Lema Wins Crosby Journey Golf Championship
Champagne Tony Lema won the Crosby Tournament at Pebble Beach as foul weather and self-doubt shaped a chaotic final round. His 76 secured victory over Al Balding, with $5,800 prize plus $3,000 from pro-am and $1,000 from the second round, totaling $9,800 in earnings.
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Pebble Brach
Calif
Tony Lema
Tony
Bob Rosburg
Bob Harrison
Pebble Beach Golf Course
John Durkin
Jones Named Head Coach at Oklahoma
Norman Oklahoma AP Gomer Jones a 49 year old line expert who worked under Bud Wilkinson for 17 years was named Oklahoma head football coach on Sunday The appointment followed Wilkinson resignation as head coach and his decision to give up the athletic director post Regents President Glenn Northcutt said interviews were held for the athletic director vacancy and six hours were spent to finalize Jones appointment Jones who will be 50 next month faced questions about age but was chosen over three UCLA Illinois and Nebraska assistants amid a week of regents Wilkinson and university administration tensions
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Norman
Okla
Goe
Mer Jones
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Jones
Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
Regents
Glenn Northcutt
University
Northcutt
Mount St Joseph Visits Bennington in Tuesday Night Collision
Mount St Joseph travels to Bennington to face Benhi High in a varsity game at 7 30 p m with a 6 p m junior varsity opener. Bennington Catholic High School heads to Rutland to play the Raiders. BCHL fell to Bellows Falls 5 36 while the Cats beat Windsor 61 58 at home.
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Mount St. Joseph
Bennington
Benhi
Bennington Catholic High School
Rutland
Raiders
BCHL
Bellows Falls
Cats
Windsor
Spahn Aims for 20 Wins in 1964 Season
Milwaukee star Warren Spahn, 43 in April, seeks a 20 win season in 1964 and adds to his 350 career victories. At a Milwaukee Diamond Dinner, Spahn, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, and Eddie Mathews were honored as Future Hall of Famers. He plans to sharpen his curve ball for a stronger campaign and hinted at reaching 400 wins before retirement.
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Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
Spahn
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Braves
Henry Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Milwaukee Baseball Writers
Weatherly Killed in Riverside 500 Race Tragedy
Joe Weatherly 41, NASCAR champion in 1962 and 1963, died after a collision in the Riverside 500 stock car race. The Norfolk driver was ejected from the car and died at Riverside hospital. witnesses cited possible engine trouble or loss of control.
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Riverside
Calif
Joe Weatherly
Weatherly
Norfolk
Dan Gurney
New England Sports Briefs Highlight Boston Track Stars
John Thomas leads a field of seven foot jumpers at the Boston A A Games on February 1. Terry Llewellyn from Oregon and Paul Stuber from Oregon join Gene Johnson of California in the 7-0 class. Stuber teamed with Llewellyn to clear 6-10 in prior meets. Thomas remains undefeated in BAA events, while Johnson has defeated him elsewhere and won the 1963 AAU title on a jumpoff.
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Boston
John Thomas
Will Cloney
Terry Llewellyn
Gene Johnson
California
Paul Stuber
Oregon
Llewellyn
Stuber
Thomas
Johnson
Gerald Morrissey Wins Cranston Award
Gerald P. Morrissey BCHS Sakers co captain and four year starter won the Line man of the Year trophy at a BCHS dinner sponsored by Bennington Lodge Elks. Donald Cranston Memorial Award presented by Mrs. Cranston. Guest speaker J Franklin Farrell urged sports as part of education.
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Gerald
Gerry) P. Morrissey
Bennington Catholic High School
Sakers
Bennington
Bennington Lodge of Elks
BCHS
Donald Cranston
Bertha Cranston
Donald
Bennington High
J. Franklin Farrell
Adams
Mass
Farrell
Carl B. Williams
Bennington High School
Vincent J. Spinelli
Benhi
Paul Kirsch
Arthur Gage
Daniel Distasio
George Sleeman
Louis Perrotta
Darrell Sawyer
Plymouth
Elks
Edward Silver Jr
William Warner
Sawyer
Cranston
Gerry Morrissey
Gerald E. Morrissey
Dewey St
Balfanz Leads U S Ski Jumping Pre Olympic Triumph
John Balfanz 23 from Minneapolis won the Nordic Ski Tournament jumping event at Le Brassus, Switzerland marking the lone U S victory in pre Olympic contests. John Bower of Auburn Maine placed ninth in Nordic combined as the U S squads prep for Innsbruck Olympics with Marg Walters sidelined by injury and Jean Saubert ill.
