AFL Reschedules Nov 27 Draft amid secret draft charges
United Press International reports the AFL moved its college draft to November 27 while clashing with the NCAA. Commissioner Rozelle accused the AFL of secret drafts, Foss denied the allegations, and LSU athletic director Corbett urged caution over rumors.
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AFL
American Football League
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Joe Foss
Rozelle
New York
James Corbett
Ncaa Pro Relations Committee
Corbett
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State
Pittsburgh Press
Dallas Times Herald
Foss
Kansas City
NFL
Tommy Nobis
Texas
Draft date moved after Corbett assurance on babysitting plan
Foss said he will move the AFL draft date up to November 27 after Corbett assurance that he opposes the mass babysitting plan and would oppose its misuse. College officials had threatened to bar AFL representatives from campuses if the November 20 draft proceeded.
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Foss
AFL
NFL
Corbett
New York
Notre Dame Favored Over Michigan State by Oddsmakers
Oddsmakers name Notre Dame a one point favorite to topple No. 1 Michigan State, despite the Spartans ranked first by the coaches. Rose Bowl bid in play for MSU. Notre Dame seeks undefeated run. Arkansas, Nebraska idle, USC favored over UCLA, other college and pro picks listed.
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NEW York
UPI
Fighting Irish
Notre Dame
Michigan State
UPI Board of
Spartans
Duffy Daughterty
Irish
Arkansas
Texas Tech
Nebraska
Southern California
UCLA
Missouri
Kansas
Purdue
Indiana
Burr and Burton field hockey honors season finish
The Burr and Burton field hockey team, 6-2 this season and second in the Molly Stark League, held a pot luck dinner at the Seminary dining room. Duke Bongartz and Millie Clough were named as BBS representatives at Merestead Hockey Camp in Poland Me next summer. Cynthia Fleming spoke on her camp experiences. Guests included Howard Amerose, Headmaster E. H. Henry, and several staff members.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton
Seminary
BBS
Molly Stark
Catherine Ambrose
Duke Bongartz
Millie Clough
Merestead
Poland
Cynthia Fleming
Howard Amerose
E. H. Henry
Fritz Dillmann
Berry Wall
Calvin Skinner
Maine Campus Happy Over Bowl Selection
Maine fans celebrate as the University of Maine earns its first ever bowl bid, selected for the December 11 Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. Springfield College, unbeaten, laments the choice while Maine plans practice ahead of the Florida game.
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Orono
Maine
UPI
University of Maine
Springfield College
Orlando
Fla
Ross T. Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Smith
NCAA
Wagner
Edward S. Steitz
Springfield
Massachusetts
Central Connecticut State College
Ithaca
East Stroudsburg State
Florida
Red Sox confirm 1966 radio TV trio return
Boston announces Curt Gowdy Ned Martin and Mel Parnell will again call Red Sox games in 1966. Gowdy, famed since 1951, is a versatile sportscaster known for World Series and All Star appearances and work on Wide World of Sports. Martin sixth season, known for football work with Boston University Yale and the Patriots. Parnell debuts after a storied pitching career with Boston and later roles as manager and scout.
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Boston
Red Sox
Curt Gowdy
Ned Martin
Mel Parnell
Gowdy
Martin
New England
Boston University
Yale University
Boston Patriots
Parnell
Dartmouth Eagles Vie for NE Football Crown
Dartmouth leads major colleges in the New England grid ranking, with Maine second and Boston College fourth as Dartmouth faces a pivotal Ivy League title clash at Princeton. Springfield tops the small college poll, followed by Amherst and Northeastern, with Central Connecticut edging Southern Connecticut for fourth. final results reflect UPI voting patterns.
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Boston
UPI
Springfield College
New England
Dartmouth
United Press International
Springfield
Amherst
Northeastern
Central Connecticut
Maine
Boston College
Massachusetts
Harvard
Boston University
Tigers
Princeton
Syracuse
Yale
Connecticut
Southern Connecticut
Mutual
Central
Southern
Baseball Boss Progresses in Secret Chicago Meeting
United States baseball's search for a commissioner advances as a screening committee meets in Chicago to consider final candidates for submission to owners at the December winter meetings in Miami. Members include John Fetzer, John Galbreath, Philip Wrigley, and Bob Reynolds, with Fetzer and Galbreath leading the effort since Ford C. Frick's retirement.
