A Glance at Holt County Sports
The Week in Pictures
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A LOOSE ItALL ON THE FLOOR sends Chambers and St. Mary’s
players scrambling for possession. Despite Chambers best efforts,
tlie St. Mary’s crew racked up a 53-38 victory to earn them third
place honors at the tournament. Cal Peter and Jim Spitzenberger
I<mI the Cardinals anil Darrel Elkins was high point man for Cham
bers.
All-County Team
Tourney Scenes
Trophy Winners
Golden Gloves
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THE O’NEILL HIGH EAGLES downed a hustling Page quintet
B5-60 Friday evening to win first place honors in the 24th annual
Holt County Tournament. Playing without the services of Gene Har
vey, who received an injured wrist and hand in the St. Mary-Page
game, the Page crew displayed an abundance of hustle and deter
ruination to crowd the Eagles through the entire game. O’Neill’s Rich
Hill led the O’Neill boys with 21 points followed by John Kurtz with
16. Fred Cronk led the losers’ scoring attack with 21 points followed
by Rod Kennedy with 15. This Is the first time that the O’Neill high
Eagles have taken championship honors since 1953. The O’Neill high
team Ls shown here receiving their first place trophy from Marvin
Miller.
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HOLLAND CLOSSON OF O’NEILL drives Mark Kube of Nor
folk into the ropes in a semi-final bout fought Tuesday evening at
the Golden Gloves in Norfolk. Closson, who weighed in at 127, went
on to win the match in first night bouts. The win entitled Closson
to a match with Henry Stevens of Sioux City in the finals held Wednes
day evening. Stevens decisioned Bill Koenig of Norfolk to win his
• '■rth in the finals. He is also one of the fighters who participated
/ t:ie j,re-golden gloves bouts held earlier in O’Neill.
JERRY DEXTER (34) OF O’NEILL gets a firm grip on the
ball as Fred Cronk (30) Loren Boelter (22) and Jon Cork (23) of
Page look for a chance to grab it. Page was able to stay within a
few points of O’Neill during the final game but were unable to take
the lead.
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ELEVEN PLAYERS WERE NAMED to the All Holt County
Team named Friday evening at the Holt eounty tourney. The team
members were chosen by the coaches and represent the best in in
dividual talent and team play displayed throughout the tournament.
There was a three way tie for ninth and tenth positions so all eleven
players received recognition. Named were: Fred Cronk, Page senior;
Post Office Authorizes Release of
Conservation Stamp February 3
The United States Postal De
partment has authorized the re
lease of the third commemorative
conservation stamp.
The 4-cent stamp, printed In
three colors, will be issued
February 2 at the American
Society of Range Manage
ment’s annual meeting at Salt
Lake City, Utah. The stamp
will go on sale at the post of
fice here the following day.
The stamp is in two parts. One
part is a reproduction of the
famous drawing, ‘'‘Trail Boss,”
by Charles Russell, the dis
tinguished artist of western life.
The other part shows a modern
range conservation scene.
The new stamp, symbolizes the
development of range conserva
tion from the pioneer days of the
open range to today’s scientific
tnanagement techniques.
The first commemorative con
servation stamp was one on Soil
Conservation issued at the Soil
Conservation Society of
America’s annual metting at
Rapid City in late August of 1959.
The second was a Water conser
vation stamp issued at the
National Watershed Congress in
Washington, D. C., in April I960.
Ira Moss, local Postmaster
stated that about 1,000 stamps
would be on hand at the post of
fice and that if any group wishes
to make sizeable purchases of
this stamp, requests should be
made to the Post Office as soon
as possible
Bowling Results
Men’s League
Streamline League W L
Pfister Hybrids 6 3
Page Oilers 5 4
Peppetruppers 5 4
Redibird Warriors 5 4
Methodist Men 5 4
Dankerts Warrengas 5 4
Bowes Seal Fast 4 5
Fehrs Trac. & Eqpt 1 8
High Scores: Bud Krugman
218 and 571; Dankert Warrengas,
836 and 2421.
Round-LIn League W L
Ye Olde Farmers 8 4
Prouty’s Cagers 7 5
Haymakers 7 . 5
K of C Red 7 5
Bazelman’s Service 6 6
Deloit Farmers 5 7
J. C. Maybees 5 7
Blue Chips 3 9
High Scores: Harry Spall, 216;
F. Gilg, 569; Bazelman’s Ser
vice, 2457; Deloit Farmers, 849.
