The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 46, Ed. 2 Friday, February 22, 1957 Page: 6 of 12
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FRIDAY, FEIRUARY U. 195?
Deweyvilie Tips Fannett
Fcr District 71-B Title
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Bv JILL DUNN
FANNETT (Spl) -* The Dewey,
vilie High School Pirates are Dis-
trict 71-B basketball champibns for
the first time in over 15 pears.
Emmett Hippier plunked in two
house shots with exactly 30 sec-
onds remaining in a deadlocked
46-46 game to give the Pirates a
48-46 decision oveh the> Fannett
Falcons here last night in the sec-
ond of a three-game series to set-
tle the 71-B basketball throne.
Coach-Jessie Rowland's Pirates
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took a one-game lead in the series
on their home court last Thursday
night In a 60^-46 contest, then nail-.
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ed down the crown on Fannett's
hardwoods last night.
The Pirates .will launch theiT-
Fight for a seat in the state tourna- *
ment when they clash with Bar-.,
HOT MOMENTS IN DEWEYVILLE-FANNETT SERIES' P”°'° * ** ”*nu,h
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Little Cypress Evens
District Cage Series
LITTLE CYPRESS (Spl)—Coach Jackie Bond’s Little
Cypress High School Bears, shooting fo.r the first district
championship in the history of the local school, evened
the tHree-game series for--the Distridf 23-A basketball
’■ throne here last night. %
V The Bruins shelled East Chambers Buccaneers of Win*
nie-Stowell in a thrill-pack-
e<i 67-54 contest that kept
local title hopes alive.
girls’ division will be played next
Thursday night on a neutral court.
East Chambers won the series
The Little'Cypress -girl. ffiLSSJSS
also squared the playoffs at chambers girls also won on their
lh with East Chamber* by claim- home court on that night by
ing a1 "hard-fought 60-5.5 decision $5-84.
Jn the Curtain raiser last night. !' Coach Bond's Bears spared to an
The Bears and Bucs will collide early lead last night and were nev
in Beaumont’s MacArthur gymna-ier headed: They gained a 25-11
sium tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the iead in the initial stanza, then held
•"rubber” game to settle the dis- a 33-23 Wad at the half,
trict title. Thr third game in the
ber’s Hilli in a bi-district contest
Two Players Are flattened in Fight for Free Ball
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next Tuesday night in Sour Lake,;
a neutral court. This will be a
single elimination affair.
The Sties and Falcons battled to
an 8-8 draw tn the opening quar-
ter of last night’s game, then Fan-
Lake Still Has Untouched Waters Schedule Set
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Bv EARL GOLDING
Waco Tribune-Herald *
rkind of conversation pops up. • .man,
In fact, Robb tells ’em, there's! Hood and his wife.
Lamar's Golf
is almost a heaven^on earth. BEAUMONT (Spl) - A
Associated Press some water-on the big lake which!among the best-known bass teams sc^u*e ca,'MR 101 14 l*"al
The Bears pulled the cork in the
third frame, pumping in 24 points
against 14 for the visitors, then
! used reserve players through most
nf the final go-round to breeze
home with the 13-point' victory'.
Big Joe Gonzales, (op point-
maker for Little Cypress this
season, took high scoring honors
8d« | for the night. He pitched in 33
points, including IS field goals
was second high
n^n<fl!n?if in^h»^«ecr!mf oanjl Written for The wwcuin rress some wmerun ine Dig ume wmui,among me oest-nnown uass leiuns, wvrn tniirmtnixntt fnr the --------V" *’
eaTaiMd a. the half DALLAS <AP)-Lake Whitney-is has never had a plug dropped in oa Whitney, and very few pebple! “ wTSrSliSTSiammm ,md 7 h®“«e.*hols-
40-34 lead at the three - quarter from Dallas who is about as good etrated it enough to plug it . . . the Hoods catch more bass than n\] dfinl ^H-mSirh tpj-nrd ,at? Bubba DeVIHier led die Burs
**“1 * business, just grins when this, Untouched water! to a fisher-’“rSig fish business is old 1 were
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mark. -
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In the fourth quarter on
Bickham's scoring spree, coupled
with a tight Pirate defense.
It was a regular tug-of-war for
the lead from then on, and with
exactly 30 seconds remaining, the
teams were squared off at 46-all.
Tense Moments
It was then that Hippier' was
fouled. It was a tense and decisive
moment, but the determined Hip-
pier sank both of the house shots,
earning Dewey vilie two point-
triumph and the district champion- ,
shipc ' .
