Miners Boost Speed as Texas Western Prepares for Tech Opener
Texas Western College drills show record-speed potential as Brumbelow mentors 46 players including 18 returning lettermen. Freshman Stanley Pursley and standout tackles Robert Bobo and Keith Wharton headline a race for quarterback and line spots. Competition tight at halfback and fullback with Rutledge Bevers Maynard and Ward Harman among contenders as two-a-day sessions continue ahead of the Sept. 22 game in Lubbock.
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Mike Brumbelow
Texas Western
Brumbelow
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Dale Waters
Ross Moore
Texas Tech
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Bob Forrest
Bob Laraba
Forrest
Laraba
Stanley Pursley
Hearne
Robert Bobo
Keith Wharton
Bobo
Dan Boyd
Abilene
Boyd
Rusty Rutledge
Jimmy Bevers
Don Maynard
Bobby Lee Coleman
Charlie Ward
Hugh Harman
West Texas State Buffaloes Open Scrimmage Tonight
The 1956 West Texas State College Buffaloes hold a 8 p.m. scrimmage at Buffalo Stadium Canyon with Red and White squads. Key players listed for Red include Coffey Wright Brooks Higgins Epps Kauffman Ballard Hillman Corley Mills Sanders. Whites feature King Meyer Clark and others as prep for Sept. 15 season opener versus Corpus Christi Tarpons.
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Daily News
West Texas State
Ken Ballard
Loyd Reynolds
Jimmy Jones
Glynn Gregg
Tom Coffey
Bob Covington
Buffaloes
Buffalo Stadium
Canyon
West Texas
University of Corpus Christi Tarpons
West Texas State College
West Texas State Activity Association
Frank Kimbrough
Philip Wright
Joe Brooks
Doug Higgins
Jerry
Football lineup with Whittenberg, Emmitt and Loftus in freshen
Pars lists guards Clarence Whitten berg and Paul Emmitt with center left guard Jerle Taylor and right tackle Glynn Gregg. Lindley Davis at quarterback Bob Ratliff left half Fred Dawson and Rex Loftus fullback. Loftus and Taylor are freshmen from Springlake.
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Clarence Whittenberg
Paul Emmitt
Jerle Taylor
Glynn Gregg
Lindley Davis
Bob Ratliff
Fred Dawson
Rex Loftus
Loftus
Taylor
Springlake
Oilers Fall In Playoff Opener As Manager Injured
Pampa lost 11 to 1 at El Paso in the Southwestern League playoff opener. Oilers playing manager A B Cross broke his right leg in a fifth inning collision and was taken to El Paso General Hospital for X rays. Hoyt Benedict pitched well for El Paso, limiting Pampa to five hits as the series began.
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Doug Lewis
Cross
el Paso General Hospital
Hoyt Benedict
Pam
Amarillo Fans Thrilled by Lincolns 21 Strikeout Night
Jackie Brown struck out 21 as Lincolns beat the Gold Sox, a Western League postwar record in Amarillo. The crowd of 2,394 witnessed a historic performance unlikely to be matched soon. Brown, a Pittsburgh farmhand, broke Cy Blanton's Western League mark, though not in a regular contest.
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Amarillo Golden Sandie
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Hodge-Podge
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al Lopez
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Ted
Art Aragon
California
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Harvey Walker
New York Yankees
Yankees
Milwaukee
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Bobcats Beat Dragons 19 to 12 in District Game
Childress Bobcats topple Paducah Dragons 19 12 as quarterback Danny Howard scores three touchdowns including a one yard sneak in the fourth. Paducah opened with Eugene Whatley and Jerry Boren scoring early in the first quarter.
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Childress Bobcats
Paducah Dragons
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the Childress
Hornets Rout Denver City 19-6 in season opener
Sudan Hornets defeated Denver City 19 to 6 after a three touchdown surge in the second quarter. Larry Bates opened with a 40 yard interception return and a 17 yard run set up the final score, while Bob Pinley added Denver City’s lone touchdown in the fourth period.
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Kenny Wells
Bates
Wells
Denver City
Bob Pinley
Larry Bates
Ronnie Fisher
Jimmy Williams
Bob Piney
Turks Rally Past Cowboys 20 12 In Season Opener
The Turkey Turks overturned a 7-0 deficit to defeat the Happy Cowboys 20-12 in the season opener. Ray Pong opened scoring for Cowboys on a 15-yard pass, then Vincent Wenthouse and a 60-yard Turk drive produced points. Sherod Arnold and Ronnie George starred in a 70 and 44 yard surge for Turkey with Lipscomb converting key extra points.
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Turkey
Happy Cowboys
Cowboys
Ray Pong
Vincent Wenthouse
David Bloom
Roy Poag
Sherod Arnold
James Lipscomb
Ronnie George
Lipscomb
Owls Rally Past Dimmitt in 25 24 Upset
Silver Owls upset Dimmitt Bobcats 25 to 24 at Silverton as C. L. Dunn scored three touchdowns and Bot Stafford added a late conversion. Dunn opened with a six yard TD, intercepted a pass, and returned a kickoff for a second score guiding the Owls to the win.
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Spec
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Silver ‘Owls
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Bot Stafford
Dunn
Bill Stevens
Deien Pough
Dimmitt
Lot
Lockney Longhorns Top Hale Center 20 3 in Big Win
Lockney led by Gene Handley defeated Hale Center 20 to 3 before about 1500 fans. Handley 90 yard punt return set up a third Lockney touchdown as Williams and Race added scores and conversions. Hale Center opened with a 34 yard field goal by Ferman McBeth.
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Jerry Williams
Bill Race
Race
Williams
McBeth
John Hanst
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