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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1968

Page

14

St John’s Faces Bruins After Holiday Festival Semi

St John’s stunned North Carolina 72 70 in the Holiday Festival semifinal as UCLA 83 67 over Princeton set up a final with Lew Alcindor dominating inside and Lou Carnesecca predicting a tough test for his Redmen.

John Wooden Lew Alcindor Lou Carnesecca St. John’s Alcindor UCLA North Carolina Redmen Tar Heels Carnesecca New York Princeton Bruins

Podolak shines at quarterback as East falls in Shrine game

Ed Podolak moved from tailback to quarterback for the East in the East-West Shrine game and drove the East to a first-quarter touchdown. He finished with 52 rushing yards on 15 carries and two completions for minus two yards, but fumbled a punt that set up the West winner. Gene Washington sparked the West with a 28-yard scoring catch as the West prevailed 13-7.

San Francisco Calif Ed Podolak Podolak Iowa Freddie Sommers Wake Forest Louis Thomas Utah Brooks Dawson Texas-El Paso Ronnie Johnson Oklahoma State Stanford Gene Washington Wyoming Gene Huey Thomas Washington Cleveland Ohio State Loun Michaels Matte

Prep Cage Roundup Highlights Friday Schedule

Readable items show a cage roundup preview with mentions of teams like East Central Iowa Linn-Mar West Bench and Prairie at Washington. Fragments reference boys and girls events, venues such as La Salle and Columbus, and a Friday Saturday slate with matchups and venues.

DeSales Faces Lansing St in North Iowa Catholic Oss

Athletics report notes a DeSales victory schedule with St. Pat’s and Lansing events. Incomplete OCR lists include names and teams such as Wauk and Oss, with scattered scores and references to football or basketball action.

Oss DeSales Wauk St. Pat Lans A. Ose Rey O Boece

East Iowa Catholic School Football Brief

East Iowa Catholic notes show Belle and St John teams in a local grid update with scattered scores and roster hints. The item mentions Aquin and Mara in abbreviated form, indicating a mixed recap of small school games and upcoming matchups.

Belle Mara Ind St. John Ero St. J

Unner Mississipni Ww and Garnaville Fray

Fragmented OCR lists teams and scores, noting Guttenberg and Winneshiek games. Mentions Mar-Mac and Venersi with map unclear. Overall reads as a brief schedule fragment from Winneshiek area teams with partial results.

Garnaville Duttenberg Guttenberg Fi Wipnesnick Winneshiek Lansin FRIDA Apefteacers Ae Venersi S. Winneshiek

Local place names appear in scattered lines

OCR text shows fragmented place names such as Horwey Norway Creek Amana Garrison Lake Shelisburg and Valleys with incomplete words. The readable items hint at a regional list or map fragment including Millersburg Amana and ERIDAY rie to ml Re.

Horwey Norway Creek Amana Garrison Shelisburg Eriday Rie Millersburs Norway

Montezuma and Iowa Valley Community News Brief

Fragmented notice reports Montezuma and Iowa Valley area items with references to Amana community and Saturday events. Sparse readable facts mention Valleys, Eng Valleys and Norway names in unclear context.

Lowa Valley Bent Eng Inne Norway Ies Eejonommunity

Unclear fragment shows Iowa area score notes

Fragmentary text lists Waverly and Cresco with scores 3 to 2 and 2 to 1, plus Decorah and New Hampton 2 to 2, and a reference to Saturday play or event names. No clear teams, places, dates, or outcomes reliable.

Waverly Waukon Iwein Cresco City Decorah New Hampton Sr Cotamel Maker Wanlert

District matchups for I C West and Shellsburg play

The schedule lists I C West facing Ankeny and Garrison meeting Mintersburg while Shellsburg plays Stormont. Turkey Valley meets Hine and North Linst hosts I C West at Anainosa.

I.C. West Stone Ankeny Foan Garrison Mintersburs G—Shellsburg Stormont Turkey Valley of the

Matte's record day fuels Colts win in Cleveland

Halfback Tom Matte scored three touchdowns and 88 rushing yards in Baltimore's 30-20 triumph over the Browns. He collapsed postgame from exhaustion after a 17 carry title game. coach Don Shula praised defense and pass protection as Cleveland lamented mistakes and a tough night.

Baltimore Tom Matte Cleveland Matte Browns Erich Barnes Mike Howell Colts Municipal Stadium Alex Karras Detroit Lions Leroy Kelly Kelly Don Shula Willie Richardson Shula Miami New York Jets Weeb Ewbank Blanton Collier

Big Ten Contenders Rise as Illinois Northwestern Lead Race

Illinois and Northwestern emerge as strong Big Ten title contenders after decisive wins in Florida and Miami. Illinois extends to nine straight with 86-76 over Miami, Northwestern 77-68 over Boston College, boosting a crowded race with Iowa Purdue and Ohio State. Conference openers include Minnesota at Illinois and Purdue at Wisconsin.

Detroit Motor City Temple Illinois Miami Fla New Mexico State Evansville la Salle South Carolina Indiana Gamecocks St. Joseph’s St. Bonaventure Duquesne Chicago Northwestern Florida Boston College Stanford Iowa Purdue Ohio State Big Ten Minnesota Michigan Michigan State Wisconsin

Big 8 Final: Memories of Olympics

In Kansas City Oklahoma State challenges eighth rated Kansas for the Big Eight tourney title. Hank Iba leads the Cowboys against Jo Jo White, the Olympics star mentored by Iba during Mexico City Games. Iba downplays upset hopes saying Kansas remains favored.

Kansas City Oklahoma State Kansas Cowboys Hank Iba Mexico City Jo Jo White

Big Eight and Holiday Tournaments Highlight Weekend Basketball

A collage of college basketball results across multiple tournaments includes Missouri versus Oklahoma State in the Big Eight semi, St Ambrose and others, with Holy Cross, Villanova, Michigan State, North Carolina, and Florida A&M/U. S. showdowns. Notable scores feature Maryland over Wichita State, Arizona over Syracuse, and Virginia Tech beating Virginia.

Louisiana State Oklahoma City Pete Maravich Southern California Tulsa Houston San Francisco Kentucky Notre Dame Villanova Michigan State Cincinnati North Texas State BIG Eight Missouri Oklahoma St ST. Ambrose Chris. Brothers Inois Upper Iowa Holy Cross Providence Villanovs Michigan St John’s North Carolina Princeton Central Connecticut Trinity Wesleyan Vermont Southern Conn Indiana St. Joseph’s FT Es Holiday W.va Inten Albany Keming Oale City Queen City Washington Canisius Cone Island Irvene Fullerton St U Occidenta Wheeling Citterine St

National Association Eastern Western ties report

Fragmentary OCR notes refer to national associations and regional ties between Eastern and Western groups including mentions of Atlantic Balt Los and UK BAY 108.

National League Results Sunday

National League results Sunday show Semen' A securing a win with notable scoring by key players. Opponents faced strong defense as standings tighten across divisions and teams chase postseason bids.

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