Bickham's setting kept Dewev-
Viile in the game during the second
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NEWS ABOUT
BOATS AND
FISHING
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{•people take their plugging as s«ri-!after their secom| du’al’ match"vic-ifor *eir "championship fora" in
ously. . . 2 !tory of the current season Monday laW n'8bt*si.vRal game.-piaye<l i)e
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When Roff was discharged from when they visit Centenaty Co'le'te ‘ore an overflow crowd of sped a
war service, he decided he was at. Shreveport, La. Tech'beat the! tor* from throughout this area
jway behind on,his fishing.' He and Gents, 6-0, here last Monday. The girls’ game was equally at
Marie took out for Florida. At (he sarae llwe; Dr Hlfley re- ck,w' ‘ .*
For a solid year, they fished.; vealed that the 1957 N.A.I.A. tour- Erst Chambers drove to a 21-
People around he St. .Johns River; naments in both tennis and golf « lead in the first quarter, but
always'referred to Hood as “the’wilt be held at Lamar Tech Jut*1 Little Cypress was In command
fishingest Texan in the world." 10 to 12. Tech was picked as host at the half, 28-27. The locals
How did Roff pay for the ven- for the tourneys Tn December, but. Were still out fruntr 38-36, at die
By BOB McHUGH 'lure? dates Were not set until this week.! threo-qunrtcr mark, but with ex-
Blows have blowtt fishing right out the window'. Everv* ^'sb f°r boss Cae. day," The N.A.I.A. represents 425 col- actly two minulcs to go, East
Of. KUBffiSXB * when and to«.h. wui. frankly, £5*” ^
last two quarters. Jerry Meades we haven, t dabbled 'a line in the water in almost a year what little jsxpehses we had. It the last two N.A.I.A. team and The, Little Cypress girls... rallied
|-carii£d.4he load in the first half,' #. but we’ll say this: Watch the winds . . . when thev go, worked fine." , individual titfR in addition to their jn those* remaining seconds to
rs TLukrs s dtjz ~•.......■' r - e-ssa-s
Redd With 5, Joe Wood with 3 and ™ld'™ ^ csPeclall> in ; „ Pa,
R Davis with 2 Sabine Laker" . .. CHICAGO BOAT SHOW - Pat
iamo^erTh^st^S’d S ^ Border Olympic? JS u'pmnJr MarglPBrown‘^s sec
Few Wee-endf nn« 'h,., , !nt.e"?“ee*a‘« ond with 17 and Barbara Duhor
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Vidor Kid Loop
Plans Outlined
Th. Sabine River “L* « » W.
the worlds largest boating, "V1,11 ac^uamte.i xutn j,eld in Beaumont, on May 10-: m minM
^m^rm Toxoma, aml|Tech ha* vvon four straight LSCitor* w,th 30 v°'nt^
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— -— —te»ew Photo 1st Bob McHagli
BALL FLOATS HIGH INTO THE AIR
JJeweyvilfe, Fannett Players in Scramble
mg anglers more trouble. It ered
SSS1C4S \vf°!!ier ‘?jd 7lj ,,e h^v^rl^niuionyyjiy ^'t^es’ fi^ %U^ oftomo^nShtTgami
J pTans>clwater fo-_ catfish usually is Collier,said cae interesting note IfAMinfl I w J r£*h U davVb the girls’ division. The bi-dis
ssfife- sz ^coringieaaers s s a % s
VKtor Optimist Club during a regular trotlines. trend in leisure time boating habits - *' — - a"e 21 bC<m set ** yet
session in tlie Vidor Subcourt- - ithroughoqt the nation, along with
SABINE LAKE — Rains* wind*.the style in boats.
house.
Orangefield Girls Set
Rubber Game Tonight
'dent
put.
Scoring Leaders
See Big Chance fc
By ASSOCIATED PRESS I La
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ers of teams. Last year, sponsors being caught, but a few days o(; ,ier «nttaued. "Families need ttg- ^rom thejr three closest rivaU Irt
were assessed S300 ‘each for priv- calm, warm weather should better P‘er b^«s ^lth mpre accommoda- t;1e race for the national major
ilege of.sponsorship. This vear, the conditions considerably. tioiw. doesn t mean the small*.jndividuaj basketball scor-
LittLe League will ask 8275 from Sysan, .who keeps a got-i watch'®1" bf?f.tmeb have been forgotten. in(,
new sponsors and $175 from sec- on Sabine Lake from Rob Bailey's Fatlljt,es for (this typo of boats-j, Wallace, leading with an avee-
ond-year sponsors. Fish Camp, said only a few per- men werejvell represented at the "VaoU Ss a game le^s
ORANGEFIELD jSpl) - Coach Gilbert Grant’s Orangefield Le^fSoartS* di^tor^ ho « S*1"^ ** ***"** '** *'—* 8° ^ ^mecocks against unbeaten
HlRh £h ClMh With «^rUb^r’’ Tiv(* « these f^res with the She reported, however, that Mr. Jerks Will Settle Chapel* HilL N. t
gana, of .the Uvree-game Ui wtlie coam- thc^ght in mind of buildin* a re- and Mrs. F A. Barker and Mrs. ^enes V¥lll .d€f»ie - ’ ’
plotJSWD tooiibt in Beaumonts MacArthur gymnasium. 'Tipoff Mn-e .fund.- 77*0 fund is design^. J. Cormier caught four nice MAI A Tourit«w
" ST 1 » ttke care of unufual expense. druyn. averaging from four to eight 1 OUrney Ipwf
The il-B foes are even m the senes. Orangefield won the that may be encountered and to pounds each, and Red Martin and ABILENE (AP) - A
Mac ARTHUR
£KU'?f,<UH*KOtf £vott tAtSeowt
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i®> PULCHRITUDE
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opening series game in Hamshire
last/Friday nigbi, then Hafmhire
evened the series at 1-1 in the
Orangefield gym Tuesday night.
