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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
14
Bedford Pats blank Teetollers 4-0 to sharpen league lead last Thursday night. Bob O Connm11 rolled 335. Nick Genetti posted 857 to lead scoring, eight under Charlie Genetti's league mark.
Maynard Stags dropped two recent games, losing 75 56 to Marlboro in a non league clash and 77 74 at Fitchburg. Jay Manning led Fitchburg with 43 points on a one man show while Owen Duggan scored 21 for Maynard. The overtime defeat followed a dramatic late rally and a controversial fourth quarter with players ejected and fans urged to remain calm. Alex Kulevich led Maynard with 31 points as the Stags fight back before the final buzzer.
Concord High tops Wakefield 58 46 as Donald Frazer leads with 12 points in second half and reaches 140 league total in seven games. Co players Mike Callahan and Greg Loser score 18 for Wakefield in Hunt Memorial gym showdown.
Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown calls Bill Russell the league's first real drawing card as sellouts sweep New York Rochester Fort Wayne Minneapolis Philadelphia and St Louis. Coach Red Auerbach praises Russell saying he has far exceeded expectations and helps the team by getting them the ball.
The noted goaltender Terry Sawchuk pursued baseball tryouts as a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates before cementing his hockey career with the Boston Bruins.
Boston journalist recounts the death of James B. Connolly the first modern Olympics winner who claimed the hop step and jump in 1896 at Athens. A sea story author and political figure, Connolly lived to 88 and died at a VA hospital. funeral is set for Wednesday.
About 10,000 relatives and sweethearts visit basic trainees at Fort Dix New Jersey every weekend, reflecting strong public interest in military training and family support.
Concord-Middlesex School annexed its third straight hockey victory with a 2-1 final against Noble and Greenough. Middlesex scorers were Bright and Davis with goals, while Harris tallied for Noble & Greenough.
Concord residents seek waist reduction with Monday night gym sessions at Thoreau School gymnasium from 7 to 9. Participants need sneakers, gym clothes, a towel, and a small fee to cover costs. About a dozen have enrolled. Activities include weight lifting volleyball basketball and general gym instruction.
Sacramento report says the California fish and game department advises anglers not to run short of sinkers. Cut an empty shaving cream or toothpaste tube into small squares and keep them with fishing gear. The squares can be wrapped around the line to form home made sinkers.
Murphys now four behind Tarnys with Tarnys third as Laundry leads. Standings show Laundry 47 21, Murphys 43 25, WEP 40 28, Dodds 39 29, Elmwood 16 52, Cullinanes 28 40, Grubers 35 33. Upcoming games at Tutto’s Alleys include Elmwood Bath versus King’s Package Store and others at 6:45 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday fixtures feature DiPietro Roofers against Firestone Tire among mixed teams.
Boston reports Mel Parnell and rookie Marty Keough have signed 1957 contracts. Parnell, 34, pitched a no hitter last season. Keough hit .315 for the San Francisco Seals. Jackie Jensen was the first and last to sign last year.
Middlesex School hockey team defeated Brooks School 6 to 1 at Harvard rink on last Saturday afternoon extending their winning streak to four in a Private School League game.
A report notes that one large steel burn releases enough petroleum fuel in a year to power a five room house for eighty dollars, illustrating the scale and cost of industrial byproducts.
Concord High wins six place at the B A A school meet at the Garden. Herlihy clocks 34.2 for 300 yards winning as Brookline’s Hoolstine is disqualified. Concord totals nine points to place sixth of 51 with Newton taking first.
Concord Court Our Lady of Christians C D A No 1116 to hold annual birthday banquet Monday February 4 at Monument Hall Concord. Guest speaker will be Attorney Thoms Buckley of Abington. Tickets available from co chairmen Mrs Alfred J Baptist or Mrs Lawrence J Kenney.
Coach Lennie Godfrey sends the junior basketball team to Lexington January 29 at Lincoln January 31 at home February 1 at Hudson. Freshmen coached by John OConnell play Reading January 30 at home January 31 at Belmont January 31 at Melrose. Girls varsity hosts Lexington this afternoon then Water town on February 5.
Intra-Town League action Maynardtown teams played as three clubs posted scores. Willis led for the Tire squad with a three point margin while Dodds and others produced similar totals as the Pals and Jockeys jockeyed for position in the standings.
More than 70 boys joined intramural play forming eight teams in two leagues. Seventh grade teams include Donald Anderson led Team 1 and Stephen Robert Downey as captain of Team 1 in another list, with other players such as Robert Downey and James Foley. Eighth grade teams feature Stuart DeWitt and Stephen Gates among captains. teams are led by listed players across four squads.
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