Thornton and Biddeford Face Friday Night Home Contests
Thornton St Louis clash at Saco and Sanford visit Biddeford top a four game local hoops slate. Sanford and Biddeford pursue tournament points as Saucier Landry pace Bengals while Thornton St Louis seek upset potential against struggling Saco squad. Old Orchard Beach vs York also on card with Wells projecting score versus North Berwick Lions.
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Thornton - St. Louis
Saco
Sanford
Biddeford
Art Descoteaux
Tigers
Norm Belanger
Nick Scaccia
Redskins
Oxford Hills
Vikings
South Paris
Bengals
Portland
Deering
Dick Saucier
Mike Landry
Maroon
Thornton
Morse
Westbrook
St. Louis
St. Louis Speed
Eagles
Old Orchard Beach
York
Wildcats
John
St. Ignatius Combine
Tuesvaata
North Berwick
Pride of Lions
Lions
Potter Academy
Sebago Lakee
Warriors
Deadlocked in New Year handicap rolloff at 20th Century Lanes
In the Merchants League New Year handicap rolloff at 20th Century Lanes, Bob Grenier of Gosselin's Contractors and Norman Gadbois of the 20th Century Comets tied for top honors with 625 series after each posting a 45 pin handicap. Steve Foss and Fern Boisvert followed with 621 and 602 totals, while Ray Gendron and Leo Laverriere led high singles with 115 to 117. The league resumes next Monday at 8:30.
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Bob Grenier
Gosselin’s
Norman Gadbois
20Th Century Comets
Merchants League
Grenier
Gadbois
Steve Foss
Lee
Fern Boisvert
Russell
Shop N’ Save
Ray Gendron
Leo Laverriere
Gendron
R. Grenier
N. Gadbois
S. Foss
F. Boisvert
R. Gendron
R. Dussault
R. Nolette
R. Desrosiers
H. Paul
R. Desmarais
R. Welch
L. Laverriere
D. Raybine
R. Menard
D. Binette
College Scores Across Conferences Cited By AP
The Associated Press reports multiple college basketball results across regions. Holy Cross edged Connecticut in overtime 74 69. Saint Bonaventure defeated Belmont Abbey 72 46. Rhode Island beat Boston University 97 79. St John’s New York topped George Washington 74 58. Creighton beat New South 71 70 in the Southwest. Merrimack 101 St Michael’s 97 led New England play.
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St. Bonaventure
Belmont Abbey
Rhode II
Boston U
Niagara
Buffalo St
SOUTH
St. John’s
N.Y
George Washington
Fordham
No. Car. St
No. Carolina
Wake For
Ky. Wesleyan
Evansville
Tampa A
Biscayne Coo
Va. Tech
Wm. & Mary
Midwest Marquette
Wisconsin
Dayton
Xavier
Toledo
Bowling Green
Miami
Ohio
Kent St
DePaul
Bellarmine
Omaha
Rockhurst
Southwest Tcu
Patera Seeks Job With More Responsibility As Coach
Former Rams defensive line coach Jack Patera, who resigned Wednesday, says he wants a position with more responsibility and to be a defensive coach. The 34 year old ex Oregon star and NFL veteran was the only Ram assistant kept when George Allen replaced Harland Svare as head coach before the 1966 season.
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LOS Angeles
Jack Patera
Los Angeles Rams
Patera
Oregon
Ram
George Allen
Harland Svare
Saco Policemen To Play Benefit Tilt
Saco Police seek basketball opponents for a benefit game to aid the Robert Jackson family after their trailer home burned. The police five will include Earl Jameson Charles Desper Richard Nason Arthur Tardif and David Quimby and may play at Old Orchard Beach High School.
