Considine’s On The Line Sees Baseball Dying Slowly
Reformed sports editor Bob Considine argues baseball is dying as a sport, credits night baseball and Negro players for keeping it alive, notes fan apathy to night games and star players, and discusses Congress and antitrust issues affecting the game. He cites Los Angeles and San Francisco as possible future hubs, warns the Giants may relocate, and laments dwindling sentiment in modern baseball.
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Ward Cleared To Play In Trans Miss Golf Tourney
Two time National Amateur champion Har vie Ward was granted permission to compete in the Trans Miss golf tournament in Dallas. Ward faces a year probation by the USGA for accepting expenses to tournaments. Qualifying runs Monday and Tuesday with the low 64 earning spots in the championship flight for match play.
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Trans-Mississippi Golf Assn
Jack Munger
Ward
U. S. Golf Assn
USGA
Mountains Grow Where Palmettoes Flourished at DeSoto Lakes
LOU DURKIN reports on the Lockwood Ridge Road site transforming a palmetto patch into DeSoto Lakes Golf and Country Club. Troup Construction moves heavy gear to shape earth, build a bridge approach, and install greens, with completion projected for early October and play ready by January.
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Don Boomhower Real Estate
Mental Bloopers From Georgia Tech Football Coach Dodd
In Tallahassee Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech head coach, urges thinking ahead of plays as crucial for success. He notes frequent quizzes test players on assignments and opposition facts, stresses morale, and promotes a fun, nondrudgery approach. Dodd boasts 100 victories, 28 defeats, three ties and eight major bowls.
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Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
Tech
Florida State
Florida A&m University
Dodd
Max Boydston Agrees To 1957 Contract Terms
CHICAGO Max Boydston the Chicago Cardinals No 1 draft choice in 1955 has signed his 1957 contract the club announced yesterday.
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Max Boydston
Chicago
Chicago Cardinals
Orioles defeat Indians 8-3 in Lees's pitching win
Billy Lees wins his sixth as the Orioles beat Cleveland 8-3 behind Bob Boyd's homer and Gus Triandos four hits driving in three. Al Smith Rocky Colavito and Vic Wertz homered for Cleveland as Bud Daley takes the loss.
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Indians
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Jim Bridewester
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Joe Durham
Gardner
Triandos
Wertz
Busby
Baltimore
Yale Heavyweights Defeat Harvard In Four-Mile Race
Yale's heavyweights beat Harvard by seven lengths on the Thames River in America's only four mile crew race. The victory gives Yale a four straight overall win and three straight years of sweeping Harvard crews. Yale time 20:35, Harvard 21:3. Yale Yankees Stroked by Bob Morey, leaves for Henley to compete in the Grand Challenge Cup July 3-6.
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England
Sir Tribal Sudden Upset Wins Balmoral Turf Handicap
Sir Tribal a six year old gelding trained by Charles Fritz ridden by Tony Skoronski won the Balmoral Turf Handicap at Balmoral Park. The race covered a mile and three sixteenths in 1 58 1 5 with Sir Tribal paying 20.40 8 and 3 60. Swoon's Son carrying 128 pounds finished second while North Cone paid 87.80 and 3.60.
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Chicago
INS
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Sir Tribal
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Tony Skoronski
North Cone
E Gay Drake
Bayou Wins at Delaware Park Oaks
Bayou, favorite from Claiborne Farm, won Delaware Park's Oaks worth 51,425. Ridden by Willie Hartack, Bayou covered the mile in 1 51 3 5 and earned 38,100 for first place by three quarters of a length over Marbella.
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