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ol By DICK COLLINS Peunpa stditor THERE MAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION the few days about San and Midland moving from the Southwestern League to the Big State League, a move which would no doubt help the latter circuit. Both leagues are of classification. The South western League, of which Pampa is a member, now has 10 members and it is reported that all of them may be ready to go next season, The Big State League, of the oldest circuits in Texas, now has six members. Hal former tporte editor niAMftng editor of the AM. Reporter Newt and now president of MM Mid dny that any talk of SMI Angela Midland moving from the Southwestern League Big State WEM "premature." Sayles went on to say that the possibility had only been discussed very informally.

He also itated that the Big State wai not trying to raid the Southwestern League or any other league. He did the possibility of a re-alignment in order to give each league the tame number of Chances are that it will work out the same way with San Angelo and Midland going to the Big State. But It will have to have the okay of the Southwestern loop fore anything "can be done. would like to make the change on a friendly The Big State going ahead with a fix-team schedule at the present. The Southwestern League meeting ftctiMluled for early next month and at that.time each club In the ID-team loop must ctato whether or not It to remain a member.

Hie Pampa, Community Baieball Asaectatlon plant to meet shortly before me 'gathering and decide about fu- 48th Year hire. Everything, In doubt. at present, THE HARLEM GLOBETROT- are coming back to Pampa this year. The Trotters and their touring show always delights millions every year and It's a pleasure to have thefn here. Of course it won't be their No.

1 unit but they will still have some fine players and moat of them are just as comical the top The game is slated for Jan. 10 in Harvester Flcldhoujia and being House of David quintet. Among attraetl6ns will a ta ble tennis trick rope a untcyclltt And a Juggler for halftlma show. wtH Mta through all Friday; It shouM be a really worth Melng. THE LONG PLANNED match between Gary Wllhelm and Manny of Amarillo I scheduled for Friday night Ama rillo.

two 'had been earlier and now it's an almoit ccr tainty. Both fighters brothers of who art among th PanhandU't top mlttmcn. Gary I brother of Bobby Wllhelm, a Hamilton Trophy winner and several a champion in Amarillo rtglonal Golden Gloves Manny is younger brother of Peres df Amarillo, a former champion. The two younger fighters top drawing cards, just Ilka their Bobby and fought four times and Gary and Manny will likely mett again In regional in February. The WIBietm Pera mateh will be one about to held at the Amarillo Youth Center Friday night.

Beveral ether Pampa OptimlH Club win alee make the trip. Then en Saturday, Pampa flghta at THE PAMPA DAILY NEWS THURSDAY, DEC. 27 1956 Giants, Bears Pace All-Pro Team. NFL Champions Clash Sunday For Crown NEW YORK New York Giants and Chicago Bears who clash Sunday for National Football League championship, today filled nine of the 22 positions on the United Press All- Star professional team. New York, the Eastern Division champion, captured five berths.

The Bears, who won the Western crown, from the Detroit Lions In their final regular season game Dec. 18, placed four men on the mythical two-platoon team. Detroit, 'which was in 'first place Packers each placed two men on the team while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles each won one berth. The Los Angeles Rams, Cleve- viand Browns, Baltimore Colts and San Francisco Forty-Nlners failed to land a man on the first team. The Giants placed halfback Frank Glfford and tackle Roosevelt Brown on the offensive pit- toon and end Andy Robust elll, tackle Roosevelt Grier and halfback Emlen Tunnell on the defensive unit.

i End Harlon Hill, guard Stan Jones and fullback Rick Casares on offense and middle guard Bill United Press All-Pro Teams BOBBY LAYNE until it dropped a 39-21 decision to the Bears in that bitterly-contested -game, won five berths In voting by 28 sports writers covered the campaign in the var lous league cities. I The Chicago Cardinals, Wash Ington and Green Bay Offensive Hill, Bears (20) Howton, Packers (13) Creekmur, Lions (11) Brown, Giants (11) Jones, Bears (10) Stanfel, Redskins (10) Ane, Lions (7) QB Layne, Lions (14) HB Gtfford, Giants (19) HB Matcon, Cards (20) FB Casares, Bears Defensive Robustelll, Giants (15) Brtto, Redskins (12) Grier, Giants (9) Stautnet, Steelers (8) MG George, Bears (7) LB Schmidt, Lions (13) LB Bednarik, Eagles (8) HB Tunnell, Giants (12) HG Lane, Cards (8) Christiansen, Lions (18) Dillon, Packers (7) Klwanli Club, will play an equally famous team, the beard- by the The Globetrotters ALTHOUGH TUB CLASSIFIED advertisements are on another page, i would like to take advantage of thle apace to place a per- notice. I'm planning on attending the Cotton Bowl game In Dallaa next week and I'd like to find a ride with someone or find someone that would like to drive down with me. I plan to go Monday In order to attend the Texas Sports Association annual meeting. End of Advertisement.

