Colborn Named New Carbondale High Football Coach
Former Flora and SIU standout Bob Colborn is named head football coach at Carbondale Community High School replacing Myron O Hara. He will also coach basketball and track and teach history while continuing as a reserve in Lanark construction duties. Colborn, 27, is an SIU graduate and ex Marine who played for Southern’s championship teams and earned the Henry Hinkley trophy in 1950.
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Murphysboro
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Yankees Hold Lead As Stengel Aims For Top Spot
Yankees shift into first on the western swing return, clinching the lead with a 3-0 win over Detroit as Tom Morgan garners his first complete game. Hank Bauer belts a homer, Bob Cerv adds three hits, and Stengel’s team holds a 6-game win streak while Boston and Cleveland chase.
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Voigts Named to All Star Coaching Staff
Northwestern's Bob Voigts joins a 50 member senior staff for the Soldier Field game August 15 against the Los Angeles Rams. The squad trains at Delafield, Wisconsin starting July 24 and is led by Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech.
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Fights Last Night Minneapolis Bout Ends in Points
Minneapolis boxer Charley Riley, weighing 130 pounds, defeated opponent Tommy Salem of Cleveland at 12734 in a clear outpoint victory lasting eight rounds.
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Brosch Leads the National Open on Opening Day
Al Brosch, 40, a Garden City teaching pro, shot 68 to lead the 52nd National Open as heat and winds challenged 162 players on the Northwood course. Ben Hogan and Sam Snead posted 69s, with Horton Smith and Dick Metz at 70, while Brosch celebrates his 16th wedding anniversary amid the heat and crowd of about 12,000.
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Co-man to Run in Chicago ASU Meet Tomorrow
Phil Coleman of Carbondale and Southern Illinois University will run the three mile race at the Midwest AAU track meet in Chicago tomorrow. He aims for about 14 minutes 30 seconds and plans to compete at Long Beach next weekend for the National AAU finals and possible Olympic tryouts.
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GRID TV APPROVED N C A A MEMBERS FAVOR ONE GAME FOR EACH SCHOOL
The National Collegiate Athletic Association approved a 1952 football television plan by a 185 to 15 vote. It screens one major college game nationally each Saturday from Sept 20 to Nov 29, with telecasts on Thanksgiving and additional Friday or Sunday slots. Each college may not appear more than once in the TV schedule.
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Thursday baseball scores and upcoming schedule
Results show Cleveland 7 Washington 4, Chicago 10 Philadelphia 4, New York 3 Detroit 0, Boston 7 St Louis 5. Upcoming games include New York at Cleveland and Chicago at Boston. National League standings list Brooklyn New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with varied records.
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Referendum Backing Plan Televised With No Blackouts
The mail referendum favored the plan by 92 percent and was announced yesterday by Walter Byers, N C A A executive director. The 1952 program differs from 1951 with no blackouts or cross sectional telecasts.
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Reiser’s pinch homer boosts Indians past Washington 7 4
Yesterday's Stars Batting Pete Reiser hit a three run pinch homer off Spec Shea to lift Cleveland over Washington 7 4. Lew Burdette delivered brilliant one hit relief over eight innings to pace the Braves’ 11 2 win over the Pirates.
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Pee Wee Reese Gains In All Star Balloting
Pee Wee Reese aged 32 from Brooklyn has moved from third to second in the National League shortstop voting for the 19th All-Star game in Philadelphia on July 8. He trails Granny Hamner by 2,533 votes with 23,353 ballots naming him, while Al Dark stands third with 19,102. Phil Rizzuto leads the American League shortstop race with 27,258 votes.
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NCCA Track Meet Opens with Olympic Trials Focus
At Berkeley California June 13 the NCAA championships begin preliminaries to trim field for Olympic team. Top six in each event advance to Los Angeles trials June 27-28 along with six from the AAU meet and select first place winners. USC rivals include Illinois Michigan Occidental Texas A and M and Kansas. The 100 meters features Art Bragg Morgan State Jim Galliday Northwestern and Dean Smith Texas as contenders.
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