Beloit Jones Brothers in Point Lead Beloit Jones Brothers in Point Lead
Beloit Jones Brothers take an early lead in the Midwest Conference race as they push to secure top position. Key rival teams chase from behind with the season advancing.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
7
Beloit Jones Brothers take an early lead in the Midwest Conference race as they push to secure top position. Key rival teams chase from behind with the season advancing.
The Jones brothers of Beloit lead the Midwest Conference scoring with Kit Jones at 22.5 points per game and Jim Jones at 20.6. St Olaf rose to number one by defeating Monmouth 100 to 82, becoming the first club to reach three figures this season.
Boyd Converse resigned as head football coach at Wichita State University effective immediately at age 35 to resume work on a doctorate at Baylor University. The move follows prior resignations by athletic director Noah Allen and three assistant coaches amid an NCAA football recruiting probe at WSU.
INDIANAPOLIS Reggie Harding, a 7 foot 250 pound center from Detroit and former NBA player, joined the Indiana Pacers as they left for a four day trip. Coach Larry Staverman said Harding can assist in the pivot with Bob Netolicky out with the mumps and George Peeples ill with the flu, hoping he strengthens the middle.
Chicago White Sox signed catcher Duane Iowan Josephson and three rookie pitchers Dan Lazar Ken Frailing and Fred Rath to 1968 contracts. Lazar and Rath were with Evansville of the Southern League, Frailing came from Appleton of the Midwest League. Josephson from New Hampton played 62 games last season batting .238 due to injuries.
Eastern and Western divisions feature varied results with Minnesota and New Orleans strong in the East and New Jersey toppling Houston in a high scoring Monday night across arenas. Standout lines include Dallas over Pittsburgh and Denver over Indiana as Oakland and Kentucky also posted wins.
The Regis Booster club will hold a meeting at the school at 7 30 p m Wednesday it was announced Tuesday.
UCLA coach John Wooden says the 71 69 defeat to Houston ends a 47 game win streak and No 1 ranking, but will make the Bruins better. Lew Alcindor, who had eye injuries, may play this weekend as doctors assess vertical diplopia and depth perception while Wooden defends his decision to keep him in the game.
Century marks flood weekend bowling as Cabrnoch tops 264 in Tropics Eagles mix and Hodges hits 255 in May City Happy Couples. Brunson 220 leads Town and Country His and Hers women, while Reilly posts 564 series in Marion Mix Ups. Neighbors league sees Ruta 255 and Konen 241 with Wawro 554 series.
Washington JV beat Iowa City 73 to 62 in Iowa City Monday. Rick Williams led with 21 points, Dennis Smith 15, Bill Carrithers 10, boosting the Warriors to a 10-1 record.
Plans for a fifth and sixth grade invitational basketball tournament are announced. Interested teams should contact Bill Klein by Wednesday via daytime 363-6460 or evening 366-6730.
Gary Hoffman scored 100 points to win the playground and recreation commission's first basketball skills title at Cleveland School. Bruce Barber finished second with a high % points after beating Larry Dierks in a playoff.
Central Park Presbyterian beat St. Mark's Lutheran 56 to 38 in Ellis Y Church league action. Trinity Lutheran routed Calvary Baptist 87 to 58 while St Pauls Methodist edged Kenwood Park Presbyterian 42 to 37.
Purdue coach George King adjusted the offense to suit scoring sophomore Rick Mount, placing him at the top of the key to create better shots. Mount responds with 16 of 32 and 10 of 20 field goals in wins over Wisconsin and Indiana, while easing foot pain after removing a brace.
Kennedy's junior varsity basketball team edged LaSalle 52 51 on Monday to hand the Lancers a second loss in nine games. Bruce Senti led Kennedy with 14 points while LaSalle's Mike Fox scored 18.
Memphis State coach Moe Iba and assistant Bob Stephenson blocked attackers as referee John Overby warded off a crowd after he awarded two overtime technicals to the Tigers in a 75-68 loss to Cincinnati. Overby called five technicals in the game amid crowd littering and hostility at Memphis.
AFL-CIO President George Meany says unions for ballplayers are unnecessary, arguing players are individual contractors with a good association and a capable lawyer. Eddie Stanky praises Leo Durocher, while Durocher recalls predicting the Cubs would finish poorly and confirms no more forecasts.
Michigan routed Ball State 99 to 7 while Ohio State posted 44 as Cincinnati beat Mameahis 75 68. Parsons led Northwood Mich 108 90 and several others posted varied margins across the Big Ten and Missouri Valley.
Denise Long of Union-Whitten exploded for 111 points Monday night to tie the Town girls single game scoring mark. The 5-11 junior, averaging 62 points, made 38 field goals and 35 of 44 free throws as Union-Whit ten crushed Dows 136 to 41, tying Norma Schoulte’s 1952 tournament record and surpassing Irene Silka’s 1926 regular season best.
Continental Metals, Wilson and iCo and Nordman Jewelers earned victories in the Marion YMCA Monday Industrial basketball league. Continental defeated Price Electric 95 to 68, Wilson beat Irwins 107 to 57, and Nordman’s edged Marion DX 71 to 66.
Duke Pahoa Kahanamoku Hawaii’s most famous citizen died Monday aged 77. He was Hawaii’s first Olympic champion winning gold in the 100 meter freestyle in 1920 and repeating in 1924.
Monticello Sacred Heart boys defeated Garnavillo 48 40 with Mark Racker scoring 17 points and Doug Reimer adding 17 for Garnavillo. In the girls game Garnavillo won 39 28 led by Kathy Moeller with 19 and Jane Indelofer's 16 for Sacred Heart.
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