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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
13
Cincinnati Bearcats extend their unbeaten 14-0 season and stay the top team in the AP poll for a eighth straight week. They aim for a third straight national title after a Missouri Valley win over Bradley.
Cincinnati ranked No. 1 for the eighth straight week in the UPI major college basketball ratings faces Illinois in a marquee matchup. The poll lists the top teams with Cincinnati at 14-0, followed by Duke, Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Wichita State, Stanford, Virginia, Colorado, and others.
Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills won the S. Rae Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year award at a Rochester charity dinner. Wills, who stole 104 bases last season and was the NL MVP, received 56 first-place votes and 231 points, ahead of Arnold Palmer. He hinted he would play it by ear next season and noted his base stealing impact on offense.
The Green Bay Packers, NFL champions, travel to Dallas to meet the Cowboys in an exhibition game on Saturday August 17.
Wisconsin quarterback Ron VanderKelen, famed for the Rose Bowl performance, signed a one year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. He chose Minnesota over Green Bay and cited playing for a rising team and guidance from Norm Van Brocklin as key factors.
Iowa's basketball team, after a rocky start in the conference, has won three straight Big Ten games with dramatic comebacks. Coach Sharm Scheuerman notes potential for a first division finish if mid-season eligibility holds.
Con- Amid talk of a college fix Hawkins, a 6-7 Brooklyn native and Iowa freshman, will play on the American Basketball League all star squad against the Harlem Globetrotters next Sunday at Regis gym. The B'nai B'rith sponsor reported 800 tickets sold of 2,000, with sales at local May’s and Armstrong’s outlets.
Loyola of Chicago’s Rambler lineup features four junior starters in a high scoring, unbeaten team led by coach George Ireland. The only senior is Jerry Harkness, with sophomores in reserve including Billy Smith and others in the backcourt and frontcourt.
The Guthrie Center team led the Valley Girls as Ohio University beat Loyola 80 72 in a tough game. Top performers included Harkness and Cosgrove with 20 points, Rouse 17, and Hunter 13 as the Iowa Girls Athletic Conference rankings shifted with Ramblers and Quoketa Valley noted.
Iowa squad rallies in final minutes to beat Michigan State 60 59 at Jenison Fieldhouse. Dave Roach, Andy Hankins, Joe Reddington key late plays as Hawkins teammates Hawkins and Roach reach 12 and 15 points respectively. Michigan State falls to 2 2 in Big Ten with Gent scoring 14.
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Iowa defeats Michigan State 60 to 59 while Notre Dame tops Purdue 96 to 86 in college games. West Coast and Midwest results include Saint Stetson 80 over South Georgia 99 and Wayland 74 over Southwest New Mexico. In NBA action Los Angeles 124 def D etroit 94.
Miss Dale Bertramsen rolled the first 300 game in history during a Clinton women's league at Recre8tion Lanes. She added a 623 three game series. In the same venue on Friday night John Christiansen toppled a 306 and posted a 730 series in his league.
Charley Powell told a Pittsburgh news luncheon that Cassius Clay’s forecast of a fifth round knockout doesn’t matter. He declined to predict a finish himself and said he came back to win the fight, not for a payday.
A drama piece follows a French war orphan who joins a squad in combat. The program airs on KCRG-TV 9 Tuesday at 6 30 PM as part of a battlefield storyline.
Formal contracts for the Sonny Liston Floyd Patterson heavyweight title rematch in Miami Beach at Convention Hall on April 4 have been drawn and could be signed Tuesday. Promoter Al Bolan aims to close negotiations locally rather than in New York, with finalization possible soon. Liston camp seeks $-207,000 from the Chicago title bout last September while adviser Jack Nilon claims a contract copy exists but the money has not yet arrived.
Joe Brown seeks a second comeback bout in Houston after losing the light weight title to Tony Noriega. He vows to show there is life remaining in his career as he fights Tuesday night.
New York AP reports Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors had his worst scoring week in four NBA seasons, totaling 117 points in four games. He averaged 29.3 while season average sits at 46.2 with 2,170 points on 882 field goals and 406 free throws, far ahead of Elgin Baylor’s 33.7 runner up.
Oklahoma State football coach Phil Cutchin named Charles Bentley to his OSU staff. Bentley, a teammate at Kentucky in 1946, joins the Cowboys from the past to aid the program in Stillwater Oklahoma.
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