Santa Claus grants gifts to Bobcat athletic stars
An affectionate holiday piece imagines Old Santa Larry distributing gifts to Bobcat athletes across football basketball baseball track tennis golf and more. It lists coaches players supporters and volunteers whose work and spirit sustain the program while wishing all fans and youths happiness during Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Shite
Old Santa Larry
Darrell Holleman
Tom Thompson
Arthur Caradine
Bud Wilcoxson
Kids Inc
Bobcat
Stamford Bulldogs
Clarence Harp
Ed Whit
Joe Haymes
Red Gentry
Joe Howard
Santa Larry
Jack Fox
Santa
Mrs Hughes Wins Cotton Bowl Trip Draw
Reid B. Hughes won the trip to the New Years Day Cotton Bowl offered by Watkins Inc. The prize includes two game tickets, an expense paid Dallas trip, stays at the Statler Hilton Hotel, and all rears. Three weekly winners were drawn for seven weeks, totaling 21 names in the final draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid B. Hughes
Watkins, Inc
Highes
Dallas
Statler ~ Hilton
Mental Attitude May Be Biggest Hurdle For TCU
Texas Christian faces a mental block ahead of the Cotton Bowl against Syracuse. Coach Abe Martin worries senior leaders are soft after a pair of late-season losses, threatening a sixth straight bowl setback as Syracuse seeks redemption after a 61 6 defeat in the 1983 Orange Bowl.
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TCU
United Press Sports
Fort Worth
Texas
Christian
Syracuse
Texas Christian
Jimmy Brown
Abe Martin
Martin
Chuck Curtis
Jim Swink
Ken Winebureg
Alabamia
Colleges Sweep Holiday Basketball Tournaments Nationwide
A heavyweight schedule of holiday tourneys unfolds as eight of the top ten teams contend in events from New York to Raleigh. The Holiday Basketball Festival leads the pack in Madison Square Garden with strong field, while Kansas and others vie in bowls tied events in New Orleans Miami and Jacksonville. Other notable stops include the All College at Oklahoma City the Big Seven in Kansas City and the Bluegrass Festival in Louisville with NAIA and Hempstead invitation events for smaller schools.
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Kansas
New York
Maison Square Garden
Raleigh
N. C
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Louisville
Omaha
Neb
Hempstead
Owe
Gregory Tops 1956 All-Southern High School Team
Gregory Glynn of Abilene named top schoolboy by Patt Powell of the Amarillo News and Globe Times. The squad includes Harry Morelande Fort Worth Arlington Heights Clarence Young Amarillo Palo Duro Mike McClellan Stamford and Larry Dawson Stinnett with several players given honorable mention such as Bill Laughlin Baytown Milton Ham Snyder Tommy Newman Phillips Frank Jackson Paris Bert Coan Pasadena and Max Morris Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Ip Abilene
Glynn Gregory
Patt Powell
Amarillo News and Globe Times
Gregory
Powell
Harry Morelande
Fort Worth
Arlington Heights
Clarence Young
Amarillo
Palo Duro
Mike McClellan
Stamford
Larry Dawson
Stinnett
Stinnett On the Squad. Given Honorable Mention Were Icenter
Bill Laughlin
Baytown
Milton Ham
Snyder
Tommy Newman
Phillips
Frank Jackson
Paris
Bert Coan
Pasadena
Max Morris
Littlefield
Australians predicted to sweep US in Davis Cup challenge
In Adelaide the U S Davis Cup team led by captain Bill Talbert faced cautious optimism as experts forecast a 5 0 clean sweep for Australia led by Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall. Prominent players like Jack Kramer Ted Schroeder and Frank Sedgman urged not to underestimate the Americans ahead of the opening singles on Wednesday at 1 15 p.m. local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Australia
Bill Talbert
United States
Talbert
Ken Rosewall
Lew Hoad
Hoad
Rosewall
Jack Kramer
Los Angeles
Ted Schroeder
Kramer
Frank Sedgman
Meek declines SMU coaching post after Houston stand
Houston coach Bill Meek turned down SMU to succeed the late Woody Woodward. He said he spoke with his staff, preferred to stay at the University of Houston, and help the school's growth. Meek notified SMU Athletic Director Matty Bell by phone before public remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Bill Meek
University of Houston
Chalmer
Woody) Woodward
Southern Methodist University
SMU
Meek
United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Houston International Airport
Matty Bell
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Nk 'Es
Mrs. Hughes
Qur
Frelin
Preston Clothing CO
Kirby Farrell
Cleveland India
Detroit Tigers
Jack Tighe Scheffing
Cardinals
By Eod Fite
Texas A&m
Aggies
Texas Tech
Baylor
Horned Frogs
Navy
Ahae
Mitchell Goodwin Lumber CO
B. F. Bailey
J.P. Boyd
Roy Allmond
James Murphy
Tom Mooney
Robert James
Earl Finley
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