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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1962
Page
6
Bennington Rotary Club confirms Mt Anthony Country Club offers free public ski instruction for all ages. Programs run Wednesdays after school, supervised by trained housewives, with a rope tow for free use on weekends from 9 30 to 4 30 Saturdays and noon to 4 30 on Sundays.
NBA results include Boston 108 over Chicago 102 and Detroit at Boston among Friday and Saturday fixtures with Chicago New York and St Louis matchups. College games list St Johns over Manhattan 88 to 63 and NYU 67 Fordham 76.
Gilford New Hampshire AP reports ski jumping fades with youth as downhill and slalom draw interest. William Trudgeon and Gary Allen of Laconia co chair a March 17 junior championship at Belknap Mountain 20 30 meter jumps with 50 to 70 expected entrants from New England and New York.
Local girls bowling league in Green Mountain reports results from recent matches. Teams and players compete for standings as venues host league night with scores and high series recorded by scorers.
Defending champion Hartford Public and Burkele clinched berths in the 1962 New England Schoolboy Basketball Tournament joining Concord New Hampshire and Morse High Bath Maine. The remaining four spots were to be decided in tonight’s finals Rhode Island Rogers Newport against East Providence and Eastern Mass winners Brockton Quincy Attleboro against Rindge Tech Western Mass Pittsfield Fitchburg Vermont Spaulding Barre Springfield. Quarterfinals set for Boston Garden March 17 with semifinals and final March 23 and 24.
The Arlington Junior High School Basketball Tournament opens at 6 pm with St. Francis de Sales of Bennington facing Manchester and Molly Stark meeting Sacred Heart. Featured teams include St. Francis led by Doc Tomasi with a 12-1 record and versatile Caron Fraher Morrissey, while Sacred Heart under Gerald LaCroix aims to tighten defense with Alan Plante and Pat Moore anchoring the frontline.
Shaftsbury Hockey Club and Bennington High fought through mushy ice at the YMCA pool rink in a 5-5 tie. Peacock scored three for Shaftsbury with Harrington adding two, while Garry Sweet netted three for Bennington and John DesLaurier scored twice.
The Sharpshooters edged the Twisters 41 to 37 to capture the YMCA basketball tournament crown led by Phil Walker and John Baldwin. Bob Clark led the Twisters with 15 points while Leo Plante added 12 as the Sharpshooters pulled away in the final period. In the consolation game, the Seven Mistakes topped the Webs 46 to 42 with Steve Hitchey scoring 18 for the Mistakes.
The schedule kicks off with NL debuts for New York and Houston and Cincinnati’s Hutchinson top among managers. Cepeda ends holdout for about 46000, while Yankees Maris open in Fort Lauderdale against the Orioles. Reds face the White Sox in Sarasota and Casey Stengel leads the Mets against the Cardinals in St. Petersburg as 10 games on tap. Hutchinson seeks a replacement for Freese, with Cliff Cook試 getting a trial and Robinson a possible infield move if he fails.
In Colorado Springs the United States and defending champions Canada won opening World Amateur Ice Hockey Championship games. The U S crushed Norway 14 2 and Canada defeated Finland 8 1 to join Switzerland atop the standings with four points after day one. Canada faces West Germany Saturday night.
Texas Tech versus SMU in Fort Worth decides the Southwest Conference NCAA berth while Temple meets St Josephs in Philadelphia for one of four NIT spots. NYU and St Johns boost the regional tourneys with NYU beating Fordham and St Johns routing Manhattan. Texas tops TCU 73 61 in a makeup, Oklahoma downs Missouri 63 5 and Boston College defeats Boston University 76 62.
Philadelphia promoter George Benton stopped Ed Die Thompson in New York while Tokyo Katsumata outpointed Lalo Guerrero in Mexico. Ernesto Miranda defeated Pi Erre Rossi in Turin Italy as action spanned Japan Argentina France and Mexico with varied judges' scores.
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