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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
4
North Carolina cagers posted their 12th win without a defeat as the season progresses. The Jayhawks also stood undefeated, marking a rare two-team sweep of early college basketball, with momentum building for upcoming matchups.
Williamsport swept both games after a 61 39 win over Smithsburg boys and a 48 34 win over the Smithsburg girls. Artz led the boys with 21, Smith 16 for Smithsburg. Williamsport's Hockenberry 19 and Martin 10 pace the girls.
The Sunday School Basketball League begins its first week of play at the TeMa 7t 5 gymnasium, with an early doubleheader featuring Washington Square Methodist versus Corksmithsnare GFPs and a later Brethren clash with First Baptist. The event marks the renewal of Mockenberry talent and the 97 season-opening schedule for the Sunday School circuit.
Duke's Blue Devils surge to top ACC scoring with 33.1 points per game after beating N C State. North Carolina trails nationally with 82 ppg, while Wake Forest tops defense at 59.42 ppg and Maryland offers steady defense at 50.6 ppg.
Detroit pitcher Dick Lillefield laments his unsigned Dodgers contract after a high profile swap that sent Jackie Robinson to the Giants for $30,000 cash and Littlefield. Robinson has quit baseball, hopeful to retire with his fate in the NL amid talks with Warren Giles. Littlefield, 30, longs to pitch for a pennant winner while staying home in Detroit.
Southern Fulton High defeated Chestnut Ridge High 80 to 40 to extend its nine game winning streak. The Southern Fulton Jayvees beat the visiting jayvee quint 39 to 28, with Manch scoring 20 points for the varsity and Covall, Palmer and Spade also in double figures.
Notre Dame coach Terry Brennan will address the Annapolis Touchdown Club's third annual banquet on February 11. Navy football, which defeated Notre Dame for the first time in 112 years last season, will be honored at the event.
Chicago executives bid $250,000 plus players for Al Kaline as Detroit refused to sell. Detroit GM Spike Briggs said Kaline’s value was higher, noting Kaline wants about $32,000 a year. Comiskey claimed terms were not yet finalized and declined to name specific players offered.
The former All America star from the University of San Francisco faces a rough transition with the Boston Celtics as he battles veteran guards Earl Lloyd and old pro Gallatin. Celtics lose 113-102 to the New York Knicks while the Warriors edge Rochester 95-94. Cardinals sign four more players in midseason contracts including Harmon Green Barnes Wieand.
Chicago White Sox inked lefty Harshman for a substantial raise after a 1955 season in which he totaled 143 strikeouts and nine wins in 12 decisions against Cleveland. Purchased from Nashville in 1953, the 29-year-old southpaw had a 40-28 Sox record over three seasons and was the club’s second 1956 signing following Luis Aparicio.
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