Australia Retains Davis Cup From US By LEO H. PETERSKN United Press Sports Editor ADELAIDE, Australia Mighty Ausstes Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall started poorly and then crushed America's age-and-youth team of Vic Seixan and Sam Gl- ammalva, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 today to retain the Davis Cup, symbol of world tennis supremacy. The triumph in doubles while a crowd of 18,000 applauded in hot, sunny weather gave Australia an Pampa Fighters To Compete In Amariilo, Borger Bouts Pampa Optimist Boxing Club scheduled two this week in preparation for District Golden Gloves Tournament next month. The Pampa team will enter the at Amarillo Friday night In the youth center. will at I p.m.

Two AntarUto Pampa, Guymon, Border and Plalnvlew entered. Pampa will send approximately 11 to the although officials may not to get fights for them all. An estimated 15 scheduled. Highlight of the matches will a 133-pound bout between Gary Wllhelm of Pampa and Amarlllo's Manny Perez. Both arc younger brothers of former Golden Glove.i champions, Bobby Wilhelm and Perez.

Admission will $1.00 for acute, 75 cents for general admission and 35 cents for children. Officials will be Dean Webb, Mai Appllng, Joe Jones and a 11 Pu.Th. Pampa team competes against the Borger Optimist and Jaycuo boxing teams at Borger Saturday night. Matches will begin around 7:30 p.m. Borgtr from collegi expected to fight.

They Scoottr Dardan, Tedder and Argovlti. Gary Wilhelm Is tentatively againit Darden. Pampa coaches will almost who fought In Lubbock and last The card, with aa MttmaM 19 will IMM at Arena. Ring Magazine Awards Machen Midwestern Cage Coach Quits Post WICHITA FALLS, Tex. Basketball Coach Dallas Clynch, a former star quarterback at Midwestern University, resigned his coaching job Wednesday for "per sonal reasons." Dennis Vinzant, assistant foot ball coach until football was elim- Inated from the school's athletic program two weeks ago, was named acting head basketball coach.

Clynch had been head coach at Midwestern since 1932. He had a 2-T record going into the Elk tournament' in Dallas beginning today. Faculty athletic committee members will meet next week and it was expected that Vinzant would be a leading contender for permanent post, Clynch quarterbacked the In dlans' football teams during the 7 through 1949 seasons, a period when the team had its most successful football record. Midwestern, formerly known as Hardln College, stepped up from a junior college to a full four-year school in 1945. University officials said the lack of local support was NEW YORK (UP) Heavyweight Eddie Machen of Redding, muscular and explosive, was named most progressive" fighter of year today by Ring Magazine, Unbeaten Machen was selected for honor In he stretched winning string straight, including 14 In second knockouts.

ut a fourth- ranked McDonald Guides North To 17-7 Win Over South MIAMI Jumping Tommy McDonald showed 39,111 in the Bowl Wednesday night why an All-America led North to a 1T-7 victory over South in the annual college all-star football classic. McDonald set up one touchdown with a pass and led the on an 86-yard In closing converted. of the game which was turned Into a 13-yard field goal by Michigan quarterback Jim Maddock. Sports chose McDonald as the North team's most valuable player. A similar award for Dixie honors went to Forest fullback Bill Barnes.

Rotunno grabbed a fumble on the South 25 to set up the first score in the second period. Michigan State Juiltback Dennis (The Menace) ran to 19 from where Purdue -quarterback Len Dawson hit Michigan State end Jim Hints- ly in end Dawson made the first of his two conversions. The North scored again later when Wisconsin end Dave Howard covered a bobble by Barneg. Trapped, on a reverse at midfield, McDonald leaped and threw Meftdyk on a that covered If yWH. Frem there, Oklahoma's Harris tossed IndUm end Bob for touchdown.

