Big Seven race tightens as ISU held undefeated bid
Iowa State clings to a perfect early mark ahead of the Big Seven tournament in Kansas City while Kansas State and Missouri post wins. SMU toppled Kansas 81 61, BYU defeated Colorado 84 53, and Indiana beat Missouri 81 78 as the schedule tightens toward the Dec 27 30 event.
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Iowa State
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas Jayhawks
SMU
Dallas
Colorado
Brigham Young University
BYU
Provo
Utah
Missouri
Indiana
Columbia
Big Seven
Kansas State
University of Washington
Manhattan
Colorado A&m
Denver
Garden City Bees Beat Hays Cadets In Pre Christmas Bout
Lanky Jim Gottschalk scored 23 as Garden City Bees defeated Hays Cadets 55 to 45. Garden City led 16-9 after one, stretched to 29-23 at halftime, and held a 41-32 edge entering the final period. Free throws kept Hays in reach, making 24 of 35 attempts.
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HAYS
Jim Gottschalk
Nets
Ken Ester
Garden City Bees
Hays Cadets
Bee
Garden City
Sharer Colling
Ron Handy
Gottschalk
Gorden City
Davis
McGaughey Ii
Catling
Tabor
Fiottsrhatk
Raker
Rehumarker
Faveree
Handy
Tetace
Schrader
Town Teams Take Court In Christmas Week Basketball
Four town teams schedule all Garden City games before Christmas with league action at Garfield auditorium tonight featuring Syracuse AM College B at 7 p.m. Lakin and GI Forum meet in the second game. Wednesday sees Grimsey hosting Deerfield versus Southwest Carpet and Dicks Dairy facing Henkle Drillers.
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Gardens City
Garfield Auditorium
Syracuse Am College B
Lakin
GI Forum
Grimsey
Deerfield
Southwest Carpet
Dicks' Dairy
Henkle Drillers
Pastrano to Fight Big Man in Boxing Bout
Willie Pastrano from New Orleans steps up to meet a seasoned heavyweight in a major bout. Opponent Rew Layne, a veteran who has faced top heavyweights, will test Pastrano at roughly 8 to 12 pounds heavier than his rival, with the local crowd backing the New Orleans challenger.
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Pastrano
Willie Pastrano
New Orleans
Rew Layne
Rocky Mareiang
Larne
Proberty
Basketball and rabbit markets highlight Finney county preview
Riumblen Kee notes Riumblen Kee’s Buster and Buff basketball teams sit at five and four and wait for league action on Jan 7 against Dodge City at Garden. Sam Butterfield’s squad plans a Lawrence tournament warmup with December play, Christmas drill and a late December Emporia trip for Big Seven tourney hopes. Ron Scott reports 2000 jacks processed since Dec 15, with market uncertainty looming. Kansas basketball features tall frontlines as K-State and Kansas U clash Washington U, while Wichita’s Shockers prep 26 games in a 10,235 seat arena and high attendance is anticipated.
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Buster
Buff
Don Talley
Dodge City
Garden
Sam Butterfield
Lawrence
Hays High
Butterfield
Emporia
Kansas City
K-State
Kansas U
University of Wichita
Shockers
Ahearn
Manhattan
Jayhawkers
Allen
Yankee
Barton & C
Southwest Kansas Power
Burtis Motor Co
G Co
Yellow Cab
Smith Land Co
Gardiner Dairy
Kirchoff Peck Eath High
Rey Kirnha AQ
Smith Sand Co
Smith Sand Co. Athletic League
Fankhauser
Optimist Purple A 16 Optimist Gold
Northern Natural, Gas
A Body Shop
Ar Holeamh
Fansler Tres Indi
Ory
Campbell High
Western Kansas Airways
Rickman
Rishon Wholesale Go
Christian Ghupreh
Ringer Lewine Machine
Eastside
Walal
al Witke
R. Tadd. Tr
Karr Impl. Co. Taam
Gene Austin
Palmer- Leopold
Taner
Whitelurat
A & A Bory
Cort Killion
Frank Coyrisa
Garden Bowayw
Merny Natural Gas
Anthony
Century Refi
Garden City Gapntaidhat
Brown
Ivan Brown
V. FW
V.F.W
I Rickman Bory Shop
American Clu
Burtigs Body Shop A & A
Stoner’s Grocery
Garden City
Million Mater Co
Aymond Jatimson
John Brown
Burtis Body Shop
Cream High
Il Kerr Impl
Il Kerr Impl. We
Weatsuite
Gat Nolan Motor Co
Farm Bureau
Patrick School
Vic Breit
F.O
Kerr Impl. Co
Army Back Converts Again in North South Football Game
Army end Don Holleder will return to his old position of end for the North South College All Stars Dec. The South coaches expect to pass with Navy star George Welsh and Wake Forest’s Nick Consoles while Holleder lines up alongside receivers Beagle and Harold Burnine of Missouri as practice begins.
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Miami
Fla
Don Holleder
Army
Holleder
Andy Gustafson
Gustafson
West Point
Bernie Crimmins
Indiana
Art Lewis
West Virginia
Freddy Wyant
Jim Miller
Wisconsin
Navy
Wally Butts
Georgia
Rex Enright
South Carolina
George Welsh
Nick Consoles
Wake Forest
Beagle
Harold Burnine
Missouri
Bowling Scores Highlight Top Individual Themed Records
The list clamps high marks across bowlers Frank Cov Glenn Lauder and Vir Breit with multiple 200s and three game totals. Individual high series show Frank Coy and Glenn Lauder posting top scores, while teams like Garden Bowl and Barton & Crist appear with standout three game totals.
