Comets Crush Titan in 61-37 season opener at Columbus
Chanute Blue Comets outshot out rebounded and controlled the Titans 61-37 in Columbus. Monty Briley led with 13 points while Dave Martin added 12 and Robert Orr 10. Gene Murdock held to three points before ankle injury. The Comets outrebounded 53-35 and pressed effectively.
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Columbus
Columbus Titans
Comet B
Chanute
Gene Murdock
Murdock
Titans
Monty Briley
Dave Martin
Robert Orr
Benson
Gerald Berthoz
Virgil Akins
Bill Gaudern
Comet
Briley
Bob Deakins
Orr
Gaudern
Chanute Seen Wu
Fott ¢ Benson Wah
Hawley Douthit
Berthot Deakins
Kirk
Freaks
Brown
Barnhart Kimple
Wile Crosby
Teel Cole
Oliver Skahen Herron
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Rockets Split With Fredonia In Season Openers
Royster Junior High and Fredonia split two season openers at home yesterday. Fredonia won the 8th grade game 40 17 while Royster 9th edged the host 32 28. Mellon scored 26 for Fredonia in the 8th and Kirkwood led Royster 9th with 16 points. The two teams meet again today at Ottawa at 2 30 p m.
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Fredonia
Royster Junior High School
Chanute
Rockets
Herb Snender
Tom Kirkwood
Rocky Carter
Mellon
Brett Richman
Royster
Doug Barnow
Ottawa
Turner
Gilhens
Young
Sexton
Relph
Richman
Dunaway
Smith
Barnow
Harding
Collins
Area Dams Report With Small Water Level Drops
Yesterday the conservation pool stood at 1 036.11 feet while the normal level is 1 036 feet as one tainter gate was feet open and one low flow valve at 40 percent. Total discharge reached 200 cubic feet per second. The water level at another dam remained 901.56 feet yesterday versus 901.50 feet now with low flow valve at 40 percent and 20 cubic feet per second discharge.
Waterway level report at 948.50 feet yesterday 948.53
The level registered at 948.50 feet with yesterday's measurement 948.53 feet. One low flow valve operates at 25 percent capacity. Total discharge of water recorded as 12 (units).
Severy Nips Altoona 59 57 On Altis Last-Second Basket
Severy defeats Altoona 59 57 as Larry Altis hits a late field goal with three seconds left. Altoona led at times in a seesaw opener. Severy’s Austin scored 26 with 12 free throws for the visitors. Altoona hosts Edna next in Four County League action.
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Severy
Larry Altis
Altoona Redskins
Gary Rogers
Altis
Rogers
Austin
Redskins
Edna
Dussalow
Roberts
Peterson
Seinears
George
Stewart
Busby
Cox
Kitch
Douglas
Totals
Indians Trip Thayer 67 to 51 in Non League Opener
St Paul Indians outscored Thayer Flyers 67 to 51 in a non league basketball opener led by Steve Cox with 16 points Ed Wheeler led Thayer with 18. The St Paul B team also defeated the junior Flyers 70 to 18 as St Paul connected on 30 field goals to Thayer's 21 and made seven free throws to nine by Thayer.
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Columbus
Chanute
Comets
Titans
Wayne McDaniel
Comet
ST. Paul
Flyers
St. Paul Cagers
Thayer
New Zealand Driver Wins Governor's Trophy at Nassau
Bruce McLaren of New Zealand edged Hap Sharp by 2.4 seconds to set a new event record of 104.624 mph in the Governor's Trophy road race during Nassau's International Speed Week.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand
Hap Sharp
Matson Receives DiBenedetto Award for 1965 Track feats
Randy Matson of Texas A&M was honored in Washington as the first man to throw the shot beyond 70 feet. He received the L DiBenedetto Award for the most outstanding male track and field performance of 1965.
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Washington
Randy Matson
Texas A&m
L. DiBenedetto
Elks Bowling Scores and Highs Across Clubs
The Elks leagues report individual scores and team tallies with highs for No 4, No 7, No 8, No 2, No 6 and other units. Notable performances include Snowden, Meredith, Osborn, and Cochran posting high 30s while various teams string double and triple digit totals across multiple games.
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Elks NO
Etka
Elks
M. Snowden
C. Meredith
Vcceesess
Eike
Osborn
D. Osborn
G. Butler
Piertoert
R. P Richwine
R. Richwine
Panthers Roll To 99 52 Victory In Home Game
McPHERSON It was the third straight win for Coach Lyle Rutter’s Panthers to lift the season record to 31. Twelve Panthers scored as Jim Jemmerson led with 20 points and Richard Williams added 15. Steve Brooks 14 and Ron Whitney 10 aided the balanced attack while Larry De Tour scored 12 in his hometown. The Neosho County squad outrebounded 51 32.
