Predictions and resolutions for sports and schools
Spotlight by Jim Zentmeyer makes bold year end forecasts for Cincinnati Ohio State and New York Yankees with notes on Reds Ohio University and other area teams. It mixes humor with sports wishes and local college calls.
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Cincinnati
Ohio State
Yankees
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Reds
Gene Freese
Frank Robinson
Ohio University
Bob Wren
Kermit Blosser
Bill Hess
Dave Robinson
Katie Hess
Jim Snyder
Charlie McAfee
Athens High
Bobby Littler
Don Finsterwald
American Legion
Athens
Urbana
Middletown
Dayton
Chaminade
Tax Issue Clears Fight for Liston Patterson Rematch
Promoter Tom Bolan says the government approved a settlement of tax claims from the September Chicago bout in which Sonny Liston defeated Floyd Patterson. He cites this as a major factor for a rematch and notes Las Vegas or Baltimore as likely sites, with Miami a distant possibility. The story mentions an unrelated line about home electrical motors.
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New York
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Tom Bolan
Chicago
Liston
Bolan
Las Vegas
Baltimore
Miami
Wisconsin Eleven Slight Favorite In Rose Bowl
The American Basketball League suspended operations mid second season citing skimpy attendance and receipts. Commissioner Abe Saperstein announced that no club was operating in the black, signaling widespread financial trouble across the league.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
American Basketball League
Abe Saperstein
Saperstein Seeks Freeze On ABL After Weekend Talks
The ABL faces immediate suspension as Saperstein and club directors discuss player contracts and futures. Kan sas City Steers owner Ken Krueger vows reorganization with possible resumption in four to five days, while Saperstein warns of weak attendance and looming losses. The six team league, founded two years ago, anticipated games to March 17 1963 with average operating costs near 250000 per season.
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Kansas City
California
Long Beach
Oakland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Ken Krueger
Steers
ABL
Krueger
Saperstein
Attorney General Drops Suit on Reds Sale
Cincinnati Attorney General Mark McElroy dismissed his bid to cancel the Cincinnati Reds sale to William C. DeWitt after DeWitt pledged to keep the club in Cincinnati for at least ten years. The agreement adds four Cincinnatians to the board, adds $350,000 to debt, and amends debenture clauses.
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Bill DeWitt
Reds
Cincinnati
P— Atty
Mark McElroy
Cincinnati Reds
William C. DeWitt
Court of Common Court Pleas
Frank M. Gusweiler
DeWitt
Powel Crosley Jr
Crosley Foundation
McElroy
Prep Cage Schedule Friday and Saturday
Athens County games include Segal Jackson at Nelsonville Pomeroy at Middleport Athens Wellston at Gallipolis Albany at Rome Canaan Ames Bern at York Carthage Troy at The Plains Trimble at Chauncey Dover Waterloo at Shade Southern Valley Egger Creek at Coalton Eastern at Hannan Trace Other games North Gallia at Hamden Rutland at Wilton Racine at Wahama Laurelville at Centralin overtown at Glouster SEOAL Middleport at Logan Saturday.
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Neil
Spike) Thomas
Doyg Perry
Bowling Green
Big Ten
Ron Fenik
McArthur
Doc Schooler
Green and White Boosters Club
Ohio University
John Havlicek
Floyd Patterson
Butch Grover
Albany
the Plains
Athens
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Ben Wagner
Hocking Valley Association
Erich Gustavson
Athens High
L. J. Hartin
St. Louis Cardinals
Frank Eschelman
Middleport High
Vinnie Jukes
Archie Greer
Bill Priddy
Racine
Butch Davis
Southeastern Ohio Athletic League
Jackson
Jack Nicklaus
Vern Alden
Myron Hutcheson
Gussie White
Bob Wren
D.U
Jamestown
Wellston
New Marshfield
Coolville
Pts
Opp
North Gallia
Hamden
Wahama
Pt. Pleasant
Logan
York
Ames-Bern
Cart
Tro
Southwestern
Stern
Trimble
Glouster
Allensville
Furnace
Pomeroy
Zaleski
Coalton
Belpre
Middleport
Rutland
Chaun-Dover
Laurelville
Waterloo
Shade
Gallipolis
Rome-Canaan
Han.Trace
Kgger Creek
Chesterhill Wilton
Friday Segal Jackson
Athens County
Rome
Canaan
Ames
Bern
Carthage
Troy
Chauncey-Dover
Wilton
Centralin
Overtown
Oak Hill
Fastern
Stockport
Hannean-Trace
Hannan, W. Va
Kingston
Berne Union
Union Furnace
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons Still Active at 88 in Florida
The veteran trainer Jimmy Fitzsimmons at 88 remains deeply involved in his Florida stable with 44 horses at Hialeah and plans for the Jasmine Stakes on Jan 23. He recalls a lifetime in racing, including six Belmonts and Nashua’s 1955 season, while aided by his sons John and James and a large family network.
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Aqueduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Hialeah
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Miami
Hialeah T
Schuylerville
Gallant Fox
Omaha
Johnstown
Belair Stud
William Woodward
Nashua
Swaps
Chicago
Mr. Fitz
Nation's Top Teams Battle Today
The 1962 New Year bowl lineup features USC, Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and Mississippi versus Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl, with Texas facing LSU in the Cotton Bowl and Alabama meeting Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Attendance is expected near 330,000 across the four games with roughly 100,000 in Pasadena.
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Associated Press
NBC
New Orleans
Mississippi
Arkansas
Dallas
Texas
Lousiana State
CBS
Miami
Alabama
Oklahoma
ABC
Trojan
Pete Beathard
Bill Nelson
Hal Bedsole
Willie Brown
USC
Badgers
Ron VanderKelen
Lou Holland
Pat Richter
Trojans
Damon Bame
Rebels
Parkers
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