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Saco Police Department
Robert Jackson
Earl Jameson
Saco Police Five
Jameson
Charles Desper
Richard Nason
Arthur Tardif
David Quimby
Chiefs Begin Workouts For Super Bowl Clash
The Kansas City Chiefs arrived in Long Beach for practice ahead of the Super Bowl against Green Bay. Otis Taylor was fined for missing the flight but attended. the squad holds daily 10 am meetings and 1 hour 15 minute workouts with Disneyland out of the schedule. Green Bay trains at UC Santa Barbara with plans to practice in the Coliseum and Lombardi eyeing the title. Rozelle and others dispute expected attendance as seats go on sale and a federal suit to lift the blackout proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Kansas City Chiefs
Green Bay
Chiefs
Long Beach
Otis Taylor
Hank Stram
Taylor
Buffalo
Memorial Coliseum
Stram
Disneyland
Fred Arbanas
Green Bay Packers
Dallas
NFL
UC Santa Barbara
Packers
Santa Barbara
Vince Lombardi
Coliseem
Pete Rozelle
Billy Nicholas
Coliseum
California
Rozelle
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Alan Minter
Arthur Toll
U.S
William Grey
Ranger Goalie Knocked Out By Flying Puck
Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin was knocked unconscious by a flying puck but remained in the game as New York and Chicago battled to a 1 1 tie. Frank Mahovlich quipped about the shot with a nine iron analogy after it struck Giacomin on the left cheek. Hull starred for Chicago, scoring two third period goals to spark a 2 2 tie with Montreal.
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Associated Press
Frank Mahovlich
New York Rangers
Ed Giacomin
Rangers
Chicago
Mahovlich
Bobby Hull
Montreal
Hull
Blackawk
Canadiens
Charlie Hodge
Black Hawks
Hodge
NBA Wednesday results and weekend schedule
Pro basketball scores show Philadelphia 136 Chicago 115 and Detroit 132 Baltimore 126 in double overtime. Los Angeles 122 St. Louis 101. Upcoming games list Los Angeles at San Francisco Oakland New York at Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Baltimore at Philadelphia Chicago at Detroit Boston at Los Angeles St. Louis at San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Dave Bing
Detroit
Dave DeBusschere
Pistons
Bing
National Basketball Association
Baltimore
Don Ohl
Bullets
DeBusschere
Philadelphia
Chicago
Lakers
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Bill Cunningham
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Boozer
Erwin Mueller
Bulls
Jerry West
Joe Caldwell
Hawks
San Francisco
Oakland
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Hockey ties as New York and Toronto share points
Chicago defeats Montreal 2 2 tie. A Chicago player credited with a 20 foot shot off a Chico Maki pass. The goal records 17 on the season for the Chicago star.
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Chico
Maki
Chicago Star
Irish Are Selected Top Team
Notre Dame named top college football team by the Football Writers Association of America. Ara Parseghian's Irish narrowly beat Michigan State and Alabama in a five member panel vote totaling 18 points. Michigan State had 14 and Alabama 13.
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Syracuse
N.C
Notre Dame
Football Writers Association of America
Arnie Burdick
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Association
Ara Parseghian
Michigan State
Alabama
Jerry Nason
The
Boston Globe
Fred Russell
Nashville Banner
Si Burdick
Dayton News
Jack Murphy
San Diego Union
Maury White
Des Moines Register
Frogmen Search Coniston for Campbell's Body
Royal Navy divers prepared to search Lake Coniston waters for Donald Campbell after his jet boat Bluebird sank at 120 feet following a high speed crash. His helmet and oxygen mask were recovered as officials expect to find him in the cockpit. Campbell sought to extend his water speed record, aiming to surpass 276.33 mph.
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Coniston
England
Royal Navy
Lake Coniston
Donald Campbell
Bluebird
Campbell
Norman Buckley
Britain
Leo Villa
Sanders Back In Good Graces With Celtics
Vet forward Satch Sanders returns to form for Boston in the Eastern Division race. He made the key stop on Rick Barry at the end of regulation, helping the Celtics beat the Warriors 126 to 121 in San Francisco in overtime, a third win in five games.
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LOS Angeles
Tom
Satch) Sanders
Boston Celtics
Sanders
Celtics
National Basketball Association
New York University
Rick Barry
Warriors
San Francisco
Boston
Bill Russell
Barry
Redskins Lead In Unofficial Western Maine Class II Heat Index
Sanford maintains the top spot in the Journal's unofficial Western Maine Class II Heat index with an undefeated 9-0 record including two Christmas tournament wins. Portland, Westbrook, and South Portland follow as Edward Little drops to fifth after a loss.
