Wolfpack Faces Uphill Battle
North Carolina State known as a top ranked college basketball power faces an uphill fight in the National AAU tournament opening in Denver. The Wolfpack at 28-4 has beaten NCAA runner up La Salle and is seen as a serious threat to AAU powerhouses Phillips 66 Peoria Cats and Denver Central Bankers, despite ineligibility for NCAA play due to recruiting violations.
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East-West Cagers Benefit Shrine Hospitals Showdown in KC
The fourth East-West basketball game for Shrine hospitals in Kansas City features seniors from Missouri and LaSalle coaching West by Sparky Stalcup and East by Ken Loeffler. LaSalle star Tom Gola headlines the East squad hoping for its first win. Also, St Marys Battlers will meet the University of Corpus Christi Tarpons at 3 p.m. Tuesday after a rainout.
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Dip Shot Sparks Dons To 77 63 Victory In Title Clash
San Francisco Dons, ranked No. 1 in the AP poll, beat La Salle 77 63 to win the 17th NCAA tournament title. Bill Russell scored 23 points and K C Jones held La Salle star Tom Gola to six field goals, as Jones finished with 24 points. Russell earned tourney MVP honors with 118 points over five games.
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Jean Negro
Dons to Get New Gym for San Francisco Campus
San Francisco Dons fans celebrate a planned 8000 seat gymnasium funded by a drive targeting 700000 dollars for the school. Committee leaders said 300000 is already raised and the team currently practices on a high school court while hosting home games at Kezar Pavilion or the Cow Palace.
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Pigeon Racing Results From Weimar Old Bird Race
The first Old Bird race of the season from Weimar covered 104 miles by air to the nest. Lawrence Keller owned a winning bird in the 384-bird competition, with top speeds listed in yards per minute for numerous fanciers including Maja, Vielock, Brooks, Keller, Heaton, Rodrique, and Lohrberg among others. The event highlighted H. Tripp as a top finisher with 1290.550 yards per minute.
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Stokes Steals Spotlight In NIT Title Game
Duquesne clinched its first National Invitation Tournament championship with a 70 38 win over Dayton as Maurice Stokes of St Francis of Loretto Pa led the way earning the tournament MVP honor. Dick Ricketts and Sihugo Green also starred for the Dukes while Stokes dominated for St Francis. Ricketts and Green scored all 35 points in the first half of the final.
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U S Leads Pan Am Games In Tight Race
The United States builds its Pan American lead in swimming tennis and diving as Jimmy McLane defeats Oscar Kramer in the 1500 meter freestyle and Art Larsen upsets Enrique Morea for the singles title. Wanda Lee Werner wins 200 meter freestyle as Capilla takes 3 meter diving. Team totals show USA ahead with 37 points after four events.
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Bethesda
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Gilda Aranda
Susan Douglas Gray
Washington, D. C
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Arthur Coffee
Miami
Fla
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Ohio State
Gary Tobian
Los Angeles
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Brazil
Cuba
Colombia
Canada
Chile
Rosa Maria Reyes
Yoland Ramirez
Hogan In Action at Seminole Pro Am In Palm Beach
Palm Beach Florida March 21 fifty two top money players tee off the annual Seminole Pro Am golf tourney. Banning Hogan returns to competition in the $10 000 medal play event as part of the field.
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Pan American results at Mexico City include U S ties and wins
Pan American games in Mexico City see the United States win two marquee events, others in rowing and sculls, and a series of close results. Argentina leads with four titles to three for Brazil, while the U S faces a tight finish in several sports including baseball, equestrian, and sailing.
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Wenzel Hubel
Los Angeles
Assam
Breail
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Venezuela
Venazurla
U S and Argentina Vie for Pan Am Boxing Title
U S boxers face Argentina in the Pan American finals at the downtown coliseum. U S has five finalists all air force men in ten divisions while Argentina has six. Morton meets Rivera. Nieri Stringham faces Durands. Yee meets Enriquez. Wright fights Tovar. Pitts faces Safade Ali.
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Helsinki
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Salvador Jesus Enriquez
Wright
Raul Tovar
Pitts
Miguel Safade Ali
200 Tee Off Tn Senior Golf
The American Seniors Golf Association stages a tournament in St Augustine Florida as about 200 players 53 years old and older compete for Pan American gold medals. Notable entrants include Ward Yee Joey Dylon Brumley Paul Wright Judd L Brumley Orville Pitts and others from Lyndhurst Flint Milwaukee Milwaukee area. The event features top seniors from the United States with a national team scrapping in Europe in 1954 serving as context and motivation for defending champion Orville Pitts.
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Greenville
Paul Wright
Tenn
Flint
Mich
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Milwaukee
U S names Olympic ski team at Stowe Vermont
Eleven men and two women head the U S ski squad chosen after a Mansfield meeting. Named from Rutland Vermont Andrea Medd Lawrence and Brooks Dodge lead a 13 member Olympic team slated for Italy. Other members include Ralph Biller Marvin Melville Tom Corcoran and Kathy Rodolph among skiers from Middlebury Norwich and Utah.
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Wash
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Norwich
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