Ohio State Named 1968 Intercollegiate Football Champion
New York UPI reports Ohio State finished 9-0 earning the national title as Southern California and Notre Dame battled to a 21-21 tie on television. Rex Kern led a high scoring offense while Buckeyes defense allowed under 15 points per game.
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Dave Foley
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Dirk Worden
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Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
New Mexico
Villanova
Cincinnati
Rick Mount
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Florida
California
Boston Passes Opening Round in Draft Folly
SAN FRANCISCO UP I Boston Red Sox pass on drafting during the annual baseball draft with a full roster. GM Dick OConnell says no one worthy was available. Boston loses catcher Russ Nixon to Chicago and outfielder Bob Mitchell to New York. Seattle’s Marvin Milkes denies trading catcher Chico Salmon.
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Chico Salmon
Marvin Milkes
Milkes
UCLA Tops Preseason College Basketball Poll
The United Press International preseason rating has UCLA as the No. 1 team led by Lew Alcindor and Curtis Rowe. North Carolina is second after UCLA’s 68-1 run, with Kentucky, Notre Dame, and Kansas rounding out the top five. Houston and others follow with Cincinnati at 10th.
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New Mexico State
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Florida
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Lasalle
Marquette
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
College Basketball Scores From Various Games
Vermont beat Dartmouth 64 to 63 while Castleton edged Hawthorne 49 to 44 in a slate of college men’s basketball results. Other notable scores include Fordham 81 Roanoke 68 in regulation, and Texas 67 Mississippi 63.
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YMCA Industrial Loop Opens 1968 69 Basketball Season
Eight teams enter the YMCA Industrial Basketball League as play begins Wednesday and Thursday at the former Bennington High gym. Defending Independents are out, making the race wide open with Union-Carbide, Prince's, and St. Joseph College entries leading the field. December through January schedules list games at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., with officials including league president Dick Dane and vice president Harold Waters.
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Cage Action
Bennington Ymca Industrial Basketball League
Bennington High School
East Main Street
Union - Carbide
Princé’s Five
St. Joseph Business College
Manchester
Vermont Steak House
Salem’s
Star Electric
St. Joseph
Bendi
Dick Dane
Harold ‘Chubby’ Waters
Loomis Dana
Steak House
Carbide
St. Joe’s Independents
Prince’s
Manchesster
St. Joe’s
Pitchers Paradise May Fade Into Oblivion
San Francisco UPI report says baseball officials aim to curb pitcher dominance by lowering mound height to eight inches and narrowing the strike zone to pits arm pits to knee top. Changes await playing rules committee approval amid winter meetings.
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UPI
Paul Richards
Atlanta
Clyde King
Harry Dalton
Baltimore Orioles
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General Managers Committee
John Holland
Chicago Cubs
William D. Eckert
New Schedule Set For Aging Slugger Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants manager Clyde King plans a schedule to keep Willie Mays at peak for each game. King envisions Mays as an instructor or consultant while balancing the hall of fame outfielder’s input with team needs. He notes the club has big talent and aims to prove the Giants can win.
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