Scots Face Brackenridge In Texas Schoolboy Final
Highland Park of Dallas and Brackenridge of San Antonio meet Saturday in San Antonio for the Texas schoolboy football title. HP rebuilt after losses to Paschal and others, while Brackenridge rode an unlikely playoff path, beating Longview 20-0 and edging Goose Creek in a tense finish. Brackenridge has 246 points to HP’s 185 through 13 games.
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Dallas
Brackenridge
Toose
Odessa
Kerrville
Corpus Christi
Paschal
Fort Worth
Forest
Wichita Falls
Highlanders
Paris
Arlington Heights
Longview Lobos
Adamson
Jimmie Patterson
Billy Irish
Highland Park Center
Texas Ranked As Nation's Top Quintet
Texas Longhorns emerge as the top national college basketball team after a week of mixed results. They defeated CCNY and St Joseph's on the road while Holy Cross fell to Columbia, with Kentucky and Oklahoma A&M upset by Temple and Kansas State respectively.
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Philadelphia
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Oklahoma A&m Cowboys
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Stanford
San Francisco
Oregon State
Francisco
Ball High Wins Lions Club Tournament Championship
Ball High of Galveston edged Texas City 35 to 34 to capture the second annual Lions Club basketball tournament title. Deer Park defeated Victoria 43 to 17 in the consolation finals.
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Texas City
Galveston
Deer Park
Victoria
Amarillo Sandies face tough stretch after losses
Amarillo High School undefeated run ends with a 47-39 loss to Ada Cougars last Saturday. They opened with a 44-41 win over the Sooners in Ada, and Graham losses 39-31 on Wednesday and Thursday. Previous victories include Quanah 40-22 and Grover 54-51. Coach Hull says daily practices ahead of four big home dates with El Paso Tigers on Dec 29-30 and Woodrow Wilson Wildcats on Jan 2-3.
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Golden Sandies
Ada Cougars
Sooners
Ada
Graham
Quanah
Grover
T. G. Hull
el Paso Tigers
Woodrow Wilson Wildcats
Sandieville
Electra Star editorial questions football’s weight in Amarillo area
Editorial argues Amarillo Odessa and Wichita Falls face pressure from the Interscholastic League over classification. It notes Electra’s district status and compares district contenders Childress Quanah Vernon and Wichita Falls, urging cost considerations and coaching changes to boost long term interest while denying football is above education.
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Amarillo
Electra Star
Odessa
Wichita Falls
Electra
Yhitum Abyvw Oililut Zautulia
Childress
Quanah
Vernon
Burkburnett
Olney
Coyotes
Weathers
Edu- Amarillo
Wichita Cation
Falls
Associated Press
Trojans On Both Coasts Set For Bowl And Game
Southern California teams are active across the country. On Jan 1 the football squad will face Michigan in the Pasadena Rose Bowl afternoon. That night the basketball varsity meets Long Island University at Madison Square Garden.
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Los Angeles
Penn State Lions Arrive in Dallas for Cotton Bowl Preps
Penn State undefeated Nittany Lions travel from Pittsburgh to St Louis for a workout at Washington University and will stay at Dallas Naval Air Station before facing SMU in the Cotton Bowl. Coach Matty Bell expresses pessimism about slowing Penn State despite injuries on his SMU squad.
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Dick Reinking
Tigers Aggies To Open Cage Tourney In Fort Worth
LSU will play Texas A&M in the opening game of Fort Worth’s first annual college invitational at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum on Dec 29. The event features Texas Tech North Texas State SMU Hardin-Simmons TCU Texas Wesleyan in two brackets with semifinals, consolation and championship rounds through Wednesday.
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Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
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SMU
Hardin-Simmons
Texas Wesleyan
TCU
Texas A & M
LSU
North Texas
TWC
Rangers Move Up In Hockey League
Fort Worth moved into second in the Southern Division while Kansas City tied for third in the Northern Division after a 7-2 loss by Minneapolis to Kansas City. Houston fell 6-2 to Fort Worth and Dallas lost 6-2 to St. Paul as all teams paused tonight.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Dallas
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
Houston
Rangers
Texans
St. Paul
Nostalgic golf tales from a cow pasture to Texas tee
The writer recalls Paul Gallico's England golf piece amid memories of sheep and cows as practice targets in Texas. He notes Babe Didrikson Zaharias Ed Dudley and legends like Demaret and Nelson shaping their games in rural settings and reflects on moving targets and old playground tricks.
