Cyclones Strike Emporia Tonight in Opener
The Ottawa Cyclones travel to Emporia for their second basketball outing of the 1955-56 season. A 20 player squad departs by bus as seniors Brill, Harder, Wilson, Bundy, Allen, and Price join juniors Morris Forsythe Henning Paul Tolson Hornbuckle along with sophomores Gollier Cecil Beller Firestone and Erwin. Captain Harder leads the starting lineup with Brill and Price at guards and Morris and Wilson at forward. Fredricks, sidelined by a leg injury, will miss the season.
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Ottawa High School Cyclones
Emporia
Ted Brill
Fred Harder
Marvin Wilson
Bob Bundy
Richard Allen
Sherm Price
Don Morris
Don Higgins
Larry Forsythe
Wallis Henning
Terry Paul
Jim Tolson
Gary Hornbuckle
Dennis Conger
Mike Garcia
Bud Gollier
Duane Cecil
Pat Beller
Punk Firestone
Erwin Michel
OHL Cage
H. K. Stevens
Ottawa
Brill
Price
Morris
Wilson
Gary Fredricks
Fredricks
Cyclones
Chanute
Comets
Civic Auditorium
Pettit Hits Peak as Hawks Lead NBA West
New York Pettit, the Hawks sophomore star, tops the league scoring race after a 129-point week. He now has 341 points in 14 games, a 24.4 point average, passing Clyde Lovellette who has 338 in 16 games. Eddie Chavez won his first five bouts in 1955 before losing to Cisco Andrade.
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New York
Bob Pettit
St. Louis Hawks
National Basketball Assn
Pettit
Louisiana State
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Clyde Lovellette
Minneapolis
Lovellette
Eddie Chavez
San Jose
Cisco Andrade
Braves Face Tough Test Against Washburn in Topeka
Braves prepare for a comeback as Roger Keltner shows potential and Ottawa University coach Bill Frear demands tighter defense after a 62 to 82 loss to William Jewell. Ottawa, missing a win, meets the Ichabods in Topeka, promising a hard battle on the road.
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Roger Keltner
Jewell
Keltner
Ottawa University
Washburn University
Topeka
Ichabods
Bill Frear
Ottawa
Liberty
William Jewell
Braves
Frear
Dons Bid For Second NCAA Title In 1955-56 Season
San Francisco leads the AP poll as the top team with 1 023 points and 63 first place votes. Kentucky follows with 847 points and seven first place votes. North Carolina State 550, with other top ten names Utah Alabama Dayton Illinois Duquesne and Brigham Young rounding out the list. Illinois to debut vs Butler tonight.
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Texas Aggies
Michigan State
Associated Press
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State
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Big Ten
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Dons
Kentucky
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Wolfpack
Utah
Alabama
Dayton
Ilinois
Duquesne
Brigham Young
Illini
Butler
Carnegie Tech
LaSalle
Iowa
Marquette
Oregon State
Sewe Sean
Dayton Suseee Corer Orsty
Duquesne Eon
Holy Cross
Oklahoma City
George Washington
Marquette Deere
West Virginia Bee
Ohio State
UCLA
National Scoreline Roundup From Midweek Basketball
McNeese 86 versus Arkansas A M 56. Vanderbilt 76 over Ohio State 67. Kansas 91 over Northwestern 70. Wisconsin 70 tied Drake 89. Omaha 84 over Principia 55. Concordia 52 defeated Kearney State 69. Fort Hayes State 67 beat Springfield State 70. Pepperdine 74 defeated Kinissville Teachers 52. Western Illinois 75 beat Arkansas Tech 81. Central Missouri 74 over Oklahoma A M 61. Texas Western 40. Oklahoma 65 tied Baylor 65. Oklahoma City 61. Texas Christian 56. Memphis State 64 over Texas A&M. Colorado 68 over Oregon 49.
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Associated Press
McNeese
Arkansas A & M
Vanderbilt
Ohio State
Kansas
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Drake
Omaha
Principia
Tll
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Kearney State
Neb
Fort Hayes State
Kas
Springfield State
Amfo
Pepperdine
Calif
Kinissvlle
Teachers
Western Tinels
Arkansas Tech
Baylor Chooses New Grid Coach
Baylor University taps Sam Boyd as head football coach, elevating him from end coach after George Sauer retires from coaching but remains athletic director. Boyd, 41, was a standout end in the 1930s and 1938, when he caught 40 passes from Billy Patterson, in a three year contract with undisclosed salary.
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Waco
Tex
Sam Boyd
Baylor University
George Sauer
Boyd
Sauers
W. R. White
Baylor
Sauer
Southern Methodist
Billy Patterson
Patterson
Bowling Scores Report From Brunswick League Meet
Bowler results listed with marks and totals, including Lee and Towner high games and series. Sequences show multiple teams such as Anchor Bulldox Welborn's Keefer's Moody and Page with top scores and series totals across 10 30 bowling.
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Zero
Wolgast
Chandler
Model Day
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Towner
Christy
Building & Loan
Hughes
Carlson
Ellis
Dengel
Weidner
Brunswick League
Norman
Bulldox
Burgoon
Welborn's
Welborn
Keefer's
Moody
Douglas
N. Brown
Oestreicher
Waymire
Smay
Two Turkeys Fall From One Shot in Florida Hunt
Crystal River, Fla. Dixie Hollins killed two wild turkey gobblers with one shot on his ranch. “I drew the bead on one gobbler and the other evidently was dead in line. Both went down together,” Hollins said.
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Crystal River
Fla
Dixie Hollins
Hollins
Michigan State Star Jerry DaPrata Scores 32 Against Marquette
Michigan State guard Jerry DaPrata exploded for 32 points in a 1915 basketball clash with Marquette, showcasing the Spartans’ scoring punch in early era play.
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Michigan State
Jerry DaPrata
Marquette
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