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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1968

Page

9

St Peter's Stuns Duke In NIT Quarterfinals

St Peter's, the 24-2 underdogs from New Jersey, crushed top-seeded Duke 100-, delivering a ferocious performance led by Elnardo Webster who scored 21 in the first half. The Peacocks opened 15-3 and never looked back, advancing to the NIT semifinals as Dayton vs Fordham and Long Island University vs Notre Dame set the next matches.

Dayton Fordham Long Island U Notre Dame St. Peter’s Marshall Duke Peacocks New Jersey Elnardo Webster The

Grapefruit League Exhibition Baseball Games

Results from Monday include Pittsburgh 7 Detroit 2 and Cincinnati 5 New York 2. Houston edged Chicago 6 4 in 11 innings, St Louis defeated Philadelphia 8 7, and Mexico City Reds beat New York 5 3. Wednesday matchups list multiple interleague exhibitions across Florida and Arizona venues.

Pittsburgh Detroit Cincinnati New York Houston Chicago Baltimore St. Louis Philadelphia Mexico City Reds Denver New Orleans New Jersey Anaheim Oakland Kentucky Dallas Heousten

National College Basketball NIT Quarterfinals Result

Kansas defeated Villanova 55 to 49 in the NIT quarterfinals while St Peter's New Jersey posted a 100 to 71 win over Duke. NBA scores featured Philadelphia 158 over Los Angeles 128 and Detroit 88 over Seattle 82 with New York 123 over San Francisco 118.

New York Don Kennedy St. Peter’s Duke Kansas Jayhawks Kennedy Peacocks Blue Devils Kansas Villanova Jayhawks St. Peter's N. J Philadelphia Los Angeles Detroit Seattle San Francisco Cincinnati San Diego Chicago Baltimore Boston

Ohio University Wins Opener On Petitto's Ninth Inning Shot

In DUE WEST S C Ohio University beat Erskine College 5 to 2 as Jim Petitto, a 5 7 junior, belted a 365 foot homer in the top of the ninth after Ohio had taken a 3 0 lead earlier. Morlan earned the win for the Bobcats as Clauss finished. Ohio had seven hits to Erskine's five.

Due West S. C Jim Petitto Ohio University Erskine College Erksine Bobcats Erskine Ohio Bob Wren John Morgan Bill Clauss Bob Morgan Ron Morrison Clemson Wren Ed Robbins Morlan South Carolina Clauss Petitte Joe Yager Craig Shade Yager Ohio State Chillicothe Rich McKinney Mike Murphy McKinney Murphy Shade Dick Duncan Athens Wake Forest University Finley Golf Course Tarheels Greg Moore

NBA Playoffs Open Friday With Eastern and Western Matches

The NBA playoffs start Friday with Philadelphia versus New York in the East and St. Louis versus San Francisco in the West. If Detroit and Cincinnati require an extra game for the East fourth spot, it will be played Friday in Detroit. The second versus fourth seed series begins Sunday with Los Angeles facing Chicago in the West and Boston meeting the East winner. A note mentions a woodchuck retreat from Oct 1 to about April 1.

New York National Basketball Association Philadelphia St. Louis San Francisco Detroit Cincinnati Los Angeles Chicago Boston

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