Open Novice Fifth Derby Starts Feb 2 at Fort Sill
The Southwest District Golden Gloves event at Fort Sill Honeycutt gym begins Feb 2 with open and novice divisions. Jess Thompson directs with Lions Club support. 13 counties participate and finalists advance to the Oklahoma City state tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Glaves
Oklahoma City
Jess Thompson
Cameron
Lions Club
Thompson
Lawton
Enid
Ardmore
Tulsa
Muskogee
Big Pasture Cage Tournament Opens Monday Night
The Big Pasture basketball tournament in southwest Oklahoma begins Monday with four boys and three girls games nightly through Saturday. Teams include Faxon Cache Walters Union Valley Chattanooga Grandfield Appentone Randlett Geronimo Devol Irving for boys and Randlett Geronimo Faxon Chattanooga Ryan Cache Irving Grandfield for girls. Temple favours the boys title and Geronimo the girls. opening round features Walters over Cache and Faxon over Chattanooga among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sharrock
Walters
Oklahoma
Big Pasture
Randlett Girls
Ahpentone
Union Valley
Devol Irls
Devol
Randfield
Temple
Comanche
A. Walters
Waurika Marlow
Pet. Fletcher
Sterling
Ache Geronimo
Indiahoma
Cache
Chattan
FSIS
Geronimo
Faxon
Randlett
Appeatone
Union Val’y
Grandfield
Randlet
Temple Leads 5-B after Defeating Comanche in Big Pasture
Temple moved atop the 5-B standings with a 59-47 win over Comanche while Walters sits third and Marlow and Waurika chase. The season shows shifting order as Temple seeks to repel a Waurika visit before the Big Pasture tournament. Comanche hosts Anadarko in non conference action January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Negial King’s
Outlaws
Walters
Comanche
Waurika
Marlow
Anadarko
Big Pasture
Randlett
Grandfield
Bulldogs
Appentone
Devol
Union Valley
Standings Show Bulldogs Slide to Third After Week Losses
Standings note Coach Chuck Collins' Bulldogs ahead in victories but dropping early games, keeping them at third. Cache beats Indiahoma and Sterling to reach 10-2. Geronimo loses 67-64 to Paul Plume's FSIS Indians, then wins 46-45 over Faxon. FSIS loss drops Jays to sixth. Chattanooga moves up. Sterling girls top Cache in league, Geronimo girls beat FSIS 52-32 and Faxon 37-32 to stay second. Sterling remains sole undefeated in conference play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Fletcher
Carnegie
Chattanooga
Cache
Chuck Collins
Bulldogs
Indiahoma
Sterling
Geronimo
Paul Plume
Fsis Indians
Faxon
FSIS
Jays
Geronimo Girls
Seth Irving
Ward McCracken
Lassies
Notre Dame Faces Big Graduation Loss After 1952 Season
Ten members of the 1952 Notre Dame football squad will depart through graduation, leaving only six as regular first string players. The team must reload depth as it transitions from a senior-dominated lineup to a younger core for future seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Villanova Star Schafer Kidnapped By Four Men
Villanova basketball star Bob Schafer, the team's leading scorer, was abducted for about an hour by four men who urged him to become less active in remaining games. He was lured near campus by a ruse, driven around, then released unharmed near his dorm. FBI probes whether it was a prank or an attempt by gamblers to curb his play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villanova
Bob Schafer
Schafer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Spring Mill Road
American Tennis Stars Reach Australian Open Quarterfinals
American players Seixas Hartwig Clark advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian national championships in Melbourne. Vic Seixas, Ham Richardson, and Don Clark win their matches as top seeds fall, with Seixas set to face Geoff Brown and Clark to meet Ken Rosewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Lewis Head
Uncle Sam
Frank Sedgman
Ken McGregor
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Neale Frazer
Ham Rich
Rex Hartwig
Ard Son
Baton Rouge
Straight Clark
Los Angeles
Don Candy
Richardson
Mervyn Rose
Adrian Quist
Seixas
Geoff Brown
Jack Arkinstall Clark
Ken Rosewall
Don Tregonning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ac Ce
Ea Red
Dale Kite
Ronnie Spencer
Beckham
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Tillman
Kiowa
Washita
Custer
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Cotton
Honeycutt Gym
Cameron College
Bob Graves
Constitution Sports
Constitution Press
Irving
Ryan
Hastings
Sugden
Chata
Phil Ball
Blue Devils
Devils
Comanche County
Elgi and
Audie’ Woodard
Ed Gideon
Faxon Girls
Eagles
Leda Martin
Cache Girls
Lise
Jefferson County
Ed Meece
Warriors
Wildcats
Tigers
Ahpeatone
Randlett-Geronimo
Attanooga
Faxon - Chattanooga
Bertha Devine
Edna
Dick Stults
Wes Beard
Dlett’s
FOX Phone
Knox-Jensen Motor Company
E Ave
DODGE
Joe Ford
Russell - Ford Insurance Agency
D Ave
Wsaces
D Avenue
Russell Cleaners
E Avenue
Paul Revere
Ray
Halford
Wichita
Zenith
Radio & Sound
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!