He ran 4:12.3 in a Quantico Marines versus William and Mary meet, slower than his 4:06.9 in Cleveland and well off his 4:00.5 American mark, saying he will be in peak shape for Norfolk.
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Swaps-Nashua Race Rumor Reignites Talks
Talks of a third Swaps Nas hua meeting revived as Swaps may race in Chicago late this summer and New York in the fall.
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Call First Legion Baseball Practice
The first Junior American Legion baseball practice of the season will be held Wednesday evening at the Forest Park diamond. Marshall Allen, team manager, has called the initial drill for 6 p.m. Wednesday. Allen said that all youths who have not reached their 18th birthday by September 1 are eligible to play Legion ball. Regular season play for the Legion starts May 27. The schedule will be announced later.
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