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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1956
Page
9
A spoofed sports parade critiques the idea of automatic intentional walks in baseball and extrapolates potential effects on basketball football boxing tennis golf and even court decisions. The piece mocks time-saving schemes while lampooning officials fans and the idea of changing fundamental rules.
Funeral arrangements were pending Tuesday for Bruce Ogrodowski a former St Louis Cardinals catcher found dead in San Francisco on Monday at age 43 A patrolman discovered the body after a friend reported an inability to reach him and concern grew.
Lamar eyes a strong showing at the 15th Annual Lee Relays on March 16 at Memorial Stadium as Port Arthur, Pasadena and Rockhold’s squads loom. Coach Bert Kivelly’s team aims to defend Lee Relay title amid a field with world record hopefuls and a potential 3:20.4 mile relay mark from Port Arthur.
United Press coaches tabbed San Francisco as national college basketball champions for 1955-56 with 342 points, meagerly missing a perfect score as the Dons chase a season-ending win streak and potential NCAA title. Dayton Alabama Louisville split the remaining top spots while the final top 10 featured teams from the South Midwest and Pacific Coast.
The final 1966 56 United Press college basketball poll lists Santa Fernandes NC State Dayton Iowa and Alabama among the top ten. Second ten include North Carolina Kentucky Utah Temple Holy Cross Oklahoma City University St Louis Seattle Canisius Duke with several others tied or small vote counts noted.
Seven of eight favorites advanced in two juco regional tournaments at Tyler and Amarillo. Amarillo College defeated Decatur 63 to 470, Cameron Aggies beat Howard County 70 to 57, San Angelo beat Frank Phillips 85 to 8, and Arlington State edged Clarendon 73 to 70. Tyler Apaches topped Panola 107 to 81, Lon Morris beat Allen Academy 92 to 88, Kilgore edged Paris 73 to 68, and Wharton saved South Texas 75 to 69.
Tony DeMarco, lauded as Boston’s “Little Marciano,” defeated lightweight champion Bud Smith by ninth round TKO at Boston Garden before 7,851. Smith bled from a cut ear, was flailing against the ropes, and his corner threw in the towel at 43 seconds of the final round. DeMarco cited memory of Smith and an unannounced fall on ice as key factors, noting a sprained left hand from training.
Two Deer On All Tourney Team AUSTIN GP Class A champion Buna's James Mellard was the sole repeat on the state high school basketball all-tournament selections from the three classes. Class AA runner-up Phillips coach Carl Mitchell highlighted a standout trio, with Jackson ville's James Cone nearly unanimous, and Bilnals of Webster earning spots. Class AA also included Johnny Johnston and James Davis of Jacksonville and Paul Blanchard of Webster. Buna placed Mellard and Pat Stanley on the Class A team, with Deer Park adding Wilbert Bigott and Franklin McLean, and Troup's John Toole completing Class A. Class A honors listed Williams, Littles, Bobby Young, and Mace Morrison, with Deer Park’s Johnny Scheer among honorable mentions.
Laredo's Class AAAA champions and North Dallas runners-up each placed two on the Texas Sports Writers Association all tournament teams. Andy Santos and Phillip Tramell were Laredo selections while Allen Harris and Hobby Smith from North Dallas joined. Frank Portilla of Milby earned the other belt on the select team.
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