Corry Area Athletes Earn Postseason Honors Across Sports
The column honors local athletes from Corry and area for standout seasons. Bill Johnston of Thiel football earned all conference and Lutheran All American honors and will appear in Outstanding College Athletes of America 1972. Jim Stahl of Ithaca College swimming set multiple records and tied for MVP, also slated for the 1972 edition. Jim Bennett of Corry Area High School is a state champion in wrestling and pole vault and featured in Sports Illustrated. Other locals include Clarion record holder Dan Corbett in shot put and Corry freshmen Joe Nichols and Steve Dubrosky on track and field. Tom Xander of Grove City College seeks a fourth track letter, while Fred Schwab shines in basketball at the college level. Rod Skiff, formerly of Sparta and Erie Business Center, posts strong scoring and defense for the Mustangs.
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Corry Area High School
Jim Bennett
Jim
PIAA
Sports Illustrated
Tom Xander
CAHS
Grove City College
Grove City
Braves Elmore Smith Leads NBA's 72 All-Rookie Team
New York AP reports Elmore Smith of the Buffalo Braves was the lone unanimous pick on the NBA all rookies team chosen by Walter Kennedy. Also selected were Sidney Wicks Portland Austin Carr Cleveland Phil Chenier Baltimore and Clifford Ray Chicago. Smith stood out at 7 feet and averaged 17.3 points and 15.2 rebounds per game. Wicks was Rookie of the Year in coaches ballots.
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NEW York
Elmore Smith
Buffalo Braves
National Basketball Association
Walter Kennedy
NBA
Sidney Wicks
Portland
Austin Carr
Cleveland
Phil Chenier
Baltimore
Clifford Ray
Chicago
Smith
Wicks
Nollinger Leads Final Activity in Closed Season
After an extended season the National B League ended with Walt Nollinger atop the scoring list, posting a 234 high game. In the finals at Rolling Acres nH Sciota Lumber 72, Bob Johnson 203, Ford Stewart 28s, Jack Armitage 203, Walt Hollinger 714, Dick Reed 22, Robert Clarke my. A rookie became the eighth in NBA history to top 2,000 points and was the sole rookie in the 1972 All-Star Game. Carr led with 14 votes, Chenier 13, Ray seven. honorable mentions followed.
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Rolling Acres
Sciota Lumber
Bob Johnson
Ford Stewart
Jack Armitage
Walt Hollinger
Dick Reed
Robert Clarke
NBA
Carr
Chenier
Ray
Curtis Rowe
Detroit
Houston
Mike Newlin
Cliff Meely
Dean Meminger
New York
Philadelphia
Dave Wohl
Nate Williams
Cincinnati
Stan Love
Baltimore
Coaches Enter National Basketball Coaches Golf Tournament
Corpus Christi Texas Bob Bass of the Miami Floridians and Jim Padgett newly named Nevada Reno coach entered the second annual National Basketball Coaches Golf Tournament set for July 12 to 14. Saints Sign Two New Orleans Free Agents Chuck Dees and Bill Strickland sign 1972 contracts with the New Orleans Saints.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Bob Bass
Miami Floridians
American Basketball Coaches Association
Jim Padgett
University of Nevada At Reno
Saints
NEW Orleans
Chuck Dees
Mississippi State
Bill Strickland
Alabama
New Orleans Saints
Lakers Bow To Knicks In Series Opener
New York defeated Los Angeles 114 92 as the Knicks shot 72 percent in the first half. Bill Bradley and Jerry Lucas led the attack while the Lakers study film and plan adjustments for the rest of the best of seven series.
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LOS Angeles
New York Knicks
Los Angeles Lakers
Knicks
Lakers
Bill Bradley
Jerry Lucas
New York
Billy Sharman
Dave DeBusschere
béBubsthere
K.C. Jones
Wilt Chamberlain
Milwaukee
Jones
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bucks
Jabbar
New Yorks
Jerry
Nicklaus shrugs off hand injury at Byron Nelson Classic
In Dallas AP reports Jack Nicklaus downplays a minor hand injury from a shattered driver shaft. He aims to defend his Byron Nelson title as weather halted Thursday play. a single round and 36 holes on Sunday may extend if rain cancels more. Others in the strong field include Lee Trevino.
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Dallas
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Preston Trail Golf Club
Lee Trevino
CCC Ladies Day Events To Begin At Corry Club
CCC announces Ladies Day golf starts Tuesday at Corry Country Club with 10 a.m. tee offs through the school term. After term, tee-offs move to 9 a.m. and continue weekly into summer. Contact the Club for details.
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CCC
Corry Country Club
Padres Fire Manager Preston Gomez in Shock Shakeup
Don Zimmer Roger Craig and Bob Skinner learned their jobs were safe after Buzzie Bavasi dismissed Padres manager Preston Gomez following a 4-3 loss to the Mets. Zimmer, a former Dodgers and Mets figure, hinted at ambition to manage in the majors as Gomez’s firing ended a long Padres era. The Mets, led by Rusty Staub and Jerry Grote, swept to victory while other NL games saw Gheeint and Montreal win, with the AL idle.
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Don Zimmer
San Diego
Roger Craig
Bob Skinner
Padges
Buzzie* Bavasi
Preston Gomez
Padres
Fieldanager
Zimmer
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
New York Mets
Gomez
Mets
Rusty Staub
Jerry Grote
Gheinnat
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Montreal
Reds edge Pirates on ninth inning double steal
Cincinnati capitalized on Joe Morgan base running to beat the Pirates 4 3 in the ninth. Morgan drew a walk stole second and, after an intentional walk to Bobby Tolan, Morgan and Tolan executed a double steal. Ted Uhlaender plated the go ahead run with a single after Perez was walked loaded the bases. Denis Menke contributed a sacrifice fly for the decisive run.
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Cincinnati
Joe Morgan
Pirates
Morgan
Pittsburgh
Bobby Tolan
Tony Perez
Ted Uhlaender
Cleveland
Denis Menke
Reds
Greg Luzinski
Phillies
Giants
Don Money
Deron Johnson
Philadelphia
Dave Kingman
San Francisco
Ron Hunt
Ken Singleton
Montreal
Expos
Mets
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