Varsity League W L
Dick’s Bar 10 5
Johnson Jewelry 10 5
Old Home Bread 9 6
Drayton Elevator 9 6
O’Neill Cleaners 7 8
Hamm’s 5 10
Shelhamer’s Oil 5 10
Dodd’s Oil - 5 10
High Scores: Loren Wilson,
249; Ben Hanlon, 566; O’Neil]
Cleaners, 939 and 2553.
Classic League W L
Legion Gold 37 26
K of C Green 36 27
TenPin Lanes 36 27
VFW Post 926 31 32
Ideal Cleaners 28 35
Cudahy Hams 21 42
High Scores: Levi Fuller, 205;
Don McKamy, 531; Legion Gold,
866 and 2344.
Shamrock League W L
Shonka Agency 60 24
Van Vleck Motors 48 36
Scovies Western Auto 43 41
Fanners Store 42 42
O’Neill National Bank 40 44
Virg Laursen Ins. 38 46
O’Neill Lockers 37 47
Atkinson Teachers 34 50
High Scores: Ralph Larson,
221 and 557; Virg Laursen Ins.,
842; Shonka Agency, 2407.
Beef League W L
Wick’s Body Shop 34 26
Sam’s Bar 33 27
New Deal Oil 32 28
Mac’s Bar 31 29
Page Oil Co. 31 29
Earley Oil Co. 29 31
O’Neill Auto Supply 28 32
Foree Tire & Supply 22 38
High Scores: Jack Everitt, 231
and 594; New Deal Oil, 918 and
2641.
Chumps League W L
Pinkerman’s TV 8 1
KBRX 6 3
Court House 5 4
Coast to Coast 5 4
Meadow Gold 4 5
Ewing Conoco 3 6
Diamonds 3 6
Gambles 2 7
High Scores: George Fuller and
Rex W. Wilson, 213; Rex W. Wil
son, 547; Coast to Coast, 844 and
2402.
Women’s League
Booster League W L
Caterpillars 40 20
Dick’s Bar 36 24
O’Neill Auto Supply 30 30
J. M. McDonald 30 30
Town House 27 33
Hunt’s Plumbing 26% 33%
Nite Owls 25% 34%
Ten Pin Lanes 25 35
High Scores: Jo Ann Wecker,
204; Bernice Harrington, 496;
Town House , 773; Caterpillars,
2129.
Strikettes League W L
Pinkerman’s TV 40 23
The Toppers 39 24
Page Oil 31 32
Coca Cola 31 32
Gillespies 31 32
Checkerboards 29 34
Seven Up 26 37
Candy Bill’s Cafe 25 38
High Scores: Virginia Tomlin
son, 207; Phyllis Linder, 503;
Pinkerman’s TV 707 and 2036.
Majorette League W L
L & R Cafe 39% 23%
Orchard Implement 36 27
Ed Thorin Auctioneer 35 28
Melcinas 33 30
First National Bank 29 34
Lucky Strikes 28 35
Pin Pals 26 37
Harry R. Smith 25% 37%
High Scores: Beulah Berney,
185 and 507; Lucky Strikes, 714;
Ed Thorin Auctioneer, 1961.
Chambers Cagers Place
In Two Tournaments
CHAMBERS—The high school
basketball team fared well in re
cent tournaments held in the
county.
In the Sandhills Gateway tour
ney, the Chambers team placed
second, and in the Holt county
tournament, they placed fourth.
Dennis Iekes, Page senior; Ron Selimeichel, O’Neill high senior;
Dale Adams, Chambers junior; Jerry Dexter, O’Neill high senior;
John Kurtz, O’Neill high senior; Cal Peters, St. Mary’s junior; Keith
Kivett, Inman senior; Rleh Hill, O’Neill high sophomore; Larry
Swanson, Chambers senior and Jim Johnson, Atkinson high junior.
Old Timers Baseball Association
To Hold Annual Meeting at Wayne
Eight Teams Entered in
Spencer Town Tourney
The Spencer town team Tourna
ment Will be held Sunday, Mon
day and Wednesday at Spencer.
