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6 THE DAILY ARDMOREITE Ardmore Okla: Fr IdaY
Trade Rumors Flying
NEW YORK RI — Trade
rumors fresh and stale bounced
around town today as club execu-
tives of the National and Ameri-
can Leagues arrived for a week-
end series of meetings
Richie Ashburn Philadelphia's
popular center fielder was in the
midst of the rumor popping bee
although many baseball men felt
the Phillies couldn't afford to
trade Riehie after swapping off
Del Ennis
The Chicago Cubs Milwaukee
New Manager
Thinks Deals
To Help Cubs
By BOB SCHEITING
(Manager Chicago Cubs)
LOS ANGELES GB — The Chi-
cago Cubs will be gunning for a
fresh start in 1957 We expect no
miracles but we certainly are
out to end the string of second
division finishes
We realize we've got a big Job
ahead of us
Our biggest weakness last year
was lack of power inadequate
catching inferior center fielding
and mediocrity at third base
Since then we've added three
catchers namely Charlie Silvera
from the Yankees Ray Katt from
the Cardinals and Cal Neeman a
Yankee farmhand whom we ob-
tained as the first choice in the
draft There Is no question in my
mind that this trio will solve our
biggest problem of 1956 Silvera is
one of the ablest defensive catch
(One of a Series)
ers in the majors Katt has lots
of power and Neemsn is young
and has lots of promise
Ray Jablonski whom we ac-
quired in a deal with Cincinnati
is a cinch to give us the bat the
Cubs have missed at third base
since Randy Jackson was traded
to Brooklyn
We have brought up from Los
Angeles Bob Speake Gale Wade
Jim Bolger outfielders and in-
fielders George Freese and Casey
Wise and also pitchers Dave Hill
man and Gene Fodge In addition
we purchased Elmer Singleton
from Seattle rm counting on El-
mer as a starter
Bolger Speak e and Freese
have had trials before in the ma-
jors but I believe they are ready
now Bolger batted 326 in 165
games and was second in the
coast league with 28 homers and
with 147 runs hatted in Speake
averaged 300 in 158 games hit
25 homers and drove in 111 runs
Freese batted 293 with 22 home
runs and 112 runs batted in
Our strongest points are at
shortstop right and left field and
pitching Ernie Banks and Walt
Moryn give us proven power Our
pitching staff is sound and should
be better with another year of ex-
perience under the belts of Moe
Drabowsky and Don Kaiser our
bonus boys We have depth with
these two kids along with Bob
Rush Tom Poholsky Jim Bros-
nan Turk Lown Jackie Collum
Vito Valentinetti John Briggs
Singleton Fodge and Hillman
Maxwell Palmer
In Phoenix Lead
PHOENIX Ariz RI—The accent
was on youth today as two former
United States amateur golf cham-
pions Billy Maxwell and Arnold
Palmer led the way into the sec-
ond round of the $15000 Phoenix
Open
Maxwell of Odessa Tex 1951
winner of the amateur title and
Palmer of Latrobe Pa the 1954
champion — both pros for less
than three years — had 4-underpar
66s starting off today at the
par 34-36-70 Arizona Country
Club
One shot back was still another
newcomer a 25-year-old novice
pro named Gene Bone from Louis
ille Ky and Detroit Represent-
ing the Old Guard of tournament
golf was Lloyd Mangrum also
listed Pt 67
Cary Middlecoff 1956 winner of
the Phoenix event finished with a
69 and a tie for 14th place around
— and in back of such young fel-
lows as Doug Higgins of Midland
Tex Billy Casper Jr of Bonita
Calif Don January of Lampasas
Tex Sam Urzetta of Rochester
NY as well as Messrs Maxwell
Palmer and Bone
Jimmy Demaret the Kiamesha
Lake NY resident pro settled
for a 35-35-70 along with 10 oth-
ers Mike Souchak of Grossinger
NY former National Open
champion Julius Boros and 13
others had to be satisfied with
71s
Cage Scores
PTATE COLLEGE
Eastern 38 Murray 57 idouble over
time)
Connors 64 Independence km 57
Oklahoma City 84 Wichita 10
Panhandle A6zM 76 Flagstaff 60
Other Colleges
Brown 38 Harvard SC tovertime)
Temple 87 Delaware 57
St Johns flikn ) 78 Pitt 70
Alderson Broaddue 84 West Virginia
state 64
Wake Forest 73 Virginia 56
Duke 72 Maryland 60
Louisville 89 Miami (Fla ) 80
Cincinrstt 18 Toledo 63
Utah 86 Colorado AAA( 60
Montana 64 Wyoming 60
Denver IC Utah butte 64 (over
Ashburn Schoendienst on Block?
Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers
were reported interested in Ash-
burn Red Schoenclienst veteran sec-
ond baseman of the New York
Glans again was in the rumor
mill One story had Schoendienst
going to Milwaukee for second
baseman Danny O'Connell pitch-
er Ray Crone and Bobby Thom-
son Both leagues were scheduled to
meet separately today with a
joint meeting on the Saturday
schedule
The Sports Beat -----------
Cal Is Pleased
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p EVIEWING this and that while wondering whatever hap-
pened to Jackie Robinson
California U is still beaming over its selection of energetic
Peter Robert Elliott to replace the old Pappy Man Lyn Waldorf
as skipper of Cal's grid forces
"The best young coach in America" is the label stamped
upon the former Michigan star who groomed himself for one of
the game's top jobs by serving on Bud Wilkinson's staff at Okla-
homa for five years Ile stepped out on his own last year and
directed Nebraska to a 4-8 finish
When Cal went coach-hunting several weeks ago their
first choice was Wilkinson But it would have been easier to
hire Mr Ike so the Golden Bears turned to Elliott who is the
next best thing to Bud The youngest California coach in history
Pete has a three-year contract at $16000 per
He is said to bear all the Wilkinson trademarks remark-
able poise patience character and personality It was Bud
himself who told Cal officials "No matter what you ask me
I can only think of the words 'great' and 'wonderful' That's
what I think of Pete
"He has great integrity he works hard he is very intelli-
gent he's imaginative he has a fine football background and he
gets along excellent with his players I can't think of a thing
about him to criticize" declared Mr Big Red
Elliott made a tremendous impression on the Golden Bears'
football squad during a recent visit "I was really impressed"
blurted ace quarterback Joe Kapp "He certainly has the ap-
pearance of a nice guy I think he'll give us the hustle we need"
Top Wrestlers to Grunt Groan Here
C HIMED in center Frank Mattarocci the team's sparkplug last
fall: "you'll see a change in us Elliott looks like the guy
to get the most out of us We're not only going to the Rose Bowl
but this time we're going to win Just wait and see"
We can wait
Truly big-time wrestling is headed to Ardmore That's a
promise handed down from Irish Jack Kennedy the robust Texan
who will plan future cards here including the Monday night
show at the Civic Auditorium which features nationally-famous
Elephant Boy
Kennedy says Ardmore fans can expect to see In the near
future such outstanding groan names as Gene Stanlee (Mr
America) Mike Mazurki Primo Canera Joe Louis and Jersey
Joe Walcott The latter two would be used as referees Kennedy
said
According to Kennedy the alliance which now controls
the aforementioned stars is going under and the grapplers
will deal for themselves That would enable them to stop-
off for frequent programs here while enroute to the big
cities
Bob Williams the personable Ardmore coach who is doing
a grand job with the Tigers says the many type of zone de-
fenses vary little whenever the ball is passed into the inside
"Basically all zones function on the same principles" de-
clared Williams who has been highly successful with a 2-3 Fart-
ation this season in guiding the Tigers to a fine 8-3 overall rec-
ord However the Tigers have played it straight with a man-to-man
on many occasions
Young iba Gives Pop a Cage Lesson
O NE of Oklahoma's foremost prep cagers is Moe Iba chunky
bespectacled son of Oklahoma A&M's famed Iron Duke Hank
Iba Moe consistently hits in the high 20s for Stillwater's No 1-
