Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 12, 1955

¶ Running well in front of all opposition, Ohio State's shifty Halfback Howard ("Hopalong") Cassady won the Heisman Memorial Trophy, awarded annually by Manhattan's Downtown Athletic Club to the "outstanding college football player in the United States."

¶ Suspended from amateur competition for accepting expense money in excess of A.A.U.-approved limits. America's best miler, Wes Santee, copped a plea by admitting his guilt and arguing that dozens of other track stars do the same thing. The Missouri Valley Association of the A.A.U. revoked the suspension, and the National A.A.U....

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