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LE Brassus
Switzerland
John Bower
Auburn
Maine
Middlebury College
Bower
Larry Damon
Burlington
U.S
Damon
Ed Demers
Lebanon
N.H
Jim Shea
Lake Placid
N.Y
Madonna DI Campiglio
Italy
John Balfanz
Innsbruck
Austria
Balfanz
Minneapolis
Europe
Bud Werner
Steamboat
Vermont Leads in Yankee Conference Race Idle Now
Connecticut's Toby Kimball scored the winning basket with two seconds left to lift the Huskies over Rhode Island 43 41 and vault them into second place in the Yankee Conference. Vermont sits 3 0 atop the standings while Maine clinched a tie for the State Series with a 54 48 win over Bates. Assumption improved to 10 0 and several New England teams kept chase in a weekend of college basketball.
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Connecticut
Toby Kimball
Huskies
Rhode Island
Rams
Fred Shabel
Ernie Calverly
Maine
Bates
Colby
Vermont
New England
Catamounts
Shabel
New Haven College
Munson
Bob Johnson
Fitchburg
Mass
Fred Gillis
Gary Liberatore
Assumption
Central Conn
Boston University
Northeastern
Trinity
Providence
Harvard
Wesleyan
MIT
Massachusetts
Art Powell's Last Steps Wins West over East in All-Star Thriller
In San Diego Art Powell outran Willie West to catch a 25 yard TD pass from Cotton Davidson with 43 seconds left securing a 27 24 West victory over the East in the AFL All Star game. Lincoln earlier sparked the West with a 64 yard TD run as the East led 24 3 at halftime.
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San Diego
Calif
Art Powell
Powell
Cotton Davidson
Lance Alworth
Davidson
Oakland
Willie West
Buffalo
Sid Gillman
Mike Holovak
Boston
Jim Fraser
Lincoln
Babe Parilli
Larry Garron
New York
Bill Mathis
Cookie Gilchrist
Tobin Rote
Charger
Alworth
Paul Lowe
Fraser
Heinsohn Leads Celtics Past Warriors in Tight Win
Boston tops San Francisco 108 105 as Tommy Heinsohn scores 27 including the clinching free throws. Sam Jones adds 22 and Havlicek 15 while the Celtics rally from midgame deficits for their sixth straight title pursuit.
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Boston
Tommy Heinsohn
Boston Celtics
Walter Ruether
San Francisco
Celtics
National Basketball Association
Walter Brown
Heinsohn
NBA
Frisco
Havlicek
Bill Russell
Attles
Wayne Hightower
Sam Jones
K.C. Jones
Wilt Chamberlain
Hightower
Ex Battleship Mates Form New Organization Reunion Planned
San Diego hosts the first annual reunion of all U S Navy battleship officers and men at the El Cortez Hotel August 6 to 9 1964. The American Battleship Association seeks to contact 59 ships crew from 1895 to 1959 and invites Marines who served aboard.
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San Diego
Calif
U.S
el Cortez
Wisconsin
U.S. Navy
American Battleship Association
ABA
Johnston Exonerated As Bruins Tie Canadiens 1-1
Eddie Johnston and coach Milt Schmidt felt vindicated as Boston, last in the NHL, earned a 1-1 tie with Montreal. Johnny Bucyk scored first on a power play, Gilles Tremblay answered, and Johnston's late save against Henri Richard preserved the draw in a tense showdown.
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Boston
Eddie Johnston
Johnston
Milt Schmidt
Montreal
Bruins
National Hockey League
Johnny Bucyk
Gilles Tremblay
Canadiens
Henri Richard
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Bruce Devlin
Arnold Palmer
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New England Sports Briefs
Boston Red Sox
Mike
Higgins
Red Sox
Winston - Salem Red Sox
Winston- Salem
N.C
Seattle Rainiers
Los Angeles
Ayoroqrmr
Zaurus
Gerald Morrissey
Cranston Award
Jean Saubert
Lakeview
Ore
Margo Walters
Salt Lake City
Miss Walters
Ballant
Austen Samuelston
Boulder
Colo
The
Associated Press
Springfield
Kings Point
Dartmouth
Amherst
Bowdoin
Winky Davenport
Adelphi
Worcester Tech
American International
Dick Munson
Stonehill
Chieftans
Celts
Ralph Foote
Boston Garden
San Francisco Warriors
George Corsones
Red
Auerbach
Foote
George Braves
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Glenn Motoreasant
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