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v/ Ul HiLt FV luFayetteville Team Faces Height Disadvantage, But Has HustleThe Fayette* die Bulldogs of Coach Benny Winborn enter into the 195f .*7 basketball season to night against the Tulsa Central Braves in the Fayetteville High School gymnasium at 8 o'clockCentral will bring a starting quintet made up of seniors aver aging 6-2 into Fayetteville, while the Bulldogs will do well to average 5 9.Coarh Winbord says that he d'-es no* know much abou* the Oklahoma team, except that it will dwarf his midget squad.As an offset to being small the head mentor believes that his team is more experienced than last year, us • better shooting squad, a nr. has more speed.Sharc-Thc-IalenlProposal Up For Minor League VoleJACKSONVILLE. Fla uf - A player cutdown proposal, a kindof share-the trlent plan for gn roots baseball, appeared to have a good chance of passing today as minor league? prepared to vote on 29 amendments to the major minor agreement.Recotnrnendeo by both B«» ebillCommissioner Ford Fnrk and minor league boss Gecr*t? Tra.it-man, the proposal would resumemafor leagu** clubs to rut their rosters to 28 flavors by openingnay. The ma ors in the past have, man and was extenacd actionuntil la*? ye. r’s cage ware, He is' We have an awful short team, granted.'' said Winborn, ' but we also have a hustling team, which can mean a lot.In an effort to strcngten the Bull-d o g rebounding game. Winbornexplt; cts to use senior Billy Whit field in the post position. Whit field stands only 6-0, but he hasfine rebounding ability. On defense, the 175 pound floorman uses a jump shot most of the time, but r.e can drive well siso,Whitfield was a top hand forW:nborn last year and the head coach is relying on him to carry a yeoman's responsibility in theoncoming campaigns.Doug McClelland, a new corner to *he Dog vqund, is an excellarst shooter It i hoped that the 5h ; uard can shoulcu r a big part of the scoring burden He has been 1 tin rest shooter we have had in pre season drills ’ Winborn re por*1 The ball-handling duties I will be left up to Joe Crumpler md John Lewis, both seniors.Crumpler was a Bulldog main-■ star last year. His specialty shot i is the long two hander but he pos esses a variety of other shot*. Weighing :n at ISO pounds, the litde eager is one of Winborn * most 'chappy ball player? He has gained same spe*d sin, e last year.Lewi- is noted for his. outs tana ng defensive play, but h« can not b* counted out as a scoring threat H* hhad considerable succe -with t! set shot. Lewis is 5-9, 16u pounds.Buddy Kehn rounds out the start— »ing crew, playing m the pu-n* pontion The 6 1 center is a le’terTop ReservesRill Adair, left, and Jim Shreve will jrive added i»tren*??h to the Bulldopr basketball team. Coarh Renny Winborn reports that both boy a may eventually work *mto atartinpr positions. Adair is a senior and Shreve a junior. (Photos bv ( arbAluminum BoundSt. Joseph's Has Top Defenseschool he’d mn. opi lt;-r. ge lt;I 106 varbikept from 10 to 32 players the May 15 cutdown time.Adoption of the propose! bv blt;jth the minors, currently in sei sine nore. and th* majors, which meet in Chicago next week, would fr* lt;at lea't 32 players—-two from cai hof the 16 big league club? -tor rn mediate erwee in the highei iru nor?.The Par :fi Coast Le »gi.e and triple A chilis then could lop off some of tiic'r players, setting off a chain react’oi* which would reach all the way down to sheClass D circuits.Trautman ha* complained that under the present Ian, the minor,1 ;,re unable to get their lineup1 set •or the first month or two of the eason.The cutdown p!an would he an other step m the majors*' ;rogram o lid the minori this time with rarlier pUvc-r re'j Th* major?ilreadv have -*-t up n $500,000'und to n?sist I.nnncialJy troubled minor league e*nbs.KANSAS CITY u*—Mississippi Vocational ar.d St. Joseph s Coi-leg» of Indiana completed the19)6 football season as the top of-fen* ive and defensive teams, respectively, among *mall colleges of 'he National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics.Figures released today by the f*ne rebounder” in the estimation j N MA showed Mississippi Vocs of Winborn and uses the jump shot tional averaged an amazing 4-Mi 7effectively. It is quite possible, yard1 in 10 games to edg* Floridaev»n probable, th** Kehn and»AM for the Pul offense title.in the mid i Florida averaged 475 yards in post combi eight games.as remarkable The Indianaponent* to an sa gameKansas Wesleyan, ! *d by Lit* * All-America Larry Houdek, toppedN'AIA college* ,n rushing with anaverage of 351 5 yards a game.Second was Florida AM with *»raverage of 347 jSt. Ambrose of Iowa was the best N’AIA pa mg teasn, compel ing 97 of 187 pa ses in now- game, for I 647 yards, an average \*r came of 183 yards.ineIWhitfield will team up dir to form a tandemnation.Bill Adair end Jimthe top substitutes forteam. Adair is antie*-, and, u r u aShreve are the Bulldog all aro,md hu 1 I y, a clutchmost Winour * *player He'* lt;ne of steady, const tent players born explainedShreve is a smooth player, say1 the h •:hC coach, and it e expected that he will work into » tarting role soon, He is a good hooter, but a? Winborn nut.1 it, He hasn't worked out of his footbr!) tlt; nd« r cies yet.Fridav night the FayettevilL team will meet another Tulsa team —Daniel Webster— here.St. Joseph**, which will meet un defeated Montana State of Ro/e man in the- NA1A - fir.st Alurr.* num Bowl at Little Hock, Ark., Dec, 22 posted a defensive recordBreen Thinks He May Break Own RecordMELBOURNE 4* — Power?)! George Breen of Buffalo, N. ' .who set a world record last nigrt .n prcUminaru s of tfie 1500 mco swimming race, believe* he r .Jv. be able '»» beat *, time of 17minute* 52 9 seconds in Friday* final** 1 didn't go all out ,n the 'rial*,WEAR IT ENTIRELY AT YOUR /THS MITCALFf RECORD SHOP’Diploina'tMIARINO AID/MISHour Zmiftf prt*€M' a fwact-cal miniA ur* aid ..„ tlertde?, unted, contoured to fa right *t the esrf No dangling cortH. Full 4*frantiitor power, famous Zomth quahrym-OAY0o*rY-aACx euAAAHree • fA$r navs1Bittanos and Corda TorAll Hiring Aids
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Thu, Dec 06, 1956
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