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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1956
Page
6
The weekly Thanksgiving feature highlights a slate of close college games with hot rivalries. Key matchups include Temple vs Frederick and Lawson-Duncan as top bets in Class B action, as teams vie for playoff positions and bragging rights on Thanksgiving.
Frederick and Temple clash as promoters forecast a close game at 2 30 p m with Temple favored by speed in the backfield featuring Lloyd Logan Danny Miller and Danny Griffin for the Bombers while Frederick counters with H W Green and Rob ert Jones. Other regional matchups include Tuttle versus Maysville and Thomas versus Laverne as statewide Class A Class B and Class C games unfold across Oklahoma with several top teams aiming for district titles and playoff berths.
Unclear OCR yields scattered results with multiple colleges listed. Entries mention Iowa State, Indiana Central, Wisconsin perhaps, and St Louis with scores around the 60s to 100s. Names and places are garbled, but several team names and scores appear.
Melbourne hosts the 16th Olympic Games with 43,000 athletes from 653 nations. The ceremony includes an Archbishop of Melbourne address and Handel’s Messiah. The US and USSR expected to lead the medal tally. Australia and Hungary contend for third.
Melbourne prepares for the 16th Olympiad with a 5,000 strong parade of athletes and officials, a ceremonial open by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the arrival of the Olympic torch carried from Darwin. The event features a 2,000-strong choir and a solemn anthem as dozens of nations face withdrawals amid mid east and Hungarian tensions.
Brooklyn pitcher Don Newcombe won the Baseball Writers Association of America MVP award for 1956 with 223 points, edging Sal Maglie by 40. Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, and Junior Gilliam followed, as seven players received first place votes and Newcombe’s season included seven losses only.
Oklahoma's 19 deer season opens today as archery ends and rifle and shotgun hunters move into seven southeastern counties at sunrise. Expected big kills loom with Pushmataha McCurtain LeFlore Atoka Latimer and parts of Haskell Pittsburg opening to firearms and Thanksgiving shotgun hunting allowed statewide outside game refuges and parks.
Lawton facing Duncan in a heated rivalry as the Wolverines prepare with a focus on defense against single wing and split-T formations. Lance Guymon leads the Duncan attack at halfback with over 1,200 yards, backed by Wayne Hunt Jonie Jackson and David Harbour in the backfield and Harbour at QB.
Class AA and A rankings shown with team records and key scores. Ada Sapulpa Guymon Dourless Del City Lindsay Thomas Weatherford Bixby Temple Elk City Ardmore Pawnee loom. El Reno and Ardmore top rivals as Duncan, Norman, and Enid battles shape a four game Wolverines streak. Guth fest features season highs and defensive notes.
Weaver girls edged Davidson 53 52 in overtime in a key Tillman county conference game on Tuesday. Ronnie Creith scored 11 for Chatty, while Kent Swinford had six for Faxon in the nearby contest.
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