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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1955
Page
2
Winter storm cancels or postpones most area games as the 1954-55 season nears closing. Dalton leads LPV at 5-1 after a key result. Dix sits at 2-? with weather and road conditions complicating the schedule. Limited play continues with St. Pat’s Paxton and others affected. teams assess remaining games and district-tournament options.
Chappell led by Walt Skrdlant with 17 points and Bill Rays 8 before fouling out as St Pat's trailed 22-5 at the free throw line. Larry White topped St Pat's with 27 in a one sided Class B Buffaloes win. Chappell also won the junior game 70-29.
Sunol and SOD remained undefeated at 4-0 after close games at the Youth Center. Sunol beat Rogers Truck Lines 48-29 as Don Hunt led with 20 points, Stan Skrdlan had 11 for the losers. Wamsley’s Lincoln Mercury edged Gurley 74-72 with Bob McCay 18 and Bob Bowinan 17 leading the night’s scoring. Peetz defeated Potter 61-49 after a strong second half rally. Next Thursday Sunol and SOD square off for league leadership at 6:30.
Sidney high teams split with Scottsbluff, freshmen winning 68 to 46 as Ron Gilbreath scored 33. Juniors fell 29 to 23 with Howard Maley adding 12 for Sidney Jr. High. The freshman comeback outscored Scottsbluff 39 to 15 after halftime.
University of Nebraska baseball opens drills Monday as Tony Sharpe announces a 35 man squad with eight lettermen. Veterans include Murray Backhaus and Bill Giles. six pitchers are left handers. The Huskers will practice indoors until weather permits and then play an eight game, nine day stretch defining the 1955 prospects with a schedule beginning April 1 at Tulsa and including Texas, Houston, K State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Missouri and K State again, with several games in Lincoln.
The National Amateur Athletics Union indoor championships heat rises in New York as Fred Santee Gunnar Nielsen and Fred Dwyer battle for a near four minute mile. Santee set the world indoor mile record earlier. Nielsen broke it a week later.
Colorado Buffaloes and Wyoming University co host a four way intercollegiate ski championship at Lead South Dakota with Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association and NCAA qualifiers. Top five teams and individuals qualify for nationals in Northfield Vermont. Kansas State seeks upset as Buffaloes ride 6 1 Big Seven lead with 80 71 win over Missouri. Nebraska Oklahoma track indoor finale looms with Big Seven championships set for Kansas City March 25 26.
The Horseshoe Bar leads a Tuesday recap with teams Sidney Nail Bank and Mayfair Station close behind. Monday results show multiple teams earning two games to one, including Sidney Nail Bank and Nienhueser & Fisher. Highs include Sidney Nail Bank's 1926 team series and Nienhueser & Fisher's 671 team game. Individual top scores list Brush and Williamson among leaders.
In a Commercial Bowling League update Sinclair Service leads with 43 26, Greenlees 43 26, National Tank 40 39, Waddells 39 30. Wednesday results show Sinclair Service dominating several matches as Osvarek rolls top singles with 236 and 203 games.
Industrial Bowling League results show Oliver 2 Stickneys 1 Pierson 3 McCormicks 0 American National 2 Hughes Josten 1 Ohio Oil 2 Lyons 1 Foland 2 Moseman 1. Foland claimed high team series 2245 and high team game 813, while Perry Schadegg Yates led individual scores with 213 203 201 and 558 534 516 respectively.
Dr L S O Halloran guest speaker for Kiwanis Club in Yendis Cafe urged medical consultation and regular physicals when in doubt. He advocated visiting the mobile X ray unit in Sidney through tomorrow and welcomed Fred Deterville as a new Sidney High School vocational director member.
Harold Bond introduced A. H. Schmidt a Rotarian who was the commanding officer of SOD in 1946 and now runs a dress shop in Columbus Nebraska. Guests of Don Newberg included Bill Briggs branch manager and R E Stoneburner supervisor of the Securities Acceptance Corporation.
Ray Maley and Fred Deterville urged the Kiwanians to sponsor a career day for juniors at Sidney High School on March 16. The group voted unanimously to proceed. Vernon Schwartz served dinner and John Judevine provided organ music.
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