ranged Pioneers
Those close to the game say he possesses a bright future in
the college ranks but confide that he won't play for daddy at
Mal nor for Uncle Clarence at Tulsa One guess is that hell
enrol at Missouri
A story about the talented youngster claims his illustrious
pop was chiding him about his weak defense in a certain game
and the boy replied: "But Dad who ever heard of anyone making
All-America playing defense?" Ah today's younger generation
Eight years ago two husky young men launched their
baseball careers at Lebanon N C in the old North Atlantic
League Today one of them St Louis third sacker Ken
Boyer is one of the game's greatest hitters The other is
J C Dunn Ardmore player-manager who reached triple-A
but could never crash the big time
Boyer was a pitcher in those days hanging up an 11-9 two-
year record before the Cardinals finally got hep to the lads
potential at the plate and stationed him at third base where he
could play every day
Bob LaRue a great end at Oklahoma AVNI during the reign
of Ears Whitworth is now an officer in the Air Force and is
stationed at the local base He and Bob Hendricks former Aggie
cage center had a reunion last week when the latter officiated
the Tigers' 42-41 loss to Duncan
Major Colleges Want Ardmore Coach
rlIANK FRISCH the Fordham Flash struck out only 10 times
in 153 games with the 1927 Cardinals who won 92 games
but finished second to Pittsburgh
Quotable Quote from Yogi Berra Yankees' slugging backstop
and funnyman: "I want to hit better than 300 and more than
30 homers this year I should have done those things in 1956
Also why shouldn't I drive in more than 105 runs?
"I am on the greatest club in baseball working for the great
est manager and with the nicest fans in the country But I seem
to get a tired spell when I should be at my best I guess that
means I am only human"
Ardmore coach C E (Tip) Jacobson has been contacted
by two major colleges concerning vacant assistant's jobs
Travis Slaton the 6-812 sophomore who quit Oklahoma
A&M's cage squad today may wind up at Southeastern where
under collegiate conference rules would become eligible imme-
diately If Slaton does stop-off at the Durant- school to team
with NAIA All-America Jim Spivey the Savages could go far
In the national race
Incidentally Spivey will be married in March just a few
days after the wiring that is mending his broken jaw is removed
Spivey's fiancee is pretty blond Earlynn Cartwright who ‘vas
quite a basketball player herself at Colbert where her father-
coach Earl developed A&M's sophomore stalwart Arlen Clark
Fox Grade Results
BOYS: Wi laon 36 Davie 19 Madill
53 Velma-Alma 21 Pox 30 Dundee
21 Bray 39 Plainview 17 Comanche
38 Marietta 27 Central 33 Healdton
26: Fox 53 Rennet 15
GIRLS: Davia 19 Plainview IR ('en
tral 47 Dundee 17 Pox 29 Marietta
25 VelmaAlme 30 Comanche 21
February 1 1951
The weekend also is expected to
see player of the year Mickey
Mantle sign a New York contract
for an estimated $55000 The 25-
year-old owner of the triple bat-
ting crown received support from
an unexpected quarter in his sal-
ary battle yesterday Yankee co-
owner Dan Topping speaking at
a luncheon urged Mickey to "get
u hat you can — you deserve it"
While Mantle sparred with his
bosses more than a dozen other
players throughout both leagues
By DOYLE MAY
Fights Last Night
St Louis—Virgil (Honey Bear l Akins
151 St Louis stopped Al Andrea
1574 St Paul
Dallas —Buddy Turman 179 Dallas
knocked out Otis Carr 200 Wichita 1
Los AngeIe — KI Centella into
Philippines 10
0
rushed into the fold In the high-
er estimated pay brackets were
Billy Pierce the Chicago White
Sox' star southpaw and first 20-
