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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
16
San Francisco Dons, No. 1, rolled to a 72-47 victory over San Francisco State in their final pre tour game. Other top teams won as Illinois, Holy Cross, and George Washington posted decisive wins. NC State, Louisville, La Salle, and Kansas also won.
Tommy Higgins led KMLB with a 244 game and 564 series as KMLB beat Twin City Tire Co. Three other high scores include Sonny Durham 578 for Royal Feed and Seed and Gay's Clothing Co. sweeping four points. Continental Laboratories defeated Royal Feed and Seed 4-0, while Longview Equipment moved within three points of the lead by beating Guernsey Farm. The Church League standings list St. Paul Methodist leading with 37.5 points and multiple four-point sweeps across teams.
In the December 7 1955 report Sicily Island led early on a 26 yard pass from K D Miller to Dean Wiggins. Dean Wiggins catch followed by Lynn Evans 17 yard interception return for a TD helped trim Basile. Sicily Island advances to face Delhi in the semi finals at Delhi Saturday night.
Clarence Laws, president of the Vancouver Mounties, appoints Frank O Doul to manage the new Pacific Coast League entry. O Doul, 58, previously managed Oakland and San Francisco, last earning about $18 000 a year, with Oakland disbanding its club.
Jack Kramer launches a national pro tennis tour starting Friday at Madison Square Garden. The lineup features Pancho Gonzales against Tony Trabert, with Pancho Segura and Rex Hartwig supporting, amid questions of Lew Hoad’s amateur status and potential pro departure.
Pittsburg star Honus Wagner, 81, died in his sleep at his Carnegie home after months of age related illness. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Beinhauer Funeral Home. Commissioner Ford Frick called Wagner great and said his feats will live forever. Wagner, a Hall of Fame member, retired in 1917 after a career featuring a .329 lifetime batting average and multiple major league records across 17 seasons with the Pirates.
McNeese 84 Arkansas A and M 61. North Carolina State 90 Wake Forest 81. Central State 66. Kentucky State Washington and Lee 78 Richmond 76. Kansas State 89 Texas Tech 70. George Washington 81 William and Mary 75. Davidson 96 Catawba 90. Alabama State 93 Bethune Coleman Dayton Fla 73. Illinois 107 Butler 75. NYU 80 New York AC 70. Findlay 103 Indiana Tech 91. North Texas State 88 Northeast La State 85 overtime.
The Choudrant High school invitational basketball tournament starts Thursday at 5 p.m. with three boys games and one girls game. Choudrant hosts Eros in the opener, followed by Choudrant versus Quitman girls, then Quitman versus Weston boys, and Ruston versus Marion to close the night. The event runs through Saturday with eight boys teams and five girls teams. Boys: Chatham, Jonesboro-Hodge, Neville, Marion, Ruston, Weston, Koro, Eros, Quitman. Girls: Sims, Choudrant.
Charley Goldman, famed trainer of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, previously owned a local motion picture theater. The detail adds a rare facet to the boxing figure’s early life and business interests.
Chatham and Grayson Highs split a double header in Chatham with Grayson taking the opener 58-40 while Chatham won the nightcap 73-49. In the A game Moore 25 and Burroughs 16 led Chatham. Knight 19 and Crockett 17 led Grayson. In the B game Legg 20 for Grayson and Malone 16 for Chatham were top scorers.
In Pee Wee B Lexington’s Bass and Harvey tied at eight. Sherrouse leader Twite posted seven. Ouachita’s Crowell led Red Shield with ten. In the Midget League Crowe had nine for the Horses while Youngblood topped the Maroons with eight. Sheppard led the Whites with 11 and Hot Shots’ McMullen added six.
City League action saw Unique spark 22 points for City League Lakers while Crowe led Gays with 15. Robertson topped the Warriors with 19 as Thomas and Robinson poured in 14 each for Hot Rocks. Pool led Start with 12 and Hendrix added 10 for Kilpatricks. Stuckey scored 14 for Independents in overtime as National Guard and Gimber time clash.
Coach Paul F Dietzel of the LSU Tigers will address the Junior Chamber of Commerce Twin City All Star Football banquet on December 14. Five teams Neville Ouachita West Monroe St Matthew s and Southside provide the selection pool. Reservations are urged through Jim Fortner or the JCC office at the Virginia Hotel.
Georgia Tech will start practice Wednesday for the January 2 Sugar Bowl game against Pittsburgh in New Orleans. A 44 man squad is expected to travel. backfield coach Frank Broyles says new plays will be developed for a strong Pitt team that recently defeated Duke.
Epps High School boys beat Kilbourne 54 44 after the girls won 59 45. Kilbourne’s H G Wader led boys with 21 points, Henry Newton 14, Larry Ball 12 for Epps. Annie Ruth Gwin scored 36 for Epps girls, Betty Underwood 30 for Kilbourne.
Central High school swept a doubleheader against Gilbert winning the boys game 51 35 after an opening girls win 67 27. Top scorers for Central were Edward Farley 17 Travis Walker 17 and Emfinger 13 for Gilbert Florice Pepper led the Central Cagerettes with 29 points.
Sicily Island defeated Basile 12-0 on first and fourth quarter touchdowns to reach the class B state playoff semifinals in Alexandria Louisiana. The game opened with a scoreless first quarter and ended in a 7-7 tie at one point, highlighting a strong defensive effort.
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