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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1955

Page

8

Arkansas Holds Key to SWC Race

Arkansas sits third in the Southwest Conference as TCU faces Texas Christian in Fort Worth and SMU and TCU duel for the lead. Rice meets Texas A&M while Dick O Neal of TCU nears the conference field goal record, with 345 points in league play.

Associated Press Tkansas Razorbacks Texas Christian Ft. Worth Horned Frogs TCU SMU University of Texas At Dallas Frogs J. Bryan Kilpatrick RICE Aggies Rice Texas A. & M College Station Dick O'Neal O'Neal Bill Henry O’neal

CYO Sports Briefs Highlight Local Games

A compact update notes recent CYO basketball and football results across parish leagues. Teams posted wins and losses with standout performances from cited players and coaches. Local schedules and upcoming games are announced for the coming week.

Cagers Junior in playoffs amid scattered high school games

In a busy schedule, Jefferson hosts Junior basketball playoffs while St Johns faces New Open at 7 pm. Laurel Heights meets Riverside at Tedh Wootlawn Park and Methodist and Lutheran church games occur across multiple venues. Eastern Hockey League results include Washington beating Bal Clinton 6 to 4 and New Haven.

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Unsigned trio looms as Indians heads to Tucson

Cleveland GM Hank Greenberg reports one quarter of the Indians roster unsigned as Early Wynn Bob Avila and Larry Doby threaten holdouts. In Florida Ted Williams absence clouds Red Sox spring camp while Ewell Blackwell is set to report for Yankees. Other notes cover college scores and minor league franchise meetings.

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Pro Cagers Results From Eastern Division Games

Eastern Division scores feature New York 95 over Ft Wayne 83 and Syracuse 105 over Philadelphia 0. Milwaukee and Boston clashed as Rochester posted 34 and Minneapolis 53 in other Sunday results.

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A and M Bow to Tigers In Texas Bowling Duel

Trinity University bowlers defeated Texas A and M four of five games in the No 1 match at Hermann Sons lanes. John Petry of Trinity rolled 923 for five games as the Tigers posted 841 872 796 906 915 4929 versus A M 807 849 911 828 789 4184.

Trinity University Texas A. & M Hermann Sons Lanes John Petry Trinity Tigers Aggies

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Straus-Frank Teams Lead Nine-Pin Competition

Straus-Frank teams hold early leads in all three divisions at Turner club with 880 for the men and 675 for the women. The mixed team captained by Pete Zimmerman posted 785 while the Metropolitan League near-catch attempt featured Neugebauer Reiniger Behrens Penshorn Spencer and Hudspeth totaling 318 in a frame run. Reininger’s team is third at 775 as Bexar Bowling Center’s entry 745 strengthens the field.

Turner Club Straus-Frank Pete Zimmerman Straus Frank Metropolitan League Straus- Frank Tony Neugebauer Norm Reininger Leroy Behrens Norby Penshorn Wes Spencer Ed Hudspeth Reininger Bexar Bowling Center Zimmerman Myrt de Fily Ethel Schmidt Lee Pundt Fred List Blackie Moore

East Central Girls Face Ganado in Bidistrict Clash

East Central travels to Gonzales to meet Ganado in a bidistrict girls basketball game at 8 p m East Central claimed the District 98 A title while Ganado was district ta champion in T A

East Central Gonzales Ganado

Bowling results and contests at Alamo Lanes

Sunday mixed doubles winners were Donnie Baker and Pete Nigra with 1231. Emma and A C Myers posted 7203 while Batty Jones led ladies with 191 and 497. Men high series went to Herm Menn and Rudy Brandt 203 and A C Myers 548. Mary Murray and Albert Munk each 195 in a lucky-number stick shot contest with $4 and $2 prizes. Lady Luck doubles continue through March. Inter Hockey scores: Johnstown 3 Toledo 1 Troy 6 Ft Wayne 5 OT Cincinnati 5 Grand Rapids 1.

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Women's National Basketball Tourney Opens in St. Joseph

In St Joseph Missouri on February 28 the opening day pairings for the AAU Women's National Basketball Tournament are listed. Matches include Arkansas Tech vs Grendon Texas Junior College at 1:15 pm and Snow White Virginia Beach vs Topeka at 1:30 pm with other games scheduled through the day featuring Iowa Wesleyan Kansas City Noberts, Wyandotte Electric vs St Joseph Morris, Missouri Valley vs Philander Smith and additional contests in Arkansas and Milwaukee venues.

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Amateur Baseball Results and Local Tryouts

Amateur baseball results include Kansas versus Clarendon 57 to 48, Arkansas Tech 42, and Omaha clients 27. Tryouts are announced for Wednesday at Concepcion Park Diamond No 1 with Circle Grocery and Jer Bi teams preparing for next Sunday’s game at Saspamico against Mars Food Store.

Kansas Uy Suaqiuna Joseph Goetz Clarendon Texas Junior College Nashville Business College Arkansas Tech Joseph Beacon Omaha American Service Croseyettes Atlanta, Ga Kansas City Wyandotte Electric Denver Waters North Kansas City Jer- Bi Wichita Steffens Dairyaids St. Joseph Morris Plan Philip's Place Concepcion Park Circle Grocery Saspamico Mars Food Store

Three Conferences On Track To Decide Champions

The Big Ten and Big Seven races hinge on key games Monday night with Minnesota hosting Iowa and Missouri clashing with Colorado. In the Southeastern Conference Kentucky seeks the lead against Alabama while Penn Princeton Brown and Columbia threaten the Ivy title. Western race details show Missouri Valley Tulsa St Louis Texas Tech and UCLA Oregon State in pivotal matchups.

Minnesota Towa Colorado Missouri Buffaloes Buffs Tigers Wildcats Kentucky Alabama NCAA Penn Princeton Brown Columbia Missouri Valley Tulsa Wichita iSt. Louis Border Texas Tech West Texas UCLA Oregon State

Golf Roundup Scores Tied Wins at Alamo Bracekenridge Park

Loraine Youns and Lew Sackett shared first in the Alamo Golf Assa sweepstakes at Bracekenridge Park. Four tied for third as 75 golfers competed. Willams, Gatlin, Hudson noted among others with scores around 68 to 69. In Willow Springs, Dr A Mendicino led with 69 after 18, L E Shllers 77-8-69, and Nick Bertran won at Terminal Martin Spring with 84 15 69. Brady Choate Nordhaus Jr and Slim Rodgers posted notable rounds as McCloskey was runner up at Willow Springs.

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Dons Still No. 1 In INS Poll

INS releases top 10 college basketball teams led by San Francisco at 21-1 with Kentucky La Salle NC State and Marquette also in the ranking Day ton Duquesne Minnesota UCLA and Utah follow. Plus veteran umpire Harry Fanning dies at 65 from uremic poisoning in Los Angeles.

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