Dooley Top Candidate for OU Job Surfaces
Norman AP The Oklahoma football vacancy drew attention as Georgia coach Vince Dooley, SMU assistant Chuck Curtis, Army's Paul Dietzel and Colorado's Eddie Crowder were named as possible contenders. Dooley planned to visit campus to meet with university officials while Gomer Jones would stay on as athletic director. Royal declined OU after leaving Texas.
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Goslins Win Undefeated Streak With 41 35 Victory
Baytown Red Goslins edged Cedar Bayou Bears 41 35 in the Gulf Coast Junior High District opener. Don Ploeger led Baytown with 15 points, Kyle Fullick added 6 of last four minutes, while Osh Rougeau out with an ankle injury. Cedar Bayou struggled without their leading scorer Sonny Rougeau and shot 29 percent.
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Zone 1 Victory Greenies top Highlands 58 to 35
Horace Mann Greenies beat Highlands Eagles 58 35 in Zone 1 action opening Gulf Coast Junior High District play at HM gym. Thorpe led with 26 points for Horace Mann, Harris 10, Coleman 15 for Highlands, with Mann pulling away after halftime as Highlands shot poorly.
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Bay-Tex Class A Cagers Open Loop
The Bay-Tex Class A basketball opener features Barbera Hillsglee visiting Waller to face the Bulldogs at 8 p.m. The Barbers, led by 28-point scorer Joe Kilgore, finish pre-district around 27-4 and eye district honors after a strong season. Crosstown rivals Crosby and Hempstead also start district play with 8 p.m. tips.
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Final tribute to Branch Rickey in St Louis service
About 500 people attended the funeral for Branch Rickey in Grace Methodist Church St Louis. The baseball innovator who created the farm system and helped integrate the sport was lauded by peers and former players including George Sisler Stan Musial and Jackie Robinson. Rickey died Thursday in Columbia Missouri at age 90. He will be buried in Lucasville Ohio.
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Sacrifice for Athletics in Hutchinson High School
Bar ber Gene Thornhill recalls a request to remove a Beatle haircut on a student so the football helmet would fit. In Salina, a bolt from a mower shattered a door. police traced the bolt to the mower, solving two separate mysteries.
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Tulsa Hurricanes Face Five Major Question Marks Before Tennessee Game
Tulsa coach Glenn Dobbs surveys a season blighted by more than a dozen injuries to key players. Five regulars remain in doubt as Tulsa travels to Houston and then faces Tennessee in the Blue Bonnet Bowl. Dobbs praises reserves who filled in and vows not to complain.
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Ganders Seek Win Amid Injuries in Tough Schedule
Robert E. Lee Ganders fight through injuries as they prepare for a stretch of games, hoping Fred Hand and Larry Pitre return soon. Coach Bollinger expects Hand to play lightly against Beaumont with Pitre possibly back for district play.
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Ganders Take 4th In Cross Country Meet In Austin
Robert E. Lee's 1965 cross country team finished fourth at a large Austin meet with 78 entrants. Victor Humphrey placed second again by a narrow margin, narrowly behind last year's finish. Other Lee runners Raymond Matta 7th Grady Norton 13th Fred Shelby 34th Wilford Odom 35th Gary Moris 26th Richard Lloyd 37th.
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