Local Area Sports Review Highlights 1955 Bowling Football
Harold Blake notes Muscatine area shines in late 1955 action with record bowling games at Town & Country led by Mike Berling and Gene Chelf. Epkin posts a 390 in Iowa masters. State Moose tourney honors crown Heisler Millage Snyder White Carpenter. Football sees Muskies under new coach Bill Winfrey suffer opening setback.
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Harold Blake
Poetr
Super Valu
Muscatine
Mason City
Mike Berling
Gene Chelf
Sam Snyder
Bud White
Chuck Anson Jr
Paetz
Sioux City
Town & Country
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Chels
Jerry Millage
Epkin
Iowa
Harold Heisler
John Carpenter
Linn Hart
Harald Lemkau
Bill Winfrey
Muskies
MHS
Paul Rueckert
Ray Wickers
Ed Caliger
Dick Kautz
YMCA
Panthers
Tom Orry
Washington School
Black Hawks Back on Top
The Chicago Black Hawks take the National League lead after blanking New York 3-0 with stellar goaltending from Glenn Hall, aided by Toronto Maple Leafs’ earlier win as the team climbs past Montreal. Area high school notes cover Wapello, Wilton, West Branch football titles, plus district basketball and wrestling highlights.
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Associated Press
Chicago Black Hawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Hawks
New York
Glenn Hall
Foranta
Montreal
Chicago
Canadiens
Ctttumwa Walsh
Muscatine High
Durant
MHS
Mark Colberg
Dee
Steve Angerer
Doug Walters
Tom Kaute
Mike Bloom
New Player Names Listed For Team Roster
The roster notes include defenders Bob Stiles and John Richardson and linemen Russ Banducci and Kurt Altenberg. Richardson and Banducci are listed at 231 pounds each.
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Bob Stiles
John Richardson
Russ Banducci
Kurt Altenberg
Richardson
Banducci
Vanderbilt Falls as Block Sparks USC Upset in L A
Southern California upset Vanderbilt 74-72 as John Block scored 42 points, including a late pair of free throws with four seconds left. Clyde Lee led Vanderbilt with 39 as USC advanced to face UCLA in the final.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
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Forrest Twogond
Southern California
Commodore
Block
Vanderbilt
Commodores
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Clyde Lee
Lee
UCLA
Purdue
Holiday Basketball Tournaments Roundup and Results
AP summary of holiday basketball action across multiple tournaments. Luther beat Augsburg 82 78. St. Thomas 104 Buena Vista 76. Wartburg 84twins, St. Ambrose, Coe 74 71. Grinnell 54 Chicago 44. Des Moines East 54 Des Moines Lincoln 45. Wisconsin 94 Georgia 1. UCLA 72 Purdue 70. Penn State 68 Alabama 66. Maryland 69 Houston 68. Kentucky 103 Notre Dame 69. Arizona 62 California 58. Florida 72 DePaul 84. Kentucky 103 Notre Dame 69.
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Kent Feeds League Suandinas Update
Fragmented notes show league activity with maintenance roles and supervisors listed. Names such as Gaul Retherford and G. Teri appear amid scorers and positions, but the text is garbled and unreadable in many parts.
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KENT
Suandinas
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Went
Boston Edge Knicks 99 96 In Tight NBA Night
NBA results show Boston beat New York 99 to 96 as Philadelphia topped Detroit 113 to 112 and Cincinnati edged Los Angeles 111 to 109. San Francisco visits Boston at Providence while Los Angeles plays Detroit at Fort Wayne and Philadelphia hosts Louis on Friday with no games scheduled elsewhere.
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NFL Teams Get $1 Million Each From TV Pact
The CBS NFL television contract is worth 37.6 million dollars over two years with an option for a third. Each NFL club will receive about 1.2 million in extra revenue. The deal adds no national Thanksgiving game but schedules day and night telecasts, four preseason Friday night games, and eight doubleheaders in the final eight Sundays.
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CBS
NFL
Theother
Venturi Seeks $16,600 From Insurance Firm
Redwood City California golfer Ken Venturi filed a $16,000 suit in San Francisco Peninsula Superior Court alleging that Security Benefit Life Insurance Co refused to pay medical bills for a year. He claims the denial caused a nerve injury in his hands and wrists.
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Redwood City
Calif
Ken Venturi
Security Benefit Life Insurance Co
Steperior
San Franecisco Peninsula
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