game winner in IS years 435-
000) outfielder Don Mueller of
the New York Giants down slight-
ly from last year's $22000 salary
and catcher-first baseman Gus
Triandos of the Baltimore Ori-
oles IMMO)
Other signings included out-
fielder Gus Zernial catcher Tim
Thompson and rookie outfielder
Leroy Schmidt of Kansas City
Cubs Paddle
Duncan Five
Mayes Shines
By CHARLES PICKARD
Staff Sports Writer
DUNCAN — After a slow be-
ginning the Ardmore Junior
High Cubs gained momentum in
the late stages here Thursday
while rolling to a lop-sided 41-21
win over Duncan—the eighth win
in nine starts this season for
Hershel Gilliam's club
It marked the second time this
year that the Cubs have taken
the measure of the little Dem-
ons who were playing without
the services of flu-stricken Mike
Williams Ardmore had dumped
the Duncan quintet 18-16 in an
earlier skirmish this season
Even with Williams operating
from his post position it's doubt-
ful if Duncan could have stayed
within striking distance of the
Cubs who displayed their best
balanced scoring attack of the
season with 10 players breaking
into the scoring column
Guard John Mayes hitting on
one-handers from out front pac-
ed the Cubs with 12 points while
forward Charles Lynch chipped in
with seven for the Gilliam-coached
team Terry Wilkerson top-
ped the losers with five
As has been the case in many
of their previous games the Cubs
were ice cold at the start of ac-
tivities leading only 8-6 after the
first stanza They increased this
margin to 17-8 at intermission
and padded this difference in the
third quarter to lead 28-13 go-
ing into the final quarter
In fact the home club Jumped
ahead 4-0 on baskets by Byron
Fine and Johnny Smith before
Ardmore fought back to knot
matters midway through the per-
iod on Mayes' fielder Moments
later Kenneth Posey rammed 'in
two free throws to put the Cubs
ahead for good
Duncan fell out of contention
in the second quarter when it
managed only a single basket
while the visitors were register-
ing four fielders and a charity
toss Mayes collected two of the
buckets with Lynch and Bill
Croom each netting a basket
A glance at the box score re-
veals that Gilliam's crew won its
third straight game through its
ability to amass a higher percent-
age of shots from the court The
Cubs managed 16 field goals
while the losers were finding the
mark on a mere five pokes from
the floor
Next action for the Ardmore
quintet will be Tuesday afternoon
when the Cubs test Madill for
the first time this season
ARDMORE (41)
Player FG FT-A PF TP
Lynch 3 1-2 2 7
Kemp 2 0-2 2 4
Crown 1 1-3 1 3
Posey 0 2-4 2 2
Mayes 5 27 3 12
DAVIS J 2 0-0 2 4
McGuire 1 0-1 0 2
Davis B 1 1-3 1 3
Jacobson 0 0-0 3 0
Johnston 0 2-3 1 2
Rodgers 1 0-0 0 2
TOTALS 18 - 9-25 17 41
DUNCAN (11)
Fine 1 1-4 5 3
Hunt 0 0-0 1 0
Scott 0 0-0 1 0
Smith 1 0-0 4 2
Holrerbline 0 2-2 0 2
Eoff 0 3-4 5 3
Aaron 2 0-0 0 4
Wilkerson 1 3-3 1 5
Mavrant 0 0-1 4 0
Gary 0 2-3 0 2
— — — —
TOTALS 3 11-17 21 21
Score by Quarters
ARDMORE 8 9 11 13-41
Duncan 8 2 5 8-21
Dodgers' Alston
Fears Milwaukee
NEW YORK iP—Manager Wal-
ter Alston expects Milwaukee and
Cincinnati to give his Brooklyn
Dodgers their toughest challenge
this year with St Louis also a fac-
tor in the National League pen-
nant fight
"A year ago we were worried
about our pitching" he said at a
press conference "We didn't
know what to expect from John-
ny Podres Billy Loes and Karl
Spooner Our pitching turned out
better than we hoped even without
the three men Now with Podres
back and a few youngsters like
Roger Craig Don Drysdale and
Don Bessent our pitching has a
chance to be the best part of the
club
Asked to compare the Dodger
