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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
4
Ottawa University Braves rallied from a 38–27 halftime deficit to edge Bethany College Swedes 66–65. Kellner Knight and Keltner fueled the comeback with key scoring as Bethany’s Ostlund kept the pressure late before Ottawa sealed the win and improved to 2–6 in conference play.
The report lists weekly bowling results with multiple leagues and players. Notable scores include B Hughes 174 for Towner’s on Monday and Ruth Carlson 459 for Ottawa Building & Loan on high 30. Larkin, Jones, Hoffman, Whitacre, and others posted top marks across Thursday and Tuesday sessions with several runner-ups and notable 5-10 splits noted.
Lane overwhelmed a sickness hit Princeton team 69 to 37 as Dicky Davis and Dave Stockton scored 22 and 18. Princeton stars Feliz Demoret and Sabbala sat out with flu, others Whiteford Stone and Pierce also sidelined. Lane also won the B team game 60 to 49 with Johnny Wheeler scoring 21.
Michigan Valley drilled 30 of 38 free throws to overpower Appanoose 78 to 70 on the Indian Reservation court. Bill Engle led Michigan Valley with 27 points, Richard Moses had 21 for Appanoose, and Jack Markley led the Indians with 12. Appanoose won the B game 48 to 37.
The bulletin lists multiple college and school basketball results with teams such as Ottawa Heathany McPherson Baker Kansas Oklahoma A&M Leavenworth Leavenworth Washington Wyandotte Argentine Lane Princeton Whamsburg Westphalia Michigan Valley Appanoose Richmond Welda Faola Wellsville Pomona Tinntoul Wea and Overbrook posting final tallies in a single summary glance.
Industrial League bowling scores show multiple players with highs and series tallies. Marks 182 high, 487 series. Meyer 193 and 499. Bettge 212 and 584. Scott 191 and 808. Yelton 238 and 602. Ladies section lists Esche Anchor 221 and 553, and Sonia 164 and 478.
Pomona grade school teams won a cage twin bill from Michigan Valley yesterday afternoon. Pomona boys won 34 to 16 with Dick Stoneking and Warren Chambers each scoring nine. Pomona girls edged Michigan Valley 32 to 31 as Lila Carpenter scored 14 and Sharon Thompson tallied 27 for Michigan Valley.
Richmond trailed early, then edged Welda 46 to 44 as Jim Oestreicher and Junior Wall led with 14 points each. Gordon Tush topped Welda with 12, while Clarence Gretencard and Marvin Gretencard added 12 for Welda in a tense Thursday matchup.
Overbrook edged Pomona 62 to 55 at Pomona as both teams made 22 field goals. Overbrook benefited from 18 free throws to Pomona's 12. Bean and Reed led with 15 and 13 points respectively, while Pomona’s Duane Shaw had 19. In the B team, Overbrook won 46 to 33 as Mike Rosel led the winners and Larry Jones scored 12 for Pomona.
A sand barge used for Kansas Turnpike sand sank in a northwest Wichita pit. A 28 ton crane and trucks failed to right the overturned vessel. Officials including County Attorney Warner Moore Sheriff Floyd Schroeder and Capt George Smith consider sabotage likely and will attempt to raise the barge for further inquiry. The owner L C Sess of the House Land Co suspects an explosion tipped the barge. The report later mentions unrelated items about a baseball slugger and penguins.
The Paola Panthers defeated Wellsville 76 to 46 in Paola Kansas. Roy Jones led Paola with 22 points while Larry Wiggins added 13. Paola built a 35 to 18 halftime lead and maintained the advantage throughout.
Williamsburg Panthers edge Westphalia 41-37 in a defensive battle led by Delaine Heckman with 15 points and Ira Hudelston scoring 13 for Westphalia. Young put up 14 for Williamsburg, with box score notes and quarter by quarter scoring among the readable details.
Wilk Clyde McCullough, 37, signed his 1956 contract with the Chicago Cubs, launching his 22nd professional season. The catcher appeared in 44 games last year, batting .198 in 81 at bats, with two errors in 174 chances for a .839 fielding average, a figure he has topped (.991) only in 1946 when he was an NL All Star catcher. He is widely regarded as one of baseballs top defensive catchers.
George Buck Weaver, former Chicago White Sox third baseman, died at 64 on a South Side street. He defended his innocence in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, where eight players were accused of fixing the World Series for $100,000 and later barred from baseball by Commissioner Landis. Weaver played from 1912 to 1920, hitting .300 in 1917 and .296 in 1919, with a .324 average in the series, and nine putouts along with 18 assists in the field. The other involved players were Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, and Fred McMullen.
Weaver, once a noted figure in baseball, has left the sport after years as a mutuel clerk at Chicago race tracks. He is survived by his wife Helen and a brother Luther of Stowe Pa.
The top-ranked San Francisco Dons stretched their nation leading win streak to 41 games with a 67-40 victory over San Jose State. The Associated Press notes the run is like money in the bank, growing bigger over time.
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