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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
36
The Rillito card shows Florida Lad and Jolly Miss among winners with payoffs across trifecta and quinella bets. Purses list 3-year-olds and up in six-furlong to one-mile races with notable figures like BranCombe and Carbon Canyon up for grabs and an estimated attendance around 3,400 with pari mutuel handle near 71,554.
Architect Ed Varney said 8 to 10 contractors will bid on Arizona State College's new 30,000 seat football stadium at the Tempe Butte site. Bids open at 2 p.m. tomorrow as the legislature appropriated $800,000 for the project.
The 18th annual UA Rodeo saw heavy crashes by two Brahman bulls injuring UA riders Don Jones and Ken Mitchell and Sul Ross cowboy Russell Johnson. Mickey McCarty claimed All Round Champion while UA led with 484 points ahead of Sul Ross and N M A&M as other colleges competed in intercollegiate events.
Alianza defeated City in straight sets. Marines beat Technotitlan 2-1. Technotitlan edged Cauhtemos 2-1 in a three match day at Oury Park yesterday.
Muddy track and opportunists toppled weekend form at Rillito Park as 17 public picks fell. Bea’s Girl a 50-1 shot ridden by Harley Strimple paid $109.80 in the Friday fifth. Chowder and Double Devil paid $436.40 for a quinella. Von O’ War won the Catalina Purse in his first 1957 start, giving Benny Roller and trainer L. R. Rogers first win of the season. Perique upset Benson Purse favorite Senorita Bar by three lengths. jockey John Summerow escaped injury in a spill subsidized by Rodriguez, who received a six day suspension.
SAS defeated Judson School of Scottsdale 6-1 in tennis. In polo Judson won 4-1 with Barry Newcombe scoring SAS’s lone goal. Notable tennis results include Marty Witton defeating Ricky Fried 6-3 5-7 6-3 and Tom Culley beating Cullom 6-1 6-3.
Texas A M halfback John Crow, 210 pounds from Springhill Louisiana, won United Press college football player of the year in a nationwide polling of sports writers and broadcasters. He received 88 first place votes, with Walt Kowalczyk and Alex Karras following.
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