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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1957
Page
2
Bob Buhl, despite a pair of World Series defeats by the Yankees, carried a nine game Milwaukee winning streak from July 18 to Sept 21 into Morris Redskins home opener Tuesday.
The Morris Redskins host Plainfield Wildcats at 7:45 p.m. with a 6-1 season start and a 21-9 Plainfield last year. In the opener, Morris Frosh meet Plainfield Frosh-Soph at 6:30 p.m. Richard Russell leads Plainfield. Morris fields Cryder, Buttry, Francois, Ellig, and Gumm.
The schedule lists Tuesday pairings Plainfield at Morris Woodland at Fairbury UHS Braidwood at Coal City Gardner at Wilmington CVC Faz on at Minooka Newark at Bartville and Wednesday matches Morris Papooses at Washington Fairbury at Pontius Coal City at Dwight Braidwood at Seneca Odell Comm at Gardner Mazon at St. Paul Odell Newark at Minooka FW Wilmington at St. Anne.
League standings show Iho Lanes leading with 23 points and Dorothy's Laundry at 24. Bright's Garage, Ski's Cities Service, Ladd's Mobil Service, Thuroe-Built Homes, Porden's Dairy, DiJohn Printing, Morris Home Imp., and Morris Tire & Apl. follow with varying scores. Individual highs include H. Hall 297 and KR Hanson 501.
Seven Big Ten teams start their basketball seasons with Illinois hosting Marquette Minnesota facing Southern Methodist Indiana and Michigan State at home and others like Northwestern Western Michigan and Wisconsin opening. Key matchups include Michigan State with John Green and Indiana led by Archie Dees and Frank Radovich. Illinois and Minnesota rely on younger players as both seek quick starts. Bargains Listed in the Classifieds.
In Chicago, the Bears lost 14-3 to the Washington Redskins while the Cardinals were shut out 31-0 by Cleveland. The Bears never reached the Redskins end zone, with their best drive ending at the 42. The Cardinals only threatened once, reaching the 27 before a Summerall field goal attempt. Ground gains favored Washington and Cleveland with 135 and 117 yards respectively, while passing was limited for both Chicago clubs.
In Hollywood Alfredo Escobar of Redondo Beach knocked out Larry Vasquez of San Francisco in 5. In Stuttgart Guston Scholz of Germany outpointed Alex Buxton of England over 10. In Havana Guajiro de Mayajigua defeated Alvaro Gutierrez of Mexico City over 10.
Grant 53 over Ottawa Marquette 46. Burlington Iowa 57 defeats Monmouth 49. Moline 51 over W Rockford 47. Notre Dame 56 over Route 21. Litchfield 60 defeats Winchester 40. Springfield Cathedral 46 over River ton 45. Mattoon 66 over Olney 40. Nokomis 61 over Witt 48. Edwardsville 56 over Centralia 54. Harrisburg 68 over Eldorado 47. Mt. Vernon 53 over Salem 37. West Frankfort 58 over Johnston City 34. Marion 51 over Lawrenceville 37. Carmi 47 over Paris 46. Clinton Iowa 61 over Sterling 55. Rock Falls 82 over Newman 61. Galesburg 59 over Washington 39. Dixon 70 over Harlem Rockford 55. Proviso 48 over Elgin 47.
The Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts head toward a potential December 29 NFL title clash after Cleveland dominates Chicago and Baltimore beats Los Angeles. OConnell throws two scores for Cleveland while Moore leads Baltimore with three touchdowns. San Francisco and New York games affect the Western and Eastern standings.
No games today. Sunday results include New York 109 over Detroit 102 Syracuse 118 over Boston 109 Cincinnati 99 and Minneapolis 29. Tuesday schedule shows Philadelphia vs Syracuse at New York Cincinnati at New York St. Louis at Minneapolis Detroit Boston at Detroit.
Michigan State star Dan Currie, known as a rugged center and linebacker, also showed versatility as a softball pitcher. The multi sport athlete balanced demanding seasons and demonstrated athletic prowess in another arena.
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