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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1954

Page

12

Giants Take East Lead As Lions Dominate In Week Result

The Detroit Lions surged to the top of the Western conference with a 48 7 win over the 49ers and moved closer to a playoff berth and third straight title. New York Giants maintained a slim half game edge in the East after a 27 14 victory over the Eagles, facing the Rams and Browns in key upcoming clashes.

Orle Robertson Associated Press Detroit Lions New York Giants Lions San Francisco 49Ers Green Bay Packers Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Bears Cleveland Browns Browns Giants Eagles Los Angeles Rams Pittsburgh Philadelphia

Eastern New York Echoes and Result Fragments

Disjointed OCR style recap shows scattered scores including Green Bay 24 and Baltimore 14 with other results like Cleveland 29 and Chicago Bears. Names and places are partially garbled.

New York Tarde Deteatterenee Boorse Los Angeles Green Bay Baltimore San Francisc Petro Ork Philadelphia

NCAA Approves Eight Bowl Games for 1966 Season

Kansas City AP An NCAA official announced eight post season bowls: Refrigerator Bowl Evansville Indiana December 5 Gator Bowl Jacksonville Florida December 31 Cotton Bowl Dallas Orange Bowl Miami Rose Bowl Pasadena Sugar Bowl New Orleans Sun Meg Er ase Orlando Florida and more may be approved by the extra events committee.

Kansas City National Collegiate Athletic Assn Walter Byers NCAA Evansville Ind Jacksonville Fla Dallas Miami Pasadena Calif Sugar Ian Orleans Sun Meg Erase Xas Orlando Byers

Pro Football Preview From Green Bay Week

Fragmentary notes reference a Green Bay game and Sunday action with names Martelle Reese and Biltmore. Details are unclear, but the item indicates a football event and potential line of play or stats.

Atlantic Coast Standings Highlight Key Leads

Standings show Duke at 20 1 and Wake Forest 13 1 with Maryland 2018 and North Carolina 3 1 also listed. Clemson and NC State trail, while Southern Pacific Coast and Mountain States divisions tally Washington California Oregon and Stanford in mixed results.

Duke Wake Forest Maryland Carolina N. Carolina C. State Clemson

Baylor Jinx Big Problem for SMU

SMU faces Baylor in the Southwest Conference top game with a five year jinx to break and a championship claim at stake. A loss could drop SMU from first in the conference standings and end title chances as 60,000 fans are expected at the Cotton Bowl.

Dallas Southern Methodist Baylor SMU Baylor Menace Methodists

McNamara Tops Big Ten Scoring Title Race

McNamara leads the Big Ten in points per game as the season advances with his standout scoring pace. Team standings and rival challengers profile the race for the conference scoring crown.

McNamara Leads Big Ten Scoring Race After Iowa Game

AP reports Bob McNamara of Minnesota scored two touchdowns to raise his season total to 11 touchdowns and 66 points, leading the Big Ten scorers. Earl Smith of Iowa moved to second with 60 points, while Bobby Watkins of Ohio State stayed third with 57. Hos to the tie for fourth included Hopalong Cassady, Abe Woodson and Alan Ameche. Ameche played little against Illinois, Cassady and Woodson each had one rushing TD. Geno Capelletti of Minnesota and Art Murakowski of Purdue followed, as Lou Baldacci of Michigan reached 131 points.

Chicago Bob McNamara Minnesota Murray Warmath Iowa Earl Smith Smith Bobby Watkins Ohio State Hopalong Cassady Abe Woodson Illinois Alan Ameche Wisconsin Ieach Ameche Cassady Woodson Lou Baldacci Michigan

Greenberg Pushes for Ten Team Major League

Cleveland Indians executive Han Greenberg proposes expanding the American League to ten teams at the December 8 meeting. He plans to form a committee to study new franchises and omits specific cities, though San Francisco and Los Angeles are floated. Frank Lane predicts West Coast clubs will join MLB within three years.

