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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1960
Page
11
Alumni football clash set for 8 p m at Sidney high with Oldtimers facing Youngsters to mark the 1960 season curtain. Proceeds benefit Sidney Junior Baseball. advance tickets 75 cents, $1 at gate.
Riverview Golf Club east of Sterling will open with a kickoff tournament Sunday. Merchandising awards worth 150 dollars will go to winners. Golfers may qualify after 1 p.m. Saturday with nine or ten flights and nine hole qualifiers. The championship flights play 18 holes Sunday while others start with nine holes. One flight is for first time players.
Nebraska rodeo results highlight Duane Howard of Minnewaukan North Dakota winning saddle bronc and bull riding as part of a seven city circuit. potter Dick Stull captured steer wrestling at Burwell while Jim Painter and Casey Tibbs led seasonal totals across Rapid City and Burwell with notable payouts.
In Sidney on Tuesday Oak Street Baptist Church of Kimball beat Calvary Baptist Church of Sidney 4-3. Both teams tallied four hits. McConnell of Sidney doubled for the only extra base. Mike Light pitched for Sidney with 12 strikeouts and one walk but three errors hurt the defense. Jimmy Drake pitched for Kimball with five strikeouts. Andy Hornbaker and Jess Jones coached Sidney. Rex Evans managed Kimball.
Ken McMillen of Sidney captured the bulldogging title with eight seconds flat, taking the All-Around Cowboy buckle at the Ogallala Keith County Rodeo. Lanky Howard Parker of Gordon earned the saddle bronc runner-up and bull riding prize totaling 262 dollars, while Orville Gallino of Valentine trailed for all around standings. Bad weather affected attendance near 4,000, with three injuries reported among riders.
Nebraska selected fifth in the 15th annual Big 8 preseason poll by 92 writers and sportscasters. Oklahoma heads to the title race with 12 straight championships. Kansas, Missouri, Colorado follow.
Shrine Bowl North coach Gordon Printz predicts a North win over the South but warns against overconfidence. He singles out Preston Love as the most outstanding North player, notes injuries across the squad, and outlines probable starting lineups and an expected 15,000 to 20,000 attendance for the Lincoln Memorial Stadium game.
Scottsbluff travels to Sidney to face the Merchants in a win-or-advance Pan Iandhe League fourth round contest at eight. The A’s seek tourney life after a 5-1 loss to Rica, while Sidney can force a decisive fifth round with a victory. Managers name Maynard Wieser or Don Duke on the mound for Sidney and Don Hartwig or Bud Murray for Scottsbluff as they renew six prior meetings with a title at stake.
A long running telegraph appeal draws more than four and a half thousand prospective buyers across the region. Officials report strong interest in the upcoming sale and urge participants to register promptly to secure bids. Local merchants expect brisk activity and rapid results.
Bud Fran of Lodgepole suffered a concussion and left hip injury after a Monday ride at Ogallala rodeo. Bucked from his bronco he briefly hooked his foot in the stirrup and was treated at Ogallala hospital, later released but confined to bed at home. He was one of three cowboys hurt.
A 14 year old boy shot a par 36 on the Country Club course during Kids Day. Larry Nelson birdied the first two holes and bogeyed four and six, finishing one under at the six hole mark in a foursome with Mark Bes, Tom Wilson, and Rick Taylor.
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