Floydada Sports Notes Touch on Football, Golf and Coaching Moves
Floydada and Floyd County readers learn of local football prospects headed by coach Preston Watson with end Bill Patterson and guard Bill Gilliland among returnees. notes on backfield speed concerns and possible position changes. Frank Freer eyed a return to Muleshoe golf. Neal Chastain named Amherst head coach. Crosbyton hiring shifts including Danny Shipley and Burt Grimes. Weems hired to replace Carmack. course critique at Floydada cites trees and terrain impacting scores and wind effects.
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Floydada
Floyd County
Preston Watson
Bill Patterson
Danny Shipley
Bill Gilliland
Watson
Gilliland
Don Vickers
Neal Chastain
Crosbyton
Amherst
Don Townsend
Springlake
Bill Carmack
Balls
Carmack
Lorenzo
Burt Grimes
Jack Meredith
Floyd‘ada
Doc Mize
Bernard
Roxy) Weems
McMurry
Weems
Melvin
Brady
Red Raider
Bobby Kyzer
Indians
Rotan
Grady Allen
Sundown
Finals In T Bar Golf Meet Today
Dale McElroy and Charles Townes dominate the T Bar Country Club event advancing to the championship flight finals. Irene Spears and Peggy Elliot win the women’s bracket as the final round tees off at 1 p.m. with multiple matches completed in the men’s first, consolation, and second through fourth flight divisions.
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Tahora
Dale McElroy
Charles Townes
Ijrene Spears
Jewell Smith
McElroy
Robert Harvick
Townes
Ray Adams
Red Brown
Charlies Townes
Ray Adama
Consotation
Jake Jacobs
D. C
Wade Holland
Elson Carroll
Bill Haralson
C. W. Conway
Fiight Rebel Thomas
A. N. Norman
Berry Fischer
Charles Verner
Bil Griffin
Clint Wakter
Sam Edwards
Dick Wright
Sonny Roberts
Charles Holland
R. M. Thomas
Dub Harvick
L. Short
Tom Bartley
Slick Clem
H. R. Tankersley
Peer Eto Dean Taylor
Pi Bi
Eats
Monell
Horte
Frank Hi
Iven McWhirter
Turner Rogers
Winston Wharton
A. M. Bray
Johnny Well
Mel Lesile
Trene Spears
Jewel Smith
Percy Elliot
Jo Belle Robinton
Dot White
Lois Fischer
Audie Norman
Akta
Nae Man
al Echo Milliken
Mae Edwards
Glenda Dunnigan
S‘eta Thomas
Abby Wharton
Melba Clem
Jette Harvick
Corene Cathcart
Mickey Wright To Hold Clinic At Hobbs Country Club
Mickey Wright one of the tour leaders will appear at Hobbs Country Club for a clinic and exhibition Friday according to Pro Dode Forrester. Wright has won $7,880 through July 17 1958 with a .789 scoring average and has been a professional since 1954.
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Mickey Wright
Hobbs Country Club
Hobbs
Dode Forrester
Miss Wright
Mickey
San Diego
Golf Mixed Results from Huntington Event Amid Tight Pairings
A multilevel golf tournament yielded numerous close matches including Frank Freer defeating Rex Brown 1 up and Roland Adama beating John Morehead 6 and 5. The event features flights from First through Fifth with morning pairings listed and a full slate of forthcoming matches.
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Frank Freer
Rex Brown
Roland Adama
John Morehead
Gene Boyd
al Cooper
Paul Pontineton
Cullen Cranfill
Snead Eagles 18th for 66 to Lead St. Paul Open
Sam Snead eagled the 18th for a 66 in the third round to seize the lead at 197 for 54 holes, one stroke ahead of Mark Souchak. Don Finsterwald Tony Lema Doug Sanders and others posted 64s as the field chased the 60 low pros cutoff at 212. Major casualty Dick Mayer shot 70 to sit at 213.
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Slammer
Keller
Mike Souchak
Grossingers
N. Y
Snead
Souchak
Sam
Vossler
Venturi
Ken Venturi
San Francisco
Ernie Vossler
Midland
Tex
Lionel Hebert
Lafayette
Hebert
Don Finsterwald
Athens
Ohio
Tony Lema
Napa
Calif
Doug Sanders
Miami Beach
Fla
Tema
Lema
Finsterwald
Paul Harney
Worcester
Mass
Tommy Jacobs
Whittier
Cary Middlecoff
Hollywood
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Freer tops Brown to lead Floydada golf quarterfinals
Frank Freer defeated Rex Brown 1 up in a tight match on the 17th hole to head four qualifiers for today's Floydada Country Club Golf Tournament finals. Adams, Huntington, and Boyd also advanced in 36 holes of medal play with tight margins and late rallies shaping the field.
