Russia Dominates Olympic Team Scoring With Gold Bonanza
Russia opens a wide lead over the United States in Melbourne Olympic competition, sweeping golds in Greco-Roman wrestling and men's gymnastics. The Soviets threaten to clinch the team title as the U S trails by margin, while Americans struggle for medals in swimming and diving events.
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Russia
Melbourne
United States
U.S
America
U. S
Joaquin Capilla
Mexico
Gary Tottan
Los Angeles
Capilla
Australia
Nippert Sets Scoring Pace As Frogs Win
The Texas Christian Horned Frogs defeated Texas Tech 73 65 at Lubbock after trailing 34 29 at halftime. Derril Nippert led TCU with 17 points as SMU beat Oklahoma City University 78 462 and Texas A M fell to Sam Houston State 59 58.
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Horned Frog Five
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Tech
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TCU
Southern Methodist
Oklahoma City University
Texas A&m
Sam Houston State
Dick O'Neal
Derril Nippert
Brannon
Hungary Blanks Russia In Olympic Water Polo Final
Hungary defeats Russia 4 0 in a tense final round match with 5500 spectators booing the Russians Fist fights and a bloodied rival mark the end Zador exits the pool with a cut while Hungary remains unbeaten at 5 0 and Russia stands at 4 2 overall
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Melbourne
Olympic
Hungary
Ervin Zador
Russia
Valentine Prokopov
Zador
PCC Winds Up Fourth Day PCC Session in Beverly Hills
UCLA threats to bolt the Pacific Coast Conference faded as the four day meeting ended with routine business. UCLA Chancellor Raymond Ajlen pledged cooperation in future investigations into athletic code violations. Shrine Game Coach Named for West Team.
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Beverly Hill
Calif
Pacific Coast Conference
UCLA
Raymond B. Ajlen
Bobkittens Sweep Paducah Junior High In Doubleheader
The Childress Junior High Bobkittens opened their basketball season with a doubleheader sweep over Paducah Junior High. In the B game Eddie Nunnley led with six points as Paducah managed four, while the A game saw Hay Kelley and Joe Lane top-scoring with seven each for Childress and Paducah adding four by Bob Jones.
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Bobkittens
Paducah
Garland Terrell
Eddie Nunnley
Sammy Bush
Sammy Taylor
Weldon Jordan
Mike Starkey
James Dorman
Travis McCain
Jimmy Rowland
Gene Rowe
Jerry Davis
Glen Beal
Little Beal
Jimmy Cobb
James Hanks
Gene Heatly
Majors Named United Press Back of the Year
New York United Press selects Johnny Majors of Tennessee as Back of the Year for the 1956 college football season. The 5 foot 10, 165 pound tailback led Tennessee to an undefeated campaign and earned 79 votes in the nationwide poll of 232 sports writers and broadcasters.
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Johnny Majors
Tennessee
United Press
Majors
Jimmy Brown
Syracuse
Towden Wyatt
Johnny
Horns Face Tech In Lubbock Preview Hopeful Nippert Leads Frogs
A letter from a Texas sports observer notes TCU sophomore Derrill Nippert, praised as a top scorer and team player, in a season preview. The column cites Nippert’s first varsity 16 point outing and compares him to West Texas great Price Brookfield. It also reviews Vernon, Stinnett, Merkel, and Childress basketball and football action with ticket details and playoff talk.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock
Derrill
Ben) Nippert
Horned Frogs
Nippert
Mirfit
Great Price Brookfield
West Texas
Brookfield
Connor
Bill Shahan
Seal
Yogi Andrews
Havens
Harold Smith
Stinnett
Merkel
Panhandle
Ranger
College Basketball Scores From Pennsylvania to Texas
A wide set of college basketball results is reported with teams like Swarthmore Canisius Villanova LaSalle Albright Dartmouth Williams Pittsburgh Temple Muhlenberg Cornell Buffalo Princeton Lafayette St Jos Pa W Chester Tech Penn State Rutgers Boston College Rhode Island Florida Tampa Alabama Duke South Carolina Georgetown Gettysburg Georgia Mercer Navy American University Marquette Depaul Dayton Miami Illinois Butler Notre Dame St Jos Ind Western Michigan Great Lakes Youngstown Kent State Texas Western New Mexico A M SMU Oklahoma City Texas Christian Texas Tech Sam Houston Texas A M S F Austin Midwestern Tennessee Tech West Texas Arkansas State Abilene Christian.
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Rutgers
Boston Col
Rhode Island
Florida
Tampa
Alabama
Birm
Southern
Duke
South Carolina
Georgetown
Gettysburg
Georgia
Mercer
Navy
American University
Marquette
Depaul
Dayton
Miami (Fla
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Butler
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St. Jos
Ind
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Great Lakes
Youngstown
Kent State
Tex. Western
New Mex. A
Hamline
New Mexico A&m
SMU
Oklahoma City
Texas Christian
Tex. Tech
Sam Houston
Texas A&m
Masterson Signs Pact With San Francisco Seals
Right hander Walter Masterson who came out of retirement to work as a Tigers reliever in 1956 has signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League for 1956. Masterson, 36, pitched in 35 relief appearances with Detroit and had a 1 1 record.
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SAN Francisco
Walter Masterson
Detroit Tigers
San Francisco Seals
Masterson
Tigers
Mail To Or Leave At Palace Theatre Box Office
A brief notice directs patrons to mail or drop off requests at the Palace Theatre box office. Details specify where to deliver payments or inquiries and mention box office hours and deadline expectations. The item functions as a public notices blurb.
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Palace Theatre
Blazers host Paducah Reserve in twin bill tonight
The Freshman Blue Blazers meet Paducah Reserve in Bobcat Gym with a 6:30 p.m. opener and 8 p.m. main game. Paducah previously beat Childress 40-39. Blazers also lost 49-39 to Clarendon. Admission is 10 cents for students and 25 cents for adults.
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Blue Blazers
Paducah
Bobcat Gym
Waydell Hill
Childress
Blazers
Clarendon
Pérez urged to defend title against top contenders
World flyweight champion Pascual Perez of Argentina was warned by WBC Secretary-General Edouard Rabert to fight a top three challenger soon or face severe commission action. The recognized top contenders are Memo Diez of Mexico, Young Martin of Spain, and Dai Dower of Wales.
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France
Pascual Perez
Argentina
World Boxing Commission
Edouard Rabret
Mexico
Memo Diez
Spain
Young Martin
Wales
Dai Dower
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