District baseball tournament set for Ottawa next month
Franklin county coaches and school principals decide to hold a district baseball tournament at Ottawa starting April 18. Seven county schools Lane Richmond Appanoose Williamsburg Prince fn Pomona and Rantoul will enter. District winner advances to a regional tournament in early May. No Franklin county league this season. Coaches will schedule games as possible.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Jim Sandor
Law Toach
Forest Park
Lane
Richmond
Appanoose
Williamsburg
Princefn
Pomona
Rantoul
Franklin County Baseball League
Unclear Bowling Scores and Population Fact
Fragmentary bowling scores and unrelated notes appear, with scattered names and numbers. The final readable fact notes that the part of Asia outside the Soviet Union holds more than half of the world population.
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Asia
Soviet Union
Meek Uncertain On Effects Of New Basketball Rules
Ottawa University coach Don Meek expresses uncertainty about how newly announced basketball rule changes will affect play. Changes include a wider free throw lane a five second stall limit and full game bonus free throws. Meek notes a difficult painting job ahead for adapting to a post system and guards the potential for jams on narrow courts. He plans to reserve judgment until preparing his team for next season.
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Don Meek
Ottawa University
Meek
Bowling Bits Highlights And Tournament Plans
The Badge's Hardware team won again with 821-2272 over Tuesday night. Carolee Hougland of Anchor Savings led with the week's top series, while Helen Wen, Isabel Riley, and Ellen Hickman posted notable scores. The K.O.F.C. and Bond Cleaner squads attended the state tournament in Wichita with Parsons slated for the 1956 event. A sponsor-team banquet is set for May 4 at Lincoln School auditorium, and winners of Bowling with Molen were Bill Welborn and Leo Akers.
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Anchor Savings
Helen Wenthe
Isabel Riley
Ellen J Hickman
Bond Cleaner
Wichita
Parsons
Kansas
Lincolnsschool
Molen
Bill Welborn
Leo Akers
Maxine Ainsworth
Maxine Finch
Leona Jones
Colleen Printy
Virginia Wallace
Artie Wolgast
Leola Meador
Ellen Hickman
Eunice [Strickland
Dolores Scott
Yours Truly
Bonnie Mendell
Isheila Ferguson
Snow Keeps Ottawa Trackmen Indoor This Week
Ottawa High track athletes remain indoors due to bad weather. Coach Orlis Cox notes restricted activity and uncertain progress with about 70 boys in track suits. They have been jumping rope, lifting weights, and refining hurdle form. The Cyclones cinder season opens March 31 with an intersquad meet at Ottawa University.
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Ottawa
Forest Park
Orlis Cox
ONS
Cox
Cyclones
Ottawa University
Cage Tourney Opens At Denver In 48th AAU Meet
North Carolina State College of Raleigh and other top teams begin play in the 48th annual AAU basketball tournament in Denver. Kansas State players from Wuthnow Furniture of Hope, Kansas, upset North Penn 85-49. Phillips 66ers face Santa Maria, California. Lucket-Nix of Boulder, Colorado, meets Ada Oilers of Houston with Burdette Hualderson and Bob Jeangerard pacing the Colorado squad.
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Hope
Kan
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Kansans
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Philadelphia
Phillips 66Ers
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Okla
Santa Maria
Calif
Lucket-Nix
Boulder
Cub
University of Colorado
Ada Oilers
Houston
Tex
Burdette Hualderson
Bob Jeangerard
ICU
Colorado
Stan Musial’s early at bat leads to mixed outfield shift
A St Louis Cardinals game note describes Stan Musial facing an early shift with Roy McMillan moved to left center as Musial comes to bat in the sixth inning. The report mixes stray game fragments and unrelated trivia about Lilith and college demographics, with no clear cohesive outcome.
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St, Petersburg
Fila. Ga
Cincinnati
Stan
United States Grabs Pan American Swims Titles
The United States swept the diving podium as Patricia McCormick of California won the three meter springboard, boosting the U S dominance in the Pan American Games. U S women beat Chile 62-43 to capture the Pan American women’s basketball title led by Mealhouse and Cannon with 19 points each.
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Mexico City
United States
Patricia McCormick
California
Pasadena
National University
Olympic Stadium
U.S
Lurlyne Mealhouse
Ruth Cannon
Chile
Venezuela
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Beau Jack Plans Comeback After Retirement
New York’s Beau Jack, 33, famed as the “little Champ” and ex-world lightweight holder, returns to boxing with a bout against Ike Williams in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9. He boasts of peak conditioning, recalls past Madison Square Garden victories, and cites Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott as inspiration while noting his 1951 retirement after a knee injury.
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Beau Jack
Georgia
Ike Williams
Augusta
Jack
Madison Square Garden
Beau
Gil Turner
Eddie Green
Columbia, S
Brooklyn B's Beat Athletics rally for 10 9 win
West Palm Beach Florida Bobby Shantz sidelined by shoulder last season pitched two innings reporting the arm felt fine The Kansas City Athletics pitcher allowed Brooklyn B team two runs two hits He threw curves but kept fastball at three quarter speed Brooklyn rallied for eight runs in the last two innings for a 10 9 victory.
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West Palm Beach
Filaie
Bobby Shantz
Kansas City Athletics
Nike
Brooklyn
Fire destroys four test aircraft at Malton Airport
A five million dollar fire at Malton Airport yesterday damaged two hangars and destroyed four specially equipped test aircraft and experimental instruments. No injuries were reported. Fire crews battled the blaze amid smoke and cinders as authorities investigated the cause and scope of losses.
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Toronto
Malton
Two Killed in Road Wreck Near Wellington Kansas
In Wellington Kansas two people died when a high school bus carrying seventeen students was sideswiped by a house trailer driven by Delven Gladitsch twenty one of Leavenworth. The crash near Belle Meade occurred as a gust of wind pushed the trailer into the bus. Music instructor Robert L Pucell thirty two and Rosalind Phillips fourteen were killed. Carmen Warner fourteen was gravely injured with loss of blood from a cut artery. Other injured include Glenn Gish sixteen Cara Lou Fitzgerald fifteen and Delores Arnold fifteen. The Valley Center High School students were bound for an Oxford music festival.
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Oxford
Belle Maine
Here
Robert L. Pucell
Valley Center
Rosalind Phillips
Carmen Warner
Hatcher Hospital
Glenn Gish
Cara Lou Fitzgerald
Delores Arnold
Too Quiet For British Soldier
London born Den nis Barber, 18, absented from a camp at Catterick citing the defining quiet. His counsel said he loved city noise and could not adjust to camp stillness. Barber left for London on December 11 and returned February 3, receiving 28 days guardhouse quiet.
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London
Dennis Barber
Barber
Catterick
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