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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1957
Page
3
Detroit Lions overwhelm Cleveland 59 to 14 to claim the national crown. The dominant performance featured strong offense and stifling defense as Detroit secured the title in decisive fashion.
The Southwest Conference opens with TCU as the favorite after edging Rice 57 55 to win the tourney, with Rice Tech SMU and Arkansas seen as threats. TCU Tech and Arkansas hold the best records entering league play as Baylor and Texas A M trail.
Navy faces possible absence of first-string quarterback Tony Stremic while Oklahoma lists tackle Jerry Thompson and quarterback Carl Dodd as doubtful with injuries. Bud Wilkinson waits on practice to reveal lineup readiness as eight top teams near New Year's Day bowls.
College Station Texas. A and M officials begin the grueling task of finding another head coach and athletic director after losing Paul Bear Bryant and Frank Leahy in one week. President Harrington said he has no candidate in mind.
Four independent games start at 7 p.m. at the Kirkland gym with Kirkland and Goodyear Childs at 7, FW and D Shops versus Quanah at 8, Vernon Telephone Co. and The Index at 9, and Memphis Independents versus Vernon United Super Market at 10 p.m.
Birthday wishes go to Tufin Young Jr Jack Trice R J Huddleston Mrs Roy Coffey Susan Ann Martin Barbara Harper Johnny McConnell. The note mentions Ta Paz Bolivia as the world’s highest capital in a sheltered valley at 11 900 feet.
Kansas and Kansas State, ranked No 1 and No 2, meet in the Big Eight carnival final in Kansas City. Temple faces California in the Sugar Bowl Holiday Festival at New York. Maryland meets Memphis State in New Orleans Sugar Bowl final. Iowa plays Syracuse in Buffalo Queen City final. Wilt Chamberlain led Kansas past Iowa State 55-48, Boozer scored 18 for Kansas State in an 88-57 win over Nebraska. TCU captured its third Southwest title by beating Rice 57-55 in Houston.
Southwest Conference champion Rice arrives in Dallas to face Navy ahead of New Year’s Day kickoff. Coach Jess Neely hints at heavy passing with King Hill and Frank Ryan directing the Air Raid style, while Navy plans 20 to 25 passes per game as Tom Forrestal and backups mix aerials with ground attack.
A sanitation department worker dumped a box of sticks into an incinerator and found the box labeled dynamite. Engineer Reginald Hauser had the fires banked so the sticks could be recovered. Bomb squad tests showed the sticks were display dummies.
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