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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

11 Jan 1960

Page 6

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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1960

Page

6

Texas Skeet Championship Star Shoots Ahead

S A Shooters Frosts Texas best 1938 in skeet event. Frost Jr. posts rising scores, surpassing his father Joe Frost. Houston competitors dominate small gauge categories. Records and rankings feature multiple shooters including Alford, Hompe, and Dinning.

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Edon-H. Frost Dental Tcu Joe Harney Royal Canadian Air Force Texas Grant Useng Frost Houston Michigan Gut Sisson Buckley Hir Sehite Fifairman Gini Stan Galigi Ed Alford Sr Dallas Tle Allord Warms Dinning Seth Bhs Thomas Algaout Junior Ghilderayune Aln ‘Robertse Houst Peullegeing Suntor Z Ney Pauses Toberts Guinior Chiett
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New York Sports Boom Defies Decline in 1959

New York’s sports scene surged as attendance across baseball football basketball golf rose sharply in 1959. Dodgers and Giants drew crowds despite Yankees slump, Pro football Giants hosted games with record ticket sales, and golf at the U S Open set attendance marks despite bad weather. Ingemar Johansson Floyd Patterson bout at Yankee Stadium drew massive crowds, with Johansson insisting a rematch would stay in New York. College hoops at Madison Square Garden saw a 19 percent rise in attendance, aided by strong interest after the prior scandals.

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New York UPI Dodgers Giants New York City Suns Yankees Mamaroneck Ingemar
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New York sports boom ends era of decline in 1959

In 1959 New York sports revived as Army and Air Force filled Yankee Stadium for a record 1343 tire event while racing built a new $33 million track drawing 60,070 in attendance. Pro football and baseball expanded, Continental and American leagues formed, and Joe Foss led a Texas-based NFL foray. Giants and Dodgers saw attendance slip as basketball and college football waned at the old Garden.

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