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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1957
Page
2
The Ohio State football team of 40 players leaves Columbus for the Rose Bowl by plane at 8 am Saturday. The squad is enjoying a pre Christmas holiday as they head to the west coast for the game.
In Morris Tenth Annual Holiday Tournament first round, St. Bede edged Morris 40 37 as McMannus led St. Bede with 10 and Pope top Morris with 13. Joliet Catholic defeated Marseilles 96 65. Plainfield beat Earlville 60 59 in Consolation. Tonight Ottawa faces Coal City in a semi final and Joliet Catholic meets St. Bede.
Hilltoppers from Joliet blitz Marseilles 96 to 65 as Tom Dedin scores 24 and Sam Bailey nets 33 for the losers. A 161 point combined total set a new mark, surpassing the 1954 Ottawa Marquette-Kankakee record. Plainfield upsets Earlville 60 to 59 with Needham and Chwasz delivering late as Needham scores 25.
The schedule lists Crete Monee at Wilmington St Paul at Cornell Seneca at Minooka Mazon at Gardner Pontiac at Dwight Newark at Oswego with Friday games in the Morris Holiday Tourney. The note indicates Saturday will feature conference games and includes abbreviations ab al.
The Braidwood Comets defeated the Woodland Warriors 74-63 in the Coal Valley Conference. Braidwood moved to 1-1 in league play, Woodland to 1-3, with the win placing Braidwood second behind a cluster of undefeated teams.
Tar Heels ride a 36 game win streak into Lexington to face 10th ranked Minnesota in the Kentucky Invitation opener. Minnesota beat Southern Methodist, Iowa State and Vanderbilt to stay undefeated.
In multiple games across Illinois, University of Normal 56 Trinity 52 and Fairbury 67 Chenoa 31 lead a slate of results. Other notable results include Chatsworth 55 Piper City 50, Braidwood 72 Woodland 63, Collinsville 54 E St. Louis 52, Sumner 56 St. Louis 53, Wethersfield 72 Toulon 55, Tiskilwa Tourney sees Tiskilwa 71 Wyanet 50, Walnut 48 Ohio 36. Wyoming tournament games: Chillicothe 66 Henry 44 and Wyoming 41 Dunlap 38.
Boxer Bobby Scanlon defeated Lauro Salas by outpoint in a 132'2 to 129'2 match in San Francisco and Monterrey Mexico. Wayne Woma Chil stopped Don Jas per in Duluth. Charley Sawyer stopped Roman Hernandez in Los Angeles versus Tijuana Mexico.
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