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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1963
Page
6
Cincinnati rides a 37 game winning streak and eyes the 60 straight mark set by San Francisco in 1955 56. The Bearcats sit atop the Missouri Valley Conference race with heavy Friday and Saturday tests ahead including Wichita State while probing national title and NCAA tournament implications.
In St. Petersburg Florida Marilynn Smith and Mickey Wright contest an 18 hole playoff for the top money at the St. Petersburg Women's Open. Wright, the Dallas favorite, shot a par 71 for 288 total to force the playoff. Smith led after three rounds but slipped to 73 on the final nine.
Princeton defeated Yale 61 to 58 while Brown edged Penn 61 to 59. Cornell beat Dartmouth 75 to 62 and St Bonaventure topped DePaul 71 to 67. Notre Dame fell to St John’s 57 to 52 as LaSalle beat Syracuse 74 to 66. Providence won 95 to 58 over Catholic University. Niagara won 81 to 74 over St Peter’s. Canisius 105 Manhattan 72. Pittsburgh 72 Westminster Pa. Penn State 79 Navy 67. Massachusetts 68 Rhode Island 65. Connecticut 55 65 Harvard 71 Columbia 50. Connecticut 89 Maine 61. Colgate 85 Buffalo 71. Fordham 71 Army 56. Duke 56 NC State. William & Mary 75 over Wake Forest 72. North Carolina over Auburn 70 67 in OT. Mississippi State 83 Tennessee 71. Vanderbilt 80 Tulane 69. LSU 58 Georgia Tech 54.
Area skiers invited to a Wednesday 7 45 p m gathering at the Prospect Mountain ski area lodge to form the Prospect Mountain Ski Club. The group aims to merge the Greater Bennington Ski Club junior program, build a race program, run a ski skate exchange, and cooperate with regional, national and international ski bodies. Officers will be nominated and elected, with programs and projects on the agenda.
Kentucky defeated Mississippi 75 69 and Miami Florida beat Louisville 94 84 Alabama edged Florida 75 74 Clemson won 62 60 over Maryland South Carolina fell 66 59 to Virginia Memphis State won 72 63 against Citadel Furman beat George Washington 82 100 Tampa 88 Marshall 100 88.
North Bennington High School closed its basketball season by routing Whitingham 112 49 to finish with a 13 5 record. The junior varsity game was closer with a 37 24 Governors win.
Bennington High travels to Brattleboro to close regular play with a 6 7 SVL record tied for fourth. Brattleboro beat Benhi 44 41 earlier season. Catamounts guard Ray Bueb and Gene Capen pace the Hornets. Leo Plante may return from hip injury for limited action.
The Vermont Head Masters Association announced seeds for southern and northern Class L tournaments and Class I. Bennington Catholic High School is seeded second in southern Class L to face Windsor in Brattleboro, while Springfield eyes third seed in Rutland. Bellows Falls and Mt. St. Joseph hold top and fourth seeds with Brattleboro and Otter Valley meeting later. In northern Class L Spaulding and Rice Memorial top the list with BFA drawing Otter Valley for third. Northfield and Bradford contest for fourth in the southern bracket at Hardwick. Pepples Academy Winooski and Marian High hold outright bids in northern L. A double playdown pits Randolph vs Sacred Heart and Waterbury vs Newport with winners to meet later.
Boston College and Harvard clash at Boston Garden as BC seeks to extend a seven game win streak while Harvard tightens the Ivy League lead. BC’s Leetch and Aiken combine for five points as Colby goalie Larry Lauer makes 41 saves in defeat.
The IOC executive board approved a charter to bar countries discriminating against foreign athletes for political racial or religious reasons. It follows protests over Indonesia Israel Nationalist China East Germany Yugoslav teams and moves to transfer events after bans and travel visa issues.
Arnold Palmer shares the lead with a rainstorm disrupting the 54 hole end of the Phoenix Open in Phoenix Arizona as players await weather relief. Palmer stands 13 under par 203, Gary Player close at 204 with Jack Nicklaus.
AP poll summary shows Cincinnati undefeated at 19-0 after 71-60 over Drake and 65-61 vs Bradley. Loyola Chicago 20-0 did not play. Duke 17-2 defeats Wake Forest 97-66 and NC State 56-55. Illinois 14-2 edges Indiana 104-101 and Michigan State 91-86. Arizona State 18-2 beats New Mexico State 89-69 and Arizona 73-54. Georgia Tech 17-3 tops William and Mary 50-49, then halves with Tulane 77-69 OT and LSU 56-54. Colorado 13-4 loses to Oklahoma State 52-49, then defeats Kansas 62-52. Mississippi State 16-4 beats Tulane 91-73 and Tennessee 83-59. Wichita 14-6 loses to St. Louis 68-61. Stanford 13-5 loses to Southern California 61-57, defeats UCLA 86-78.
Boston-Celtics defeat New York 129 to 123 on Sunday as Bill Russell surpasses Dolph Schayes for career NBA rebounds in a 118-112 win over San Francisco earlier Saturday.
At a Lions Club sports smoker in Hoosick Falls New York Giants players Dick Lynch and Alex Webster defended Jim Taylor calling him the biggest cry-baby in the league amid controversy over rough play in the NFL title game. The event drew 400 fans and featured films and a mock tackle by Walt Wirmusky.
Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, 1963 contract signed, reports to spring training to test a left finger injury. He missed most of 1962 with a circulatory block and posted a 14-7 season with 216 strikeouts in relief, while the team chased the pennant. Koufax received about a $6,000 raise to roughly $32,000.
Eastern Division standings show Syracuse 122 beat New York 116 and Boston 118 over San Francisco 112. Other results include Los Angeles 107 over Chicago 106 and Boston 129 over New York 123. Tuesday games list Boston at Los Angeles, San Francisco at Detroit, Syracuse at St. Louis with Detroit hosting two games.
John Thomas defeated Valery Brumel in the high jump while Jim Grelle outran Peter Snell in the mile. Igor Ter Ovanesyan won the long jump, beating Ralph Boston as Brian Sternberg claimed the pole vault title in his first 16 foot effort before 13 459 fans at the Sports Arena.
Montreal and Toronto tied 3 to 3 while Chicago and New York also finished even at 3 all. Sunday results include Montreal 5 Boston 5 in a shootout, Detroit defeating Toronto 2 to 1, and Chicago beating New York 4 to 2 with New York at Boston upcoming.
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