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Sanford
Redskins
Portland
Westbrook
South Portland
Edward Little
Cheverus
The
Stags
Deering
St Francis Basketball Nears Second Winter Phase
St Francis College hosts Hawthorne College in Antrim New Hampshire to begin the second phase of its winter schedule. The Knights bring a 2 4 record with Rocco Ferranti scoring 21.3 per game and Ed Gagnon adding 11 points per game. Fellow guard Josh Mandic set the college free throw mark with 16 of 17 at 28 points versus New England College. Freshman team sits 2 3 with Jim Markowski leading at 19.4 ppg followed by Jim Gaudet Ted Caouette Tim Kier and others.
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St. Francis College
Antrim
N.H
Hawthorne College
Knights
Rocco Ferranti
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ed Gagnon
Fall River
Mass
Bob Dalton
Manchester
New England College
Jim Pouravelis
Bridgton Academy
Colby College
Jim Markowski
N. Y
Jim Gaudet
Albany
Ted Caouette
Biddeford
Tim Kier Rochester
Frank Finegan
Warwick
Scoring Rules Change On Bunt Hits
New York AP report states scoring rules now treat bunts for a hit as time at bat unless the batter bunts purely to advance runners. Charley Segar of the Scoring Rules Committee explains that bunting for a base hit when behind may no longer be skipped as a sacrifice.
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New York
Charley Segar
Celtics Ready for Lakers in Los Angeles and Warriors in San Francisco
The busy Celtics enjoy another break before meeting the Lakers in Los Angeles Friday night and then return to San Francisco to face the Warriors again Saturday.
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Celtics
Lakers
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Warriors
North Carolina tops Wake Forest 76 74 on late steal and layup
Larry Miller led North Carolina with 23 points in a tense win at Winston Salem as the Tar Heels overcome a second half deficit. Rusty Clark added 20 for UNC while Wake Forest was led by Jerry Montgomery with 20 as Ford Ram of New York upset NC State 65-63 in Greensboro.
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Associated Press
Larry Miller
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Winston Salem
N.C
Tar Heels
Miller
Dean Smith
Smith
Rusty Clark
Jerry Montgomery
Greensboro
Ford ‘Ram
New York
North Carolina State
Dennis Witkowski
Ram
Witkowski
Richmond
Davidson
Wildcats
Tom Green
Spiders
Rod Knowles
John’s
George Washington
Colonials
Sonny Dove
Redmen
Dayton
Xavier
Musketeers
Mixed Couples Resume Lane Action at 20th Century Lanes
The 20th Century Mixed Couples bowling league restarts Friday at 7 with the Spoilers leading by 13 points after 13 weeks as they face the Sliders. Other matchups include Odd Balls versus Slow Pokes and Strikers versus Funny Four. Little Folks Mixed Couples begin Saturday at 9 30 after a two week layoff with Sharpies atop the standings in the early season.
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Sting Rays
Little Folks
Sharpies
South Eleven Names Captains For Senior Bowl
South team captains were named by Otto Graham. Baylor’s Terry Southall is offensive captain and Southern Mississippi’s Ken Avery is defensive captain. Southall threw for 1,986 yards and was MVP of the Blue Gray game. Avery will be a linebacker. Virgil Carter of Brigham Young is North’s offensive captain. Pittsburgh’s Jim Flanigan is defensive captain. Carter led major college total offense with 2,545 yards. A rock from 10 inches to 10 feet in diameter is called a boulder.
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Mobile
Ala
Otto Graham
Washington Redskins
Graham
Baylor
Terry Southall
Southern Mississippi
Ken Avery
Southall
Montgomery
Avery
Virgil Carter
Brigham Young
Norm van Brocklin
Minnesota Vikings
Pittsburgh
Jim Flanigan
Carter
Flanigan
O'Malley Named To Run Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers appoint Peter O'Malley son of owner Walter O'Malley to oversee Dodger Stadium operations. He will keep his role as president of the Spokane Dodgers farm club in the Pacific Coast League.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Dodgers
Peter O'Malley
Walter F. O'Malley
Dodger Stadium
Dodgers
Spokane
Dodger
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