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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
5
Priceville and Austinville seniors each featured a 32 point scorer as Priceville surged in the final period to win 79 to 71. Austinville seniors played shorthanded with McCullough and Biggs ill. Junior game also close with Priceville taking a 39 38 victory.
Four wrestlers Roberts Kowalski McGee and Little Eagle square off in a tag team match at the National Guard armory on Thursday night. The bout pits villains Roberts and Kowalski against clean matmen McGee and the Chief with two singles and a main event best two of three. Promoter Bill Golden has added two single fall contests with a 30 minute limit. Detatur DAY post sponsors the card.
In Danville Union Hill defeated Danville 61 to 42 in the senior game while Danville juniors beat Union Hill 38 to 20. Haga and Criscoe led Union Hill with 15 points each, Gar ner topped Danville with 18, Sims and Pritchett led the juniors with 19 and 6 respectively.
Trinity juniors captured their seventh win of the basketball season Monday night by defeating the Flint juniors 35 to 24. A few nights earlier the Trinity seniors lost a tight game to Danville 65 to 58, as Trinity led by 83 at one point.
Hazlewood High beat Speake 73 to 47 as center W Holiday led Hazlewood with 21 points and J Hembree scored 18 for Speake. Hazlewood built a growing lead from the first quarter, opening 17-9, then 33-21 at halftime and 55-33 by the end of the third. The junior game saw Speake win with stronger guard play.
Cotaco seniors defeated Hartselle 57 to 49, with Cotaco holding a 10-9 first quarter lead, a 26-18 halftime edge, and a 40-31 advantage after three periods. Higdon led Hartselle with 18 points, Mooneyham paced Cotaco with 19, while Jenkins and McAnally added 15 and 14 respectively.
The Daily corrected that Economy Auto Store of Decatur sponsors the Hartselle girls team, not Economy Auto Store of Hartselle. In the game, Trinity center Nix led scorers with 16 as Flint’s Borden had 14. Trinity vs Danville ended 65-48 with Garner scoring 18 and McKay 17 for Danville. Fagan led Trinity with 17.
A meeting of the Little League is set for tonight at 7 p.m. at the American Legion home. The group aims to promote youth athletics and organize related work. Dr. Robert H. Evans serves as president.
Philadelphia report says golfer Ben Hogan seeks 400000 dollars from a New York publishing company for allegedly using photographs of him in a golf book without permission.
Falkville's A team defeated West Point 55 to 31 last night as Tucker led scoring with 22 points while Wood Horton and Raley added eight each. West Point B squad later won 57 to 44 to even the night.
West Limestone hosted Athens for two basketball games. The senior contest ended 59 to 39 in favor of West Limestone while the junior game saw Athens win 48 to 18. Waltham high led Athens with 12 points and Pettus scored 9 for West Limestone.
Saint Bernard College hosts Athens College in a matchup aiming for the Saints first win after a 16 point loss to Itawamba Junior College. Tomlinson led with 25 points, Hardy and Skinner nicknamed as key scorers, while Athens seeks revenge on last year’s losses.
Mt Hope maintains its unbeaten run with a 71-52 victory over Hatton. Burcham led Mt Hope with 25 points while Nichols scored 15 for Hatton. Mt Hope also won the B team matchup 35-24.
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