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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1956
Page
5
Childress Bobcats place Fred Cawthon and three other juniors on the All-District 3A team of 23 players chosen at Shamrock. Other districts include Perryton with eight selections and Wellington with six.
West Texas State Buffaloes, famed as a traveling small college program, will travel to Orlando, Florida for the Tangerine Bowl on New Years Day marking the first WTSC football game east of the Mississippi. The piece notes their extensive road mileage and basketball strength, plus local prep on junior high Bobkitten squads and high school football scores. It also mentions the upcoming Bobcats banquet tickets and community support.
Ray, once tied with the Texans, is favored to advance to the Class AAAA and AAA semifinals by winning tonight at Alice plus a full round of Class AA and A quarterfinals. Stamford Terrell Bracy and Deer Park head the Class A contenders while Merkel Linden Humble and Kondon lead in Class A.
United Press reports a sweep of scores across universities. Massachusetts University 85 Trinity Conn 74 St Johns 96 Kings Point 48 New York U 97 Roanoke 52 Connecticut 77 Yale 68 Fordham 68 Maryland 62 Louisiana State 60 Birmingham Southern Wash Lee 79 William Mary 72 Georgia Tech 93 Furman 74 Bowling Green 59 Duquesne 51 Louisville 91 Detroit 78 Iowa State 58 Brigham Young 47 Miami Florida Toledo 67 Loyola Illinois 94 North Dakota State 61 Arkansas 77 Tulsa 70 Rice 79 Minnesota 74 Utah State 68 Washington College of Education.
The Palace Theatre will present its Annual Award for the Most Popular Bobcat at the stag Friday night December 7. Ballots invite fans to mail or drop them at the Palace Theatre Box Office to cast their vote for the team’s standout player.
The Childress Blue Blazers beat Paducah 48 to 37 in Bobcat Gym lifting their season record to 1-2. Hugh Frith powered the offense with 17 points and Roy Hopkins grabbed 17 rebounds while Monty Merrell added 12 points. Paducah led early but fell short as Beauchamp paced Paducah with 10 and Breen MecBrayer sparked the Blazers with 12 to lead all scorers in the opener.
Louisville features Charlie Tyra and Jim Morgan as college basketball's top scoring duo. Morgan scored 23 and Tyra 22 as the Cardinals beat Detroit 91 78 for their third straight win while Kansas led preseason rankings. St Johns, NYU, Connecticut, Massachusetts win games. Iowa State, Loyola Chicago, Temple, Georgia Tech win in other East region actions.
Childress Junior High School teams defeated Estelline squads in a doubleheader. A Team won 20 18 with five players used in a tight finale, Ray Kelly Larry Wadsworth and Freddie Vaughan each scoring six. B Team led 17 6 after three periods, Nunley led Childress with nine points, others contributing. Estelline scorers included J Corona Long and Davidson. Also notes Nino Valdes signed to fight Joe Erskine Feb 19 at Earls Court and Sugar Bowl broadcast details for the January 1 game between Tennessee and Baylor on ABC.
Childress travels to Abilene for the Hardin-Simmons Invitational. They face Polytechnical of Fort Worth in the lidlifter at 9:45 PM. Harold Smith is out with a fractured ankle, weakening the Cats who sit 1-2.
The Childress Bobcats nearly complete their 1957 football slate with one missing game. They open the season September 6 at Paducah and host Vernon September 20. District play starts October 18 vs Wellington, with remaining dates at Perryton October 25 Shamrock November 1 Quanah November 8 and season finale at Quanah November 8. Haskell hosts Childress October 11. Phillips and Thomas Jefferson of Dallas do not play Childress next year.
Plucky Pat McCormick of Lakewood wins platform event and joins victorious U S team in a 1-2-3 American sweep. The 26 year old housewife becomes first diver to win two Olympic golds in two Games as the U S extends its lead in team points at Helsinki.
Historical records note that only five individuals in the United States have reached a height exceeding eight feet. These rare cases mark extreme human stature and remain exceptional in athletic and medical histories.
Oklahoma and Tennessee each placed two players on Look Magazine’s 22 man All America team announced today. Halfback Tommy McDonald and center Jerry Tubs for Oklahoma and tailback Johnny Majors plus end Buddy Cruze from Tennessee lead the selections. The team was chosen by the Football Writers Association of America’s 780 members and will attend a banquet in New York and appear on radio and TV over the weekend. Other members include Kramer Michigan Steiger Washington State Walton Pittsburgh Hamilton Texas Christian Hobert Minnesota Karras Iowa Witte Oregon State Barrow Florida Glass Baylor Parker Ohio State Valentine Penn State Stephenson Georgia Tech Barnes Wake Forest Brodie Stanford Brown Syracuse Crawford Wyoming Hornung Notre Dame Pardee Texas A&M.
Two Southwest Conference basketball games produced close wins on Thursday Rice beat Minnesota 79 74 behind Temple Tucker who had 22 points and key rebounds in the final stretch Arkansas edged Tulsa 77 70 in overtime after Tulsa tied the game at 64 64 with a late free throw. Three SWC teams play tonight Texas heads to Oregon State Texas A M hosts Trinity at College Station Baylor hosts Texas A M at Waco.
Television listings from KSYD TV Channel 6 and KFDX Channel 3 show a packed daily lineup. Programs include Around Town My Little Margie The Little Rascals World News Local News Weather and Sports segments along with feature films Portrait of Jenny and How Green Was My Valley.
A dense color coded daily TV schedule lists programs for multiple time slots from morning to night on KFDX TV Channel 3. It includes cartoons, Westerns, variety shows, sports and news with color transmission indicators and notes about changes in schedules.
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