Yearend sports poll skims top performers of 1955
Associated Press style yearend poll requests three nominees for Male Athlete of the Year including Marciano Podres and Fleck. Female picks name Berg Brough Zaharias. top teams Dodgers Sooners and Russell. Comeback of the Year praises Graham Byrne Ramona and McPhail. Local note on Jimmy Wilson scoring 32 points for Lawton High in 1955.
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Rocky Marciano
Johnny Podres
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Jack Fleck
Ben Hogan
Patty Berg
Louise Brough
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Oklahoma
Sooners
Bill Russell University
San Francisco
Otto Graham
Cleveland Browns
Tommy Byrne
Yankees
Wyoming
Illinois Sharp In Cage Bow Frisco Ramps
Illinois, ranked eighth, opened with a 107-75 win over Butler as Captain Judson and Harv Smith scored 22 each. The Dons extended their streak to 29 with 72-47 over San Francisco State and NC State posted its 15th straight with a 90-81 win over Wake Forest.
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Harry
Illini
Butler
Illinois
San Francisco
North Carolina
Dons
Bill Russell
San Francisco State
Marquette
N.C. State
Vic Molodet
Wake Forest
Wolfpack
Associated Press
Iowa
Indiana
Paul Judson
Harv Smith
Hlini
Combes
Tilini
Huskers Promise Pete Full Support
Lincoln Nebraska Chancellor Clifford Hardin says Pete Elliott will have the complete backing and support of the university administration and the board of regents if he accepts the head football coach job replacing Bill Glassford who has resigned. Elliott, an assistant under Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma, has the offer but will decide after the Orange Bowl. Hardin calls Elliott an outstanding leader in intercollegiate athletics and hopeful he will accept.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Clifford Hardin
Pete Elliott
University
Board of Regents
Bill Glassford
Elliott
Oklahoma
Maryland
Bud Wilkinson
Hardin
Ezzard Charles Outpoints Toxie Hail in Chicago Fight
Ezzard Charles from Cincinnati won a ten round decision over Toxie Hail of Chicago in a Tuesday bout in Rochester New York. Charles built points advantage with sharp combinations and defense throughout.
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Rochester
N.Y
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Toxie
Chicago
Wagner dies in sleep at 81 and other sports notes
Baseball notes report John Honus Wagner dies in his sleep at 81. Cubs trade Randy Jackson to Dodgers for Don Hoak and Walt Moryn. O'Doul named Vancouver Mounties manager. San Francisco earns No 1 AP poll. Colby College names Frank Maze re signed. Miami Open medalist Bernardin posts 66 while Misty Mora tops three-year-old fillies and Nashua named 3-year-old champ. Belair Stud horses to be auctioned in New York.
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Pittsburgh
John
Honus) Wagner
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Randy Jackson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Don Hoak
Walt Moryn
Oakland
Calif
Frank
Lefty) O’doul
Vancouver Mounties
Waterville
Maine
Frank Maze
Colby College
Miami
Fla
George Bernardin
Andover
Mass
Misty Mora
Nashua
Thoroughbred Racing Assn
New York
Belair Stud
Cubs
Hoak
Mathews
Moryn
Brooklyn
St. Paul
Heating system service offer from Mason Electric
Mason Electric advertises servicing for motors controls filters floor furnaces and central heat. Includes phone 9122 6171 and address C Ave.
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Mason Electric
C Ave
Six Fights Tonight In Sill Ring Meet
Fort Sill boxing tournament opens with six bouts at Honeycutt Gymnasium tonight at 8 p.m. The card includes 112 lb flyweight Doug Sellers versus Lloyd Hall and 126 lb featherweight Oren Potter versus Louis DeFrieze. Independent and post entrants fill nine post and one exhibiti on bouts, with All-Army contenders Leroy Jeffrey and Sammy Price set to fight tomorrow.
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Sill
Honeycutt Gymnasium
Max Virgil
Doug Sellers
Lloyd Hall
Oren Potter
Louis DeFrieze
Stuart Rubine
Louis LaBianca
Tween
Dillard Jackson
Colon Craft
Gilbert Cornish
Kenneth Farris
Bobby Ingram
James White
Leroy Jeffrey
Sammy Price
Jeffrey
George Pryce
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Wilson Ginn Star As LHS Tops Texans
Lawton High School opened the season beating Burkburnett 54 43 as Wilson scored 32 and Ginn dominated the boards in the second half. Coach Bobby Williams praised Wilson as consistent and smart while Ginn sparked a big third period and grabbed key rebounds. The Wolverines held Burkburnett to a 42 40 lead late and used a deep bench to seal the win. Williams noted Lawton controlled the boards 18 7 in the second half and next host Wichita Falls, a team they beat Burkburnett by 19 points.
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Bob Williams
Wolverines
Burkburnett
Tex
Jimmy Wilson
Lawton High School
Bulldogs
Wolverine
Bobby Williams
LHS
Williams
Wilson
Mike Ginn
Lawton
Ginn
Harvey Coombs
Wichita Falls
Burnett
Schinger
Walker
Smith
Hargett
Bryant
Bradford
Turnbow
Ady
Boucher
Mills
Tonemah
Me’dwell
Coombs
Boren
Thomason
Hodges
Lawton Burkburnett
Rival Managers Angry Dodgers Got Best In Jackson Trade
Chicago reports rivals lament the Brooklyn Chicago swap that sent Ransom Jackson to the Dodgers for Don Hoak and Walter Gryn. Cubs and Brooklyn officials hinted at a further pay-off with Russ Meyer awaiting roster clearance. Cubs released Walker Cooper as part of the 15 player talks pending.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Ransom Jackson
Don Hoak
Walter Gryn
Dodgers
Cubs
Don Newcombe
Cub
Wid Mathews
E. J
Buzzie) Bavasi
Russ Meyer
Walker Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
OU To Get Grid Trophy For 1955 National Champion
Norman Okla The University of Oklahoma football team chosen by sports writers and sportscasters as the 1955 national champion will receive the Rev. J Hugh O Donnell Memorial Trophy at an awards dinner in Oklahoma City December 16 The trophy is donated each year by the Notre Dame Monogram Club to the No 1 team in the AP poll.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Hagge Marries Alice's Sister in New York
Marlene Bauer 21 and Robert Hagge 28 wed last Thursday in Geneva where Hagge works the off season for a supermarket chain. Hagge is a professional golfer. They said Hagge and Alice 28 had divorced sometime this year and refused to discuss reasons.
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Waverly
N. Y
Marlene Bauer
Alice
Marlene
Robert Hagge
Geneva
Hagge
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