The South averted a shutout in the third period, going In after Florida half' back Simpson intercepted a by Sonny Jurgcnsen flipped a fourth down, pass to MlMlselppl half, back Ed Crawford for the score, Mississippi fullback Cothrtn main reason football In their two weeks ago. they dropped announcement unbeatable 3-0 lead in the best-of- flve series and made Friday's final two singles matches meaning- ess. Immediately after the crushing, defeat, U. S. team Captain Billy Talbert announced that he prob- ibly will give Up that post.

He said retirement would be for business" reasons, but admitted that America's 'future cup hopes are "not too rosy." Off Form Talbert and his game Yanks gave It all they had in today's finale, but they simply weren't good enough to handle blond Hoad and dark-haired Rosewall. The 22- year-old Glammalva of Hoston, playing in a Davis Cup chal- enge round for the ftrat time, played his best game ever but the 33-year-old of Philadelphia was obviously off form. Rosewall, too, was sub-par but after the first set, that didn't matter because Hoad was at his brilliant booming over a cannonball service the Yanks couldn't handle, hitting pinpoint and making "impossible" After a 1-1 In the first set, Seixas and Giammalva got hot and ripped off six straight games while the crowd in the four steep grandstands of Memorial Drive Stadium sat stunned. In Vain But that was it for the Americans, except for game, vain efforts In the third, anl fourth sets. The Aussies whizzed through the second set on a six-game and then came to the verge of victory by breaking Seixas' service in the ninth game of the fourth set when Vic netted two lobs.

Hoad last game for the Aussies. Biammalva saved the first point on a brilliant save, but the Aussies and it wag staved off disaster for a second by taking the next point on a brilliant back hand, but then Rosewall clipped a return past the two Yanks and tha cup belonged to Australia for the sixth time in the last seven years took next three match point. Seixas George on defense were the Bears who won berths en first team. Detroit placej quarterback Bobby Layne, tackle Lou Creekmur and center Charlie Ane on the offensive unit and linebacker Joe Schmidt and Jack Christiansen on the defensive platoon. Halfback Ollle Mat on of the Cardinals, Bill Howton of Green Bay and guard Dick Stanfel of Washington rounded out the offensive eleven.

The others who won places on the defensive Unit were end Gene Brito of Washington, tackle Ernie Stautner of Pittsburgh, linebacker Chuck Bednarik of Philadelphia, halfback Dick Lane of the Cardinals and safetyman Bobby Dillon of Green Bay. HARLON HILL Titlist SMU Plays TCU In Opener By JOHN COLTON United Press Sports Writer HOUSTON '(UP) Defending champion Southern Methodist took on Texas to open the sixth Southwest Conference with of OBSTACLE COURSE Tommy Murray, Pampa Harvester basketball player, goes through a tough ball-handling obstacle drill in a practice session at the fieldhouse. The plastic glasses enable players to keep their eyes off the movement of the ball, allowing for better ball handling and control. The Harvesters meet the Wichita Falls Coyotes here Friday and Saturday nights at 8. They will be after their 12th and 13th consecutive victories.

(News Photo) Kansas Displays Balance By Edging By Iowa State INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Northern Nat. Gas won 4, Moose won 0. won 4, Cities Service won 0. College Basket-ball Scores College BasUcHbiill By UNITED PRESS East Holiday Festival Quarter-Finals Brig. Young 89 St.

Johns (NY) IS Dick Ohio State 64 Temple 63 Manhattan 95 Niagara 79 By FRED DOWN United Press Writer First-ranked Kansas retained its unbeaten college basketball status today because it hag a good little man to.go with its great big one. The "little, fellow," by modern o.ourt standards, is 6-3 Gene Elstun, who sank a 12-foot jump shot with six seconds left to give Kansas a 58-57 victory over Iowa State Wednesday night and answer the question which has haunted Coach Notre 72 New York U. 71 South Magnolia Tournament First Round all Elstun had 12 points for Kansas while Gary Thompson tallied 17 and Vogt connected for 16 for Iowa State. Chamberlain was thor oughly frustrated on offense but grabbed 21 rebounds. It was the first loss for Iowa State, ranked ninth with Oklahoma A by the U.P.

