Battle Tonight To Sharpen Boomer Conference Standings
DUNCAN Norman and Duncan clash for runnerup in the Boomer conference while Lawton and Ardmore also meet as four teams sit at .500. Duncan starts Wilson and Boucher with Leonard leading the offense as El Reno leads the race. Cache Indiahoma games set to open the county tourney night.
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Ardmore
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Don Boucher
Creighton Bradford
Charles Tonemah
Harvey Coombs
Phil Leonard
Wayne Hunt
Leonard
A’s invest heavily in minor league stars for 1956
Owner Arnold Johnson spent about 250000 on minor league talent and farm club call ups to bolster the Athletics for 1956. Key acquisitions include Lou Kretlow Joe Ginsberg Bill Bradford Mike Baxes Dave Melton and Rance Press along with Jack Crimian Glen Cox and several recruited arms. Press led the Miller circuit with .337 average 26 homers and 107 RBIs.
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Athletics
Johnson
Lou Kretlow
Joe Ginsberg
Seattle Battery
Bill Bradford
Mike Baxes
Dave Melton
San Francisco
Rance Press
Minneapolis
American Assn
Glen Cox
Montreal
Jack Crimian
Toronto
Night scoreboard shows three girls and boys games on slate
Tonight at 6:30 p m Indiahoma faces Cache girls followed by Faxon Indiahoma and Geronimo Chattanooga. Last night results include Elgin beating Fletcher 56 to 47 Cache 63 Sterling 42 and Geronimo 64 Sterling 44 in girls action with Sterling leading late before Blue Jays pulled away.
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Wright
Callicott
Aggies Edge Eastern in OT Thriller in Cameron Win
Cameron earns an 82 78 overtime victory over Eastern with Ed Smith clutch free throws and 18 points from Bruce Medley. The win lifts Cameron to 7 4 overall and 2 0 in conference, as Northeastern lingers in fifth and Connors and Eastern battle for second. Northeastern’s trip here was postponed due to icy roads.
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Fast Favored In Cage Duel
The East teams up for a sixth annual Midseason NBA All-Star game in Rochester promising speed and balance led by Bob Cousy and Dick McGuire. Eastern coach George Senesky aims for a fourth straight win after last year’s 100 91 victory in New York as Bob Pettit Maurice Stokes and Clyde Lovellette anchor the West. John Kerr replaces Carl Braun on the East roster due to injury.
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N.Y
Bob Cousy
Boston
Dick McGuire
New York
George Senesky
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Charley Eckman
Bob Pettit
St. Louis
Clyde Lovellette
Minneapolis
George Yardley
Larry Foust
Maurice Stokes
John Kerr
Syracuse
Carl Braun
Ram Back Leads Pro Football Loop On Interceptions
Willard Sherman of the Los Angeles Rams topped the NFL in pass interceptions for 1955 with 11 picks. He also had a 3 interception game and a 36 yard longest return, totaling 101 return yards. Rams led team interceptions at 8.78 percent, with 31 of 351 opponent passes intercepted. Cardinals, Green Bay, and Cleveland trailed in percentage.
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Philadelphia
Willard Sherman
Los Angeles Rams
St. Mary’s
Sherman
Ed Bawel
Bob Dillon
Green Bay
Don Burroughs
Los Angeles
Rams
Cardinals
Goveland
San Francisco
Artillery and Guided Missile Clash In Fort Sill Tourney
The 17th A&GMS and defending champion The Artillery and Guided Missile School Commanders meet tonight in the Fort Sill basketball tournament. The winner advances to the semifinals of the week long double elimination event. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at Honeycutt gym. 6-4 George Knighton has led with a 25 point burst.
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Fort Sill
Honeycutt
George Knighton
Evening military schedule and results brief
Tonight's schedule lists 5 p.m. 41st Group versus 77th Group. At 7 p.m. 17th Group vs TA&GMSC. At 9 p.m. 52nd Group vs 1st Ordnance. Final scores show 17th Group 88, 52nd Group 74. TA&GMSC 95, 1st Ordnance 77, 41st Group 108, 93rd Group 78.
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1St Ordnance
Range Hawks Rally To Open-Round Win Over 52nd Group
Range Hawks defeated a stubborn 52nd Group 88 to 74 in the opening round. Worthy Patterson led the Guided Missile Command with 24 points while Remus Nesbitt had 22 for the 41st Group and Gary Frederick 25 for the 93rd. Tonight at Honeycutt Gym the 41st faces the 77th Group at 5 p.m. and the 52nd Group plays 1st Ordnance at 9 p.m.
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1St Ordnance
Worthy Patterson
Russ Boynton
Remus Nesbitt
Gary Frederick
Honeycutt Gym
OCU To Invade Wichita Tonight
Oklahoma City University aims to snap a two year losing streak against Wichita as the No. 16 ranked team travels to face the Wheat Shockers. OCU seeks its 13th win in 17 games in the final game of a tough six game road stretch with three wins and two losses so far.
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Kan
Oklahoma City University
Wheatshockers
OCU
Chiefs
Fish and Wildlife Service collects survey from sportsmen
The Fish and Wildlife Service gathered questionnaires from sportsmen on waterfowl hunting to aid drafting hunting regulations for next autumn.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Golf Great Hogan Declares Golf Simple In DC Speech
Ben Hogan told 700 sportsmen at the 13th annual Sports Jamboree in Oklahoma City that golf is a simple game driven by application. He stressed mastering fundamentals, finger feel, and 30 to 40 minutes of daily practice to lower scores. Hogan, 43, highlighted his four U.S. Open titles and British Open win in 1953 as proof.
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Oklahoma City
Ben Hogan
Hogan
NCAA Video Policy Eyed by House Subcommittee
A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold exploratory hearings in mid February on NCAA football television policies to determine if they violate antitrust laws. Chairman Celler says current practices limit public access to top games and study follows Rep. Hillings urging scrutiny. The NCAA sets national and regional TV rights with limited games per week.
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House
National Collegiate Athletic Assn
Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Hillings
Calif
NCAA
Californian
Judiciary
Altus Juniors Travel to Lawton for Thursday Game
Lawton junior high Wolves aim to improve on a 5-3 record as they travel to Ada darko Thursday night. The Wolves lost to Altus last night 57 64 after Altus made 27 of 49 free throws. Lance Kopepesah led with 14 points while junior high B defeated Altus 38 20 with Bill Stamps scoring 15.
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Wolves
Anadarko
Altus
Lance Kopepesah
Bill Stamps
New Baseball Loop Formed In Texas
SAN ANGELO Texas completion of the 1956 Southwestern Baseball League appeared assured after Big Springs announced deposits with the league and national bodies. President W J Green said that if Big Spring did not join several other cities are ready to seek the franchise. The loop will merge teams from the old Longhorn League and the West Texas New Mexico League.
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Tex
Southwestern Baseball League
Big Springs
W. J. Green
The
Loop
Big Spring
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