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Jim Jemmerson
Richard Williams
Steve Brooks
Ron Whitney
Larry de Tour
Howard Davis
Neosho County
Neodesha Blue Streaks Top Humboldt Cubs 57 41
Neodesha led Humboldt 57 41 as Rick Stepanich scored 18 to pace the winners. Darrell Baker added 12 and Sonny Goble 11 for Humboldt. Cubs drop season opener after trailing most of the game, junior Blue Streaks beat Cubs B-team 52 33 earlier. Next Tri-Valley League action for the Cubs is in Fredonia against the Yellowjackets.
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Neodesha
Humboldt Cubs
Rick Stepanich
Darrell Baker
Sonny Goble
Cubs
Fredonia
Yellowjackets
Adams
Hoke Klingen
Baker Hutchi- Goble Squire Stepanich Clements Davidson
Alexand Osborn Gilck Reedy
Wey
Wichita U. Starts Season at Home Versus New Mexico State
Wichita State opens defense of its Missouri Valley title hosting 7-foot senior Mike Dabich and 6-6 Wesley Morehead along with 6-5 Larry Mason for New Mexico State. The Valley slate features most teams at home except Tulsa, with St. Louis at Southern Cal leading the schedule.
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Associated Press
Wichita
New Mexico State
Tulsa
St. Louis Southern Cal
Mike Dabich
Wesley Morehead
Larry Mason
Recreation Calendar Nightline of local basketball and events
Recreation calendar lists tonight games Industrial at St Patrick gym Gray Lumber vs Harlem Magicians at 7 00 Chanute Lumber vs Phil Cooper at 8 30 Royster 8th and 9th at Ottawa 2 30 Senior High Ottawa 6 30 Launching Pad 7 30 10 30 Sunday Patrick s Junior High 7th 8th at Pique 1 pm Parent child bowling Bow Mor 2 pm St Cecilia Christmas vespers Fir s Christian Church 4 pm Monday Women s Arts and crafts N Malcom Center 9 am to Noon Industries at St Patrick gym First State Bank Thayer vs Chanute Lumber 7 pm Phil Cooper Agency vs Gray Lumber 8 20 Old Timers Launching Pad 7 30 pm
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Gray Lumber
Harlem Magicians
Chanute Lumber
Phil Cooper
Royster
Ottawa
Patrick’s
Pique
St. Cecilia
Firs Christian Church
N. Malcom Community Center
Industries
St. Patrick’s
First State Bank of Thayer
Phil Cooper Agency
Red Devils Edge Arma 38 to 35
Erie led 10 7 after the first and 23 16 at halftime in a 38 35 CNC cage win over Arma. Larry Hurst and Davidson tied with 11 for top scoring, Showalter added 10. Arma won the B team game 53 26 as Dan Arck scored 15. Erie heads to Galena next Tuesday.
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Red Devils
Arma
Erie
Devils
Larry Hurst
Davidson
Charles Showalter
Ken Kyser
Galena
European bantamweight title ends in draw in Cologne
In Cologne Germany Galli from Italy and McGow from Scotland fought to a draw with Galli retaining the European bantamweight title. The card also featured Preberg stopping Bailey in Luxembourg and Benitez outpointing Robles in San Jose with both bouts listing boxers and locations.
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Associated Press
Anne — Tommasso Galli
Italy
Walter McGow
Scotland
Drew
Galli
Cologne
Germany
Ivan Preberg
Luxembourg
Dave Bailey
Philadelphia
San Jose
Calif
Alex Benitez
Majico Robles
Mexico City
Advertising Is Your Guide to Safe Buying
A concise consumer note blends tips on evaluating deals, recognizing scams, and verifying seller credibility to help buyers compare prices, read labels, and protect personal information during purchases.
Big Eight In Action Kansas State Opens Season
Kansas State features 7-foot-11 Nick Pino in a home opener against Tulsa and 7-foot Tom Bender with coach Tex Winter praising his debut. The schedule includes two more Big Eight home games and matches Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa State, Missouri, and others across league play.
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Kansas State
Nick Pino
Tex Winter
Tulsa
Tom Bender
K-State
Oklahoma
Indiana
Norman
Kansas
Associated Press
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Iowa State
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Missouri
Arkansas
Fayetteville
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Marple & Troutman
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