Arizona Houston Exhibition Game Draws 500 In Advance Sales
The tonight exhibition in Tucson features two teams eager to skip the spotlight with Texas coach Bibb Falk arranging the matchup for revenue. Houston rests its ace and uses a new pitcher every two innings while Arizona fields second-line players and the public pays to watch.
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Hogan Fights Age In Memphis Open Lead
Hogan shot a second straight 66 to share the Memphis Open lead at 132 with Bob Rosburg and J C Goosie. He showed fading putting woes but putts in birdies on holes one four ten thirteen and sixteen. Goosie posted 65 with a 50 year old wooden mallet putter while Rosburg and Venturi trailed at 135 and 136 respectively.
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Howie Johnson
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Phoenix Plans New Stadium For Giants
Phoenix outlines a plan to build a new baseball stadium to keep the San Francisco Giants in the Arizona capital during spring training. Architect Bert Thornd says a very preliminary study shows the Diamond can be built for slightly more than Phoenix would gain from selling municipal stadium. The committee favors Papago Park southwest corner.
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Mormon minister Vern Law leads Pirates with eighth win
United Press International reports Pirates pitcher Vern Law a 30 year old Mormon minister who blanked the Phillies 3 0 to run his record to eight wins with only one loss. Law yielded eight singles a strong arm performance keeps Pittsburgh atop the league.
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Pre-Olympic drive under way as Patsy Willard seeks trips
Clippings report a $1500 drive in Mesa to fund Patsy Willard’s trip to two pre Olympic swim meets and the Olympic tryouts. Also listed are Southwestern Junior Davis Cup tennis matches starting tomorrow at Encanto Park with teams from Tucson Phoenix El Paso and Albuquerque.
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Peters Scores as Houston Edges Arizona to Claim NCAA District Title
Bob Peters of Houston slides home for the Cougars in the fourth inning for the first run as AA catcher Alan Hall nearly taggs him out. Arizona caps a 6-4 victory to clinch the District 6 NCAA title with Jo Jo Jones umpiring in the background.
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Arizona Gains Nationals For 6th Year Out Of 7
Arizona sweeps Houston 6-4 and 4-3 to claim NCAA District 6 Baseball title, earning a sixth trip to Omaha and a shot at the College World Series. Star hurler Gordon Bergthold left the eighth with elbow discomfort as Miles Zeller relieved. centerfielder Bill Barraclough led UA hitting with a two-run double and two singles.
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Two Strikes and Out in Tight Baseball Game
Houston and Arizona played a game where Houston recorded 9 left on base and Arizona 10. Key players included LaFevers Green Hunt and pitcher notes show Marktese Shoemaker Barracolugh Wallace contributing offensively.
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Baseball Standings and Tonight's AL NL Schedule
The standings show the AL leaders with Baltimore Cleveland New York Detroit Kansas City Boston and Washington. results from yesterday include Washington 4 Baltimore 1 and Cleveland 6 Detroit 2. Tonight's AL games feature Kansas City at Chicago Detroit at Cleveland Baltimore at Washington Boston at New York. In the NL Pittsburgh hosts Philadelphia and Cincinnati visits Milwaukee with other night games across Chicago Los Angeles St Louis San Francisco.
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Beatty Stars At Compton Relays Sets 5000m Mark
Jim Beatty clocked 13 51.7 in the 5000 meters at Compton Relays the fastest American time for the distance. John Thomas of Boston University cleared 7 ft 1 3/4 in to better the high jump world record, while Lazlo Tabori and others posted notable marks for Olympic hopefuls. Arizona’s Dunn and Burke contributed solid showings in sprints and discus as the meet foreshadowed U S Olympic representation.
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