North Carolina Retains Top Rank In Preseason Poll
North Carolina, the Yankee Tar Heels, received 324 points to lead a preseason UPI board of coaches poll. Kansas is second with 294, Bradley third with 206, San Francisco fourth with 202, and Kentucky fifth with 171 as the 1957 58 national title chase begins.
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Bulldogs Defeat Bobcats 74 49 In Rivalry Showdown
Warren Tipton led the AAA Burger Bulldogs with 22 points as they trounced the Childress Bobcats 74 to 49. David Seal scored 17 for Childress while Borger and early exchanges kept it tight before the Bulldogs pulled away.
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Wilt Leads Kansas To 63 56 Win Over Oklahoma State
Wilt Chamberlain scored 30 points, 17 in the second half, to lift Kansas to a 63 56 victory over Oklahoma State in Stillwater. Kentucky edged Duke 78 74 at home, Indiana fell to Ohio University 76 68 at Bloomington. Other ranked teams won as Michigan State Rice Illinois posted wins on opening night.
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Rice Owls Open Season With Win Over New Mexico A&M
The Rice Owls defeated New Mexico A&M 72 to 45 at Houston led by Temple Tucker with 25 points. SMU fell to Minnesota 66 to 52 in a rough game at Minneapolis. Texas Tech opened conference play with an 83 to 50 victory over Abilene Christian at Lubbock. Arkansas lost to Oklahoma 64 to 52 in Norman.
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Armstrong and Ward Triumph in Split Decision Hearings
Gene Ace Armstrong of Elizabeth New Jersey outpointed Reuben Stubbs of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in a 158 156 bout. Steve Ward of Hartford Connecticut outpointed Gene Butler 145 143 in Boston. Armand Savoie of Montreal Canada stopped Ron Richardson of England in the 41st round.
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Attendance Drops as SWC Games Lose Steam
A United Press survey shows total attendance in the Southwest Conference fell by about 1,300 per game despite a strong football race. SMU gate off 50,000 for five home games, Texas down 21,000 for six games, offset by gains at TCU, Baylor, Rice, A&M, and Arkansas as the conference totals exceed 1.25 million. Rice posted the top figure, about 20,000, ahead of Texas and others in the circuit.
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TCU Might Decline Cigar Bowl Invitation
Fort Worth coach Abe Martin announced the athletic department would urge the Texas Christian Athletic Council not to accept a Dec. 28 Cigar Bowl invitation in Tampa Florida. He cited several factors with one main issue the players’ lack of enthusiasm for more games.
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Texas Tech Sees Attendance Rise in 1960 Conference Debut
Tech joins the conference football picture in 1960. Home attendance reached 1,308,329 over 38 games this year, up from 1,284,065 in 1956 across 36 games. Average per game was 34,429 versus 35,724 last year, with six home games showing 122,500 attendance and five last year at 93,500.
Rifle Team Wins Shooting Match
The American Legion Junior Rifle Club defeated Gateway Junior Rifle Club of Lackland Air Force Base in a home to home match. Individual scores included Childress 739 team total 646. Members Gary Hassell 199, Sammy Bushon 181, Harold Walkup 190, Mike Davenport 178. No practice tonight, next Tuesday as usual.
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Morocco’s King Mohammed V Visits Disneyland in Anaheim
King Mohammed V and entourage travel to Anaheim to tour Disneyland, part of a broader Los Angeles area sightseeing trip. The visit highlights the monarch’s interest in American culture and entertainment, as he and officials tour the fantasy world created by Walt Disney in California.
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