Celtics Edge Warriors as Havlicek Net 28 in Boston Win
Boston tops San Francisco 113-102 as Havlicek leads with 28 points and Sam Jones adds 27. Seattle Sonics roll past New York Knicks 129-113 in the doubleheader opener.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
8
Boston tops San Francisco 113-102 as Havlicek leads with 28 points and Sam Jones adds 27. Seattle Sonics roll past New York Knicks 129-113 in the doubleheader opener.
Stratford hosts Fairfield Prep five as Central High School Hilltoppers face Jonathan Law in Devon. Fairfield Prep travels to Stratford while Bassick meets Harding and Bunnell goes to Milford.Other games include Trumbull at Staples, Rippowan vs Ludlowe, Wardens at McMahon, Abbott Tech at Bullard Havens, and St Josephs at Waterbury against Kennedy.
Tonight includes Bunnell at Milford Central at Law Fairfield Prep at Stratford Bassick at Harding St Josephs at Kennedy Southbury at Masuk Bullard Havens at Abbot Tech Trumbull at Staples Ludlowe at Rippowam Warde at Brien McMahon Barlow at Kalbe Norwalk at Danbury New Canaan at Stamford Stamford Catholic at Greenwich Bassick seeks seventh win led by Howlard Swilling Taylor Wallach Murphy Harding relies on Nesmith Baldwin Karagus Presidents aim to improve to 4 4 after two of three wins Begen tops scoring at 30.9 with Milford's Hunt average 20.7 Ridge lines note Otzel Knepler Minton Anderson Hooper Linsay Hand Yound Bowes and others loom in anticipated matchups.
Kentucky Colonels defeated the Houston Mavericks 115-102 as Jim Ligon led with 30 points. Louisville earned its third straight win and five Colonels reached double figures, boosting their Eastern Division mark to 16 27 while Houston fell to 16 28 in the Western Division.
Kentucky 14 Georgia 73 leads a slate of college basketball results. Other notable scores include Xavier over Detroit Tennessee 67 Florida 52 Tennessee Wesleyan 38 Chattanooga 5 Citadel 39% East Carolina 5, Delaware Valley 77 Ursinus 6 West Liberty 118 Waynesburg 72 Missouri 62 Kansas 66 Morehead 8% Western Kentucky 72 Eastern Kentucky 98 Middle Tennessee Clemson 94 Maryland 93 Southern Wisconsin 62 St Cloud 32 MacMurray 104 Principia 73 East Tennessee 74 Murray 7 Lee 68 Maryville at Vanderbilt 74 Auburn 6s Bethune-Cookman 127 Alabama 92 Austin Peay 72 Tennessee Tech 48 Carson-Newman 60 Lincoln Memorial 4 Rolling 74 Biscayne 39 Stetson 4 Georgia Southern 4 cents.
NBA scoreboard shows Seattle 12 percent, New York 113, Boston U1, San Francisco 162. BA Reegy 4, Houston 102, New Orleans 168, Indiana 07.
Carpenter Steel clinched the first half championship of the YMCA Industrial league B division with a forfeit win over Handy Harmon and a 54-39 win by SNETCO over UL. Schick beat Warnaco 62-57 as Tom Grim and Joe Yasinski posted 26 points each to pace the winners. Tele phones’ Szymanski and Fenton led a 28-14 first-half surge in a balance scoring second half run.
Orcutt Club notes yesterday in the Little Fellow's League show the Celtics top the Knicks 22 to 12 to claim first place. Pistons upset the Lakers 20 to 6. Standout players include Dan Lantz Frank Federici Laurent Dube and Rusty Thomas.
In the East division Summerfield upset Whit tier 21 to 18 while St Teresa's defeated St Ambrose 24 to 18 and St Michael's beat Garfield 21 to 11. In the West division St Augustine's crushed Webster 24 to 10 Columbus routed St Raphael's 30 to 4 and St Andrew's bested Maplewood 17 to 8.
East and West all star teams began workouts for the Pro Bowl at Memorial Coliseum. Otto Graham coaches the East at USC with Fran Tarkenton and Don Meredith joining as QBs after Sonny Jurgensen’s elbow injury. West coach Don Shula uses Johnny Unitas and Roman Gabriel as quarterbacks with Jim Ringo replacing Bob Demarco on the East squad after Demarco withdrew due to his wife’s illness.
In the Department of Parks and Recreation Senior League action St Michael's edged Stratford AC 32 to 30 with Chris Ochman scoring at the buzzer. St Augustine's routed TUS 57 to 27 as John Redgate led with 15 points. Cyril's beat St Teresa's 47 to 20. Intermediate play saw Royals top St Mary's 33 to 0, Catherine 24 to 17 over St John the Baptist, Augustine's 41 to 15 over St Raphael's, and West End 46 to 33 over the Good Guys.
The NCAA football rules committee in Fort Lauderdale began evaluating about 30 rule proposals, led by Ivy Williamson. The major item seeks to return linemen to rushing downfield for punt coverage, a change opposed by many coaches amid injury concerns.
Cincinnati Bengals owner Paul Brown announced a youth-forward strategy in the AFL expansion draft opening round. Eight players were selected in four hours, with Brown stressing long-term building and avoiding mortgaging the team’s future.
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