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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
3
The South West Conference set an all time attendance record with 42 home games drawing 446,500 fans, averaging 34,310 per game. The prior season total was 1,427,081 across 44 games, and the previous average record stood at 33,635 in 1958.
Friday night features three Class A and Class AA clashes with Albany and Quanah entering semifinals, Dumas facing Wichita Falls while San Benito hosts Nederland. Saturday brings Class AAAA action as Wichita Falls meets Paschal at Farrington Field and Ray battles Galena Park at Galena Park with Ray favored to advance.
The Southwest Conference season highs show Lance Alworth of Arkansas and Butch Blume of Rice as top individual performers. Texas A&M led team marks with most first downs, four interceptions, best kickoff return average, and most points in a game. Individual notes include Coolidge Hunt 26 rushes, James Saxton 80 yard run, Jerry Rhome 26 attempts and 17 completions, and George McKinney 195 yards total offense.
LAS VEGAS AP The rugged Gene Fullmer and Benny Kid Paret meet Saturday night at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the full 15 rounds for Fullmer s world middleweight crown. Fullmer favored to go distance with Paret’s absence of a stake in the welterweight title.
Nebraska toppled Southern Methodist 63-60 Thursday night as the Southwest Conference slipped in intersectional play. SMU led 31-30 at the half, but Nebraska surged late led by Tom Russell with 20 points while Jan Loudermunk scored 21 for SMU.
YMCA officials expressed appreciation to coaches parents Humble Oil and others for supporting the 1961 Kid Football Program. Medals and certificates will be awarded at the Pee Wee Charity Bowl at Memorial Stadium 7:30 p.m. Friday. In the Ban tam league Hurricane led with 6-0, Oilers 4-1-1 Eagles 3-2-1 Texans 1-5 Bombers 0-6. In Pee Wee Wildcats 6-0 Rams 2-4 Texans 1-5.
The Southwest Conference faculty committee and governing body opened its winter meeting in Dallas with aims to finish quickly as little remains to decide. coaches discuss pre enrollment recruitment and discourage campus visits by friends or alumni. Training for off season football remains debated as others push for tighter limits. Lone Star Conference weighs NAIA playoff eligibility and transfer layoff rules, while NATA proposes cross sport eligibility links.
West team announced for the Shrine East West football game at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on Dec 20. Notable players include Curtis McClinton and Ronnie Bull as runners plus Mel Melin, John Hald, and Kermit Jorgensen at quarterback ends include Bobby Lane and Oscar Donahue and tackles Merlin Olsen and Clark Miller.
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