Rapala lure story heads West Texas fishing notes
A serialized look covers the origin of the Rapala lure and its spread to North America. It details Lauri Rapala and his sons crafting hand carved baits, Life Magazine exposure in 1962, and eventual mass demand with prices and availability in Lubbock. The piece shifts to West Texas wildlife hunts and Balmorhea Lake restoration, noting improved bass and catfish stocks and local fishing prospects near El Paso.
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Providence Dominates Seton Hall for 12th Straight Victory
Providence, led by Jim Walker with 25 points, defeated Seton Hall 81-71 to extend its season win streak to 12. Dexter Westbrook fouled out early as Seton Hall cut the gap to eight late, but Providence pulled away at the 52-35 halftime mark and held on despite windy conditions and late rallies.
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Indoor Flying Queens Defeat Ouachita in City Junior event
Wayland Flying Queens beat Ouachita Baptist 52-32 to extend their City Junior High Basketball tournament lead at Chapman Field house. Ten players scored as Dunbar, Wilson, and other teams chased a strong third quarter surge. Tickets for the meet are on sale at The Sport Center Holt's Sporting Goods and the City Recreation Department box office with general admissions at 1.50 and 2.50.
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LeTourneau Nudges Wayland 57 to 48 in Non-Loop Clash
Perenera propelled LeTourneau to a 57 48 victory over Wayland in a non conference clash. The Pioneers prepare to face Oklahoma Christian in Oklahoma City Monday night in another non conference game.
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Weber St. John Earn Bowling Finals Berth
Weber of St. Louis and St. John of Wilmington secured finals berths in the All-Star Bowling Tourney with 56-game round robin showings. Weber led the American Division with 37–19 and 12,126 pins, while St. John topped the National Division with 22–24 and 13,513 pins including bonuses.
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Toers Ink Pact With Courtin In Bowling Standings
Toers Ink Pact With Courtin posting a 27 win 17 loss record and 8 642 pins. She earned 1 350 bonus pins plus 50 per win for a total of 9 992. Mrs Slattery split her 22nd round with Rosemary Babich and finished 123 pins ahead of Olga Gloor. Mrs Hooper won the American Division by 126 pins despite two losses in the 22nd round to Robbie Shaler. Hooper is 25-20-1 with 8 603 pins for 9 784 total, after final round scores 155 178 to Shaler 201 183.
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Goose Tatum Leads Tulsa Cage Extravaganza Night
Preliminary action starts at 8 p m sponsored by the Tulsa Jaycees with Goose Tatum and Showboat Nerner as spotlight acts alongside the Harlemites and Kingpins of professional basketball The Goose Tatum led cage festival promises sensational halftime entertainment and a fabulous evening Tickets available at Bill's Market Tulia and doors open at 7 30 p m
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Fordham Trips Temple in 57 to 51 Victory
Fordham Rams erased a nine point deficit in the second half to defeat Temple 57 51 at Fordham gym. Ken Morgan led scoring with 19, while Len Zandy and John Stevens added key totals as Fordham tightened in the final minutes. Temple led 30 26 at halftime.
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Bullets top Hawks 10697 to tighten Western Division standings
Baltimore Bullets beat St. Louis Hawks 10697 to move within one game of second place in the Nabl Western Division. Walt Bellamy scored 31 points with 22 rebounds as Baltimore surged to a first quarter lead and held off St. Louis. Bailey Howell 22 Don Ohl 18 Gus Johnson 17 paced the Bullets. Bob Pettit led Hawks with 27 points. Len Wilkens had 17.
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College scores and game results mixed with scattered scores
Los Angeles report notes Dean Chance of the Dodgers pitched 751 major league innings with 31 homers given up. The rest lists scattered college basketball results including Oklahoma Centenary Northwestern and others with several unclear or garbled figures.
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Woodmen Company notes $390.80 benefit to policyholder
A Woodmen Accident and Life Company notice touts paying over 100 million dollars in benefits since its founding. It emphasizes its seventy five year record of reliability and invites inquiries about life insurance, retirement income, and hospital and medical coverage.
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