Bowl Week Skies with Big Crowd Plans and High Stakes
An estimated 350000 fans prepare for seven bowls on New Year’s, led by about 100000 at the Rose Bowl where Town is eight point favorite over Oregon State. Tennessee Maine Baylor in Sugar Bowl with 6 point edge. Colorado over Clemson. TCU over Syracuse in Cotton Bowl.
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Baylor
Colorado
Clemson
TCU
Syracuse
Iowa
Hawkeyes
John Witte
al Karras
New Orleans
Orange
Miami
Oklahoma
Tigers
Fla
Dallas
Tex
Jimmy Brown
Jim Swink
Alabama
Horned Frogs
George Washington
Texas Western
el Paso
West Texas
Mississippi Southern
Orlando
Texas Southern
Prairie View A&m
Houston
Bonham Wins Whitesboro Tournament Thriller Over Gainesville
Bonham Purple Warriors claim their first tournament title by edging the Gainesville Leopards 59-58 in the Whitesboro final. Dismas Childress scores 25 points while Jerry Moore adds 19. Latham leads Gainesville with 18. Bonham reaches 7 wins in 9 starts, with prior losses to Hawkins and Denison.
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Gainesville
Whitesboro
Bonham Purple Warriors
Dismas Childress
Jerry Moore
Latham
Leopards
Cainesville
Warriors
Nocona
Ponder
St. Jo
Hawkins
Denison
Sherman
Winnsboro Red Raiders
Childress
Moore
Dodson
Campbell ‘ Porteroe
Gilmore
Timbrike
Hocker
Kansas Stays On Top Cage Rating With North Carolina Close
Kansas remains No. 1 in the United Press basketball rankings after winning the Big Seven tournament. North Carolina moves to second after Dixie Classic victory, narrowing Kansas lead. Kentucky sits third and SMU fourth with Louisville rising to fifth as St. Louis falls. Top 10 also includes Illinois, Iowa State, UCLA, Oklahoma A&M, and Manhattan.
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United Press
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Kansas
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United Press Board of Coaches
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Kentucky
Southern Methodist
Louisviles
Cardinals
Secon
St. Louis
Illinois
Iowa State
UCLA
Oklahoma A&m
Manhattan
Mississippi School Withdraws from Integrated Tourney
The University of Mississippi withdrew its basketball team from a racially integrated Holiday Tourney in Owensboro Kentucky to honor the state’s color line. Mississippi State had done likewise after pulling out of the Evansville Indiana Invitational last weekend.
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Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Iowa
N. Y
Owensboro
Mississippi State College
Evansville
Ind
Bells Panthers win four team meet in Trenton finals
Bells Panthers cruised to a 61 to 44 victory over Trenton in the finals of the four team holiday invitation at Trenton. Bells led 33 to 24 at halftime as UCLA rose in the rankings by defeating San Francisco on Friday and Manhattan vaulted to tenth with an unexpected showing at New York's Holiday Festival.
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Orville Fletcher
Bells
John Henderson
Bobby Walters
Larry Butler
Tommy Richardson
Trenton
Wayne Burchfield
Hall Summit
Pecan Gap
Fletcher
Spl
Bells Panthers
UCLA
San Francisco
Manhattan
New York
Pro Grid Players Farm Association Forms in New York
The NFL players group formed in New York after its first meeting names Norm Van Brocklin Kyle Rote and Creighton Miller to press four aims. They seek recognition by the league training camp costs player injuries and pension provisions to be discussed with Commissioner Bert Bell and club owners.
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NEW York
National Football League
Players Association
Bert Bell
Norm van E Brocklin
Los Angeles Rams
Kyle Rote
New York Giants
Creighton Miller
Cleveland
Bell
NFL
Russians Grab Top Spots in Ski Meet
In Innsbruck Austria Russian ski jumpers swept the podium with Nikolai Shamov first on 221.5 points and Nikolai Kamenski second on 218.5. West Germany's Max Bolkart took third with 217.5 points. Shamov first jump tied the course record at 260 feet 10 inches.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Nikolai Shmaov
Nikolai Kamenski
West Germany
Max Bolkart
Shamov
Giants Triumph 47-7 Over Bears For Pro Title
New York Giants rout Chicago Bears 47 to 7 in a snowbound Yankee Stadium to win the NFL championship. Captain Svoboda anchored the defense and contributed a 35 yard return after an interception as the Giants throttled the league leaders.
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Giants
Bears
Jim Lee Howell
New York
Andy Robustelli
Ed Hughes
Bill Svoboda
Harland Svare
Dick Modzelewski
Mel Triplett
Sam Wilson
Robustelli
Rick Caseres
Andy
Chicago
Ben Agajanian
Pears
Emlen Tunnell
J. C. Caroline
Bear
Ggants
Charley Conerly
Dane Hinrich
Alex Webster
Casares
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