Big Eight title race opens with top teams at home
The Big Eight basketball race begins with Kansas State facing Colorado and Oklahoma State meeting Kansas, while Missouri hosts Oklahoma. Iowa State is favored at home against Nebraska. Kansas State seeks improvement after a strong holiday tourney showing, and Oklahoma State aims to beat Kansas despite a six-year Jayhawk edge in Stillwater. Missouri, led by Carey Flamank and Moniese, eyes its first winning season since 1956, as Iowa State tries to rebound from a seven-game skid with Nebraska.
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St Pat's Splits With Parsons Fives
St Patrick's of Chanute and St Patrick's of Parsons split two junior high games last night. Chanute took the eighth grade 46 18 while Parsons won the ninth grade 46 33. LaForge led Parsons with 19 points as Chanute trailed 27 12 at halftime and then fouling stalled the late rally. Dick Kelly paced Chanute with nine.
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Full Slate Of Games In CNC Action Tonight
A full slate of area basketball games features Riverton at Alma with both tied at 41 league marks behind Southeast Cherokee at 50. Cherokee aims for a sixth straight victory at Erie as Galena visits Frontenac and Baxter Springs travels to Girard. Four County and Mineral Belt matchups send Oswego to Altoona St Paul to Midway Chetopa to Thayer McCune to Edna St Patrick’s plays Parsons at Parson with Caney idle joints. Non league games include Humboldt at St Marys Pittsburg and Fulton at Moran Mulberry at Parsons St Patrick’s.
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Wright Named Top Athlete of the Year in AP Poll
Mickey Wright, California native and Dallas resident, is named Woman Athlete of the Year by the AP. She led with 311 points, ahead of Maria Bueno who had 127, and was first on 87 of 134 ballots. Wright won 13 LPGA tournaments and earned a record $34,027 in prize money.
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Perkins Retains World Junior Welterweight Title in Tokyo
Eddie Perkins of Chicago knocked out Yo Shinori Takahasi of Japan to retain the world junior welterweight title. Takeshi Nakamura of Illinois outpointed Rick Magramo of the Philippines in Tokyo, confirming a Japan bout night with two decisive results.
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Carnegie Tech Star Bill Sofia Sets Scoring Record
Carnegie Tech basketball standout Bill Sofia held the school scoring record, amassing 1,571 points from 1957 through 1961, establishing a benchmark for future players during his four-year tenure.
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St Patrick's CYO Nets fourth straight league win
St Patrick's CYO of Chanute routed St Paul Parsons 84 27 to extend its league streak as 10 players scored led by Tom Van Leeuwen with 20 points Reynolds topped St Paul with 10 In the B game Chanute lost in overtime 38 36 as David Heath led Chanute with 12 and Diskin had 12 for St Paul
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College Basketball Scores Across The Nation
A flurry of college games reports results from East to Midwest with many notable outcomes. St Josephs Pa defeated NYU 82 76 while St Bonaventure topped Duquesne 97 61 and LaSalle beat Pennsylvania 58. Connecticut beat Manhattan 73 57 and Providence edged Brown 69 59. Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 76 67 and Duke defeated North Carolina St 91 70. Oklahoma City 101 Creighton Xavier Ohio 103 Dayton 94. Miami Florida 105 Rhode Island 88. Marquette 98 Wisconsin Milwaukee 67.
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College Grid In Windup
The final day of the extended college football season featured three all star games with scores: South beat North 28 21 in Mobile Alabama. North defeated South 20 13 in Honolulu for the Hula Bowl. Nations crushed Southwest 66 14 in Corpus Christi Texas. In college basketball results Seattle routed Arizona State 100 96 and UCLA routed Washington State 121 77 among others.
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Basketball Calendar of Fort Scott and Area Games
A schedule lists tonight and upcoming games for Fort Scott Juco at Highland St Patrick s 9th at St Mary s of Pittsburg plus Tuesday matchups Parsons Juco at Chanute Independence Juco at Coffeyville Chanute at Parsons and other pairings across area teams including Iola Fort Scott Oswego Altoona St Paul Midway Chetopa Thayer McCune Edna Humboldt Riverton Alma Galena Frontenac Southeast Cherokee Erie Baxter Springs Girard Fulton Moran Caney St Patrick s AeroDuct Self Service Grocery Ben Franklin Holy Name at St Patrick s 7 00 pm Wednesday St Patrick s Parsons at Mulberry
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Chargers Crest AFL Title With 51 10 Win Over Boston
In San Diego Sid Gillman’s Chargers clinched the AFL crown by routing Boston 51-10, amassing 610 yards. Keith Lincoln starred with 206 rushing, 123 receiving, and 20 passing for 349 total yards, hailed as the league’s standout performer.
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Robber Steals Cameras and Kennedy Film in San Antonio
In San Antonio a thief broke into Representative Henry B. Gonzalezs car on a downtown street. The raid netted 450 dollars in cameras and undeveloped photographs of President John F. Kennedy from his Texas trip. Also taken were recent film reels featuring President Lyndon B. Johnson. Gonzalez said a window vent was pried to enter the locked vehicle.
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Panthers to Host Parsons Tuesday
The Parsons Cardinals visit Chanute for an Eastern Kansas Juco Division clash at 7 30 p.m. The Cardinals feature guard Sherman Dillard, praised as a top junior college player, while guard Harris topped them with 37 points in a previous win. Chanute aims to rebound to 4 5 overall as they host Parsons in a battle of two league leaders.
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Blue Comets Face Parsons in KHSA Clash on Road
Chanute travels to Parsons aiming to extend a three game win streak and climb into the upper end of the Southeast Kansas League standings. Parsons sits 4-2, led by 25.4 ppg scorer Jim Bush with Marshall Sage 11.6 ppg, as Chanute eyes a road win and a home game against Pittsburg Friday.
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Green Bay Wins 40-23 in Pro Playoff Bowl
Miami. Bart Starr led Green Bay past Cleveland 40-23 in the Pro Playoff Bowl as he threw three first half touchdown passes to build a commanding lead. Frank Ryan of the Browns threw for 310 yards on 18 completions, setting game records for completions and total yardage.
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