Sycamores Host Belmont In Indiana State Gym Battle
Indiana State's Duane Klueh leads the Sycamores against Belmont Tenn. College at 8:00 p.m. after a 95 82 opener loss to Indiana Central. Belmont features 6 4 center Bob Barnes and a 6 7 forward Hilton Jones in a guard line of James Pugh and Ozzie Reynolds. Belmont reserves meet Indiana State reserves at 6:05 p.m.
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Elkhart hosts nation’s largest high school gym tonight
Wiley's Red Streaks play in Elkhart’s 8,000 seat gym tonight after Muncie held the honor. Indiana State’s Sycamores seek a strong turnout for opener against Belmont College while Duane Klueh’s team meets Indiana Central.
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Glenn Pirates Rally For 60 51 Victory Over Dugger Bulldogs
Glenn's Pirates beat Dugger 60 to 51 at home after missing center Dave Moore. Moore scored 23 for Glenn while Ralph Isbell led Dugger with 22. Honey Creek Bees crushed Con cannon 68 42 at Riley with Akers 19 and the German y brothers aiding. Riley Cossacks edged Cory 52 50 at Cory as Butts scored 19 for Cory. Prairie Creek beat Fayette at New Goshen 74 58 with Gary Davis 26 and Norris 14.
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Rockville Rox Pound Bridgeton In Northern Valley Showdown
Rockville defeated Bridgeton 87 to 46 as Alexander and Lee led the Rox with a big first half. Loomis scored 20 for the Raccoons, while Dana’s Aggies beat Scottland 87 to 50 with Hammersly at 21 and Riggen at 20. Mecca’s Arabs routed Newport 82 to 67 behind Adams 18, and Marshall’s Bobcats topped Wallace 83 to 59 with Walther at 18.
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Valley Cagers Edge Labmen in Wa bash rout 63 to 51
Valley High's Bobcats defeated State High Labmen 63 to 51 at their gym. Tom Morris and Bill Loder each shot 18 points to fuel a 15 to 10 start and a 35 to 22 halftime lead. The Labmen fouled 26 times, allowing Valley to widen the margin late. Bill Vogel and Campbell led Labmen scorers. Valley also won the B game 35 to 30.
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Showdown Near For Pro Chase
The NFL title race heats up as Rams lead Bears by a half game with a similar margin over the Colts. Browns and Redskins top the Eastern contenders as Sunday matchups shape the final regular season push. The Rams must beat Baltimore while Chicago loses to Detroit to clinch the West. Western and Eastern outcomes hinge on Lions and Giants results as well.
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Hartack Set For 400th Win At Tropical Park
Miami Fla Dec 3 Willie Hartack the hottest figure in racing looked a sure thing to ride his 400th winner of the year at Tropical Park today He pushed his score to 399 with a double Friday and had four mounts on the nine race card Williams Shoemaker holds the year mark with 485 wins in 1953
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Ike Logart Survives Over Virgil Akins in Garden Duel
In New York at Madison Square Garden Ike Logart, 22, Cuba, defeats Virgil Akins 6-3-1 on official scoring with judges Aidala 7-3 and Forbes 6-3-1. The victory boosts Logart on the welterweight contender list behind Basilio, Saxton, and Martinez as Basilio watches nervously from the title seat.
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Babe Zaharias Awaits X-ray Report on Treatment
Babe Didrikson Zaharias awaits reports from extensive examinations to decide if she can return to Tampa or must stay in Galveston for X-ray treatments. Doctors expect results this weekend. She reports no hip or leg pain and feels better, while husband George Zaharias says they will rent a home here if X-ray care is needed.
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Sugar Ray in Chicago for clash with Olson
Sugar Ray Robinson arrived in Chicago for his title bout with middleweight champion Carl Olson next Friday. Robinson remarked after 15 years in boxing that this is just another fight and defended odds of 22 to 1 against him as reflecting Olson's status as champion.
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North Carolina Meets Duke in TV Feature
North Carolina faced Duke in their 42nd meeting as a crowd of over 40,000 prepared for the nationally televised game on NBC. The Dec 3 matchup was a key contest with both teams aiming to boost a lagging football season.
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Buffalo Bisons Acquire Nicholas and Hartung
The Buffalo Bisons announced the purchase of right-hander Harry Nicholas from Minneapolis and the conditional acquisition of Clint Hartung, former New York Giant outfielder and pitcher, from Havana.
