Rockwood Fresh Meet Opens Rockwood Mass Tonight
Rockwood Academy of Lenox opens its home season hosting the University of Massachusetts freshmen in a Boys Club contest at 8. Rockwood brings an eight and one record, facing a 4 and 6 Massachusetts frosh squad led by 6-foot-8 Charley Peters and 6-foot-3 Mike Polakoff. Berkshire County high school foul shooting contest to follow. Rockwood boasts a 6-foot-9 center Larry and a substantial height edge overall.
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New England
University of Massachusetts
Cumatinsiis
Rockwood
St. John's University
Jamaica
Massachusetts Frosh
Charley Peters
Topsfield
Mike Polakoff
Brookline
Chuck Olsen
Ramsey
N.J
Bob Kalbefell
Yonkers
N.Y
Mike McSharry
Abington
Berkshire County
Pete Bronca
Massachusetts
Larry
Rockwood Freshmen Basketball Roster and Schedule
Rockwood’s freshman team features McNeill at forward and Lengers at center, with Szczerba and McRae as frontcourt teammates. Guard Carter leads scoring at 17.7, Price adds size, and the group plans three upcoming games against Manhattan College yearlings, St. John’s, and future opponents after two losses to Massachusetts at start.
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New York City
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McRae
Rockwood
Manhattan
St. John’s
Massachusetts
Holy Cross
Veeck Offers Boston Help in Stadium Plan
Suffolk Downs President Bill Veeck proposes financing a Boston Patriots stadium via 12 extra racing dates. Gov. Sargent reviews the plan as the BRA would build the stadium and channel 1.2 million to the BRA. Legal approval and a 50,000 seat stadium are required by March 17.
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PPSSC Sends 7 Skaters To Newburgh
The Pittsfield Parks Speed Skating Club will be represented by seven members at the Middle Atlantic outdoor championships at Recreation Park Newburgh NY today and tomorrow. Peewee girl Tracy Hospot Joanne Farry Peewee boy Joey Greenleaf Special midget boy Kurt Hospot Juvenile boys Bruce Flocken and Peter Tassinari Intermediate boy Bill Farry. The meet is sanctioned by the Middle Atlantic Skating Association and run by the Newburgh Lions Club with City of Newburgh cooperation.
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Recreation Park
Newburgh
Tracy Hospot
Joanne Farry
Joey Greenleaf
Kurt Hospot
Bruce Flocken
Peter Tassinari
Bill Farry
Middle Atlantic Skating Association
New Lebanon Tops Berlin in county league showdown
In Berlin New Lebanon Central defeated Berlin 69 to 41 to keep its lead in the Columbia County League. Bill Wolff scored 12 points, Henry Lee 16, and Dan Keefe 14 for New Lebanon while Rusty Anderson led Berlin with 13. Berlin won the jayvee game 40 to 3.
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N.Y
New Lebanon Central
Bill Wolff
New Lebanon
Henry Lee
Dan Keefe
Rusty Anderson
Williams Defeats Bowdoin 9-0 in Squash Match
Williams College routed Bowdoin College 9-0 in a squash meet held here yesterday afternoon. Strong performances by Williams players established an decisive victory with Bowdoin unable to win a game.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Bowdoin College
Mollenkopf Joins Big Ten Coaches With Strong Purdue Run
Enviable career ends as Jack Mollenkopf, after 14 seasons at Purdue, earns a permanent line in Big Ten records for coaching 11 or more years. His Purdue teams posted 4 9 9 won, 39 lost, and 9 ties, with only one losing season, the 1958 campaign at 4 4 2. In the last five seasons Purdue dropped just two games annually, placing Mollenkopf among the league’s top coaches by career record.
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Jack Mollenkopf
Footall
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Boilermakers
Sandy Koufax
Dodgers
Johnny Unitas
Baltimore
Mickey Mantle
Yankees
Willie Mays
Bart Starr
Jimmy Brown
Wilt Chamberlain
Bobby Hull
Palmer
Olympic
Gary Player
Augusta
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Billy Casper
Dayton
Ohio
Arnie
Pros Pick Defensive Backs Lead Draft By Pro Clubs
New York AP reports professional clubs selected 78 defensive backs the most among positions in the college draft analysis. In total 228 offensive players were chosen versus 198 defensive players plus 16 kickers. Grambling and Southern California led with nine prospects each, followed by Nebraska Penn State UCLA with eight each. Sixth through seven picks varied by school.
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UCLA
Michigan
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Purdue
Southern VA
Tennessee
Hockey Trin Bill Slated Tonight At Boys' Club
Pittsfield meets Westfield High at 7 on Melville Street ice in a doubleheader opener. Taconic faces Ludlow at 8:15 in the second game. Both teams seek improved records after close losses Monday night with Pittsfield 4-3 to Chicopee and Taconic 1-0 to Springfield Classical.