staff with the Braves Austin said
"Milwaukee has an established
staff but our potential is just as
good We do have some question
marks"
Pro Basketball
Philadelphia likt New York
Syracuse 103 Boston 104
rots Wayne 111 Minneapolis 107
Tyra Darragh
Spark Cards
To I Ofh in Row
By DON WEISS
The Associated Press
Memo to basketball' coaches:
Like to improve your team turn
it from a good one into perhaps
a great nne? Then take a look at
Bernie Hickman and his Louis-
ville Cardinals
It happens this way First the
star of your good team turns up
with a back ailment It reduces
his effectiveness both as a scorer
and rebounder just enough that
someone else has to take over his
workhorse duties The new leader
develops so quickly that by the
time the ailing ace is ready to go
at close to top speed again you
have two stars instead of one and
perhaps a great team instead of
just a good one
Foolproof system provided
you have Louisville's depth an
ailing star with the capabilities
of a fellow like All America can-
didate Charlie Tyra and a team-
mate with the potential of Bill
Darragh
The Tyra-Darragh punch has
rolled the Cardinals into a 10-
game winning streak with Miami
'Fla) the latest victim by 89-60
last night More than that Louis-
ville is up to No 3 nationally with
a 14-2 record and ready to take
over should either top-ranked
North Carolina or second-ranked
Kansas falter
Both Tyra and Darragh scored
19 points against Miami and Tyra
showed he's back in shape by
grabbing 18 rebounds hardly the
sign of an injured player
Duke took over second place in
the Atlantic Coast Conference by
defeating Maryland 72-60 Wake
Forest continued to move up
making it six in a row and 13 out
of 14 by routing Virginia 73-58
Oklahoma City whipped Wichita
84-70 and St Peters of New Jer-
sey stretched the nation's longest
winning streak to 19 against Siena
81-60
St Johns of Brooklyn (9-4) im-
proved its NIT chances 78-70 over
Pitt and Montana won its ninth
straight home game and took
over second place in the Skyline
Conference battling as well 64-60
over Wyoming
Denver stopped Utah State 69-
66 in overtime and Utah routed
Colorado A&M 86-60 in other Sky-
line games Temple defeated Del-
aware 87-57 Cincinnati drubbed
Toledo 68-63 Brown beat Harvard
in overtime 58-56 on Joe Tebo's
jump shot with two seconds left
Xavier of Ohio crushed Baltimore
Loyola 102-76 Evansville sur-
prised Butler 81-72 Eastern Ken-
tucky edged the Quantico Marines
102-96 in another overtime game
and Maine lost 100-60 to Rhode
Island
Tulsa to Battle
Houston Tonight
OCU Rips Wichita
By The Associated Pres
A Missouri Valley game between
Tulsa and Houston at Tulsa tonight
continues the week-long schedule
of at least one basketball game
per night in the state
Last night it was Oklahoma City
University's turn and the Chiefs
came through with a 84-70 thump
ing of the Wichita Wheatshockers
Hubert Reed and Leon Griffin led
the Chiefs with 24 and 23 points
The taller OCU team grabbed 56
rebounds to only 19 for the visit-
ing Missouri Valley conference
quintet
The Chiefs play their third game
of the week tomorrow night tak-
ing on Loyola at New Orleans
The only game in Oklahoma finds
the University of Oklahoma play-
ing host to Texas in a return match
at Norman Texas won the first
one at Austin
Collegiate conference teams are
either resting or meeting out of
state foes this week Tonight's on-
ly game involving a conference
team has Northeastern State at
Southwestern Missouri State
In the Frontier conference last
night Panhandle A&M evened
its series with Arizona State at
Flagstaff 76-60 at Goodwell
The Aggies are now 3-2 in con-
ference play one of their losses
having come to the Lumberjacks
