White Sox focus on leadoff hitter over sluggers
Chicago manager Eddie Stanky says the team needs a high batting average and a strong leadoff man rather than 35 homer threats. He aims to raise the club average from .231 toward .245, emphasizing contact, speed, and reducing strikeouts while relying on improved pitching.
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Chicago
Eddie Stanky
Chicago White Sox
Stanky
Sox
White Sox
Hawkeyes Schedule Big Winter Home Saturday Card
Iowa hosts four teams across eight events at the Hawkeye fieldhouse starting 1 p.m. with wrestling triple meets of Iowa Indiana Minnesota Missouri, then fencing Cornell College, swimming Iowa Michigan State Minnesota, and Minnesota gymnastics. The wrestling team is 1-3 in dual meets while gymnasts stand 2-1.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Hawkeye
Michigan State
Cornell
Fewer LPGA Meets but Similar Purses in 1967 Schedule
LPGA golfers will play eight official tournaments from March through May, two fewer than 1966, with total prize money around 100000. Seven events raise purses. overall smaller schedule aims to rest players and please sponsors. Key stops include the St Petersburg Orange Classic, Venice Ladies Open, Louise Suggs Invitational, and the Dallas Civitan Open.
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Cincinnati
Ladies Professional Golf Assn
Leonard F. Wirtz
LPGA
Wirtz
Caracas
Venezuela
St. Petersburg
Fla
Venice
Louise Suggs
Boynton
Beach
Raleish
N.C
Shreveport
Midland
Tex
Bebe Zaharias
Beaumont
Matson Poised for 71 Foot Shot Record Push
Texas A M track coach Charley Thomas says Randy Matson, world leading shot putter, may reach 71 or 72 feet with the indoor iron ball before season end. Matson recently lost in San Francisco but is improving, with a new mercury filled indoor shot and ongoing knee pain from last season.
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College Station
San Francisco
Oregon
Neal Steinhauer
Matson
Randy
Thomas
Neal
California
Lubbock
Pampa
Texas
Strongboy
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Steinhauer
Buck Nystrom Joins Oklahoma Football Staff
Carl Buck Nystrom 33 will join the Oklahoma Sooners football coaching staff after four years as an assistant at North Dakota State. Athletic Director Gomer Jones announced the move, expanding the Oklahoma staff.
Spartans Hold Whip Hand In Big Ten Championship Race
Michigan State faces Illinois and Iowa with home games against Northwestern and Michigan looming as the key to the title. Iowa must beat Michigan State Saturday at East Lansing to stay in the hunt, while Wisconsin seeks reward after Illinois losses. Cassius Clay quips about speed and height as a humorous sports moment.
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New York
Iowa
Hawks
Michigan State
Spartans
Indiana
Wisconsin
Purdue
Minnesota
Ohio State
Illinois
Trini
Michigan
Northwestern
East Lansing
Irish, Spartans Are Co-Champs
Notre Dame and Michigan State were named co champions of the 1966 college football season by the Helms Athletic Foundation. It marked the first time the foundation selected co champions since 1900. Notre Dame's eight titles and Michigan State's four are noted, with MSU previously No. 1 in 1965.
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Los Angeles
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Helms Athletic Foundation
HAF
Helms
Princeton Pulls Off Upset With Sleepy Train Trip
Princeton coach Bill Van Breda Koff details an all night train journey to Newark and Raleigh before the 91 81 upset of North Carolina. The team shot 65 percent and endured crowded coach seating and limited sleep before arriving in Chapel Hill.
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Princeton
N. J
Bill van Breda Koff
North Carolina
Newark
van Breda Koff
Raleigh
N. C
Washington
Chapel Hill
Cyclone Awards Presented to 88 Varsity Freshmen
Ames announces 88 athletes from towns statewide receive varsity and freshman football and cross country awards for 1966. W H Thompson cites list of awardees including Barney Wile Robin, Rick Burchett, Tom Busch, Sam Campbell, and many others from Ames, Des Moines, Chicago, Cincinnati, and across the region.