Teams entered are Winner, O’
Neill, Lynch, O’Neill All Stars,
Orchard, Page, Spencer and Lake
Andes.1
All teams entered will see ac
tion Sunday beginning with the
Winner-O’Neill game at 2:30 pm.
Ainsworth Nips
O'Neill Eagles
84-82 Tuesday
The O'Neill Eagles received
their second set-back of the sea
son Tuesday night when they
were downed fay the “Fighting
Bulldogs’’ of Ainsworth 84-82.
The Eagles got off to a quick
eleven point lead in the opening
minutes of play but then watched
Ainsworth pull up the slack and
take the lead midway through
the second quarter. The bulldogs
led at half time 44-38.
High scorer for the Eagles was
Ron Schmeichel with 25 points.
The 5’ 11” senior hit 9 of 10 shots
from the floor and connected on
5 free throws besides recieving 2
points scored by an opposing
player at the wrong basket, be
cause he was high scoring game
captain. Jerry Dexter followed
with 18 points and Rich Hill hit
for 15 for the losers.
Four of the Bulldogs scored in
double figures with Morgan and
Jacobs leading the way with 20
and 19 points respectively.
O’Neill’s next game will be this
Friday night when they play host
to Pierce. The Eagles record now
stands at 10 wins and 2 loses.
Deloit News
By Mrs. H. Reimer
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Stearns
vsited their daughter, Madine, in
Lincoln Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harpster
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer
were guests Sunday evening at
the Glenn Harpster home in hon
or of Mrs. Fred Harpster’s birth
day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bartak of
Deloit, Mrs. Alice Lodge, Mrs.
Vonie Paul of Elgin and Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Lodge of Petersburg
attended the funeral for Mrs.
Lodge’s sister, Mrs. Jim Feehan,
Saturday in Grand Island.
Bill Virdon, Pittsburg Pirates
flashy centerfielder, will be the
principal speaker at the Old Tim
ers Baseball Association meeting
at the Wayne City Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, Jan. 25 at 8
o’clock. Virdon was one of the
Pirates’ World Series stars. His
timely hitting and sensational
fielding figured prominently in his
team’s victory over the New
York Yankees. He should have
many interesting stories to tell
you about the World Series.
Vern Hoscheit, president of the
Three I League, will be toast
master. Vern reached the high
minors in the Yankee farm sys
tem and at one time caught for
the Norfolk State League. He is
the son of Walt Hoscheit of West
Point.
Richie Ashburn, Tilden's major
league star now with the Chicago
Cubs, will also be present and
will be called on for a few re
marks. Joe McDermott, Yankee
scout, and Bill Kimball, Wjflfe Sox
soojt of Sioux City, are also ex
pected to be present.
Six old time ball players of
Northeast Nebraska will be
honored at this meeting. Thoee
honored last year were: Perry
Dunnaway, Plain view: '* Fred
Forsberg, Wlnnetoon; Vgp/feu
da, Verdlgre; Martin L. Ringer
, Wayne and Frank Malone, Mad
ison.
The program committee, C. B.
Misfeldt and Leo Jordon, has
completed arrangements for some
excellent entertainment. Lunch
will be available for those who
desire it and free refreshments.
The meeting will be open4© the
public. Old time ball players are
especially invited to attend »nH
enjoy meeting up with those asso
ciated with the game “» their
day”. ./ <»(
Present officers are: Judge
Lyle Jackson, Neligh, president;
Ervin Kamrath, Madison, vice
president, and Norris Weible,
Wayne, secretary-treasurer.
1961 officers who will be install
ed at the Jan. 25 meeting are:
Ervin Kamrath, president; Leo
Jordan, Carroll, vice-president,
and Norris Weible, secretary
treasurer.
St. Mary's Cards Win
Over Greeley 63-48
O’Neill St. Mary’s traveled to
Greeley Tuesday night and came
home with a 63-48 victory over
Sacred Heart
Greeley contested the game
pretty closely until the last quar
ter when the Cardinals poured in
the points. Jerry Gokie’s 19 points
was high for St. Mary's, Mud
loff was next with 14, Donohoe
had 13, and Spitzenberger came
up with 12.
Rodney Kennedy and Gene Harvey, co-eaptains for the Page Eagles, accepted the second place
trophy on behalf of the Page team Friday evening.