Chamberlain leads Kansas to Big Eight tourney win over Kansas State
Wilt Chamberlain scored 38 and grabbed 18 rebounds as Kansas defeated Kansas State 79-65 to claim the Big Eight pre season tournament title. He raised his tournament total to 106 points across three games, surpassing last year’s record.
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Bill Russell Named Unanimous All Star In St Louis
New York report says Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics was the league’s sole unanimous pick for the NBA All Star game set for January 21 in St Louis. The star has not yet played a full NBA season.
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College Tourney Scores Across Big Eight And Holiday Events
A compendium of college tournament results notes Colorado 80 over Princeton 64 and Oklahoma 80 over Missouri 69 in Big Eight play, with Kansas champion at 79 65. Holiday Festival sees Connecticut 68 over Pittsburgh 40 and Dayton 81 75 in overtime for third place. Other games include Syracuse 62 over Queen City Invitational foe, and Sugar Bowl tight Memphis State 47 Maryland 46 in three overtimes. Pro and high school results round out the day with St Louis 105 Minneapolis 98 and Evansville area tourney finals.
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Swander lifts Memphis State to Sugar Bowl basketball title
Bob Swander nailed a field goal and two free throws in the third overtime to lift Memphis State past Maryland 47-46 and clinch the Sugar Bowl basketball championship Monday night in New Orleans.
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Hockey Scores From The Associated Press Sunday
The International League ended with Indianapolis 3 Toledo 3 in overtime, Troy 10 Ft Wayne 0, and Cincinnati 7 Louisville 2. In the National League Montreal 4 New York 3 and Chicago 2 Toronto 2 Detroit 2 Boston 2 tied. American League games saw Buffalo 4 Cleveland 2 Rochester 2 Springfield 1 OT and Providence 4 Hershey 2.
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Jaycees and Flooring meet in YMCA playoff for 1957 title
Jaycees beat Etchison 73 63 and Indiana Flooring downed the Collegians 68 59 to set a Thursday 7 30 p m final on the Y court. Frank Woschitz led Jaycees with 25 points while Benefiel of Indiana Flooring had 27.
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Wilkinson hints Sooners peak for Orange Bowl clash
In Miami Bud Wilkinson indicated Oklahoma is at its best as they prepare for the Orange Bowl against Duke on New Year’s Day. He dodged questions during the briefing and emphasized readiness for the big game.
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Childes Wins Armory Holiday Tourney Tilt
Childes captured the Armory Holiday Basketball Tourney by defeating Muncie Alsco 72 67 in the title tilt. Phil Hodson of Muncie led scoring with 26 points while Alsecos beat the New Castle Eagles 82 70 in an afternoon game. In an overtime contest Childes edged Etchison Plumbers 77 76. The Central Indiana and Madison County league resumes Sunday with game schedules to come.
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Kansas Dominates AP Style as Kansas State Follows in Second
Kansas leads United Press college basketball rankings with Kansas State runnerup for the week ending December 28. North Carolina rises to third. West Virginia falls to fourth. San Francisco remains fifth as 19 coaches back Kansas as top team with 19 votes.
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Bowl rivals clash as Navy ends post season run
Navy meets Rice in the Cotton Bowl as the Navy squad bids a final bowl appearance in a postseason that also features Ohio State against Oregon in the Rose Bowl and Oklahoma facing Duke in the Orange Bowl. Also in action are Mississippi vs Texas in the Sugar Bowl and Mississippi Southern vs East Texas State in the Tangerine Bowl.
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Boardman Knocks Out Schmidt After Stand In Ring
Larry Boardman from Marlboro Conn rose off the canvas in the first round and halted Peter Schmidt of New York with a sixth round knockout at St Nicholas Arena ITV bout. Boardman, 21, weighed 141 pounds to Schmidt 142, was decked in round one but recovered to finish Schmidt with a straight right at 1 03 of the sixth.
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Cincinnati Five Suffers 1st Loss
Bradley Braves upset Cincinnati 79 73 in Peoria Illinois as Oscar Robertson scored 36 points to lead Cincinnati with no other double figure scorers. Dekking missed game with a broken leg from Friday practice.
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Showalter Leads Tennessee Past William and Mary
Sophomore Daren Showalter of Logansport Indiana scored 18 points to lift Tennessee to an 84-62 win over William and Mary. The game was tied eight times in the first half before Tennessee pulled away to a 42-29 halftime margin.
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Washington Huskies edge Michigan State 71 69 in intercollegiate battle
Seattle reports the upstart Huskies defeated the all winning Michigan State 71 69 as Doug Smart scored 28 points in a hook shot heavy clash.
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Fate To Be Decided In Detroit Basketball Tournament
Detroit University of Detroit hosts a two day crowd rich basketball tournament with 2,376 in the first round and 2,910 in consolation and title games, totaling 5,286 spectators. The figure trails the worst two night total of the past five years by about 3,000.
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Only Texas Could Have Millionaire Quarterback
New Orleans report notes Texas University features Walter Fondren No 24 as a high profile quarterback. It highlights his wealth lineage, family donations, and Sugar Bowl bound Texas Longhorns finishing a collegiate career for Fondren who is also a standout punter passer and scholar on athletic scholarship.
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Giants Sign Frank Youse From Minnesota For 1958
New York Giants announce the acquisition of tackle Frank Youse from Minnesota to bolster the roster for the 1958 NFL season. The move adds experienced blocking depth as the team prepares for upcoming games.
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Parker's rebuke stings Lions in title clash
Detroit Lions dominated the Cleveland Browns 59 to 14 before 55,263 at Briggs Stadium. The game highlighted Parker's fiery postgame rebuke and the Lions’ turnaround after a rocky start, with Tobin Rote delivering standout quarterbacking and the team cementing its status as league contenders.
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New Castle Breaks Ground For Big Gym
New Castle Indiana construction crews broke ground Monday on a 9 600 seat gym at New Castle High School. The project with a 1 100 000 price tag will be financed by a holding company bond issue and 210 000 in public subscriptions, and is tied to a new high school building and football stadium slated for completion next autumn.
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