The winners of tonight's games
automatically will lay full claim to
the 71-B throne and earn a seat
Mauriceville
Banquet Set
MAURICEVILLE (Sp!)
. - - , R. 3-game
provide new uniforms as they are Joe GlideWell boated thfee reds series to decide'the District 8 rep-
ne#ded without asking sponsors for and two flounder, ail good size. resentative in the NAIA Basket-
additional monies. —— ‘ ball Tournament at Kansas City
Rav Pace. Optimist president, DEWEYVILLE—Claud Villemez will open here, Feb. 28 with Way-
said the dab wlil consider at the of Deweyville, who keeps up with land College battling Abilene
next Optimist board of directors thgjjhanges in the Sabine-Rivpr as Christian College
The meeting the matter of sponsoring regular as a mother chaneing diap-!_Waytand.
4»«^4he4eignriRm^TsrT5er^ reports that the river is too be seeking its' third trip to the
the 72-B rhamnirmA Co.eh r.nn A -IL “ honc-red today at 7 p.m. era! feel mg of members present muddy and rising too fast for good national tournament in four vears.
I!d the bi S ™ £ ",th B *upper ,n the *ch00’ gymna- thaL th,e °P‘imists wer® cer. filing. Abilene Christian is champion of
' 1 . r L A® S1UJP- u‘a t0 one club. At the peak of the V.se, however, the Gulf Coast Conference
ah v^n Kountze Tht SS’wBnt m ‘" ^ Tr? P Gr°Ver Mi,!pr' league Dlaver fishinp usual,y imPrn es- but much The teams plav the second game
he’d meuher r ^ Mauriceville Basketball Club com- agent, reported to the Optimists depends on how muddy the water at Plainview March 4 and t h c
I :1 1^ h-’ .L n,f mothers of, ,eam mem" th-at '***• ‘•“Routs were about »• Backwater fishing under pres- third, if needed
win oe a suaoen death affair., bers. Players who plan to attend complete at the Optimal recrea- ent conditions is the best recoin- March 5.
Bi-district champs, of course, are Ruby Cooper, Ada Marie ton park, with the exception of
will win a trip to the .state tourna- Bazetnore, Deris Linscomb, Nita protective screening. The1 screens
ment in Austin. Dunn. Chariots Cooper, Pat Fred- are to be installed at the next
Close Games erick. Juanita Burton, Frances league work parts .
Both of the senes games oe tween S*' Caro1^ (K^°[pan of[ered' ha!p to
rano*»f*nA u«..« Bro^TT, Mir^irct SiTTirnons and th<* club^ in the installation of eight
SOUR/
SIREN
FIRST FEATURE STARTS 6:SO SM I
1_ No. 1--No. 2
at Plainview
Mario MacDanald
"SATAN IN
SKIRTS"
Demaref Has Combined Qualities
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Orangefield is the def e n <fl n e ,w- »rV n,n, c,aK1®a™‘ m.em* sports yet not be an attraction un-!other terrific Texans of golL Ben,
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loo,! p|,y 4X7 h 125 . ...... . “MW.hlS m™, w. „y
that four-year period
compiled a 125-9 record
they
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• ; managers are Linda B.ibo chosen resUurant. All members of golf.
, a*.a and Johnny Peveto. Supt. D. Swm- may bring a guest. Pace stressed Jimmie is
nave ney Gray and Coach Verlon Bob- that informal attire will
bitt also will attend the banquet
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off on another win-{it’s 46. Demaret mav be playing
, , , ® he worn ning binge. It comes at a time hia best golf yet. It happened be-
py t>otn members and guests. -. when the fellows he started win-' cause he found, after 20 years,
that he hadn't been hitting the ball
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solidly enough and he worked but
a way to accomplish that.
"I enjoy playing more than
ever,” he said at the Texas Open
at San Antonio where he was con-
tinuing the good golf that had
brought him victory in the Thun-
derbtrd at Palm Springs and has
given him a scoring average of
88.8. He's been out of the sixties
on only three rounds in 13 played
• on the winter tour.
; Demaret * golf career has been
long and eventful—and remunera-
tive He recall! that he played in
• hia first tournament in 19i5
1 he was a caddie. It was the T(
Open and a friend. Frank
! suggested that he enter instead
carrying a golf bag. In fact, Bobo
said he’d carry Jimmie's bag.
entry fee ami
played. He doesn’t re-
what he shot but he
the money
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 46, Ed. 2 Friday, February 22, 1957, newspaper, February 22, 1957; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558672/m1/6/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.