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Chicago
UPI
Miami
John Fetzer
Detroit Tigers
John Galbreath
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philip K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Bob Reynolds
California Angels
Fetzer
Galbreath
Ford C. Frick
Wrigley
Reynolds
Stengel Offered Coaching Post by New England College
Casey Stengel 75, retired after 40 years with the Yankees and Mets, was offered to coach New England College baseball in Henniker New Hampshire. The pay would be under a thousand dollars in a letter to Stengel noting relocation to the New Hampshire countryside and that talent should not be retired.
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N.H
UPI
Casey Stengel
Stengel
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Donald P. Woodrow
New England College
Glendale
Calif
Casey
Woodrow
New Hampshire
United Press International
Middlebury Faces Trinity In NCAA Tourney Opener
Middlebury, the undefeated No 1 team in New England, opens the NCAA Championship Tournament against Trinity College in Hartford on November 20. The Panthers, 8 1 this season, ride a 16 game unbeaten streak as Brown and Trinity vie for early rounds with Army LIU and others in St Louis later rounds.
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Trinity
New England
Panthers
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
St. Louis University
Missouri
Brown University
Harvard
Brown
Ithaca College
New York
Middlebury -Trinity
Army
Long Island University
New York State
Darthmouth
Williams
Springfield
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Union
Norwich
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Vermont
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Van Brocklin Returns as Vikings Coach After Resignation
Norm Van Brocklin, who quit after a 41-21 loss to Baltimore, rejoined the Minnesota Vikings promising to coach as long as they want him. He called quitting a mistake and said he aims to lead the team to a championship with GM Jim Finks supporting his return. The Vikings had been 5-3 and in contention after a slow start.
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Viking
Minnesota Vikings
Jim Finks
Norm van Brocklin
Vikings
UPI
Minnepolis - ST. Paul
Minnesota Viking
Baltimore
van Brocklin
Newsmen
Finks
Deer Report Lists Deer Reported At Ralph Fleming Service
Deer were reported at Ralph Fleming's Service Station in Manchester Center by hunters, listing numerous names, towns, and estimated weights from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont. Weights are estimated except where noted, with many entries from Manchester Center and nearby towns.
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Ralph Fleming
Manchester
Ceneter
Carl Kirchoff
Midville
N.Y
Rupert
George Strater
Donald Badger
William Fleisch
Carl Edsell
Stevenville
Wallingford
Maureen Balch
Mt. Tabor
Ruth Kent
Tinemouth
Leroy Hayes
Durwood Fisher
Richard Ameden
Jamaica
Lynn Walker
East Dorset
Norman Taft
Doreset
Clara May Hemeenway
Douglas Squires
R. Emmett Smith
Arlington
Roy Brown
Shushan
Betty Moss
Sunderland
Danby
Richard Marchies
Gerald Greestad
Wading River
Dorset
Robert Brown
Pittsfield
Rutland
Richard Rische
Landsboro
Mass
John Hayden
Paul Cross
Shaftsbury
Daniel Settanni
Bethel
Conn
Sandgate
Fraisher Mears
Francis Guber
Cambridge
Leo Budro
Ellen Mackey
Millard Vaughn
Robert McNamara
Newton
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Rick Norton
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Schenley Distillers Co
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Bennington
van Brocklin Back
Richard McFarland
Ted DeMarco
Helen Therriault
William Harrington
Pawlet
Doris Miller
Peru
Joan Peacock
Bernard Bellemare
Ludlow
Annette Rice
Donald Ketcham
Whiting
Frank E. Howe
East Douglas
Bernard Beaudin
Lanesboro
Elwood Tuthill
Sharon
Raymond Kuchnsky
Pownal
Francis Field
James Myers
North Bennington
Elizabeth Harrington
George Horst
Brownell Bacon
Everett Lillie
John Green
Frederick Paligo
Somerset
Carroll Wilcox
Marcia Favreau
Richard Jackson
Junior Harwood
Shafsbury
Edmund Bruse
David Hurley
Harold Brace
Michael Blake
Mt.Holly
Cecil Damon
Ralph Lacitto
Leroy
Manny Balser
Janet Watson
David Robinson
New Haven
Portcoats Se
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