Kansas Faces SMU and Rice After Wisconsin Win
Unbeaten KU basketball opens week with a 4-0 schedule ahead of Southern Methodist at Dallas and Rice Institute in Houston. Coach Phog Allen emphasizes consistent ball handling after a 74-66 Wisconsin win and a 91-70 season opener against Northwestern. Jim Krebs of SMU and Temple Tucker of Rice loom as threats as KU aims to extend its streak. Dobbs led a 28 point burst in the latest win.
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Badgers Fall To Kansas In Big Ten Showdown
Kansas edged Wisconsin 77 66 as Dobbs led with 26 points and Lew Johnson added 14. Dick Miller tied for second in scoring with 14 for Kansas while Curt Mueller and Gene Elston also produced 14 apiece. Wisconsin rallied late but could not overcome a 35 14 Kansas run in the first half. About 4 000 attended the game in Milwaukee.
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Big Seven TV plans target regional 1956 exposure
The Big Seven Conference, after a national TV omission for Oklahoma and a blank NCAA telecast, aims to build a regional package in 1956 if NCAA maintains current television policy. Executive secretary Reaves Peters said plans favor a lenient sponsor approach, with details undisclosed.
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Santee Posts Best Time But Has Only 31st Spot
Philadephia based Wes Santee the top American miler finished 31st in the Penn A C cross country handicap race. Rain and mud slowed the five mile event won by John Tibbets of Quantico Marine with 31 minutes 20 seconds, Santee’s 34 minutes 6 seconds included a 12 minute handicap.
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Compton Eleven Claims U S Juco Grid Trophy
Compton of California defeated Jones County J C of Ellisville Mississippi 22 to 13 in the Junior Rose Bowl to lay claim to the 1955 national junior college football championship. The victory reinforces Compton’s status as the top ranked juco team with Jones County second.
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Valley Court Teams Boast 80 Percent In Non Loop Action
Valley Court teams post an 80 percent win rate after two weeks of Intersectional play. St Louis faces Indiana in Bloomington while Houston meets Detroit at home. The schedule highlights include Tulsa, Oklahoma A&M, and Wichita State with several Valley clubs at home this week.
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Browns and Rams to Meet Again for Pro Grid Crown
The Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams set rematch for the NFL title on December 26 after a season with key battles and playoff near-misses. Otto Graham leads Cleveland as they clinched the Eastern Conference while Los Angeles dominated the Western Conference, rolling to a 31-17 win over Green Bay.
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Giants down Detroit as Doak Walker leads scoring title
Career at home notes New York Ghints beat Detroit 4 19 despite Doak Walker’s 71 points with a touchdown field goal and two conversions. Alan Ameche held to 20 yards as San Francisco routed Baltimore 33 24 but still wins league rushing title. Vic Janowicz scores 10 as Washington tops Pittsburgh 21 0.
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Pro Cage Tut ors Get Bribe Calls
Maurice Podoloff president of the National Basketball Assn says the league is probing mysterious long distance phone calls offering bribes to coaches and players to lose games or fix spreads. Coaches Al Cervi and Bobby Wanzer report calls from unidentified men before Sunday games, with Erhmans from Minneapolis and Chicago and Wanzer from St Louis. Police were notified.
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P.O.W.s Arrive in Berlin as First Returnees Reach West
Fifty seven German prisoners of war freed by the Soviet Union arrived in West Berlin today marking the first group to reach Western territory in two months. ADN reported the returnees were part of a large group arriving in the Soviet zone over the weekend. The Russians had announced 600 prisoners would reach the West German border on Tuesday. Red McMorris of the National Golf Foundation notes 108 new golf courses opened in 1995, led by California with 21.
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Walker Ends Career With Scoring Crown Despite Lions Loss
Doak Walker, ending his Detroit Lions career, scores 11 points to clinch the NFL scoring title for the second time in six years and rise to third in league history. The Lions fall to the Giants as Walker thanks fans in a farewell scene after six seasons in Detroit.
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