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AHS Seeks 3rd WinEC Tries To Rebound■ The Ada Cougars go after their third straight win of the season tonight.and the East Central-Tigers try to regain their winning ways tomorrow night in the. final regularly-scheduled games prior to-the' holidays.The Ada High dub (2-0) visits Seminole for a rematch and . the Tigers (6-2) go to Arlington State (Tex.) for another battle with the Texas _ ■ ■ •. ■■tCpaui Landrith’s Cougars, rank-; DflSKClDflll ed the second best Class A club in Oklahoma, have been impressive in their two outings to date. They dumped Seminole, 53-37, in the first game and ■ rolled over McAlestar, 67-52, last- week..Tonight, it .could be a different story. Seminole is traditionally as tough as any team on the schedule when the game's played on the Chieftains’ home court. Also. Clelus Greer, lias had two full weeks to work the footballilis'' out of l;is souad.‘‘Foothaltlties’’ HurtWhan the two teams met here Dec. s. many of the roundballers had been playing rootball right up to the last minute before the cage opener. Among the boys who had only a couole of days practice were 6-0 Tommy Colbert who-should be the best scorer for the. Greenelads and 6-6 Howard Moran, the hefty Chieftain center.Landrith’s dub performed well in the first Seminole game, particularly in the opening minutes of plav. However, after the Adans had jumped to a 21-5 advantage' at the end of the first, ciuarter, their pace slowed considerably and they were cold in the last, half.New GymnasiumScheduleTONIGHT ADA at Seniinble Norman at O.C. Douglass Duncan at Mid. City Tourr.Ft. Smith al McAlester Chickasha .at Mid. City Tourn.Area Rcff at Byng McLigli at Slcnewal'l Stratford at Tupelo Wynnewood at 'Sulphur Anliers at Atoka Tishomingo al Coalgale Allen at Holdenville Maysvilie at Wanette Pleasanj: Grove at Vamoosa Gerty at -Lalta (Salh Atoka at Durant iSat.)Collegiate Emporia at Central StateSoutheastern at ha. TechSATURDAYEAST CENTRAL- at Arlington Northeastern at St. Cloud, Minn.Seminole's new gymnasium ■awaits the game tonight and the; Cougars will play in the recently constructed building for the first time. Few schools in Oklahoma have better- basketball factlities than Seminole now has and few needed them more.Landrith wilt probably go with his same five starters: .MikeOld Rivals Combine ForKansas CityBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Bridges of Kansas and Lar- j ry Com ley of Kansas State were i the bitterest of rivals in the Big I Eight Conference last season, but;Wood (5-10) and Eugene Sires putting them together on a pro;C6-0) at guards: John Ramsay team has made a winning combi-((5-51 at center: Fred Hutchings nation, ■(8-2) and Al Williamson (6-21 al Bridges hit for 22 points and;forwards Comley for 30 Thursday night asj the Kansas City Steers, best teamEast- Central suffeiec, two set- j ^ ngw American Basketball backs last week in the first road r:™.-p1nnd 112.venture of the year. The Collegiate Conference, notorious for its road hijackings” proved nothing had changed much. Northwestern and Phillips took the Tigers onLeague, whipped Cleveland 112-; 104 for the ninth straight victory j and nth in 20 games.No. 9 in the winning streak' came in the opener of a double-header at Pittsburgh and theconsecutive nights after E.C. had C!evelancj [oss set Lhings u? nice-won sinn a row, * * for the host Pittsburgh HensThe Tiger conference record is ^ the seconci game now 2-2. The ArLington game, or The w;th |eague scoringcourse, is a non-conference af- ^ ]eadcr Conn;e Hawkins scoring SiLair.E.C. Won Before East Central edged the Rebels. 70-75, here for their fifth win of the season Dec. 4.Currently, David Bass (6-3) and Don Riggan lt;6-10) arc leading Tiger scoring with 75 points each in league play. ' They're averaging 19 per game. Essie Argrow, thepoints, whipped Chicago 119-106 and cut Cleveland’s Eastern Division lead to I1,*: games.The Steers, with an 18-5 record, have a five-game lead over Los Angeles, the runnerjp in Liie Western Division,LATTA GAME PUT OFF The LaUa-Gerty game, sdied-flashy Tiger guard, is next in line, u]ec] for Saturday, has been post-Those three, plus Tom Hays and: p0nccj to allow Gcrly to play in Jerry King.are likely starters in, a tournnmenl, Latla coach Haroldlithe Texas -game tornghArlington features a high-low WJ post attack with 6-5 Doug Funk doing the most work on offense.Jim Martin, former McAlestorj basketballor. led scoring in the | first game against East Central, j Rcbs Favored The Rebs will be favored slight-j]y tomorrow night, primarily because of the home court advantage. The two 'teams divided games lart year with the Tigers! winning here and Arlington com-, ing out on top at home.The Arlington game is East Central’s last‘until Jan. 5 when the Tigers return home for a conference dale with Southwestern State. E.C. entertains Panhandle' AM here Jan. 6.Ada High steps into tournament competition at the McGuinness Invitational at Oklahoma City next week.Clark has announced. The gamebe re-scheduled later.. S'-'kX:
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Fri, Dec 15, 1961
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