Baytown Favored in Seventh Grade Cage Tournament
Baytown Optimist Club hosts its ninth annual seventh grade basketball tournament with eight teams: Baytown Horace Mann Cedar Bayou Highlands Deepwater King La Porte and Clear Creek. Baytown coached by Fred Blundell is the favorite with top seeds for King and Deepwater among outsiders. Schedule features Cedar Bayou Deepwater at 4 pm and Highlands King at 5:15 pm with later games through Saturday culminating in 7:45 pm finals. Tickets 5 cents students 59 cents adults.
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la Porte
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Fred Blundell
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Highlands Bunch
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Blundell
Bill Barnes
Joe Beckman
Jeff Busen
Lee Robertson
Ganders Aim for Five Hundred Finish in Clash with Rayburn
Robert E. Lee Ganders, 3-7 in district play, host Sam Rayburn at 7 30 p m Friday in the ABL gym aiming to cap a 7 7 season after a 71 57 win over Galveston Ball High. Fred Hand and Larry Pitre seek all district honors as Hand nears 20 ppg with 238 points in district play and Pitre tops free throws with 99 of 171 points from the line.
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Bill Brown
Normen Toble Iman
Pitre
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Crosby Buffalos end season with win over Waller
Crosby Buffaloes finish 10-? district slate by beating Waller 52-48 to tie fifth place with the Bulldogs in 27-A final standings. Senior Johnny Clifton leads Crosby with 71 points. Bill Epler nets 20 for Waller. Crosby B team down Waller JV 46-35. Crosby girls lose 34-30 to Waller.
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Werner Worries Over First USTFF Meet In New York
AP reports Chick Werner head of the U S Track and Field Federation discusses the field for the first USTFF meet in New York. Jim Ryan headlines the event with rising miler Gerry Lindgren among contenders for major indoor marks. International runners are scarce as a truce governs AAU factions.
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Amateur Athletic Union
Horace Mann Greenies eliminated by La Marque in Gulf Coast title chase
Horace Mann High School’s Green Goslins fell 53 to 42 to La Marque, ending Baytown junior high hopes in the Gulf Coast title race. A poor first half doomed the Greenies as La Marque led 35-15 at half, despite a late surge in which Horace Mann outscored the opponent 27-18. Jerry Hance led scoring with 14 points, Bruce Harris grabbed 17 rebounds, and the team finished 20-7 for the season.
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Will Rogers Indoor Meet Opens Texas Track Season
Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth hosts the six year Will Rogers Indoor Games opening Texas track season. Notables include Olympians John Thomas and John Rambo vying in the high jump and sprint events, Dallas freshman George Aldridge challenging five collegiate rivals in the 31 yard dash, Jim Grelle in the mile, and John Pennel aiming to clear 17 feet in the pole vault. Charles Christmas of Abilene Christian leads the 880 field and seeks the fastest indoor mile time in Texas.
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Department 1 store sales rise across Federal Reserve District
The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank reports 1965 sales up 4 percent from 1964 across District 11. Corpus Christi 3 percent, Dallas 7 percent, El Paso 2 percent, Houston 9 percent, San Antonio 2 percent, Shreveport 1 percent. Waco shows a 3 percent yearly decline after December drop.
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Oddities From Falstaff Sports Facts
Baseball notes reveal the Dodgers won the pennant last season without eight regulars hitting .300 Maury Wills led Dodger regulars with a .266 average. Kentucky has won the NCAA basketball championship four times. Football linemen have grown, with 1965 Packers averaging over 240 pounds and ten players at or above 250, compared to 212 pounds and one 250-plus lineman in the 1945 Rams.
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