Cats face final two games before 4AAA play
Childress Bobcats and junior varsity host two games this week before entering District 4-4AAA against Vernon. JV opens Tuesday at 6 30 pm. varsity follows Friday after the JV and Seymour JV clash at 6 pm. Regular season ends with dates listed in late December and February. Hereford defeats and box scores noted for both squads.
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St Louis Team Pioneered Football Forward Pass
ST LOUIS team under Eddie Cochems helped popularize the forward pass during 1906. Cochems opened a Lake Beulah camp to refine the passing game, leading to high scoring and a shift away from brutal play. The Sporting News notes early passes by Brad Robinson to Jack Schneider and debates who threw the first modern pass.
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Seven to Enter Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Seven new members will be installed into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Dec. 30 in Dallas. Eddie Dyer Walter Morris Blair Cherry Wesley Bradshaw Jackie Robinson Lloyd Mangrum Adolph Toerwein are the named inductees. Mangrum and Robinson will attend the luncheon to receive their awards while five others are deceased. The roster will rise to 66 honorees.
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Bearettes Edge Silverton in Clarendon Tourney Semis
Estelline Bearettes beat Silverton 46-42 to advance to the championship in Clarendon Tournament. Friday action saw Sumnerwood defeat Groom 49-32, Clarendon top Hedley 37-35, and Quinte defeat White Deer 43-31. Fatelline boys fell to Clarendon 63-24.
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Local League Bowl Leaders See Week of High Scores
Childress Paint and Body Midnite leads the season at 39 21 with 36 947 pins and 621 average while Plains Dairy Merchants Coats Food tops week with 1 035 team game. Ken Soter and O Smotherman post top individual totals as Midnite and Gutterball lead season highs and weekly standings.
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Riots Erupt After Asian Games Basketball Clash
In Bangkok, a violent melee broke out during the Asian Games basketball game between South Korea and Thailand. A Korean player struck a Thai opponent, triggering chaos as fans flooded the court. Police needed over 15 minutes to restore order. Korea forfeited, sending Thailand to the finals.
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Coach of the Year Clinic Slated for January in Dallas
The 1967 Kodak Coach of the Year Clinic will be held in Dallas January 20 and 21 at the Baker Hotel. Instructors include Duffy Daugherty of Michigan State Oddus Mitchell of North Texas State College and Jim MacKenzie of Oklahoma. Bud Wilkinson, former Oklahoma coach and current TV sports commentator, will host.
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Crash Kills Five West German Soldiers Near Lohr
A head on crash near Lohr Bavaria killed five West German soldiers and left two others critically injured late Friday. The collision involved military personnel and occurred in a rural area adjacent to the town, authorities said.
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34 Candidates For National Football Hall of Fame
New York candidates include Bobby Layne from Texas and four other players from the region. Joel Hunt of Texas A&M holds the Southwest Conference scoring record. Cecil Isbell from Houston starred at Purdue. Bobby Wilson of SMU and Wear Schoonover of Arkansas are among the list. Abe Michal of LSU and Claude Simons of Tulane also named. Inductions will be decided by foundation chapters with January voting.
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Delaware Park grandstand reinforces cooling with 1000-ton system
The enclosed mezzanine at Delaware Park’s grandstand is cooled by air conditioning with a 1000 ton capacity, rated as capable of serving about 350 homes.
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Matson to Enter Sugar Bowl Track Meet
New Orleans stemmed news that Randy Matson world record holder will compete in the Sugar Bowl Track and Field Meet on New Year’s Day. The Texas A M senior recently set a 70 feet 7 inches world mark at the Southwest Conference meet and has a best of 69 feet 2 inches this season in Los Angeles.
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Brazil as the only Latin American ally with troops in both World Wars
The World Book Encyclopedia notes that Brazil was the sole Latin American nation to send combat troops to Allied forces in both World War I and World War II.
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Dick Tiger Wins Boxing Crown
New York United Press International reports Dick Tiger, long shot in a late career revival, defeated Jose Torres to win the world light heavyweight title in Madison Square Garden. Tiger, 37, had previously vacated the middleweight class after a loss to Emile Griffith and pursued business ventures in Nigeria before returning to boxing.
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Bettir Dominates Four Races Across Major Tracks 1953
Bettir was not permitted in the four races run by Tan Feo during 1953 at Saratoga Belmont Park and Pimlico. The horse won them by a total of two lengths across the Wilson and Whitin Stakes Syson Stakes and Pimlico Special.
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