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Frank Cov
Glentin Lauder
Fleury Warner
Bob Leiker
Vic Breit
Harry Ochs
al Tauscher
Bob Benedict
Pete Merrill
Earl Profitt
Fart Barton
Bill Hull
Dallas Coen
Gane Hall
Ed Knoll
Clyde Dibbens
Roy Nalder
Frank Coy
Glenn Lauder
Henry Warner
Vir Breit
Rex Kirchoff
Willie Mimimerman
John Brow
Mar Thomas
Bill Frisby
Ivan Brown
Bi Alvin Komlofske
Bf Coen
John Jones
Gene Austin
Larner
Palmer-Leopold
A & A Body Shop
Swift
Western Kansas Airways
Barton & Crist
Burtis Motor Co
Kovekeut Set To Face Flore In Nineteenth Round Bout
In New York at St Nicholas Arena Yarmine Flore of Brooklyn faces Jene Pouter of Niagara Falls in a nineteen round boxing match. The bout marks a chance for Kovekeut to step up with an aggressive left hook approach as the crowd anticipates a deciding finish.
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Kovekeut
St Nicholas Arena
New York
Yarmine Flore
Brooklyn
Jene Pouter
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Beom Tel- Ley
Dumont
Santee to Race in Boston Meet
Wes Santee, America’s premier miler, opens the indoor track season January 14 at the Knights of Columbus meet in Boston Garden. The Kansan, now in the Marines, holds the outdoor record of 4:00.5 and previously set a 4:05.8 world indoor mark in Boston a year ago. He aims to regain the mark after a 4:03.6 clocking by Gunnar Nielsen in New York.
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Boston
Wes Santee
America
Knights of Columbus
Boston Garden
Clarence
Ding) Dusault
Santee
Sante
Marines
Denmark
Gunnar Nielsen
New York
Los Angeles
K. of C
AAU
Valley Makes It Tough on Outsiders
The Missouri Valley race tightens as Bradley Tulsa Oklahoma A&M and Wichita press rivals while St Louis and Houston lead. non conference schedule includes Texas Christian, Baylor, SMU and San Francisco amid big performances by Bradley Shellie McMillan Hodgson and Don Boldebuck.
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Jim van Valkenburg
Missouri Valley
St. Louis
Houston
Indiana
Hoosiers
Ohio State
Robin Freeman
Billikens
Detroit
Timaq Aaseuo anFe
Texas Christian
Wichita
Washington
Seattle
Tulsa
Baylor
Bradley
Loyola of
New Orleans
San Francisco
Wichhama Baldwin-Wallace
Kansas State
Miami
Fla
Southern Methodist
Oklahoma A&m
SMU
Kansas
Wheatshockers
Nebraska
UCLA
Bob Hodgson
Canisius
LaSalle
Shellie McMillan
Western Kentucky
TCU
Wyoming
Texas A&m
Bowling Green
Dons Ready for Holiday Festival Stretch Run
University of San Francisco Dons groomed for 33rd straight win entering the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. Coach Phil Woolpert proclaims, We don't expect to lose, as USF arrives off an 82-59 DePaul Tournament final win.
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University of San Francisco
Madison Square Garden
Dons
the Garden
Phil Woolpert
NCAA
Woolpert
California
Chicago
Crusaders
New York University
Associated Press
North Carolina State
West Virginia
Utah
Washington State
Iowa
Alabama
Duqueque
Dukes
Charlotte
N.C
Boston University
Tennessee
Florida State
Clemson
Davidson
Colgate
Wake
Mississippi State
Iola Red Devils Rise in Juco Round-Up Standings
Iola Junior College shows dramatic improvement under Bob O Brien, winning three of four. The Red Devils defeated Pratt Chanute and Kansas City before close losses to El Dorado and Kansas City. Conference play opened with Parsons beating Independence while Garden City beat Hutchinson in the west. Upcoming week features Hutchinson on the road and Arkansas City facing Wichita freshmen as part of a light schedule.
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Independence Daily Reporter
Independence
Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Devils
Bob O Brien
Iola
Tola
Ashe Red Devils
Allen County Junior College
Pratt
Chanute
Kansas City
Une
el Dorado
Parsons
Fola
Garden City
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Compton
Calif
Jaco
Kansas
Dodge City
Blue Dragon
Wichita
Sayre
Okla
Clarendon
Tex
Amarillo
Tigers
Wichitas
Shocker
Joptin
Pole vaulter Glenn Land suffers double arm break
Glenn Land of Greenbrier Arkansas, a 15 year old high school athlete, broke both arms attempting to clear the pole vault bar.
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Glenn Land
Greenbrier
Ark
What Price Nashua Boom Meat Market In Horseflesh Sale
New York styled column examining Nashua the horse and the odds of his million-dollar value. It notes Nashua’s sale price of 1 042672 and compares him to Derby runner Swaps, with Les Combs Spendthrift Farm cited. The piece riffs on fertility and stud value using anecdotes about Assault and Tom Fool and hints at possible progeny ahead in 1957.
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Red Smith
New York
Nashua
Dun & Bradstreet
Jackie Gleason
Swaps
Les Combs
Spendthrift Farm
Spendthrift
Lexington
Kentucky
Guest
Finance
Assault
Max Hirsch
Jamaica
Tom Fool
Elkhorn Creek
Lillard Tops In Bowling Meet In Close Finish
Chicago bowler Bill Lillard won the National All Star Bowling Tournament by eight pins, edging Joe Wilman of Berwyn in a dramatic final frame. Lillard earned $2,000 first prize plus potential exhibition and contract earnings. Wilman took $1,200 and Ray Bluth $750 in third.
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Chicago
Bill Lillard
Lillard
Petersen
Wilman
Anita Cantalino
Detroit
Doris Porter
Los Angeles
Ray Bluth
St. Louis
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Washington U
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