Basketball Will Get Big Test In Clash Of Cage
A high profile basketball clash looms as teams face a major challenge this season. The matchup could influence seedings for the postseason and set the tone for the PO run.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1951
Page
9
A high profile basketball clash looms as teams face a major challenge this season. The matchup could influence seedings for the postseason and set the tone for the PO run.
Ead Wunsch topped the Classic Bowling League with a 22 high game and 615 series, fueling Budweiser to a 2-1 win over Steele McDonald. Kenny Kitchell led General Tire to a 3-3 split with a 203 single and 566 series, while Bill Frezier sparked Weingarten to a 3-1 victory over Schlitz with a 211 single and 568 series.
Horace Mann varsity boosts win over Channelview A squad 29 22 led by Gen Hullum 12 points and Tommy Parris 9. Mann B team also wins 17 8 paced by Andy Bond 11. Center Tex Price fuels Texas surge with 11. LSU beats Rice 68 to 2 in Houston.
Final 1951 United Press football ratings place Baylor ninth and TCU tenth with first place votes noted. Michigan State tops the list, followed by Illinois Maryland Georgia Tech and Princeton. Other teams receiving points include Oklahoma California Notre Dame and several others.
A three man committee will take about three weeks to screen candidates to replace Beattie Feathers as head football coach at North Carolina State. Feathers, famed NFL star, was fired after a fourth straight losing season in eight years. Thirteen of 14 athletic council members voted for the dismissal. Feathers may join the physical education staff for the remaining two years of his contract. he has not decided whether to accept.
Ten new players drafted by Texas League clubs at the minor league convention in Columbus. San Antonio claimed three newcomers, Oklahoma City and Fort Worth two each, Tulsa Houston and Shreveport one apiece. Key picks included Charley Hagge by Shreveport and Eddie Sanicki by Tulsa, with several others named from Des Moines Fargo Hartford Taracksonville and Colorado Springs.
Coach Don Stallworth lauds Corpus Christi Ray Lee's football team for speed and discipline. He notes Ray uses multiple formations beyond their single wing, including straight T and box, with strong backfield play and flawless execution.
Gulf Coast Junior High League will meet at 7 p m today at Horace Mann school to finalize basketball and spring sports schedules. Twelve schools competed in football this fall, including Mann Baytown JH Velasco South Houston Pasadena Freeport and others.
Baylor won unanimous approval from fellow conference schools to play in the Orange Bowl in Miami on New Year’s Day. A Monday poll of members failed to tear the vote. The Bears will face Texas Christian for the crown without conference-permission, relying on their conference title.
An 11 year old jockey from Kansas City Arkansas rode his 290th winner, closing in on the 300 mark in a recent event amid a string of victories and a growing national attention.
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