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England
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Jimmy Demaret
Byron Nelson
Texas
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Zaharias
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Savannah
Georgia
Sherman
Jimmy
Byron
Spartans Schedule Tough. Michigan State Faces Big Undefeated Teams
Michigan State will meet three of the nation's four undefeated programs next fall: Michigan, Notre Dame, and Penn State. The schedule opens in East Lansing against Michigan on Sept 25 with a enlarged stadium of 50 000 seats. The Spartans also visit Penn State on Oct 23, and resume a series with Notre Dame in October. A Navy note adds training film stats.
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Peace and Feuds Mark Explosive Christmas in Sports World
Oscar Fraley surveys a year-end snapshot where Olympic hockey disputes with the AAU, NFL and AAC turf wars, Yankees and Dodgers feuds, golf federation rifts, boxing rivalries, and other sport squabbles threaten harmony. Only Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott could meet with holiday calm.
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Larry” MacPhail
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Joe Louis
Jersey Joe Walcott
Bowling Scores Major League Dec Coffey Pontiac Lead
Bowling scores listed with team victories and top individual marks across leagues. Notable scores include Grimes 550, Cain 519, Blind 558, Cox 582, and Reppert 562 as leaders for their teams.
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Smith
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Weeks
Hazlewood To Speak At K of C Meeting
State Sen Grady Hazlewood will address Amarillo Knights of Columbus at 8 tonight in Cathedral Hall on Our Government. Fr John Steinlage will give a short talk. Jack Ely will preside and the Blackburn Shaw quartet will provide music.
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John Steinlage
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Burns Curtis In Mat Bout Headlines Christmas Show
Burns a fast Miami veteran meets George Curtis of Vicksburg Miss in the semiwindup of Thursdays Christmas program at the Fair Grounds arena. Curtis upset by Al Getz last week as Getz and Rod Fenton clash in the main event. Getz had won the Southwestern junior heavyweight title last summer but declined to defend it.
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Miami
Fla
George Curtis
Vicksburg
Miss
Fair Grounds Arena
Burns
Curtis
Big al Getz
Getz
Rod Fenton
Cory Detton
Keglers May Ball Against Lighter Pins Under New Rule
Milwaukee reporting that a constitutional amendment by the American Bowling Congress could allow sanctioned competitions with pins under three pounds starting April 16. The change marks a rare alteration in bowling equipment rules after a long season.
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Milwaukee
American Bowling Congress
Noted Philadelphia sportsman Craig Biddle dies at 66
WAKEFIELD RI December 22 Craig Biddle a prominent Philadelphia social figure and longtime sportsman has died at age 66 authorities said.
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Wakefield
Craig Biddle
Philadelphia
Texas Teams Lead Border Conference Basketball Standings
West Texas Texas Tech and Hardin-Simmons pace Border Conference standings as Arizona and Arizona State show growing strength after recent wins and losses. Arizona faces St Francis in Madison Square Garden while West Texas competes in the Los Angeles Invitational and Texas Tech in Fort Worth all college tourneys.
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Murray Sinclair
Associated Press
West Texas
Texas Tech
Hardin-Simmons
University Arizona
Wepingie
Aston
Aggies
Arizona
Madison Square Garden
St. Francis
Fort Worth
Amarillo men enlist in Air Corps for medical exams
Ben Haskett of Amarillo and William H. Stewart of Georgia Minnesota have enlisted in the Air Corps. Both have been sent to Albuquerque for completion of their physical examinations.
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Amarillo
Ben Haskett
L. W. Haskett
Durant
William H. Stewart
L. W. Stewart
Georgia
Minn
Albuquerque
Mexico Fights Blackmail Gang Widespread Across Nation
Authorities report a blackmail gang active in multiple states, threatening individuals and businesses to extort money. Investigations target key suspects and coordinated raids are planned to disrupt the network and recover funds.
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