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Bill Hart
Avalanche-Journal
Floydada
Frank Freer
Rex Brown
Freer
Brown
Floydadan
Huntington
Cranfill
Abilenean
Boyd
Ralls
Texas Tech
Hernandez Tops Batters In Sophomore League
Freddie Hernandez of Artesia leads the Sophomore League batting with a .372 average after 94 games and 339 at bats, totaling 126 hits, 18 home runs, and 28 doubles. Ken Clark, Ken Bryant, and Murray Hall lead in home runs, RBIs, and triples, while Erv Moore tops strikeouts. Midland dominates club batting.
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Associated Press
Freddie Hernandez
Artesia
Hernandez
Les Bass
Midland
Moore
Erv Moore
Plainview
Hobbs
Carlsbad
San Angelo
Ralls Swimmers Win South Plains Meet
Ralls swimmers triumphed at the South Plains Council Boy Scout meet in Mackenzie Park Lubbock with Troop 33 Balls winning junior and intermediate divisions and Explorer Post 33 also taking the explorer division. Readouts list multiple district teams and individual event winners across backstroke breaststroke freestyle and relays.
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Ralls
South Plains Council
Mackenzie Park
Lubbock
Balls
Explorer Post 33
Hale Center
Hanes
Longhorn
Mark Laney
Plainview
Buddy Crump
Bill Green
Odell Moore
Ralis
Laney
Crump
Presse Nneys
Green
Pnes
Troops Levelland
Aga
Atche Lubbock
Stagg Celebrates 96th Birthday at Home and Game
Amos Alonzo Stagg marked his 96th birthday in Stockton, Calif. as two insurance firms marveled at his luck in outlasting actuarial odds. A 1903 Northwestern Mutual policy for 10,000 and a later New York Life policy were cited as the odds he reportedly beat.
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Stockton
Calif
UPI
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stagg
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Harold L. Ickes
New York Life Insurance Company
Thomas Breaks Leg in All-Star Game
Oklahoma halfback Clendon Thomas suffered a broken left leg in the All-Stars victory over the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field. The fibula fracture below the knee required hospital care at Alexian Brothers. he faces weeks in a cast and possible early discharge in a few days.
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Chicago
UPI
Oklahoma
Clendon Thomas
Detroit Lions
Thomas
Soldier Field
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Los Angeles Rams
Walker Jets Eliminated From State TAAF Tourney
The Walker Jets of Lubbock were eliminated from the state TAAF softball tournament after an Austin team beat them 4 to 1. Marvin Dickson took the loss, Willie Hayes earned the win, and Wilson Baldwin homered and added two singles for Lubbock. The Jets had previously won a game from Dallas by forfeit.
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Fort Worth
Walker Jets
Lubbock
Austin
Marvin Dickson
Willie Hayes
Dickson
Wilson Baldwin
Jets
Dallas
IAAF Explains Surprise High Jump World Record Ruling
IAAFs Rules and Records Committee chairman Bo Lindman said Yuri Stepanov’s 7 ft 1 in high jump in Leningrad in July 1957 was accepted as a world record because no rule forbids elevated shoes. He compared it to Bud Held’s javelin record later ruled out with a different javelin.
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Stockholm
UPI
Bo Lindman
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Yuri Stepanov
Leningrad
Stepanov
Lindman
Bud Held
Stanislav Jungwirth
Derek Tbbotson
Olavi Salonen
Olavi Salso
Bob Gutowski
Gutowski
Palo Alto
Europe
Ia.a.f
Rules and Records Committee
Jill Philbrick Reaches State Net Finals
Jill Philbrick daughter of Texas Tech coach George Philbrick advances to the 15 and under girls singles final by defeating Marcia Macosky 9 7 6 1 in Waco. She will face Lynn Haines of Dallas at 1 p m. today for the title.
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Waco
Jill Philbrick
Texas Tech
George Philbrick
Marcia Macosky
Dallas
Miss Philbrick
Lynn Haines
Jill
South Plains
Jeffie Williams
Brenda Cook
June Whitworth
Junction
Ginger Connelley
Lubbock
Ann Brazell
Nancy Davis
Dal- 8
Thomas Winner Borlaenge Triumphs in Rainy 3000 Meter Race
Australian runner Albert Thomas, 126 pounds, recently set world records for the two and three mile events and won a 3000 meter race in a track record eight minutes 16.8 seconds during a rainy Saints night in Sweden.
Houston's Bobby Brown Elected Athletic Trainers Proxy
Bobby Brown of Houston was elected president of the Southwest Athletic Trainers Assn at its fourth annual convention at Southern Methodist University. He will be joined by Weaver Jordan of Waco as vice president Billy Pickard of Brazosport as secretary treasurer John Bennett of Spring Branch as publicity director and Wayne Rudy of Dallas as national director.
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Bobby Brown
Houston
Southwest Athletic Trainers Assn
Southern Methodist University
Weaver Jordan
Waco
Billy Pickard
Brazosport
John Bennett
Spring Branch
Wayne Rudy
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Pat Scarborough
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ST. Paul, Minn
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