at Flagstaff
Langston opens a pair of South-
western Conference games by play-
ing Texas College at Tyler tonight
Logart Favored
NEW YORK (RI — Isaac Logart
ranked among the first five wel-
terweight contenders is a slight
favorite over Yama Bahama 153-
pounder from Bimini in the Ba-
hamas in tonight's 10 - round
match at Madison Square Garden
Sooners to Get National Crown
At Oklahoma City Fete Tonight
OKLAHOMA CITY L4 — T h e
University of Oklahoma football
team and its All-America halfback
stand up for their second set of
national honors in two years to-
night The Sooners will be presented
the Rev J Hugh O'Donnell Mem-
orial trophy for the third time
since 1950 thereby retaining per-
manent possession of it
The trophy donated by Notre
Dame after it retired a similar one
in 1948 is presented annually to
the team voted the best in the na-
tion in the Associated Press poll
of sports writers and sports cast-
ers The Sooners also won it in
1950 and last year
Greg Rice famed Notre Dame
track star will present the tro-
phy to Sooner co-captains Jerry
Tubbs and Ed Gray
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Murray Again
WILBURTON (Staff) —Donnie
Williams sank two free throws as
the final seconds ticked off here
Thursday night to provide the win-
ning margin in Eastern A&M's 58-
57 triumph over Murray in a dou-
ble overtime skirmish
The win kept the Mountaineers
atop the junior college conference
standings with a 5-0 record and
was the fourth setback in five loop
starts for Murray Eastern stands
11-5 in overall competition while
Murray owns s 10-5 record in
full season play
Murray proving much tougher
than in its first league outing
against Eastern when the Moun-
taineers prevailed 66-53 moved
to the front early Thursday night
and held a 30-28 half-time edge
The Aggies maintained the edge
through most of the second half
but Eastern drew even with 3:00
to go when Williams goaled from
out front
Then with only 00:2 showing on
the clock guard Leon Shaw
meshed a fielder to leave the
count 46-46 at the end of regula-
tion playing time The count stood
50-50 at the end of the first over-
time session which set the stage
for Williams' climatic free throws
Leon Shaw was the game's top
scorer with 21 points with Tony
Guinn adding 16 for the Aggies
Williams was high for Eastern
with 16
MURRAY
(57)
FG FT Pr TP
6 9 5 21
2 2 1
2 4 1
6 4 3 1
2 2 1
0 0 1
0 0 1
Player
Shaw
Sheitno
ODell
Guinn
Preeney
Quaid
Davis
— — — —
TOTALS 18 21 13 57
EASTERN (58)
Loyd 8 1 3 13
Lucas 4 2 5 10
Williams 6 4 2 16
Yarbrough 4 2 0 10
Brown 2 3 1 7
Trueblood 1 0 4 2
— — —
TOTALS 23 12 15 58
Halftime Score: Murray 30 Eaatern
28
Byng Clouts
Tish 66-28
A D A (Staff) — Top - rated
Byng rolled on as expected in
the East Central Boys' High
School Invitational cage tourna-
ment here Thursday by soundly
thumping Tishomingo 66 - 28 in
first round play
With Jimmy Jackson and Mau-
rice Cook hitting 14 and 12 points
respectively Healdton coas t ed
past Paoli 53-35 in another first
round game The Bulldogs were
slated to go against Dewar today
at 10:45 am
Tupelo pinned Mill Creek 48-
after leading 24-15 at half
time Breed tallied 11 points to
lead the winner
Leading the way for Byng were
11aloy and Piper each with 14
points Reggie Davis paced Tish-
omingo with nine The losers
trailed 33-14 at half time Byng
plays Vanoss today at 6:30 pin
In the top game on the first
round schedule Lindsay needed
a last ditch bucket by its high-
scoring center Gene Estes to
edge Wheatley 55-53 in double
overtime action Estes poured in
38 points for the Leopards
Tubbs also will receive an As-
sociated Press All-America certi-
ficate from Wilbur Martin AP