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Yogi Berra Named American League MVP for Second Year
Chicago December 3 Berra catcher for the New York Yankees won the American League Most Valuable Player award for the second straight year and third time overall. He led in first place votes seven and totaled 218 points with Kaline and Smith close behind.
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Veterans Open Iowa Cage Season Against Nebraska
Iowa City Iowa December 3 Iowa defending Big Ten basketball champion opens 1955 season today against Nebraska in a CBS televised game at 2 p m The Hawkeyes start with three regulars and two reserves led by center Bill Logan forward Carl Cain and guard Bill Seaberg providing an advantage in height over Nebraska.
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Indiana announces state wrestling swimming meet dates
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the wrestling and swimming championships will be held February 18 at Lafayette with sectionals on February 11 at Bloomington Muncie Lafayette and East Chicago Purdue will host the swimming meet in Lafayette.
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Vincennes Five Edges Garfield In Close Indiana Classic
Vincennes, led by Lane and Hughes, held on for a 73 72 victory over Garfield's Purple Eagles in a high scoring duel. Garfield star Terry Dischinger scored heavily in his first varsity game, while Jerry Chance added key scores to keep the game tight until the final minute.
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Reitz Crushed By Gerstmeyer Black Cats in 67 to 46 Win
Gerstmeyer’s Black Cats defeated Reitz 67 to 46 led by Ronnie Greene and Bob Hickman with 18 points each. Tech built a 35 to 23 halftime lead and held Thurneck to four field goals while limiting Evansville Reitz to 15 first-half goals.
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Rose Quintet Takes Opener
Rose Poly's Engineers defeated Concordia 66 to 57 in Springfield. Center Hugh Davis scored 17 points and Bob Bright added 14 as starters built a 52 to 32 margin early in the second half before reserves saw action.
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Giant Potgieter to quit boxing after loss claim
London report cites Ewart Potgieter known as the world's biggest boxer who says he plans to quit the ring. The 325 pound South African heavyweight blamed his failure to punch and referenced a 10 round draw with James J. Parker of Canada on November 15.
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Patty Berg Tops 1955 Earnings with Ware Trophy Win
Patty Berg, in her 15th pro season, led women golfers in 1955 with earnings of 16492.34 dollars. She also claimed the Ware Trophy for the season’s lowest scoring average at 74.47.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission declines action over Doe killing
Pittsburgh December 3. Officials say no action will be taken against Richard Bauman who killed a doe during the back season. They were surprised as Bauman did so. The 200 pound doe had full antlers.
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Virdon Voted Rookie Winner for Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Bill Virdon was named the National League rookie of the year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Virdon, 24, led with 15 votes, outpacing Jack Meyer and Don Bessent and matching a historic first as Cardinals won consecutive ROY honors.
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Boxing Results From New York and Caracas
The AP reports two lightweight bouts with Cuban Isaac Logart defeating Virgil Akins in New York, and American Jimmy Beechman outpointing Hector Constance in Caracas. In New York Logart scored 144% to Akins 147 while Beechman earned a 154% pace to Constance 147 in Caracas.
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Indiana Opens Campaign Against Ohio University Tonight
Indiana's rebuilding Hoosiers face Ohio University in the season opener at Bloomington. Starters include Archie Dees and Charley Brown with Wally Choice Hallie Bryant Jim Phipps or Charley Hodson. Ohio's lineup features Bob Evans or Henry Pell guarding the 6-8 Dees, plus a veteran group led by Bobcat coach Bob McCracken.
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Rhode Island Faces Jacksonville State In Refrigerator Bowl
Undefeated Rhode Island meets Jacksonville State in the Refrigerator Bowl at Reitz Bowl Evansville with about 10,000 fans expected. Rhode Island carries a 6-0-2 Yankee Conference title season, six all conference players, and coach Harold Kopp as coach of the year.
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Souchak Extends Lead In Havana Invitational
Mike Souchak of Grossinger New York moved into the third round of the Havana Invitational by posting a 10 under par 134 after 36 holes He built a three shot edge with a 69 Friday and 65 Thursday Tommy Bolt of Chattanooga Tennessee and Billy Maxwell of Odessa Texas stayed within two strokes of the lead at 137 after matching 69s in the 72 hole event
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