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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1959
Page
6
Denver reports the first 16 contestants for the U S Rodeo World Series with Dallas set for December 26 to 30. Standings show Slim Jim Shoulders leading in some events while others trail, and finals tickets go on sale via State Fair offices in Dallas.
Six returning lettermen bolster Peetz Bulls for coach Paul Garerson in his first year. Veterans include Fehringer Ar ovelson Finley Avenger Cinde Ross and Ronnie Wieser. Season schedule lists several pre season tournaments and games through February with Class C Tourney noted.
Sidney ligh freshmen and seventh grade teams schedule eight games this season with a December 9 opener at Alliance. Contests run Wednesdays and Thursdays, often as doubleheaders. Dec 9 Alliance. Dec 17 Kimball here. Jan 7 Scottsbluff here. Jan 21 North Platte here. Jan 27 Gering here. Feb 3 at Ogallala. Feb 10 at Sterling. Feb 17 Sterling here.
Fleming's basketball season opens December 5 in a pre season tourney at Sterling with 23 prospects. Coach Bob Cook relies on seven lettermen including Arden Harrs and Wray Burton among six seniors and one sophomore. The team schedule lists non league foes Haxtun and Venango and conference games starting January against Ibff and others.
Construction at Box Butte Reservoir north of Hemmingford speeds up to leverage low water. The project is a joint effort by the Nebraska Game Commission and Mirage Flats Irrigation District with Box Butte County funding majorly from Mirage Flats. A 280 by 12 foot concrete boat ramp has been completed above the dam.
Sidney Nebraska steer wrestler Don Fedderson sits in second place as the National Finals Rodeo moves toward Dallas in December. With wins at the Boston Garden and San Francisco Cow Palace and $11,747 earnings, he trails leader Harry Charters of Idaho by about $5,481, ahead of the third-placed rival by $926, as competition tightens in the sport’s premier series. Fedderson, an oil field worker when not roping, has been a contender since 1950 and finished fourth last year.
Sterling high school's wrestling program under new coach Lyle Neville attracts fifty candidates. The Tigers' season opens December 4 at Wray against Eagle, with two tournaments in Sidney and Fort Morgan and a match at Yuma before Northern Conference action starts January 8 against Greeley at Sterling. The conference meet is February 19 at Longmont and the state meet February 24 to 26 in Denver.
Coach Roy Wheeler's Ovid Red Devils return seven lettermen including seniors John Geis John Eversman Bob Moist Rich DeManche and Gene Rolfsen with juniors John Schneider and Leslie Peterson. They host Sedgwick December 11 and open league play January 8 at home against Crook.
Readers are reminded hunting hours for upland game birds and small game are half hour before sunrise to sunset, while waterfowl use sunrise to sunset. The article explains time adjustments for location west or east of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and notes Rhode Island’s name origin from Giovanni Verrazzano comparing it to Rhodes.
St Pat’s hosts Lyman Tuesday night at the Youth Center with an 8 p.m. varsity tip and 6:30 p.m. reserves. Coach Francis Clapham’s Irishers rely on two lettermen Billy Cunningham and Tom Gorman amid a youth-filled squad. Lyman beat them 76-54 last year.
Mitchell High School marks a lean start, as Sunflower lists 15 players under coach Don Buss. Only senior guard Jerry Hiegel returns from last year's lineup, with a schedule spanning December to February including the District Tournament.
Nebraska Game Commission and Lancaster County sheriff's office pursue leads in the deer poaching case found November 18 near 70th and A Streets in Lincoln. Three fawns and a doe carcass were located with hides, potential rewards discussed, fines total up to 1600 dollars plus costs.
Nebraska Game Commission reports Sidney area violations including four people fined for possessing a loaded shotgun in a vehicle. Named individuals are Robert L. Ohlmann Kimball Erwin Schmidt Sidney Ronald Uzel Sidney and Darrell Bentley Scottsbluff was fined for hunting on a game sanctuary.
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