Yankees Attendance Dips in 1958 AL Season
The New York Yankees led a national drop in American League attendance for 1958, with total fans counted at 7,296,034, 11 percent below 1957. Chicago White Sox, Baltimore, Detroit, and Boston also posted declines, while Kansas City and Washington posted small gains. Athletics and Senators rose modestly amid overall lower gate receipts.
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Bowdoin Coach Walsh Announces Resignation
Bowdoin College football coach Adam Walsh, a Notre Dame Four Horsemen star and former Maine legislator, retires effective January 1 after a 1935 tenure at Bowdoin. A third string All America in the Knute Rockne era, Walsh also led the 1945 Cleveland Rams to their first NFL title before considering personal plans.
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Frick Heads to Caracas on Good Neighbor Trip
New York AP reports Ford Frick, amid a World Series recall, leaves for Caracas on a good neighbor mission. He will be joined by six players next week to assist baseball executives, youth programs, and playground projects. Frick, recovering from appendicitis, aims to promote organization and winter ball activity with figures like Richie Ashburn, Elston Howard, Pete Runnels, Dick Groat, Bob Friend, and Gus Triandos.
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Japanese Football Finds Going Tough
Norman, Okla. Gomer Jones, OU football line coach, reports Japan struggles to start football after five days at an Air Force base near Tokyo coaching a military coaches clinic. Baseball dominates, few players, Tokyo taxis in three sizes and fast. Attendees: Jack Curtis and Dallas Ward.
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Bowl Bids Prize In Sooner Colo Cal USC Games
Top college teams chase major New Year bowls after Saturday’s clashes. Sugar Bowl stakes feature LSU versus Mississippi with SEC lead on line while Oklahoma Colorado and California vie for Orange Rose and Cotton Bowl bids amid shifting conference ties and key intraconference showdowns.
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LSU Mississippi Tilt Captures South Nerves in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge awaits a Saturday night showcase as top ranked LSU hosts sixth ranked Mississippi in a Southeastern Conference clash with 65,000 expected. Gov Earl Long declares LSU First in the Nation Day amid campus pep, while all eyes center on All American candidate Billy Cannon and a 6 point LSU edge in the lead up to a potential bowl season.
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Stoneham Denies Giant Park Building Charge
San Francisco Giants president Horace Stoneham testified before a grand jury investigating Candlestick Point construction of a 15 million dollar city stadium. Stoneham denied the contractor would profit greatly, while grand jury foreman Henry North claimed something was wrong with the deal and noted concrete had been poured.
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Wilkinson confronts reporters before Oklahoma Colorado game
Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson snapped at reporters at a private estate practice in Denver as his team prepared for the key Big Eight showdown with Colorado in Boulder. The Sooners, 67 straight Big Eight wins, face a Buffaloes squad led by Dallas Ward aiming to halt the streak and boost their Orange Bowl bid.
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Top SC Offense Versus Best DEFENSE Preview
The Associated Press notes West Virginia, leading the league in offense, faces George Washington, which tops defenses, in a key Southern Conference tilt. Other games include The Citadel at Richmond homecoming, VMI at Virginia, Virginia Tech at NC State, William and Mary at Boston University, Furman at Penn State, and Davidson at Wofford. Teams refined offenses and defenses in light workouts ahead of weekend action.
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Huff To Beat Browns: Ex Mountaineer Chosen To Stop Jim Brown
Giants middle linebacker Sam Huff was tasked by coach Jim Lee Howell to stop Browns star Jim Brown as New York (3-2) travels to Cleveland (5-0). Huff, 23 in his third NFL season, faces a record-chasing Brown who has piled up 815 rushing yards in five games and 14 TDs.
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Wilt Chamberlain preps for NBA with Globetrotters
Wilt Chamberlain says his Harlem Globetrotters stint is teaching him the trade for next season with the Philadelphia Warriors. The 7 foot All-American from Kansas, who left college early, scored 30 as the Globetrotters beat Hawaii 50th Staters 69 to 59 in his pro debut region.
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George Alusik Batted .325 in Augusta Sally League
George Alusik of Elizabeth New Jersey, a rookie outfielder, was brought up by the Detroit Tigers at season's end. He posted a .325 batting mark in 105 games for Augusta in the Class A Sally League.
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Wolfpack Star Ken Trowbridge Shines for NC State Football
Raleigh reports NC State Wolfpack halfback Ken Trowbridge, a 23 year old 165 pound senior from Plymouth High, is the standout in the Wolfpack offense. He scored early against North Carolina with two rushing TDs and gained 62 yards on 14 carries. He also starred against William and Mary with 90 rushing yards on 17 carries and punted thrice. He leads the team with 289 rushing yards this season and averages 4.9 yards per carry in his first 56 attempts.
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