Oklahoma City chief of bureau
Halfback Tommy McDonald will
receive his second such award
the first time an Oklahoma play-
er has ever won such recognition
two years in a row
The main speech will be made
by Ted Smits Associated Press
general sports editor who will fly
from New York for the affair
Sooner coach Bud Wilkinson will
also make a short talk after in-
troducing all of the team
O'Donnell trophy named for the
late Notre Dame president was
won in 1948 by Michigan 1949 by
Notre Dame 1951 by Tennessee
1952 by Michigan State 1953 by
Maryland and 1954 by Ohio State
5 PLAY
URAT
Calera Hartshorne Advance
Seven Area Teams in Running
DURANT (Staff)—To borrow a phrase coined long aao when
Teddy Roosevelt was in knee pants Ardmore's Tigers have often been
a bridesmaid but never a bride in this Southeasteen State College
Invitational tournament
Today coach Bob Williams' tall crew consign past jinxes to the
ash can and hopefully go after a championship that has eluded even
the best of Ardmore teams in recent years
The state-ranked Tigers swing for a berth In Saturday morning's
semifinals when they tackle equally-tall Valliant at 7 p m in the
Southeastern gym to highlight r
class A action today TL C–L-0-1"100
Valliant long has been one of
Little Dixie's small school pow-
ers having ruled the class A di-
vision of this historic old tour-
nament no longer ago than 1955
The Bulldcgs state champions in
1951 have romped to an 18-5
record thus far and could be the
Tigers' stumbling block if Ard-
more isn't the team that has
captured eight of 11 overall
' starts and two of four outings
against powerful Boomer Con-
ference teams
Calera's top - seeded Bulldogs
defending champions squeezed
into the semifinals Thursday to
feature first round play but Joe
Laughlin's methodical crew had
an extremely close fit before
finally downing Madill 44 - 40
As late as 90 seconds left in the
game Madill trailed by only one
point but could never slip into
the lead
The other class A winners
Thursday were Hartshorne which
staged somewhat of a surprise in
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ARDMORE VALL1SNT
Player Po Player
Larry Bahner F Jack Hedn
Charles Hays —F Toni McDougal
Ruddy Russell V Gwynn Slaton
Gene Gentry Clifton Haynie
Wallace Jones Bernie Baldwin
TIPOFF: 7 pm Southeastern gym
at Durant
ey"osewsots"stoketsoWtosse""ov
thumping Durant 48 - 45 and
Pauls Valley which sailed past
Atoka 60-53
Hartshorne meets towering Del
City No 2-seeded at 6 pm to-
day just prior to the Ardmore-
Valliant clash Calera is idle un-
til Saturday morning at 9:30
when it meets fourth-seeded Pauls
Valley Ardmore by winning to-
night could qualify for a 10:45
semifinal scrap Saturday Finals
will be unreeled at 8:15 pm
Saturday with the class B title
game at 7 The class C and BB
finals will be played Saturday
afternoon beginning at 2 pm
Plainview Gene Autry and
Graham three of Carter County's
best barged into the quarter-
final round of their respective
classes with impressive victories
yesterday
Plainview at first drew a bye
but an opponent was finally se-
cured in Olney and coach Del-
bert Cox' Indians turned the
game into a 60-26 cakewalk Gene
ALtry clipped Kemp 48-29 and
Graham bashed Boswell 59-34
Other area winners Thursday
included Dickson and Rexroat in
class BB Sulphur and Wilson in
class B and Courtney in class C
Dickson staged a mild surprise
in upending Fort Towson 44-42
Sulphur routed Antlers 52 - 40
Wilson toppled Caddo 53-48 and
Courtney raced past Moyers 55-
22
Getting back to the Tigers
coach Williams will take a 13-
man traveling squad to the Du-
rant tourney
He'll bank on his usual start-
ing five of Buddy Russell at cen-
