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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1956
Page
2
Community notices from Mt Zion C M E Church announce a Friday January 13 drawing for a grocery basket with tickets at ten cents, proceeds to the Building Fund. A special service on the same date features Rev Anthony Jones as guest preacher in support of the Building Program.
The NCAA Rules committee meets to review about 60 suggestions as Michigan’s Fritz Crisler notes broad satisfaction with current rules. A key issue would allow coaches to confer with players on the sidelines when the clock is stopped, while Crisler opposes sideline teaching. Other proposals would outlaw lightweight tear-away jerseys amid concerns over multiple timeouts when changing jerseys, recalled by Crisler from his Michigan days with Tommy Harmon.
Fights erupted late last night in an informal gathering with several participants and witnesses describing the melee. Authorities reported multiple injuries and ongoing investigations into the incident.
Southern Methodist beat Texas A&M 97 88 in Dallas to move to 3 0 in the SWC and tighten its grip on the conference title Rice defeated Texas Christian 89 60 in Houston as it remained second behind SMU Joe Durrenberger led the Owls with 21 points while Temple Tucker scored 19 for Rice and Larry Scholater added 24 for SMU Fort Worth and Fayetteville set up Friday and Saturday night games involving Arkansas and Texas Texas A&M faces Texas in College Station and TCU meets Baylor in Fort Worth.
A roundup of college basketball results lists Seton Hall 84 Xavier Ohio 78 and Manhattan 5 Muhlenberg 79 in overtime, with numerous other games across the East and West including North Carolina 101 Virginia 63 and Texas A&M 68, SMU 87. The digest covers scores, opponents, and locations across conferences.
Pascual Perez unbeaten in 25 fights defends his world flyweight belt against Leo Epín of the Philippines tonight at Lung Park in Buenos Aires. A crowd of about 25 000 is expected for the first world title bout ever held in the city.
CHICAGO Bob Satterfield seeks his 81st knockout against Chicago heavyweight Johnny Holman in a 10 round nationally televised bout at Chicago Stadium. Satterfield, 32, will carry a 40-19-32 record and give Holman 15 to 20 pounds, after beating Holman twice in 1954. Holman, 28, has 8 KOs in an 18-8-0 slate.
Southern State remained unbeaten in Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference play with a 107-91 win over Arkansas Tech as Hendrix College cruised past Henderson State Teachers 83-72. Arkansas College stunned Tech, ending a seven year jinx, while Bone's 32 points led Southern State and Smith fouled out early.
The San Francisco Dons, ranked number one, push a 38 game unbeaten run after routing Santa Clara 74 56 to near the all time major college mark held by Long Island University and Seton Hall. Fresno State and California loom next with Jan 28 matchup. Duke also impressed by defeating South Carolina 63 52.
Tech led by Don Sevier 27 points as Ozarks balanced scoring with Claudie Eubanks 16. Henderson ringleader Phil Guthrie tallied 24 with Lloyd Norris adding 21 as Henderson crushed Henderson and pulled within one game of a .300 conference mark while Ozarks beat Southern State and Muteriders led by Lester Thitchins with 15. Bob Zaleski and others scored for the losers.
The State Department reportedly restored a one billion dollar aid cut to India after Secretary of State Dulles ordered reinstatement. Ambassador John Sherman Cooper in New Delhi lobbied that the cut harmed U S prestige and officials said Cooper informed Prime Minister Nehru before leaving for consultations.
The Hope Bobcats fell 70 to 63 to Arkadelphia in conference play with Harold Honea scoring 23 and Travis Purtle 14 for Hope. Earlier, Hope juniors lost 58 to 28 to Arkadelphia with Dave Watkins 20 and Billy Harry 15. Numerous college games followed including Holy Cross over Rhode Island 61 to 23, George Washington over Wake Forest 78 to 74, and Duke defeating NC State after a tough first half rally.
The NCAA Council extended the Miami probation to one more year keeping the Florida school ineligible for championship events and bowls. The action maintains existing sanctions from October 1954 while unfolding debates over television controls and a potential small college tournament reshaping of intercollegiate meets.
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