Climactic clashes loom in final college football weekend
USC battles Notre Dame in Los Angeles in a climactic showdown as the Rose Bowl berth is on the line. Army faces Navy in Philadelphia with Kennedy to attend the coin toss. Mississippi and Alabama eye Sugar and Orange Bowls while Oklahoma plays for pride and bowl scouting targets loom for several teams.
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Fighting Irish
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Joe Kuharich
South Bend
Los Angeles
Kennedy
CBS
Army
Paul Dietzel
Navy
Mississippi State
Auburn
Oklahoma State
Wrestling begins at Bennington and Hoosick Falls High
In a season focusing on basketball, Bennington High and Hoosick Falls will start amateur wrestling next week. Coaches Art Gage and Mike Angelo share Ithaca College ties and aim to show wrestling as skill and strength, not spectacle, tracing its ancient roots to 5,000 years ago. The piece notes diverse rule styles from Greco Roman to catch as catch can, and contrasts scholastic wrestling with pro spectacle.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y. Central
Gorgeous George
Art Gage
Bendi
Mike Angelo
Ithaca College
Bagdad
Europe
Frank Gotch
George Hackenschmidt
Grid Giants Need Victory To Win Title
The Giants travel to Chicago to meet the Bears needing one win in their final three games to claim the NFL Eastern Conference championship for a second straight year. Green Bay leads the West. Detroit and Cleveland loom as challengers while other league matchups and picks are noted.
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New York Giants
Chicago Bears
Chicago
Giants
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay
Detroit Lions
New York
Cleveland
Packers
Baltimore Colts
Famed Sportsmen To Be Honored At Lodge Night
Boston ap Cassius Clay the heavyweight known for his outspoken stance will be honored December 9 at the ninth annual B nai B rith Sports Lodge night. He joins a group of sports greats including Stan Musial Bob Cousy and Milt Schmidt.
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Boston
Cassius Clay
Clay
Archie Moore
Stan Musial
Bob Cousy
Milt Schmidt
Holy Cross and Boston College Race to Close 1962 Football Season
In Newton Massachusetts two high profile quarterbacks Pat McCarthy and Jack Concannon face off as Holy Cross and Boston College meet for the 59th time. McCarthy leads in total offense while Concannon trails in yards. Receivers Al Snyder Art Graham Tom Hennessey and Jim Whalen figure prominently as BC is a slight favorite and the game is televised in Boston and Worcester. A Crusader win would tie the series at 28 apiece with three ties in the past.
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Donnelly Memorial Theater
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YMCA Hockey Training Set in Bennington
Preliminary plans for basic ice hockey instruction were debated at a YMCA program committee meeting in Bennington. Programs will cover skating, stick handling and team play for ages 8 to 18 under Donald A. Colby, with details to be discussed on Dec. 5.
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YMCA
Donald A. Colby
Ruth Harding
Scalper Chooses Fine Over Jail in World Series Ticket Case
A New York shoe salesman charged with scalping World Series tickets faced a choice between a $50 fine or five days in jail. He paid the fine after a detective and a policewoman posing as newlyweds trapped the man in a hotel lobby.
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New York
Final Deer Kill Tops Record in Vermont Season
Vermont's 1962 deer season ended with a 12,369 tally, beating the previous state mark by 1,002 after a 16 day hunt. County totals include Addison 653 Bennington 812 Caledonia 685 Chittenden 331 Franklin 252 Grand Isle 12 Lamoille 478 Orleans 348 Rutland 1,48 Washington 1,199 Windham 1,319 Windsor Zil.
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Fisev
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Lamoille
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Rut
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Windham
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Army Navy clash seen as unpredictable classic
Sophomores like Roger Staubach and John Seymour loom large as Army and Navy meet in Philadelphia for the 63rd Army Navy game. The contest attracts 101000 spectators and CBS TV with Kennedy watching as Navy seeks a fourth straight win against Army amid sharp coaching rivals and strong sophomore class. Navy (4-5) offense faces Army (6-3) defense in a high stakes rivalry with unclear outcome.
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Philadelphia
Roger Staubach
John Seymour
Kennedy
Philadelphia Stadium
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BCHS Saber Hoop Prospects Look Bright For 1962-63
BCHS basketball coach Frank Bizzarro treks a veteran squad with three seniors and a strong supporting cast as the Sabers prepare for a challenging independent schedule. Key players include Galipeau Allard Bushee Deery Kennedy Morrissey and Lemieux with Caron as a promising freshman. The team employs a 1-2-2 defense and a shuffle offense aiming for balance and quick transitions amid a tough Bennington rivalry.
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Frank Bizzarro
Fred Bushee
Craig Galipeau
George
Gigi) Allard
Pete le Nieux
Joe Deery
Bizzarro
John Griffin
Tubby Keith
Tony Pello
George Allard
Perry Snyder
Gerry Morrissey
Joe Kennedy
Mike Woodward
Pete Lemieux
Tommy Caron
Dartmouth Opens 1963 Football Schedule Against Bucknell
Dartmouth unveils its nine game 1963 slate with Bucknell replacing Massachusetts as the season opener. The Indians, coming off an unbeaten 1962 campaign, play Penn Brown Holy Cross Harvard Yale Columbia Cornell and Princeton with several away dates.
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N.H
Dartmouth
Bucknell
University of Massachusetts
Penn
Brown
Holy Cross
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Princeton
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