Purdue Thrashes St Josephs as Keller Leads with 26
Purdue rolled to a 98-65 win over St Joseph's of Indiana led by rookie Bill Keller with 26 points. Henry Ebhershoff added 19 as Purdue boosted the Big Ten edge to 24-15 and prepared for a weekend slate including Wisconsin, Washington at Purdue, Drake at Iowa, and Indiana vs Loyola Chicago.
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Dallas and Boston Vie for Final Pro Football Titles
Dallas and Boston edge toward clinching the remaining NFL AFL berths in the final weekend. The AP picks both leagues to crown their champions on Jan. 1 with multiple Dec clashes highlighted and key matchups featuring Dallas, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Green Bay, and Miami shaping the title picture.
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Minnesota hunters see 20 percent gain in opening pheasant season
Minnesota Conservation Dept reports 1,368 pheasant hunters across opening weekend, averaging 1.5 birds per hunter in main pheasant range. Saturday yielded about 1 bird per hunter, Sunday 0.6, with broad gains over 1965 and more hunters in the field.
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Austin Swimmers Face Stiff Test Against Edina in Dual Meet
The undefeated Austin High boys swim team hosts No. 1 Edina at the YMCA Pool in a key Saturday dual. Mankato arrives to join for a double dual, with Edina aiming for state honors while Austin looks for an upset.
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Blue Devils face Concordia in key SMJCC clash
Austin State Junior College aims to finish 14-4 in SMJCC play with a win over Concordia at Austin High Gym. Concordia sits 4-1 in league and 5-2 overall as ASJC, 3-4, seeks upset to keep title hopes alive amid two earlier losses to Bethany and Rochester.
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ASJC Scoring Marth May Pick Guard Partner
ASJC may pair Marth with a running mate at guard while Jim Mittan counters with Wayne Lerud Don Hanson Dan Carroll Jim Carothers and Jim Bratvord in the Blue Devils matchup. Lerud leads scoring at 35.3 while Concordia plans to clamped Lerud and exploit Hanson Bratvold and Carroll. This will be the final action until Jan 7 at Mason City JC.
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Wayne Lerud
Don Hanson
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Jim Carothers
Jim Bratvord
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Hawks Upset Celtics 116-114 in NBA Battle
In Providence Rhode Island Richie Guerin scored the last basket to lift the St Louis Hawks to a 116-114 win over the Boston Celtics. Guerin, the Hawks Player Coach, edged Celtics Player Coach Bill Russell in a late duel. The victory marked the Hawks second win in five meetings this season and left Boston 44 games behind Philadelphia in the Eastern Division.
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R.I
YMCA Nips Moose in City Cage Loop
The YMCA basketball team defeated the Moose 69-55 to join defending champion Thorp Loan atop the Aus tin City Men's Basketball League with a 1-0 record. Bill Wriggle scored 23 and Don Shirk 13 for YMCA while Phil Bundy and Dick Leimbeck had 14 and 10 for the Moose.
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Phil Bundy
Dick Leimbeck
Pacelli Star Mike Lobb Honored On Prep Parade Team
Pacelli center Mike Lobb was named to the weekly WCCO Prep Parade All-State Team of the Week in Minneapolis. The 6-foot-4 senior leads the Shamrocks with scoring and leadership as he aims for two weekend victories. Jed Dommeyer of Northfield earned Coach of the Week. Pete Galuska and Eric Bungaard also named.
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Rochester JC routs Bethany to stay unbeaten in SMJCC
Rochester JC remains alone in first place after a 123 to 99 win over Mankato Bethany. Bob Gorham and Mike Savoy scored 32 each to pace the Yellowjackets who extended their SMJCC streak to four and overall streak to seven. Dick Busch led Bethany with 33 points. Bethany slips to 5-1 in the conference and 7-3 overall.
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Anoka-Ramsey JC
Willmar JC
Bowling Top Five From Local Leagues
Top scorers across several leagues include G Wilmert 594 in Echo Lanes Senior, P Modderman 592 in Moose No 2, R Rockwell 605 in Moose No 1, S Dodds 445 in Debutantes, and D Lorimer 609 leading VFW. Other strong names appear in YMCA Women’s Church and Hiway 218 League with scores ranging from high 560s to 609.
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J. Riles
P. McGraw
M. Schupp
Ladies Auxiliary
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C. Miller
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C. Torgrimson
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J. Clark
VFW
Detroit Red Wings blank Bruins 4-0 in NHL showdown
Detroit enjoyed a homecoming edition as Gordie Howe starred alongside Andy Bathgate and Roger Crozier posting a shutout. The Red Wings defeated Boston 4-0 in the lone NHL game of the night with Crozier again flawless in net.
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Boston
Changes Pile Up On Vikings Final Lineup For Chicago Game
Minnesota coach Norm Van Brocklin converts two injuries into lineup changes for the season finale at Chicago. Purdue rookie Jerry Shay replaces Gary Larsen at defensive tackle and Tom Hall takes Jim Phillips’s flanker spot as Larsen dislocates a toe and Phillips suffers a shoulder separation. The Vikings list 19th and 20th players out this season. General manager Jim Finks says trades are possible including quarterback moves as Minnesota eyes future depth. Chicago Bears show interest in a Vikings backup QB, possibly Ron Vander Kelen, with Minnesota weighing options to improve the club.
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