Board of Coaches. Oklahoma, connecting on 29 of 40 free throws, defeated llth, ranked Kansas State, 67-64, in the opener of the Big Seven tourney. season: Can Kan- center Joe King tallied 19 points Panhandle Packing won 4, Cabot 0 won 0 S.Eastern La. 84 Memphis S.W. 64 I Mississippi Coll.

82 Howard 79 Tin Shop won 0. won 3ft, Northern Nat. Hoover won 1. Gate Valve Shop won 3, Schlum- won 1. High Team Gate Valve Shop 2,392.

High Team Game; Gate Shop 822. High Individual Colling 569. High Individual Gamei Collins 301. 67 Midwest Big Tournament First Round Oklahoma 67 Kansas State 64 Kansas 58 Iowa State 57 Midwest Tournament First Round Muskingum 100 Lawrence Tech 85 sas win on a night when seven- Mot Wilt Chamberlain is stopped? Elstun's "clutch goal" made the answer a ringing "yes" because big Chamberlain was good. Triple-teamed by 6-8 center for Oklahoma while Bob Boozer made a league-record 15 free throws and scored 27 points for Kansas State.

The tournament Missouri Nebraska Fraley Picks Bowl Winners For Jan. 1 By OSCAR FRALEY United Sports Writer NEW YORK final follies of 1956 to give you the football bowl I never thought you'd have enough money to last out the year. Rose Bowl Iowa over Oregon a guy could get highly technical about multiple fractured offenses and compound felonious defenses. That way, everybody would get mad at everybody else, nobody would understand what 'anybody else was talking about and they'd still have 'the Rose Bowl parade anyhow. To sum it up, just happen to like Iowa.

Cotton Bowl Syracuse over is a case of when an orange is not an orange and will it pack more safely in cotton. Syracuse, for some daffy reason nicknamed the "Orange," was squashed thoroughly in the 1953 Orange Bowl. But exhaustive research has shown that Horned Frogs (TCU, yuk-yuk) do not thrive on orange peels like Florida cattle. Now can you give me a better reason for picking Syracuse? Sugar Bowl Tennessee over always kept her mad money the sugar bowl, but that ain't the reason. Remember Davey Crockett was a volunteer.

And remember what old Davey did to that thar b'ar in Tennessee. Let 'em carry Bowie knives in the second half and I don't see how Tennessee can lose. Orange Bowl Clemson over Colorado. The Buffaloes picked up a lot of support when they did just that to mighty Oklahoma for the first half. Then the roof caved now the come tumbling down, From a technical standpoint, each team will field 11 men.

ketball tourney today best chance, on paper, ing on top three clays hence. But the Rice Owls, with a 8-3 won-lost record, and Texas, with a 5-2 mark, were poised to test SMU's 7-1 prestige and bid win the crown fcr a third time. SMU was tournament victor -in 1952, 1954 and 1955. Rice, in its last four games; beat Oregon and Oregon State but lost to Stanford and Oklahoma. Texas, expected survive p.m.

tilt with Arkansas meet Rice Friday, beat ma 68-62. Expected to Beat Baylor Rice was expected to dispose -af low-rated Baylor (2-6) in the final game at 9 o'clock tonight. Today's 7:30 p.m. game pitted guest team Navy, with a 5-1 pre-season record, against Texas (3-6). All seven SWC teams, plus Navy, play a game a day in three days and nights of competition, affording fans the opportunity to size up the impending SWC double round robin title race.

Rice, which won the tournament in 1953, sports the tallest rebound pair in the tournament in six-foot, 10-inch Temple Tucker, a junior standout, and six-foot, nine Tommy Robitaille, an ace at board fighting. Rice has averaged only 69.1 points per game but has held opponents to 65.3. High Scoring Average SMU sports an 87.8 scoring average and a 65.9 defensive record, with veteran big Jim Krebs taking the best individual sccriiig the tourney. Raymond Downs of Texas follows Krebs at 23.9 points per game and TCU's Rick O'Neal, shooting for his third all-tourney selection, a 20.8 mark. flT OVIE5 I I I I I Pitt Gator Bowl over Georgia Tech- continues tonight with meeting Colorado and Don Medsker and forwards John playing Michigan State.

