Roosevelt and Six Other Indiana Teams Enter Final Weeks With Hot Streaks
The Indiana high school basketball race tightens as Roosevelt leads the unbeaten pack with 20 straight wins, while Shelbyville Fort Wayne Catholic Hammond Noll Washington Michigan City and Bedford ride 11 to 13 game streaks. Columbus visits Southport in a key Friday clash as Lafayette hosts New Castle and Michigan City travels to East Chicago Washington. Marion County champion North Central seeks a big win over Marion to boost its state profile.
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Soviet Educator Confirms Third Year Peak For Men Athletes
MOSCOW AP says Valentina Shaposhnikova of Leningrad reports to Tass that top male athletes peak in their third year of life while women excel in even years. She notes sports success often aligns with birth days and cites a physiological basis.
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Beamon Sets Indoor Long Jump Record at NAIA Meet
Bobby Beamon, Texas-El Paso sophomore from Jamaica, NY, jumped 27 feet 1 inch to break the NAIA indoor long jump record, surpassing Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 27-0 mark. Beamon fouled on two jumps after his record leap and credited tiredness from a prior LA flight, while competing against Ralph Boston in a strong field.
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Pont Last To Learn He's Coach Of Year
AP News features sports writer Frank Eck details how Indiana coach John Pont was unaware he would win the Coach of the Year award at the AFCA banquet in New York. An eight district group had been briefed earlier, and Pont learned of the honor only hours before the press announcement while trying to arrange a morning with his wife.
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Yastrzemski Named Pro Athlete of the Year for 1967
Carl Yastrzemski won the 1967 Professional Athlete of the Year award, collecting 96 first place votes and 370 points to edge Bart Starr and Jack Nicklaus. The Boston star led the Red Sox to the pennant with a .326 average, 44 home runs, 121 RBIs, and top AL marks in hits, runs, total bases, runs scored, and slugging percentage.
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Big Ten Teams Draw Best Crowds at NCAA Convention
Attendance reports from the 62nd NCAA Convention show that three Big Ten teams drew the top football crowds on three weekends from Sept. 23 to Nov. 25. Michigan State Michigan and Ohio State led the lists with Michigan and Michigan State posting a peak crowd of 103210 on Oct. 14.
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Evansville routs DePauw 92 75 in ICC clash
Evansville overcame a tight first half to defeat DePauw 92-75 in Indiana Collegiate Conference play. Roger Miller led Evansville with 17 points as the Aces moved to 14-2 overall and 4-1 in the ICC. Tom McGurk added 25 and Tom McCormick 20 for DePauw.
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