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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1956
Page
9
Doyle Nix, former SMU player turned Green Bay Packers defensive halfback, has entered the Air Force. He will miss the next two seasons but made the squad as a rookie this fall in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In San Antonio, Robert E. Lee players advance to quarter finals as Bill Dixon, Paul Como, and Doug Bashrum lead in boys singles and Baytown doubles. Dixon dominates Wiederman and Sheppard, while Como Bashrum topple the Hayden brothers and Ament–Como beat Gray and Reese. Play continues through Saturday.
Raymond Downs led Texas with a 26.8 point per game average and earned unanimous first-team honors on the 1956 United Press all Southwest Conference basketball team. Dick O Neal of Texas Christian also unanimous on last year, joined by Larry Showalter, Bobby Mills of SMU, and Joe Durrenberger of Rice on the mythical first team. The second team featured Rice's Temple Tucker, SMU's Jim Krebs and Joel Brog, and Arkansas guards Manuel Whitley and Jerald Barnett.
Beverly Rockhold guided the Gander track team through autren time trials ahead of Border Olympics and Galena Park tests. Trials covered low hurdles, mile, 110 yard dash and 440 yard dash, with the 440 featuring Anton Smajstria and Jerry Capps in a neck and neck duel. Capps won in 51.3, Smajstria 52.0, Carl Young 52.5, and Buddy May 52.7. Mabry and Hawkins posted strong mile times, Mabry finishing 4:41.3 to Hawkins 4:41.65, while St. Clair and Erhardt ran 22.7 in the hurdles.
The Robert E. Lee golf squad begins the South Park Invitational at Terrel Park golf course with a four man team of Charles Wilson Harry Bonds Emil Bowerman and Gorgon Wilson alongside Fred Marti of Baytown junior high entering the singles division Beaumont tourney. The 18 hole affair runs through the day as Lee seeks its first win of the season.
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