Brennan Honored As Tar Heels Dominate Dixie Classic
Pete Brennan 66 forward earned unanimous first team honors on the Lowe All Tournament Team as North Carolina repeats as Dixie Classic champion by beating NC State 39-34. Kearns Broadway and Bell join first team. Warren Pucillo Vernon Ritchie make second team. Duke wins third place over Wake Forest 79-75 in overtime. Northwestern tops St Louis 66-53 for consolation. Duquesne defeats Seton Hall 68-65 for seventh.
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Duke
Bob Cunningham
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Wake Forest
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Northwestern
St Louis
Duquesne
Seton Hall
Spiders Fall In Overtime To La Salle In Richmond Invite
Richmond suffered a 59-55 overtime defeat to La Salle in the Richmond Invitational final. The Spiders, 6-3 on the season, have now dropped all five overtime games since 1954 and own a 3-1 conference mark as they prepare to host Virginia Tech.
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Associated Press
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Philadelphia
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Ohio University
State Association Seeks Elimination of Service Golfers
Virginia golfers debate proposed by law changes from USGA restricting association events to residents intending permanent stay. Jack Isaacs Langley AFB pro opposes, saying armed forces members would be barred from 1958 Virginia State Open and similar tournaments. Isaacs plans to attend Richmond meeting January 11 to protest. Langley AFB Golf Assn. is a VSGA member.
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Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Association
Richmond
Langley Afb
Cocktail sauce guidance for crabmeat portions
A half cup of cocktail sauce is typically sufficient for one 6 ounce can of crabmeat. The note emphasizes using proper dipping portions to enhance flavor without waste.
Lions Hand Cleveland Worst Defeat in Rout
Detroit Lions rout Cleveland Browns 59 to 14 to win the world title at Briggs Stadium. Tobin Rote threw four touchdowns and ran for another as Detroit led 17-0 after the first period and pulled away with big plays from Steve Junker Jim Doran and Dave Middleton. Browns star Jim Brown scored early but Cleveland never recovered as Detroit dominated on offense and defense.
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Detroit Lions
Cleveland Browns
Briggs Stadium
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Lions
Rote
Bobby Layne
Jim Martin
Notre Dame
Browns
Bob
Junker
Dave Middleton
Cleveland
Jerry Retchow
Howard Hopalong Cassady
Larry Boardman Faces Crossroad Of Fight Career
Boxing promoter notes Larry Boardman of Marlborough Conn at age 21 faces a career crossroad in a 10 round bout at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City He meets Peter Schmidt a 34 6 40 bout veteran and last minute sub who lost to Danny Russo in his main event debut November 18 Televised Dumont in some sections the outcome may signal a decline or revival for Boardman after a string of defeats in 1957 and a earlier loss to Orlando Zulueta and Johnny Russo.
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Associated Press
Larry Boardman
St. Nicholas Arena
New York City
Boardman
Frankie Ruff
Madison Square Garden
Orlando Zulueta
Tony DeMarco
Johnny Russo
Cecil Shorts
Ray Portilla
Marlborough
Conn
Cross Roads
Peter Schmidt
New York
Danny Russo
Dumont
Investigators search for cause of Amonate mine blast
Investigators probing the Pocahontas Fuel Co mine explosion that killed 11 workers re entered the shaft area near the 500 foot level. A 30 member team including US Bureau of Mines chief Marling Amkemy studied the blast site while efforts continued to restore ventilation.
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Pocahontas
West Virginia
Bishop
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City renames Durham parking lot with plain title
Durham council settles on simple name for new downtown parking lot after debate. Merchants association proposed Downtown Parking Lot No 1 while Floyd urged Seaboard Parking Lot before the council finally called it City Parking Lot.
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Lions Victory Prompts Record Gate Payouts
Detroit players each receive 4295.41 and Cleveland players 2750.30 from the NFL championship gate. A 55,263 crowd at Briggs Stadium watched Detroit crush Cleveland 59-14. Gross receipts totaled 593, any radio and TV fees included, with net receipts of 479,582.61. Detroit split 181,282.23 among 42 people, Cleveland 120,854.82 among 43.5 shares.
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Speedboat Racer Ezio Selva Dies In Orange Bowl Regatta
Ezio Selva the 56 year old Milan wire maker died in a flipover during the International Grand Prix heat at the Orange Bowl Regatta in Miami Beach. He had proclaimed retirement saying he was getting too old after throttling to over 100 mph while passing a rival who was later found disqualified.
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Eleven Winners Named In Friday Shooting Match
Eleven men won prizes at a benefit shooting event Friday at Harry Patterson's farm for the Round Hill Community Fire Company. Prizes went to Milford Ferebee John Sears Bud Whetzel and Douglas Arnold for two prizes each. single prizes to Ray McDonald James Kerns Carl McDonald Mervil DeHaven Milton Arnold Harley Swisher and Charles Lake. The next match is January 3 with beef and oysters as prizes replacing hams turkeys and chickens.
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Round Hill Community Fire Company
Milford Ferebee
John Sears
Bud Whetzel
Douglas Arnold
Ray McDonald
James Kerns
Carl McDonald
Mervil DeHaven
Milton Arnold
Harley Swisher
Charles Lake
Terps Favored To Win Crown In Sugar Bowl
Maryland and Memphis State meet in the Sugar Bowl basketball final in New Orleans. Maryland, ranked sixth, advanced with a 71-56 win over Vanderbilt, while Memphis State won 65-63 against Loyola of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Maryland
Memphis State
Associated Press
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Bob Wolfe
Jim Hockaday
Loyola of New Orleans
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Weekend Knockouts in Regional Matchups
Milwaukee Orville Pitts stopped Phoenixville Joey Rowan in 6 Hollywood Boots Monroe knocked out German Ohm in 4 Belfast Are mand Savoie knocked out Jimmy Brown in 6 Montreal.
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Associated Press
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Orville Pitts
Joey Rowan
Phoenixville
Hollywood
Boots Monroe
Los Angeles
German Ohm
Mexico City
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Aremand Savoie
Montreal
Jimmy Brown
Syracuse Nationals extend home win streak to seven
The Syracuse Nationals beat the Philadelphia Warriors 105-97 for their seventh straight home victory. Dolph Schayes led with 23 points while Paul Arizin scored 31 for the Warriors as Minneapolis beat Cincinnati 111-103 in the other game.
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National Basketball Assn
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Boston
New York
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Goa
Warriors
Paul Arizin
Dolph Schayes
Bowl games shake up big name stars in post season action
Saturday results show All-America stars underperforming as East drops 27 13 in Shrine Game and West edges with Gerald Nesbitt three touchdowns Navy out of Cotton Bowl injury woes clouding lineups Oklahoma and Ohio State favored in key bowls while Tennessee edges Texas A M 3 0 in Gator Bowl and Ken Ford shines for Hardin Simmons in Gray Blue game close in Montgomery
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Ala
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Tony Stremic
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Redlegs Consider New Stadium If Reds Move
Cincinnati businessmen propose a privately funded six million dollar stadium at Lunken Airport with 8 000 parking spaces to deter a Reds relocation. The plan follows a Minneapolis report that the Reds were invited to move after Reds president Crosby Jr. hinted at relocating if parking facilities do not improve.
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