ter Larry Bahner and Charles
Hays at forwards and Wallace
Jones and Gene Gentry at guards
Reserves ready for service if
needed are Sherrod Pittman John
Bradley Jess Dunning and Tom
Ed James
Russell a 6-4 long shot spe-
cialist takes a 17-point average
into the tourney while Bahner
a standout in this meet for the
past two years possesses a 13-
point mark
The Tigers won't have any
edge over Valliant in the height
department For coach Jerry
Hall's Bulldogs have a 6-4 center
in Gwynn Slaton and a pair of
6-2 forwards In Jack Hedn and
Tom McDougal Clifton Haynie
and Bernie Baldwin form a set
of excellent guards O D Slaton
a 6-5 lad usually sees lots of
service
Hedn Slaton and McDougal all
carr: double-figured scoring av-
erages for the Bulldogs
Regardless of how the Tigers
fare in this tournament the big
games lie ahead next week when
they tackle one of the state's top
ckss AA powers Shawnee here
Tuesday night
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The Schedule
CLASS
(Ihmsdav's Results)
Calera 44 Istadi li 40
Paula Valley 60 Atoka 53
Hartshorne 48 Durant 45
(Today' s Schedilie)
6 AO p m--Del City vs Hartshorne
SSC gym
7:00 pm—Ardmore V Valliant SSO
gym
(Saturday's Schedule)
03(1 a Ill—Calera vs Paula Valley
SSC ItYni
10!45 a in—Ardmore-Valliant winner
vs Del City-Haltshorne winner SSC
gym
815 p In—Championship game SSC
gym
CLASS B
(Thursday's Results)
Coalgate 40 Broken Bcw 39
Rattan 48 Colbert 44
Bokchito 55 Quinton 28
Sulphur 52 Antlers 40
Wilson 53 Caddo 48
Wright city 70 Bennington 42
Velma-Alma 50 Achille 42
Bray 55 Kingston 49
(To(Uy's Schedule)
2:00 pm—Corilgate vs Rattan DMS
gyin
3:00 p rn—Bokchito vs Sulphur IDRS
gym
COO pm—Wilson vs Wright City
DHS gym
6:30 pm—Bray vs Velma-Alma DRS
gym
(Saturday's Schedule)
9:30 atm—Upper bracket semifinals
DHS gym
1045 am—Lower bracket semifinals
DHS gYm
7:00 pm—Championship gams SSO
gym
CLASS BR
(Thursday's Results)
Plainview eo Olney 26
Rekroat 51 Utica 42
Graham 59 Boswell 34
Haworth 48 Blue 20
Tit Aka 55 Zane is 23
Dickson 44 Ft Towson 42
Klowa 86 Dougherty 25
Grant 55 Thackerville 53
(Today's Schedule)
10:00 am—Grant vs Kiows SSO
gym
1100 a m—Tushka vs Dickson SSC
gym
1:00 pm—Plainview vs Rekroat SSG
gym
2:00 pm—Graham vs Haworth SSO
gym
800 pm—Lower bracket semifinals
SSC gym
900 pm—Upper bracket semilinalL
SSC gym
(Saturday's Schedu)e)
3:15 pm—Championship game SSC
gym
CLASS C
(Thursday's Results)
Heuer le 47 Burneyville 39
Stringtown 39 Mead 28
Gene Autry 48 Kemp 29
Caney 59 01Tell Ville 28
Yuba 57 Leon 51
Nida 65 Good land 48
Cobh 41 Meadowbrook 32
Courtney 55 Moyers 22
(Today's Schedule)
9:00 am--Kenefic vs Stringtown
DliS gym
10:00 a m—Caney vs Gene Autry
DRS gym
1100 a m--Yuba vs Hid& DHS gym
1:00 p m—Courtney vs Cobb DHS
gym
745 p tn—Upper brarket semifinals
DHS gym
gmo p mo—Low er braeket semifinals
MIS gym
(Saturday's Schedule)
2 00 p m—Championsblp game SSC(
gym
OU Mat Squad
Downs Wyoming
LATIAM1E Wyo (t1m — The'Unl-
versity of Oklahoma wrestling
team won its second match in
two nights whipping Wyoming 25-
3
The Sooners racked up two pins
and five decisions against the Cow-
boys with only OU's Paul Aub-
rey 137-pounder dropping a 9-7
derision to Stan Wintermote
Oklahoma meets Colorado A&M
at Fort Collins tonight then tack-
les Colorado at Boulder tomorrow
Ace Soph Leaves
Pokes' Cage Squad
STILLWATER r — Travis Sla-
ton 6-foot-812-inch sophomore cen-
ter on the Oklahoma A&M bas-
ketball team withdrew from school
yesterday
Slaton a high school all-America
had passed the required num-
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having trouble keeping his scho-
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