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Westfield High
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Ludlow
Braves
Phs
Chicopee
Springfield Classical
Palmer Named Outstanding Athlete of the Decade
Arnold Palmer was chosen by The Associated Press as the outstanding sports performer of the 1960s. He recalled the fabled Cherry Hills charge and Harbour Town 74 while reflecting on peaks and lows, including a dramatic late 1960s comeback that capped a storied career.
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Calif
Cherry Hills
South Carolina
Arnold Palmer
Associated Press
Harbour Town
Palmer
Danny Thomas
Miami
Gay Brewer
Russell
Arnie
Bill Russell
Boston Celtics
Ski Report From New England Ski Areas Council
Compiled ski conditions across New England and Vermont lists powder packed powder icy and dry patches by mountain and region. Regions include Mount Sunapee Waterville Valley Wildcat and Sugarloaf with ranges of upper and lower slope quality and notes on manmade surfaces as well as a general weather outlook predicting variable clouds and milder temperatures into the 30s in ski country.
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New England Ski Areas Council
Pass
Mt. Sunapee
Waterville Valley
Vermont
Weather Bureau
New England
Astros Sign Tom Griffin To 1970 Contract
Houston AP reports pitcher Tom Griffin signed his 1970 Houston Astros contract. Griffin, a rookie last season, set two Houston club rookie records with 11 victories and 200 strikeouts.
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Tom Griffin
Houston Astros
H. B. Richardson
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Lenox Hosts Two Hockey Games at Wilde Sports Center
Lenox High and Avon School meet at 2:30 as Lenox, 7-2, faces former Jersey defenseman Ed Dalton's Boston area team, while Weymouth Hockey Club plays the Jerseys. A second game features Immaculate Heart Seminary vs Buxton School with public skating sessions and a busy weekend at Woodland and Lenox Indoor Tennis Club.
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Boston
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Buxton
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Woodland Skating Club
Rinka Leads Small College Scoring Race
New York AP reports Kenyon’s John Rinka dominates scoring with a 41.3 average, but a tight battle forms among small colleges as rivals close the gap and push for the top spot in the standings.
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NEW York
John Rinka
Kenyon
Retired Baseball Leader Bill McConnell to Be Honored
In Framingham Daniel Donohue announces a testimonial dinner for Bill McConnell senior supervisor for the Division of Occupational Education in Boston. The event is Sunday Feb 22 at the Colonial Inn Wakefield with social hour at 3 and dinner at 6 30 tickets 12 50. The notice also mentions Metsville in St Petersburg Fla planned Mets welcome March 5 with an official parade and notable baseball figures attending.
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Dan Donoghue
Colonial Inn
Wakefield
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mets
Bowie Kuhn
Joan Payson
Chub Feeney
Joe Cronin
Florida
Bantam Hockey Doubleheader Ends With Tie and Shutout
In a Boys' Club doubleheader, the Red Wings and Black Hawks tied 2-2 while the Bruins blanked the Rangers 4-0. Key goals came from Kittredge, Dan iels, Gorton, and Archer, with Tim Gillelle earning the shutout for Boston.
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Black Hawks
Bruins
Rangers
Tim Kelly
Bill Moffatt
Pete Kittredge
Kittredge
Brian Gorton
Dan Martin
Ricci Shea
Paul Daniels
Hawks
Martin
Gorton
Pete Walak
Dan Carney
Kelly
Jim Maloy
Kevin Mahar
Jim Troy
Rich Archey
Tim Gillelle
Wilson and Grant Vie for No 2 in Small College Scoring Race
Baltimore’s Isaiah Wilson and Kentucky State’s Travis Grant battle for the No 2 spot behind Rinka in the small college scoring race. Grant leads in field goal percentage at .74 while Wilson and Grant share 32.4 average. Grant also outscored Wilson 513 to 481.
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Baltimore
Travis Grant
Kentucky State
National Collegiate Sports Service
Rinka
Wilson
Grant
Snowmobile Races Planned by Kiwanis in Lenox
Snowmobile races sponsored by the Kiwanis Club set for tomorrow at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Lenox. Registration begins 10 a.m. on the seminary grounds. Courses cover a half mile with three classes speed oval and drag for stock and modified entries A to D.
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LENGX
Kiwanis Club
Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary
Stevens Inc. appoints two new vice presidents
Joseph B. Stevens Jr announces John A. Doyle and Stanley Gaither as vice presidents of Harry M. Stevens Inc and affiliates. It marks the first time in 76 years that a non descendant of founder Harry Morley Stevens becomes an officer. Doyle will oversee operations of ballparks and arenas while Gaither will supervise flat racing and trailing tracks in New York and Florida.
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Harry M
New York
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