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Ames
W. H
Bill” Thompson
Cyclone Athletic Council
Mn Barney
Wile Robin
Bixby
Cat Lewis
Bathines
Itai Brooks
Muthven
Oath Rick Burchett
Herlans
Tom Busch
Garner
Sam Campbell
River Rouge
Mich
Larry Carwell
Campbell
Jim Cunninghame
Lauderdale
Fla
Joe A Rosa
George Bitte
Willie
Murdrews
Chicago
Dennis Esselmann
Olla
Ith
Brian Feikema
Sloux City
Bon Graves
Centerville
Ted
Mall
Cncinnati
Ohio
Larry Horton
Keokuk
Ben King
Central Islip
Gary King
Kip Koski
Gtow
George Maurer
Columbus
Dave Mayberry
Millwaukee
Wie
Oug
Oug Robinson, 31, Anne, I Dick Schafroth
Avet Des Moines
Jeff Smonds
Rockford
Ill
Jon Soucek
Bloomington
Minn
Don Stanley
Winterset
Dennis Storey
Dortton
Ed Tyinstra
Des Moines
van Galder
Fresno
Calif
Terry
Veyckley
Webster
Omaha
Neb
Manners
Dennis Baker
State Center
Mike Lamberta
Escol Hman
Bert Alamon
Wichita Falls
Texas
Roger Ashland
Clear Lake
Dennis Bandy
Dubuque
Tom Barnes
Antigo
Wis
Mike Bliss
Bob Greiner
Craig Bolter Belmond
Dick Borschuk
Bob Braunllette
Sie City
Tom Butters
Parettes
Randy Éaim
Marshall Langhor
Evanston, Ill
Ray Coffey
Maurice Cox
Ory Cline
Davenport
Ken Gallagher
Marshalltown
Mike Houck
Estacada
Ore
Dave Lee
Dennis Morgan
Cedar Falls
Allan Simpson
Peter Werlikin
Prairie du Lac
Vince Coyle
Dean Barnhart
Larry Lockhart
Neil Thompson
All of
Mes
Byron Grote
Council Blutts
Ernest Lindley
Howard
Cal
Ron Perkins
Morning Sun
David Schmidt
Arlent Heights
Alston to share Hyland award at St Louis dinner
Walter Alston, who has led the Dodgers to six National League pennants, will share the Dr. Robert F. Hyland award for meritorious service to sports at the St. Louis Baseball Writers' 10th annual dinner on June 26.
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ST. Louis
Walter Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Robert F. Hyland
St. Louis Baseball Writers
Showdown Over 1.6 Academic Rule At NCAA Session
The 1.6 rule sparks clash among Negro and Ivy league schools with lower income enrollments and major conferences at the NCAA 61st convention in Houston. UCLA's Booth defends the aim for athlete students while opponents urge elimination or modification amid calls for school autonomy.
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Texas
API
NCAA
Eastern College Athletics Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Wright
Ncaa Council
Bradford Booth
UCLA
Everett D. Barnes
Colgate University
Asa Bushnell
Eastern College Athletic Conference
Ohio Athletic Conference
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Southeastern Conference
Bushnell
Lysle Butler
Oberlin College
Tonto Coleman
Big Ten
Big Hight
Pacific 8
Missouri Valley
Western Athletic
Young bowler John Cassidy shines in junior league
Washington high sophomore John Cassidy, age 16, rolls 242 for a new personal high in the T and C Junior Boys league, boosting his average by 74 pins. Other top scores include John Welbes and Marlyce Murdoch. Doris Starr and Debbie Niles also post strong totals across mixed and girls leagues.
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Washington High
CIS Crem
John Welbes
John
Marlyce Murdoch
Indian Creek
Doris Starr
The
Moose
Marlyce
Doris
Collins Keglers
Ray Baker
Frank Frisby
Dale Smith
Ron Seiler
Cassidy
Dave Carney
Debbie Niles
Sue Renter
Marion
Phyllis Hawk Inn
Wanda Straub
Mildred Rhodes
Terri Nowlin
Esther Kisling
Sybil Mortman
Eula Wood
R. Bowl Tives
Belter
Alil Seitzman
Art Peckham
MPS
Little Four
Vern Stoba
Phyl Stolba
Ana Weaver
Marv Kluth
Hen Parsenberg
Jeanela Straub
Samson Sloppy
Chock 'Ine
Hoe Loufik
Bob l Brahnik
Eisht Gall
Jim Eolar Too
Mille Baker
Danna Malar
Dan Nasdir
Sadrae
Ken Reed
Marty Imekee
Wittoneline
Bails Milky Way
Larry Johnston
Bil Kettelven
Jerry O'Neill
Betty Ketelsen
Alley Cats
Rum Dums
Russ Ream
Les Glas‘gow
Sun Fun
Jones
Abernathy
Malichenet
Francis Keith
Reginatris
Jr. Boys
Great Electric
ISU's Nichols Named West Team Mat Coach
Iowa State coach Harold Nichols and Myron Rodrick of Oklahoma State will lead the West in the first East West NCAA wrestling meet. The match will be held at Oklahoma State on April 8 with top seniors from east of the Mississippi against a West squad. East coaches are Gerald Leeman of Lehigh and Cliff Keen of Michigan State.
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Texas
Lowa
Harold Nichols
Myron Rodrick
Oklahoma State
Mississippi River
Gerald Leeman
Lehigh
Cliff Keen
Michigan State
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