Crawford and Chuck Vogt, Cham berlain was limited to three field noi.am was alumni" ot New York City a goals and made only six of 13 free throws for 12 points 23 below his average per game for Kansas' first six games. Kansas, favored to win the Big Seven Tournament at Kansas City, led 28-27 at halftime and the lead changed hands eight times during the second half. Iowa State Indiana St. 89 Georgetown (Ky) 80 led, 55-54, with 3:30 to go and went ahead, 57-56, with 13 seconds remaining. UCLA 72 St.

Louis 68 Notre Dame gave its "subway thrill when Bob Devine's layup with two seconds left provided the Irish with a 72-71 win over New York University in the Holiday Festival Tournament. Notre Dame The into victory sent the semi-finals undoubtedly, earns me the acco- llade as the idiot of the week. But I like my lines big, rough and armor-plated. That's Pitt. Sun Bowl Texas Western over George will be a tremendous encounter between two always-dangerous adversaries.

How is that? Tangerine Bowl Mississippi Southern over West Texas I like tangerines. And where else can you start the year with seven straight losers? arenas DIAL MO A 8761 OPEN FRI, "A 'LAWLESS snmr A1KUA UMSIUlf along with Manhattan, Ohio State and Brigham Young. Sinks Niagara was Notre Dame's 18th victory in the rivalry. Manhattan went on a 60-per cent BOWL ROUNDUP Manhattan Guard Tom Deluca sank two first-half shooting- spree that free throws to put NYU ahead, Niagara, 95-79; Ohio State 71-70, with 52 seconds left but he Mental Block May Stop Horned Frogs then was called for travelling and the Irish passed down-court to Dei vine for the wlnnng basket. It fought off a late Temple rally for a 64-63 win, and Tom Steinke scored 30 points to lead Brigham Young to an 89-75 triumph over St.

of New York. EDITORS NOTE: ThU It the of on the In the mtjor football bowl Br ED KITE United Writer FORT WORTH, Texas Christian's biggest handicap against Syracuse in 21st Cotton Bowl game New Year 1 Martin had his defending South' west Conference champions "high" early in the season and they were playing like supercharged touchdown machines as they ground under the opposition. Lost Big One Then "big one," the showdown with Texas A4M. TCU outplayed the Aggies except for about three minutes when the Day may be mental than pulled themselves together 'and marched for touchdown and several working a Christian victory over and All-America halfback Jimmy Brown. la way, (, form ot "itnior- ttis," although Coach Abf Mfrtln players oversold on thtmsflvts, to Miami and Texas Tech and looked lethargic in doing so.

They pulled themselves together briefly to nose out Baylor 7-6 In a game that ultimately got them into the Cotton Bowl. On top of this, there was a tendency among the Horned Frogs to second rate Syracuse as a bowl Wineburg, to hog the glory with long touchdown rung and when the defense leaked hardly at all. So unless Martin can find the psychological answer between now and New Year's Day, TCU may be in for its sixth straight bowl ga.ma setback and Syracuse will be able to atone somewhat lor the' foe after Navy failed to accept the 61-6 shellacking it absorbed from; bid- Alabama in the 1953 Orange Bowl. a victory. The "old 1 squad never recovered from that heartbreaker.

They felt tht pic- turts of the game showed they PrecUlon-Uke Peak These angel3 have Martin wor- ried tries 'to pep up the on the TCU i team to the precision like peak at which it operated in- the Lions Sign Parker DETROIT, Lions Coach Raymond K. (Budd) Park- year when Chuck Curtis was fak- nio3t successful coach in De- Ing and passing almost flawlessly, Uroit history, gained another vie- flcitls didn't allow. They proceeded to drop woa with touchdown the of-'All-America, Jim Swlnk was ing and blocking perfectly to gamesjlow bis halfback teammate, two-year contract. itory Wednesday when got club's board of directors, to give UNEQUALED OPPORTUNITY In fabulous new field with amazing, revolutionary, new invention. There is absolutely nothing like it on the market.

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