Midway Jets Earn State Berth with 60 39 Win Over Oswego
The Midway Jets defeated the Oswego Indians 60 to 39 to secure a Class B state tournament berth in Emporia next Thursday. Midway built a 14-1 first quarter lead and led 24-18 at halftime.
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1963
Page
6
The Midway Jets defeated the Oswego Indians 60 to 39 to secure a Class B state tournament berth in Emporia next Thursday. Midway built a 14-1 first quarter lead and led 24-18 at halftime.
A youth asks why enlistment is worth an extra year. The answer stresses guaranteed job training if you qualify and the chance to choose preferred training. Enlistment offers choice and a head start on a chosen career, benefiting self and country.
Madison overcame a 63-58 deficit with a 22-point third quarter to beat Oswego 60-58. Fornelli led Arma with 23 points while Lynn Willard and Wayne Callen added 13 each for Madison.
Jim Beatty set a world indoor two mile record at Chicago Stadium clocking 8 30 7 after previously lifting the mile mark. The pace thrilled a crowd of 16 759 spectators as Beatty declared he decided to chase the record and delivered.
In Milan Sandro Lopopolo 137 Italy KO'd Tommy O'Connor 136 Garfield Pa in the first round. In Los Angeles Baby Luis 124 Cuba stopped Manny Linson 125 Mexico in 4 rounds. In Tacoma George Wright 158 Tacoma stopped Del Austin 153 Phoenix Ariz in 1 round.
Chanute Blue Comets edge Coffeyville 41 40 in overtime to face Parsons Vikings in Class AA regional final. Ken McCoy scored 25, with Coffeyville nearly tying on a last second shot. Parsons beat Pittsburg 57 30 to reach the final.
Predicted 1963 World Series pits Yankees against Giants and Dodgers per Las Vegas preseason odds. Yankees 2 to 5 to win AL pennant. NL odds favor Giants 5 to 2 and Dodgers 2 to 1. Detailed last season records and odds for all 10 clubs listed.
Kansas City owner Charles O. Finley asked the City Council to waive the Athletics 1963 stadium rental of 120000, noting the Dallas Texans will use the stadium for $1 per year for two years. He argued the relief would help recover part of the 400000 spent upgrading the venue, but officials said contracted rents cannot be reduced except at renewal.
Kansas State visits Colorado in a decisive Big Eight final game to determine the champion and NCAA bid. K State holds a 11-2 league mark and a 9 game winning streak, while Colorado seeks a season sweep and home court upset to force a playoff if co champions tie. Colorado needs victory to claim NCAA berth with a 2-0 season sweep over K State.
AP recaps regionals and semifinals across classes AA to BB with multiple boys basketball results from Shawnee Mission North West Derby Wichita East In Parsons Chanute Coffeyville Parsons Shawnee Mission East Wyandotte Bishop Miege Great Bend McPherson Hays St Josephs Dodge City Goodland Marysville Bonner Spr Humboldt Russell Buhler Larned Chapman Concordia Wamego Clay Center Medicine Lodge Mulvane and other venues. Professional scores include Chicago 110 Boston 109 Detroit 131 San Francisco 123 in OT.
Grambling College seeded first in the 32 team NAIA basketball tournament in Kansas City. Wil lis Reed and Hershel West lead the Tigers who are 26 1 this season. Augsburg is No 6 seed and Rockhurst opens against Pacific Lutheran in the first round Tuesday night. Fort Hays State faces Eastern New Mexico in the opening game Monday.
In Pensacola Florida AP reports a three way tie for the lead in the Pensacola Open after a second round. Jimmy Clark 42 from Huntington Beach fired 65 to reach 136 with Johnny Pott of Gulf Hills Mississippi and Bobby Nichols of Midland Texas joining the trio.
The Moberly Greyhounds defeated Sue Bennett College 67 to 62 in overtime to secure a second straight trip to the National Junior College Basketball Tournament in Columbia Missouri.
L Dean Gilliland aged 58 of Deerfield Missouri died in a late Friday collision involving his car and a pickup truck in Joplin AP report.
Mr and Mrs John Gard Johnnie and Jeffrey relocate from Emporia to the Lewis Lowe farm northeast of Erie. St Patricks Day decorations set the mood for the gathering. Mrs Frederick Swan sang Irish songs with Mrs L R Rogers on piano. Mrs Pat Reed of Chanute spoke to the group about hand made gifts and presented her creations to the club.
Moscow reports the 25th anniversary of Soviet television with Tass stating 100 TV centers reach millions and projections to 120 million viewers by 1965. Izvestia credits Boris Rosing with the first CRT television image transmission on May 9, 1911.
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