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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1950
Page
9
Sidney’s Maroons seek revenge at home after a 48 to 30 loss at Sterling on Tuesday. Gothenburg Swedes visit for a key game as the Tigers hold a thirteen point halftime edge elsewhere.
Dewey Larson sits atop the Potter Solo Club standings as of January 4 with 12 475 points. The club has 33 active members and Larson leads, while Potter lost to the Dix club on January 16 by 990 points and dropped a match to Kimball earlier in the year. The club remains active and enthusiastic as it carries on.
Early performances in the Sidney Junior High Invitational hint Potter and Lodgepole will meet in the finals with Sidney and Kimball contesting third. Opening games saw Potter defeat Sidney 24 11 and Dalton best Sunol 24 21 as Bridgeport beat Peetz 18 17 and Lodgepole edged Kimball 25 20.
St Anthony's of Sterling hosts St Pat's in a Friday night home game for the local Academy. The Irish seek a strong performance after a 28 to 26 last second win over St Marys Cheyenne, highlighted by Danny McLaughlin's game winning 27 footer. Joe Carroll and Ferguson led the scoring while Heeg contributed key late baskets.
The Catholic basketball tournament in the Grand Island Diocese will run January 30 31 and February 1 at St Patrick's Recreation Hall Sidney with seven schools including Assumption Chadron St Agnes Alliance St Joseph Jy Conn er St Marys Grand Island St Patricks North Platte Spalding Academy and Sidney. Tournament director Fr Raymond Miles assisted by coach Tom Dineen will oversee drawings and trophies include a permanent first place trophy a sportsmanship trophy MVP trophy and the traveling first place trophy. Sidney holds one travel trophy and Spalding two. defending champions are Spalding.
Standings through January 13 show Sunol Broadwater and Lodgepole at 1.000 as Sunol leads with five wins and ten losses while the top rivals have three wins and no defeats. Conference results include Sunol 62 Potter 23 and Sunol 70 Bushnell 15.
Dallas Berney, chairman of the local committee, clears up questions about the Sidney Baseball Clinic. He notes eligible attendees include players from all schools and that the $1 registration covers the full two day clinic, with a complete program each evening for those attending one night.
Dr. Harold Mayer of the American Institute of Planning Officials argues traffic congestion can be partially solved by providing parking facilities at the outer ends of transit lines, thereby reducing street traffic.
Albert J. Howard, 65, of McGrew, died Saturday at a Scottsbluff hospital after long residence in McGrew. He was born September 28, 1884, in Sidney to James N. and [Mrs.] Howard and moved with his parents to McGrew at age three.
Glassford speaks January 26 at 6 15 PM in charge of W P Bill Acker man with possible attendance by John Bentley athletic publicity director at the University and Gregg McBride of The Omaha World Herald. Glassford played at Pitt 1925 6 6 and was a unanimous All American in 1926 captaining the Pitt team that beat Washington in the Rose Bowl. He was born March 8 1914 from Lancaster Ohio and is married with one son Garry eight.
Dix High School first team defeated Sidney Freshmen 60 40 in an afternoon game after coach Snowden sent his starters by mistake. De la Motte Tidsdale and Tobler led Dix with height advantage while Ziegler Glassburn stood out for Sidney. Referees Knackstedt and Winn called 27 fouls on Sidney and 17 on Dix as both sides made nine free throws. Sidney plans to resume against Frosh and Sophs with Sterling Frosh next on Wednesday at 4 p m.
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