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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
4
South Carolina defeated North Carolina State 75 41 in Charlotte as State fouled excessively, while Clemson upset the Wolfpack earlier and Niagara fell to Syracuse. North Carolina and others won their midweek games, keeping the season unfolding with rankings shifting around the ACC and beyond.
The Childress Rams and Blue Blazers meet Clarendon freshmen and ceam in a doubleheader at Bobcat Gym with 25 and 50 cent admission. The Blazers seek 5 2 after a 1 2 start while the Rams aim for a 4 0 run and Vernon Pampa tournaments loom.
UNITED PRESS reports numerous outcomes including Muhlenberg over Moravian 97 69 Bucknell 72 Lehigh 65 Mass 72 Boston U 62 Marshall 101 over St Francis Pa 89 Boston College 63 Northeastern 49 Colgate 80 Alfred 67 West Virginia 81 over Penn State 66 Harvard 71 over Tufts 59 Syracuse 82 over Niagara 79 Temple 67 over Princeton 58 Bethany 62 over Wheeling 50 High Point 111 over East Carolina 94 VMI 81 over Randolph Macon 61 Morhead St 95 over Bellarmine 72 North Carolina State 55 Catawba 89 over Davidson 87 South Carolina 75 over North Carolina State 61 Dayton 76 over Miami Ohio 75 Rockhurst 71 over Texas Southern 70 Youngstown 98 over Alliance 48 John Carroll 102 over West Reserve 79 Case Tech 73 over Wooster 72 Western Michigan 81 over Toledo 75 Wayne 86 over Eastern Michigan 71 Texas 68 over Oklahoma 62 Tulsa 77 over Texas Western 59 Air Force 80 over Rdad 54 Seattle 69 over St Marys Calif 59 Nichols wins three races at Pimlico Jim Nichols rode Alcohol Blenheim Time and Tribunal for multiple victories in Baltimore.
Lionel Hebert of Verona Pennsylvania star pro leads a field of 80 at the Mayfair Open in Sanford Florida. Hebert tied the Mayfair Inn course record with five under par 65 in a tuneup and aims for the $15 000 prize. Ted Kroll Bill Morgan and Don Addington also posted 66 to earn top qualifying positions.
The Chicago Cubs acquire farmhand K. C. Wise an infielder from their Los Angeles affiliate in the Pacific Coast League and trade catcher Joe Hannah to the Angeles. Wise was a PCC all star in 1956 with a .287 average and is 24 years old. Hannah played with the same team last season and batted .272.
Texas topped Oklahoma 68 62 as Bill Groogan and Kenneth Cleveland sparked a second half rally. Raymond Downs led Texas with 22 points while Don Schwall added 20 for Oklahoma. Mississippi Southern defeated Texas A&M 75 63 behind Bob Kinney 27 points, Don Eddy 18 and Ken Hutto 22 for the Aggies. Southern led 37 25 at halftime.
Federal Judge Sidney Sugarman refuses to dismiss a $1 million damage suit filed by the Washington Professional Basketball Corp Inc alleging the NBA conspired to block its purchase of the Baltimore Bullets. The action was filed in 1955 and seeks relief for alleged illegal restraint of trade.
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