Semi Final Night in NIT Sets St Peter's Kansas Showdown
St Peter's faces Kansas in the NIT semifinal at Madison Square Garden after upsetting Duke and Marshall. Kansas defeated Temple and Villanova to reach the semis, while Dayton and Notre Dame advance in the other half. St Peter's pace and fast break challenge the Jayhawks' defense.
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Entries Close Tonight For Sterling House Tourney
Entries for the annual Sterling House basketball tournament will close tonight at 6 o'clock with play slated to begin next Tuesday. Open to boys in 12th grade or under with divisions for sixth and under eighth and under ninth and under tenth and under and 12th and under. Each team may use no more than two players residing outside Stratford. Applications available at the Sterling House office.
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CYO Cage Results From Park League Play
St James captured the second half championship 57 48 over Geleanng St Augustine with Jim Tickey scoring 18 points. In the other game Holy Rosary beat Holy Name 34 87 as Bob Fassogna scored 45 for Rosary.
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Stay a While Bresley's Win in City Open Tourney
The Stay a While tavern team dominated the City Open Senior Division with a 125 70 victory over the Madisons at North End Rays gym. Merald, Gene Mack Taylor, and Chuck Howard led scoring with 24, 22, and 22 points as North End clubs posted high output.
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Weekend Youth Hoops Showdowns Across City Arenas
Rich Begen led the Bulldogs with 23 points in a 61 55 win over the Royals Frank Ajman scored 22 for the Royals In Intermediate Division 1 action Ramblers defeated Sterling House 92 54 Dave Boynton 21 Nich Schibel 12 for the losers North End beat Chargers 65 60 Rich Semo 20 Eric Black 29 for Chargers Russell Petrini 21 paced Knights in a 97 40 rout of East End Hustlers Luke Williams 12 in loss Friendly Finance toppled Hilltoppers 74 36 Pete Sweeney 28 Ken Brooks led losers with 1 Orcutt State defeated Stigs 56 41 Kyle Kochiss 20 Mike Maloney 12 Flashy Bob Speer 20 paced Archbishop Shehan Center to 66 30 win over Johns Market Junior Division Nick's Refrigerator beat Whittier 58 29 Bill Myers Tom Matlers 42 combined Kevin Hustek 27 for Hungas win Orcutt 63 24 Middle Street edged JCC 450 Aaron Daniels Joel Sommerville MG between them Our Lady of Peace edged Sterling House 29 21 Tom Garriety 1
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Player shoots 64 to win Pensacola Open pro-am lead
South African Gary Player shot a eight under par 64 in the Pensacola pro-am prelim to the Pensacola Open to take the lead. Dave Ragan was second with 65 while six pros tied for third at 67. Defending champ Gay Brewer carded 69.
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76ers Rout Bullets in season finale as Wilt shines
Wilt Chamberlain scored 26 and grabbed 17 as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Baltimore Bullets 137 to 119 in the final game of the regular season. Wally Jones added 24 points for the 76ers, who won the Eastern Division and advance to face the New York Knicks in the opening playoff round. Baltimore finished last in the East and missed the playoffs. Monroe led Baltimore with 46 points in his rookie NBA season.
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Pistons Top Celtics 125 116 to Close Regular Season
Detroit routs Boston 125 to 116 at Boston Garden as DeBusschere and Bing lead with 2 and 23 points respectively. Celtics miss Russell and Sanders amid hamstring and thumb injuries while Boston falls to 54 28, trailing Cincinnati for playoff berth.
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Codorniz Triumphs in Aqueduct Feature Handicap
Codorniz the Uruguayan bred mare owned by Maribel Blur won the $25,000 added Correction Handicap at Aqueduct by three lengths over Just Kidding with Recall a close third. Jockey Bob Ussery guided Codorniz from fourth to first as Recall a timely pace setter faded. Just Kidding finished second by a nose. Codorniz paid $6.60 4.60 3.00 as the crowd of 30,673 watched a 1 11 5 for six furlongs and it marked the mare’s second win in four starts this year earning $18,850.
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Hockey Scoreboard Mixed Results Across The League
Montreal defeats Taronto 9 to 3 while Pittsburgh tops St Louis 4 to 2 New York and Chicane beat Chiladelshia at Oakland late Minnesota edges Los Arete late in overtime AHL Baltimore 4 Hersney 2 Providence 3 Buffalo 1.
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Canadiens Top Leafs 3 2 to Eliminate Toronto from Playoffs
Bobby Rousseau scored his 14th overall and 11th of the season as Montreal defeated Toronto 3 2 to knock the Maple Leafs from the NHL playoffs. Mickey Redmond added for the Canadiens while Ron Ellis and Tim Horton replied for Toronto. Bruce Gamble relieved John Bower after a skate cut, with Montreal unlocking all goals in the opening period.
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Pro Basketball Scores From Weekend Schedule
Basketball results show New York over Philadelphia 108 106 while Baltimore and Houston posted wins. Oakland defeated Dudes 111 to 69 and New Jersey edged Crete 97.
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Nevin Nets Hat Trick as Rangers Top Hawks for Second Place
Bob Nevin scored a three goal first period hat trick and added an assist to power the New York Rangers to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks. The win moved New York into second in the NHL Eastern Division and extended their winning streak to two. Stan Mikita drove Chicago with a goal and assist as Ed Giacomin made 48 saves for the Rangers.
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Cage Scribes Choose Newell for Award
Boston based association honors Hartford Courant writer Bill Newell at the New England Basketball Writers dinner on April 2 for his long support of college basketball as a sportswriter and assistant sports editor. The event recognizes players coaches administrators officials writers and broadcasters selected by coaches writers and radio personnel covering college basketball.
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Knicks Eliminate Royals In Tight 108 106 Playoff Clincher
Howard Komives scored 21 as the New York Knicks beat Cincinnati 108 106 to end the Royals post season bid. Oscar Robertson led Cincinnati with 28 but Komives tight defense helped the Knicks seal the win after a late 35 second stretch. Cincinnati 106 New York 108.
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