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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1956
Page
6
Princeton edged Prescott 68 to 66 on a last second shot to reach the Class BB district second round at Richmond. Bronson pulled away in the second half to beat Lane 56 to 37 and advance.
Harveyville edged Appanoose 62 to 61 in the Scranton district basketball tournament. Auburn beat Scranton 64 to 58 as Carbondale and Michigan Valley were set to meet and Harveyville faced Auburn tonight. Box scores show Moses Crumb Detwiler and Garber among scorers with officials Stradite and Tompkina.
Rantoul defeated Stillwell 58 to 50 while Wea edged Vinland 58 to 51 in Edgerton last night. At 7:30 Edgerton faces Rantoul and at 9:00 Wea meets Basehor in the next round.
Burlingame upset Waverly 73 to 46 to lead Class B district cage action at Pomona. Overbrook beat Pomona 77 to 54 and Melvern defeated Williamsburg 56 to 45. Tonight Melvern faces Burlingame while top seed Lyndon meets Overbrook.
Louisburg and Pleasanton advanced to the Class B tournament second round at Greeley. Pleasanton edged Parker 54 to 45 while Louisburg crushed LaCygne 54 to 37. Tonight Pleasanton meets Spring Hill at 7 30 and Greeley hosts Louisburg at 9 00.
The Faden Barbers of Ottawa meet the KU Medics in Wichita for the AAU quarterfinals. After beating Kiowa Oilers 78 to 67 to advance, Barbers aim to continue their tournament run with a 7 45 p.m. Tuesday tip.
Tom Skutka national high school mile record holder who attended Notre Dame last semester has transferred to Kansas University and is working out with the Jayhawks freshman track team. Skutka set the national prep record for the mile at 4 19 5 last June at Rockaway New Jersey.
M Finch of Towners led Monday night with 201 as Ruth Christy topped the Tuesday/30 line with 518. Wenthe and Hickman split runner ups. Hoffman and Ransom posted high 10 and 30 scores. Housewives led by Carlson with 182-485, Seymagur on Thursday paced 197-490 with Welborn runner up. Splits list includes multiple players and scores like Wolgast 6-7-10 and Jones 5-7-2-73.
Ottawa Cyclones hold 5-2 NEA record and second place before a Friday night season finale at Highland Park. Captain Bob Bundy leads the lineup with Fred Harder, Don Morris, Ted Brill, Marvin Wilson, and Sherm Price. A 14-5 overall finish would cap 1955-56. Harder leads scoring with 485 points in 18 games.
Baseball's spring training season officially starts as 16 major league camps open. Veterans like Willie Jones and Dale Mitchell showcase confidence in a strong year, while rookies such as Jim Brady and Glen Cox impress in early workouts. Players from Cubs, Giants, and Dodgers camps indicate readiness for intrasquad games and potential MLB debuts.
Cleveland baseball stock holders approved selling the Indians for 3,961,800 at 1550 per share to a new company headed by William R. Daley Ignatius A. OShaughnessy and Hank Greenberg. The deal includes franchise assets lease, player contracts, media rights, and Reading club stock with a roughly three million dollar profit to long time holders.
During his college days in the early 1920s, Wyoming Governor Milward L. Simpson captained the University of Wyoming football basketball and baseball teams, reflecting a versatile athletic career.
Lawrence high officials announced potential departure from the Northeast Kansas League to join the Sunflower League. If approved, NEK would shrink to four teams Ot tawa Atchison Leavenworth and Highland Park. Lawrence would play nonconference tilts with Sunflower members Topeka Wyandotte Shawnee Mission and Washington.
Kansas high school officials released Class AA regional basketball pairings for next week with eight regionals shaping state tournament entries in Manhattan March 15 to 17. Defending champion Wyandotte and Hays St. Josephs earned first round byes in Shawnee Mission and Great Bend respectively, with matchups set for second round against winners of openers.
Bowling scores list from Twilight and Commercial leagues including Sunrise Sunrise 3 High 10 Hoff mann Bleu 175 Triangle 1 High 10 Disque 186 Ainsworth 491 plus 30 Campbell 192 510 Davis 243 570 Rodgery 210 Munson note: boxer Rory Cal rhoun's real first name is Herman.
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