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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1955
Page
5
The Abilene Eagles defeated the Tyler Lions 33 13 to win the Class AAAA football title before about 30 000 fans in Fort Worth Bourland Stadium. Day led the offense as the Eagles captured their fifth Texas crown with a dominant performance.
Abilene scored a 95 yard opening drive and led Tyler 14-0 as Glynn Gregory and James Welch each tallied twice with Henry Colwell adding more. Tyler’s Ken Talkington connected 38 yards to Newell McCallum for a late score but Milstead’s kick was good only on the first TD.
Port Neches Indians beat Garland Owls 20 to 14 to capture the Class AAA state high school football championship. Bobby Falgout threw a 3 yard TD pass to land Adams with one second left as Port Neches rallied from a 14 0 deficit. LeBouef and LaBorde led 335 rushing yards for the winners.
Childress Bobcats and Wichita Falls Coyotes won first round games at Bobcat Gym to advance to the Childress Invitational final. Wichita Falls beat Quail 67-51 in a close opener, while Childress defeated Hollis 76-45 behind F. A. Davis with 21 points.
Detroit's Al Kaline won the American League batting title with a .340 average and 200 hits, becoming the youngest MLB champion at the time. He also totaled 27 home runs 121 runs and 321 total bases in 152 games, earning a $35 000 bonus. Ty Cobb offered congratulations while Detroit calls Kaline the new era for the franchise.
Hillsboro Eagles staged a second half rally at Baylor Stadium to beat Weslaco Panthers 20 7 in the Texas AA semifinals. Merlin Priddy and David Hernendez sparked the comeback with two touchdowns each and a late 32 yard sprint by Priddy sealed the win. Hillsboro advances to meet Stanford for the state AA title next Saturday with officials to decide game site.
Symington notes that despite talk of a thaw the Soviet Union kept investing heavily in weapons. The article also lists batting averages with Vic Power at .319 and George Kell .312 among top hitters, noting Ted Williams led in batting average but lacked official at bats to qualify.
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