East Beats West 7 6 in Greenbelt Bowl Thriller
East edges West 7 6 in the Greenbelt Bowl at Fair Park stadium before 3,500. Beckenridge’s Jake Sandefer scored the winning touchdown and Beall added the extra point as East overcame fumbles and West’s late pass attack. Phillips’ Smith was named outstanding for the West. Jim Watson electrified with a punt return play that set up the late score.
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Biood
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Jake Sandefer
Junior Beall
Seymour
Beall
Hal Sandefur
Dond Smith
Phillips
J. Sandefer
Jim Watson
Dan Howard
Littlefield
Watson
Johnny Baskin
Berger
Baskin
Phillips’ Smith
H. Sandefur
Don Smith
Hal Sandefer
Paducah
Smith
Donald Raney
Childress
Twyman Ash
Abilene
Breckenridge
Sandefer
R. A. Burgess
Canyon
Fair Park Stadium
Knoblauch Leads Texas League Batting Fight
Eddie Knoblauch of the Dallas Eagles holds a slim .338 average on Aug 10 ahead of Dick Williams of the Fort Worth Cats at .334. Murray is out with a broken thumb but Browne and Browne’s 27 homers lead, while Graber tops triples with 10 and Dixon has 36 steals. Red Murff of Dallas remains a W loss leader with a 25 7 record and 135 strikeouts in 258 innings.
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Dallas Eagles
Dick Williams
Fort Worth Cats
Knoblauch
Williams
Eddie
Lee Ray Murray
Dallas
Ken Wise
Beaumont
Bob Montag
Harry Schwegman
Fort Worth
Pidge Browne
Shreveport
Murray
Browne
Ron Graber
Sherwin Dixon
Houston
Speed Merchant
San Antonio
Jim Pisoni
Red Murff
Murff
Harry Housma
Mel Held
al Papai
Oklahoma City
Arnie Atkins
al Widmar
Tulsa
Pete Burnside
Kirkland Wildcats Rout Quanah In 18-0 Softball Sweep
Kirkland pitcher Leon Burch allowed only two hits while eight batters struck out as the Wildcats shellacked Quanah 18 to 0 in the Texas and Oklahoma Softball League. Melvin Shank went 4 for 5 and Joe McClain 3 for 3 to pace Kirkland at the plate. Kirkland built a four-run first inning, then scored in every frame, while Quanah managed only five baserunners.
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Burch
Kirkland Wildcats
Quanah
Texas
Kirkland
Melvin Shank
Joe McClain
Gulielmi Named Top Star of All-Star Grid Game
Notre Dame fullback Gulielmi named MVP of the 22nd annual All-Star game at Soldier Field after 30 to 27 upset of the Cleveland Browns. Baylor’s L G Dupre was second with 38 votes. Tad Weed set field goal records for Ohio State.
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Chicago
Ralph Guglielmo
Notre Dame
Cleveland Browns
Guglielmi
L. G
Dupre
Baylor
Ron
Browns
Soldier Field
Curly Lambeau
Henry Hair
Georgia Tech
Little Tad Weed
Ohio State
Mel Triplet
Toledo
Indians Seize Chance As Race Tightens In AL
The Cleveland Indians sweep Kansas City to reach five straight wins and close in on the White Sox Yankees and Red Sox in the pennant chase. Chicago slumps with an 8 to 8 loss to Detroit, Boston falls 18 to 9 to Washington, and New York’s game at Baltimore was rained out.
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Indians
Kansas City
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
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White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Washington Senators
Yankees
Baltimore
Chisox
Cleburne Coach Resigns for Port Arthur Post
Bentley Jones former Baylor star and line coach at Cleburne High School since 1952 resigns to take a line coaching post at Port Arthur High School in Class AAAA. Officials say no immediate replacement will be named.
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Port Arthur
Bentley Jones
Bahlor
Cleburne High School
Jones
Joel
Baylor
Temple
Eagles Giants Renew 1956 Farm System Pact
The New York Giants and the Dallas Eagles of the Texas League extend their working agreement for the 1956 season. Dallas acts as the second farm club under the New York system with twelve of its nineteen players coming from the Giants. Key signees include pitchers Purnside Fowler Wilbey and catchers Jackson Testa plus infielders Cosmis dis Tate Virgil White and outfielders Dunham Getter Moore.
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New York Giants
Dallas Eagles
Eagle General
Warner Lewis
Saturda
Eagles
Giants
Minnepolis
American Association
New York
Pete Purnside
Charlie Fowler
Ben Wilbey
Len Jackson
Nick Testa
Alex Cosmidis
Lee Tate
Ossie Virgil
Bill White
Art Dunham
Dick Getter
Wiley Moore
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