Cedar Bayou Bears Clash With Gaston In Playoff Showdown
Cedar Bayou and Gaston meet at Cedar Bayou Stadium for a Class A playoff at 7 30 p m Saturday. Cedar Bayou seeks an 11th win and second regional title behind a split T attack while Gaston fields a fast, lean line and strong backfield led by Branch Pickering and Muckleroy.
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Poste
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Alfen
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Cooper
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Draper
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Cagle
Bishop
Herb
Pickering
Cochran
Hardy VY -Enderlin
Pool
Branch
Muckleroy
Lubbock And Wichita Favored To Reach 4A Semis Today
Texas football playoffs reach quarterfinals with 18 teams still alive across classes AAAA AAA AA and A. North Dallas stunned Fort Worth North Side 27 6 boosting northern 4A hopes while McAllen crushed San Antonio 26 0 to surge in 4A. Baytown Ganders beat Reagan 36 6 and Texarkana toppled Denison 28 7 as Stephenville, Terrell, Crowell, Wink and others advanced in AA and A divisions.
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Refrigerator Bowl Re-Opens Grid Play
EVANSVILLE Ind Dec The first post season college football contest will be played here Sunday when Arkansas State defends its Refrigerator Bowl championship against Western Kentucky. Coach Forrest England's Indians trounced Camp Breckinridge last year 46 to 12 as halfback Dick Woitmnashed over for three touchdowns. Woit,a junior, remains the spark plug of the Arkansas squad which lost only two of 10 games and ranks high in rushing and defense. Western Kentucky, with a 1-0 season mark, finished with the best record since 1923 led by quarterback Jim Felix and end Bill Ploumis. Felix completed 121 of 179 passes.
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Indians
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Woit
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Hilltoppers
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Jim Felix
Bill Ploumis
Felix
Night baseball draws bigger crowds in both leagues
An analysis from Phoenix shows night games attract significantly more fans than day games in both the American and National Leagues. In 1952 overall attendance declined due to weather and more TV sales, with night crowds surpassing day crowds by substantial margins.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Arkansas faces long coach search after 35 candidates named
Fort Smith Arkansas December reports indicate the University of Arkansas delays selecting a successor to Otis Douglas to review 35 candidates. A trustee faculty committee formed a sub committee led by W. W. Sharp to smooth the process while considering statewide input and budget limits. The school also faces accreditation pressures and a possible shift in conference competition due to restrictions on subsidies for athletes.
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Dukes Seeing Fret Pace He May Make Em Forget Lovellette
Walter Dukes of Seton Hall dominates the spotlight as he pipes in 27 points against Loyola of Baltimore to push his college career total past 1,000 and raise Seton Hall toward top national regard while St Johns and others win on a crowded college basketball Friday night slate.
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Estimated global book issuance since movable type
The world has issued about 54 billion books since movable type was invented. Salt on ice absorbs heat from its surroundings to melt the ice. Oceanographers describe the Gulf Stream as a complex network of currents that branch and join the main current at various points.
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Decision on Controversial Amateur Professional Rule
Spokane reports the NAAU board expected to reject a proposal allowing competition as a professional in one sport and amateur in another. Lymen Bingham and track and field committee oppose it, with Brundage aide noting repeated defeats. Also announced sites for 1953 AAU athletic meets across Yale Seattle Indianapolis Williams Lake Houston Cleveland Denver and more.
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Seixas May Win Australian Title
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia faces Australian star Frank Sedgman in the Victoria title match in Melbourne. Seixas hopes to become the second American to win the event and boost U S Davis Cup chances after beating Mervyn Rose and Ken McGregor. Sedgman remains the solid favorite as finals set for Monday.
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Mosday
Browns Edge Chicago Club in tense NFL scramble
Browns favored to win over Chicago as race tightens in the NFL from Cleveland’s 7 3 standing leading the conference. Lions Rams Packers Eagles and 49ers still vying for division titles with only a few games left. Odds favor Detroit and Los Angeles to clinch while San Francisco edges Pittsburgh in a key matchup. Jim Finks leads the West with 18 touchdown passes for the top team.
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