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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1955
Page
4
Rice Owls stay undefeated in Southwest Conference action with a 62 47 victory over Oklahoma in Rice Gym. Joe Durrenberger led with 20 points while Temple Tucker managed 10 as Rice extended its league lead with SMU second at 3 0. Oklahoma center Leroy Bacher topped the visitors with 23 points.
Friday night opens a big weekend of schoolboy football playoffs with two Class AA quarterfinals and three Class A contests. New London and Hillsboro expected to advance in AA while Leveretts Chapel Luling and Deer Park lead in A. AAAA action features Abilene clashing Dallas Sunset and Baytown hosting Tyler Abilene as a likely favorite.
Roy Campanella captured his third MVP honor in a tight vote over Duke Snider. Campanella led the Brooklyn Dodgers to a comeback year, with Snider close behind and Willie Mays and Stan Musial among others in the ballot mix.
Doug Ford and Billy Maxwell led the field of 158 golfers as the Miami Open started anew after a Thursday rainout. The event was trimmed to 54 holes across three rounds to finish Sunday with 12,500 in prize money unchanged and 2,200 awarded to the winner.
Duquesne the defending NIT champion is the Steel Bowl pick with No 8 national ranking led by Slhogo Green, facing Geneva and Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. Alabama, ranked 18th, heads the Birmingham Classic field with Houston favored over Valparaiso and UCLA, Seton Hall, and Louisville in key matchups. Louisville beat Western Kentucky 87 85 in overtime as Owen Lawson starred. Other Friday night games include Niagara Villanova Baylor Washington Duke and Nebraska.
Rice coach Don Suman labels Temple Tucker the greatest all around tall boy to emerge from the Southwest Conference. Tucker, a 6 10 freshman from Bowie, has averaged 20.1 points in three games and led Rice to wins over St Marys Abilene Christian and Lamar Tech. Suman cautions the team will not rely on one player and cites other scorers like Dale Ball Joe Durrenberger Gerry Thomas Freddie Woods and Glenn Fields. The Owls prepare for Tulane with Tucker as a key but not sole focus.
Sugar Ray Robinson 35 meets Carl Olson in Chicago Stadium aiming to regain the world middleweight crown in a 15-round rematch televised nationwide. Olson, 27, is favored 14 to 5 despite Robinson’s two year retirement and past knockouts in their prior meetings.
Pittsburgh obituary notes Honus Wagner 81 died in his sleep at his Carnegie home. Burial planned Friday at Jefferson Memorial Park with Rev. L O Barry leading. Attended by Baseball Commissioner Ford C Frick and NL President Warren Giles along with former Pirates figures.
Seton beat Hail 87 to 74 in overtime. New York defeated Western Kentucky 74 to 87. Georgetown DC topped Columbia 83 to 67. CCNY beat Maryland 52 to 51. William and Mary fell to Newberry 76 to 83. Memphis State won 87 to 72 over Hardin Simmons. Parris Island 100 over Newberry 76. West Virginia Wesleyan 92 to 73 over Davis Elks. Phillips Oilers 102 over Eastern Carolina 58. Tampa 90 to 83 over Florida Southern. Kentucky Wesleyan 79 over Evansville 71. S F Austin 78 defeated Northwestern Louisiana 61. Louisiana College 96 over William Carey 84. Bradley 94 over South Dakota State 73. Kent State 69 over Wittenberg 67. Louisville 80 over Wayne 52. Central State 111 over Findlay 97. Doane 79 over Omaha 64. Southwest Missouri State 83 over Central Oklahoma 80. Oklahoma A&M 70 over Arkansas 66. Seattle 77 over Santa Clara 54.
The Kirkland girls beat Hedley 51 37 to reach the Hedley Invitational consolation final. Phyllis Lanier Peggy West and Peggy Campsey led with 18 17 and 14 points while Jane Wynn of Hedley scored 20. Kirkland faces Estelline Carey winner in the finals at 2 o clock Saturday.
Market steady for cattle with cows and canners mostly 7.50 to 9.50, calves at 50, and few commercial slaughter calves 13 to 16.50. Hogs and sheep quoted but offerings light. poultry and eggs show minor price changes with fowl at 24 cents per lb for large birds and eggs at medium 33 and large 37.
Wellington boys defeated Rhoads 50 to 36 while the Wellington girls beat Rhoads 34 to 19. In the boys game Randall led Wellington with 30 points as Douglas Wilder had 10 for Childress. Coach E. L. Bolden’s team hosts Borger next, Saturday December 17 at 7:30.
Dallas Tech defeated Waco University 64 to 44 in the first round of the Waco High School tournament. Other top bracket results include Dallas Highland Park 57 over McCallum 40 and Waco 62 over Fort Worth Northside 61.
The Texas Game and Fish Commission said permits for hunting anterless deer remain available in Llano Medina Gillespie Mason Kerr counties with Bosque County permits open through December 15. The hunt aims to reduce overpopulation in congested areas. The Heisman Trophy has been awarded to players from Yale and Army in recent years, with Kelley and Frank in the 1930s and Blanchard and Davis in the 1940s.
Don Raney of Sundown is among five freshman football players at Abilene Christian College to earn letters this fall. Raney, from Childress, plays end for the Wildcats and is son of D Raney of Sundown. ACC leads Gulf Coast Conference with North Texas State College.
The 24 hour period ending at noon showed a high of 53 and low of 20 degrees. Hourly readings from noon to 11 thirty show temperatures ranging from 49 down to 20 with multiple mid afternoon values around 52 to 53 and late evening near 30.
The weather maps show the U S Weather Bureau long range outlook for December. It provides average temperature and precipitation estimates rather than a daily forecast, indicating expected patterns across regions.
The report surveys Morocco's transition under Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef and the cabinet coalition, Iran's rejection of Soviet protest, and West Germany’s plan to receive U S heavy weapons as part of Western defense. It notes France's political instability amid parliamentary elections and rising Berlin blockade threats, plus anti American sentiment in India over Portugal’s Indian possessions.
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