Salukis top Army five 74 69 in overtime thriller
SIU edged Ft Leonard Wood 74 69 in a five minute overtime as Marvin Jones led Southern with 16 rebounds and a late scoring run. Whitlock and Jones fueled a comeback from a 54 43 deficit as Kirksey and Talley traded baskets in a tight extra period.
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Southern Winnois University
Ft. Leonard Wood Army
Carbondale
Army Boys
Salukis
Ripplemeyer
Army
Whitlock
Marv Jones
Lambert
Jones
Ridley
Talley
Kirksey
Saluki
Itchy
Southern
Jones Boys
East St. Louis
Bird
Bertrand
Big Ten Indians
Bloomington
Ind
Marvin Jones
SIU
Ft. Leonard Wood
Thurs
Siuerties Whitlock
Tallev
M. Jones
Bryson R. Jones
Borgsmiller
Welch
Army Sox
Ridley Ry
Riplemeyer Shanahan
Wolfsburger
Kitchen
Herrin St. Mary's Tops Sunnyside In Junior Varsity Win
St. Mary's Herrin defeated Sunnyside 44 to 26 as J Fisher led with 15 points. The St. Mary's B team also won 28 to 3 over Sunnyside second stringers.
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Herrin ST. Mary’s
Sunnyside
St. Mary’s of
Herrin
J. Fisher
Crusaders
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
Venegoni
S. Fisher
Marlow
Oldani
Barni
Lence
COSA Group Meets Thursday Night at Crab Orchard Club
The Crab Orchard Sportsman's Club will discuss its annual wild game dinner in January at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Clubhouse on Wolf Creek Road. A special committee will consider establishing the M.W. Finney Field Trial Stake. An hour long movie on the cotton tail rabbit will follow the meeting.
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Crab Orchard Sportsman's Club
Wolf Creek Road
M.W. Finney Field
Trio of Jockeys Dominated Pimlico Special With Three Wins
George Woolf Eddie Arcaro and Ted Atkinson each captured the Pimlico Special title three times establishing a shared record. The trio led the field across multiple editions to secure the historic achievement.
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George Woolf
Eddie Arcaro
Ted Atkinson
Brennan Sees Irish Ready To Rise In 1957
South Bend, Ind. coach Terry Brennan told Notre Dame football banquet that next year will bring one of the best teams in the United States. Despite Notre Dame's 1956 record of 2-8, Brennan expressed confidence in his sophomores and juniors who have faced tough times.
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South Bend
Ind
United States
Terry Brennan
Notre Dame
Brennan
Prep schedule lists Friday December seven games across several towns
Friday December seven features Zeigler at Carterville Shawnee at Trico Anna Jonesboro at Chester West Frankfort at Benton Herrin at Murphysboro Pinckneyville at Carbondale Wayne City at Bluford Carlyle at Ashley McLeansboro at Carmi Ridgway at Rossclare Waltonville at Lesser Vienna at Brookport Mt. Vernon at Centralia Nashville at Wood River Royalton at Elkville Cave in Rock at Shawneetown Christopher at Walter Coulterville at Tamaroa Dahlgren at Enfield Mound City at Dongola Sparta at Du Quoin Equality at Golconda Tamms at Gorham Marion at Harrisburg U School at Hurst Bush Karnak at Joppa Metropolis at Albion Cairo at Norris City Saturday December eight matches Hurst Bush at Shawnee Anna Jonesboro at Wood River Attacks at Sparta Cahokia at Carlyle Herrin at Johnston City Carri at Granite City Carrier Mills at Harrisburg Chester at Murphysboro Eldorado at Ridgway Metropolis at Paris Edwardsville at Pinckneyville Alton at Mt. Vernon Salem at Olney West Frankfort at Zeigler
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Zeigler
Carterville
Shawnee
Trico
Anna Jonesboro
Chester West Frankfort
Benton Herrin
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville
Carbondale
Wayne City
Bluford
Carlyle
Ashley
Equality
Golconda
Tamms
Gorham
Marion
Harrisburg
U. School
Hurst-Bush
Karnak
Joppa
Metropolis
Albion
Cairo
Norris City
Wood River
Sparta
Cahokia
Carlyle Herrin
Johnston City
Carri
Granite City
Carrier Mills
Chester
Eldorado
Ridgway
Paris
Edwardsville
Alton
Mt. Vernon
Salem
Olney West
Frankfort
Hungarian Team Breaks for Australia Amid Revolution
Eighty three Hungarian athletes and officials left Melbourne on a large airliner as some members of the team opted to sever ties with their Soviet dominated homeland. A second plane with sixty passengers was planned for Saturday. Noted figures like Mihaly Igloi and Laszlo Tabori remained, with many younger officials among those possibly seeking asylum in Australia or the United States.
