Aggies Readying for Regional Basketball Tourney
Cameron College Aggies, 15-5, prepare for the NJCAA Regional in Amarillo March 5-7 after a five game win streak. Coach Harvey Pate’s squad, with 10-0 State Jaco and road victories, faces Murray Tuesday and Northeastern Thursday while aiming to dethrone Amarillo College and rival Sayre JC among 15 teams.
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Harvey Pate
Cagers
Cameron
Connors A&m
Aggies
Tishomingo
Murray
Northeastern
Eastern A&m
Northern
Eastern
Bacone
Arkansas Fresh
Connors
Amarillo College
Weatherford College
Howard City
Decatur Baptist
San Angelo
Arlington
Odessa
Clarendon
Frank Phillips
Sayre JC
Bob Dunn
Major Leagues Spring Training Outlooks and Questions
Teams push into spring drills after the March 1 deadline removal as fans await Stan Musial Ted Williams and Robin Roberts to chase batting titles and 20 win seasons. Chicago Cubs White Sox Baltimore Athletics and more eye improved benches and deeper lineups for the coming season amid busy camps and hopeful outlooks.
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Stan Musial
Ted Williams
Robin Roberts
Christy Mathewson
Walter Johnson
Lefty Grove
Joe McGinnity
Red Sox
Indians
Yankees
Giants
Tigers
Redni
Pirates
Emery Dominates Bowling Night With High Series
Emery swept the spotlight scoring 55 pins above his average and leading the league with a 646 series and a 215 average for Wade Oldsmobile in the Commercial league. Bryce Boulware posted a 250 game in the All-Star Classic, while Shirley Isenmann led the women with 30 pins above her 109 average. Multiple players across leagues posted strong 20 plus pin gains, and Friday action featured further scoring in dedicated divisions and junior leagues.
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Bill Ewald
Jean Emery
Emery
Wade Oldsmobile
Perry Alton
Pete Miller
Pete
Food Mart
Bryce Boulware
Pabst Beer
Shirley Isenmann
Rators
Claudine Bolton
Bob Williams
Bernard Montgomery
Leo Nease
Dave Clark
John Robertson
Dean Richmond
Harry Ratliff
George Burton
O. K. Rothell
Mac Carter
al Hendricks
H. E. Rice
Clyde Hines
G. Taylor
Eula Roberts
Lea Harris
Pat Morris
Ellen Kerrfiner
Anne Ellstrom
Gary Tubbs
Hornets
Jim Wright
Jackie Hunter
Gary Bilbrey
Baxter Johnson
Herbert Young
Maple Maulers
Gary Ellstrom
Sill Chaffee Favored in Fourth Army Cage Meet at Hood
Fort Sill and Camp Chaffee head the six team Fourth Army basketball tournament at Fort Hood Texas with seven straight wins for Sill and last year’s All Army runner ups Chaffee. Teams include Fort Polk Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Hood and Fort Bliss with BAMC a dark horse. Pairings to be announced.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Camp Chaffee
Fort Eustis
Sill
Chaffee
Cannoneers
Arkansas Quintet
Fort Polk
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Bliss
BAMC
Comets
Tom Mershall
Western Kentucky
Alfred Bianchi
Bowling Green
Bob Kriegshauser
Washington University of St. Louis
Walter Walowac
John Barber
Walowac
Marshall College
Barber
Harlem Clowns
Don Benedetti
Clive Follmer
Don O’rourke
George Knighton
Dick Soares
Worthy Patterson
Ken Deardorff
Bill Osborn
Don Beck
Ron Blue
Walt Ward
George Woods
Remus Nesbit
Hood
Lady Cannoneers
Marion Trow
Four Teams Tied For Industrial League Lead
Four teams hold 3-1 records in the Municipal Industrial League with Consolidated Gas atop unbeaten at 4-0. Leaders Fairmont Foods Security Bank Montgomery Ward and Constitution-Press share the top spot. Monday night features Montgomery Ward vs Constitution-Press. Junior league standings show Taft 5-0 Douglass Dunbar 4-0, with several other teams at 3-2 or 2-2. schedule includes Cameron Gym and Junior High Gym games through Thursday.
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Consolidated Gas
Fairmont Foods
Security Bank
Montgomery Ward
The
Constitution- Press
YMCA
Taft
Douglass and
Dunbar
Cameron
Constitution-Press
Coca-Cola
Public Service
Southwest Bell
Popular Furniture
Consolidated G
Long-Bell
Sooner Freight
Southwest Radio
Jaycees
Katy-K
Katy
Troop
Douglass
Central Baptist
Commandoes
Sill Artillery
FSIS
Sill Cannons
St. Mary’s
Fort Sill Cannons
Fort Sill Artillery
Troop 41
AAU Plans Three Month Summer Training Camp For 1956
SAN FRANCISCO February 25 Amateur Athletic Union weighs a three month summer training camp for prospective 1956 Olympic athletes. AAU president Carl Hansen confirmed secrecy around plans and noted William Cox raised the idea in New York. he favors studying feasibility.
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San Francisco
UP -Tae Amateur Athletic Union
Carl Hansen
AAU
United Press
Hansen
William Cox
New York
Ardmore To Host Braves In Opener
The 1956 Sooner State league schedule features eight Class D teams playing 140 games in 133 days. The Lawton Braves open at Ardmore on April 24 with a two game set followed by a home opener April 26 at Memorial Park. George Barr becomes league president, replacing Ucal Clanton, and will hire top Florida school prospects for umpires. Bert Alford will handle Braves business affairs and season ticket sales.
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Ardmore Lawton
Maleste
Muskogee
Paris
Ponca City
Seminol
Shawnee
Ardmore
Une
Lawton
Mcalester
Uly
Braves
Constitution
George Barr
Tulsa Statistician
Ed Williams
Box 800
Lawton Braves
Travis Jackson
Memorial Park
Sooner State
Tulsa
Ucal Clanton
Barr
Florida
Bert Alford
Waycross
Milwaukee Braves
Milwaukee
Jackson
New York Giants
Cache Cage Flash Didn't Miss Game at Cache High
Kathleen Woesner of Cache High School 16-year-old basketball player says she did not miss the Thursday night game at Frederick where Hollis won 38 to 29. She attended a 4-H share the fun show at Cameron College and states she played, insisting she did not let her team down despite the loss.
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Cache High School
Kathleen Woesner
H. W. Woesner
Frederick
Hollis
Kathleen
Cameron College
Trainer Clinic Set Tuesday in Lawton
Over 125 southern Oklahoma coaches will attend the fourth annual trainer clinic sponsored by R S Sporting Goods Co. co owners Billy Stamps and Darwin Richardson announced Saturday. The 1 p m session Tuesday at the Hotel Lawtonian features Delmer and Elmer Brown. The Brown brothers, noted trainers and former North Texas State College track stars, will lecture on treating injuries and show taping methods. Elmer Brown, head trainer at Texas Christian University, will serve with the United States Olympic delegation in Melbourne this year.
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Southern Oklahoma
R&s Sporting Goods Co
Billy Stamps
Darwin Richardson
Lawtonian
Delmer
Elmer Brown
North Texas State College
Twin Brothers
Elmer
Texas Christian University
United States
Melbourne
Australia
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