Cleveland Han Greenberg Cleveland Indians Will Harridge San Francisco Los Angeles Frank Lane Chicago White

Trojans Are Only Sure Bet for a Bowl Berth

Southern California remains the definite Rose Bowl host regardless of two remaining games with UCLA and Notre Dame. The Sugar and Cotton bowls hinge on SEC and SWC results, while Maryland and Duke race for Orange Bowl chances as Oklahoma is ineligible. Nebraska and Kansas State contend for the remaining slots.

Trojans Ed Corrigan Associated Press UCLA Notre Dame Southern California Ohio State Michigan Buckeyes Wolverines Arkansas Southern Methodist Razorbacks SMU Baylor Texas Christian Maryland Terps Oklahoma Duke South Carolina North Carolina Blue Devils Miami Nebraska Kansas State

State, Nebraska clash for bid with Wildcats potential

State faces Colorado with a potential bid if Nebraska loses. A Wildcats win could secure the bid even as both teams record 4 2, since State previously beat Nebraska this season.

State Colorado Nebraska Wildcats Cornhuskers

East Iowans Shy In Match Bowling Qualifiers

Carl Knodle of Boone led seven qualifiers for the state men's match game bowling title with a 12 game series of 2 365. Defending champion Bob Salier of Mason City joins seven others to compete on Nov 27 28. Other qualifiers include Walt Schreiber Charles Luffy Bud McDonald Ed King Roger Wiemer and Jack Williams with various scores from 2 185 to 2 346. Eastern Iowa scores feature bowlers from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Vinton among others.

Des Moines Carl Knodle Boone Bob Salier Mason City Knodle Walt Schreiber Sioux City Charles Luffy Bud McDonald Waterloo Ed King Roger Wiemer Burlington Jack Williams Robert Jeter Turner Teft, Jr Vinton Clark Kaiser Ro Jerry Wilcox

Pheasant Possession Limit Reinstated in Iowa

The Sunday Gazette clarifies that Iowa pheasant possession is three cock birds. Earlier editions erroneously stated a six bird limit.

Iowa The Sunday Gazette

World shooting championship opens with colorful Caracas ceremony

The 36th world shooting championship inaugurated in Caracas with a colorful opening ceremony as competitors from around the globe gathered for the event.

Caracas Venezuela

Determination of Cyclones Praised By DiFrancesca

Ames Iowa State coach Vince DiFrancesca praised the Cyclones for maximum effort after a 12 7 loss to Kansas State. He noted the team played hard with 22 players available including fullback Max Burkett and halfback Harold Potts.

DiFrancesca Ames Iowa State Vince DiFrancesca Cyclone Kansas State Max Burkett Harold Potts

Dysart and Orange In Jamboree Tie

Orange West teams from Dike Hudson and Orange defeated East Dunkerton Geneseo and Dysart 82 to 64 in Cedar Consolidated conference jamboree. Dike led Dunkerton 39 15 in the opening period. Dysart and Orange tied 30 30 in the final period as Dysart fell back after a 15 8 first half. Santman led Dysart with nine points and Homolar scored ten for Orange.

Orange Dike Hudson Dunkerton Geneseo Dysart Santman Homolar

Consider Toledo for Two Bowl Grid Games

Toledo University in the Mid American Conference drew a bowl bid offer from the Refrigerator Bowl committee for a December 5 game in Evansville Indiana. The Rockets have six wins two losses and one tie and are also a candidate for the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando Florida on January 1.

Toledo Toledo, Ohio INS Toledo University Evansville Ind Orlando Fla

Darks Win Tie at Mid-Iowa Conference jamboree

The Darks from Garwin Beaman and Gladbrook swept the boys portion 65-40 over the Lights of Conrad Dinsdale and Montour, while the girls ended in a 55-55 deadlock after Beaman beat Conrad 12-5, Garwin over Dinsdale 33-32, and Montour over Gladbrook 18-10.

Gazette Gladbrook Darks Garwin Beaman Conrad Dinsdale Montour

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