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Melbourne
Reach
Australia
United States
Laszlo Tabori
Milan
Budapest
Hungarian Communist Party
Carterville Cagers Dominate Christopher In 58 25 Win
Carterville Junior High trounced Christopher 58 25 on Thursday. Fozzard led Carterville with 22 points while Fitzgerald scored 10 for Christopher. Final scoring listed Carterville players Fozzard Brown Howerton Lindsey and Choate with totals and Christopher scorers are Fitzgerald McCarty Webb Neville.
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Carterville
Christopher
Fozzard
Fitzgerald
Brown
Howerton
Lindsey
Choate
McCarty
Webb
Neville
College Basketball Scores From Nationwide Playups
Louisville defeated Detroit 91 to 78 and Bowling Green beat Duquesne 59 to 45. Iowa State won 57 to 5 over Brigham Young, while Arkansas edged Tulsa 77 to 70 in overtime. Miami Florida beat Toledo 68 to 67. Loyola Chicago topped North Dakota State 94 to 61. Cornell Iowa 72 beat Iowa. McKendree 88 over Illinois State Normal 87. Southern Illinois 74 over Fort Leonard Wood 69 in OT. Carroll Wisconsin 72 beat Lakeland 62. DePauw 89 over Ball State 67. Connecticut 77 defeated Yale 66. NYU 97 beat Roanoke 52.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Miami
Fla
Toledo
Chicago
Loyola
North Dakota State
Cornell
Iowa
Iowa Twins
McKendree
Illinois State Normal
Southern Illinois
Fort Leonard Wood
Carroll
Wis
Lakeland
DePauw
Ball State
Connecticut
Yale
NYU
Roanoke
Harrisburg Drops Marion Graders in Tight Matchup
Harrisburg defeated Marion Junior High 65 to 52 as Henshaw led with 31 points. Harrisburg built a 20-17 first quarter edge and outscored Marion 17-6 in the second, while Marion surged in the final period 18-13 but could not erase the deficit. Marion's seventh graders won 51 to 13 in the preliminary game.
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Bertrand
Ridley
Whitlock
Liu
Lambert
Harrisburg
Marion Junior High School
Henshaw
Marion
Thaxton
Attucks Freshmen Rally Past Elkville In Narrow Win
Attucks freshmen defeated Elkville 34 to 29 this week. Blythe 10, Jones 16, Brown 9 led Attucks while Spain 10, Eaton 8, Garrett 8 paced Elkville scoring.
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Attucks
Elkville
Blythe
Jones
Brown
Wills
M. Greer
C. Greer
Johnson
Spain
Eaton
Garrett
Grown
Itchy Jones Stars In SIU Debut Against Ridley
SIU freshman Itchy Jones guarded Illinois star Bill Ridley and held his own, while Marvin pulled down 16 rebounds. Coach Lewis notes Indiana showdown as next test after a strong night. ticket info and scouting notes from Herrin and Crab Orchard game plans follow.
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Itchy
Illini
Bill Ridley
Richard “Itchy” Jones
Herrin High
Billy Ridley
Illinois
Jones
SIU
Ridley
Big Ten
Marvin
Larry Whitlock
Warren Talley
Salukis
Talley
Indiana
Fred Lewis
Archie Dees
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George Jortrand
Bert Opitz
Fort Knox
Dan Kirksey
Eastern Michigan
Globetrotter
Ray Ripplemeyer
SSU
Cape Girardeau
Hilltopper
Lynn Holder
Richard
Gordon Lambert
Seymour Bryson
Itchy” Jones
Bryson
Richard Jones
Harold Kitchen
COSA
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Grob Agency, Inc
Prey
Sf Phone 2
Ened
Clinois
Z&g
Donegal
Mihaily Igloi
Louisville
Detroit
Bowling Green
Duquesne
Iowa State
Brigham Young
Marion—Watson
Wallin
Norris
Schafer
Shetton
Cross
Kobler
Utter
Shelton
Roberson
Meier
Attucks Frosh
Morte Jones
Herrin High School
Siu-North Dakota
Leedie Cabutti
Champaign
Park Forest
Peoria
Charleston
Decatur
Milwaukee Braves
Washington
Siu-Leonard Wood
Crab Orchard
Goreville
Seagram
Seagram's
Seagram Distillers Company
New York City
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