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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1971
Page
8
Pete Brown opens title defense in the $150,000 Andy Williams San Diego Open with a field of 144 including Jack Nicklaus Billy Casper and Tony Jacklin. Brown beat Jacklin in a playoff for $30,000 earlier in the year.
LSU New Orleans vaults to first in the Associated Press College Division basketball poll, 13-0 with six first place votes and 954 points. Louisiana Tech drops to fourth as Southwestern Louisiana stays second and Kentucky State rises to third. Ashland and Fairmont State follow in the top ten amid shifting results.
Steve and Jimmy Jones combined for 54 points as the Memphis Pros defeated the Indiana Pacers 108 102. Steve scored 28 and Jimmy 26 to spark a late Memphis run after Indiana trimmed a 16 point deficit to 95 94 with five minutes left.
John Woodard rolled a 245 and Larry Shannon a 244 as treacherous conditions failed to stop bowling. High scores also included Dave Wetmore 201 Kelly Lewis 215 and Tom Shaw 213 with Cary Saxman posting 735 in the night’s action.
New York Knicks defeated Milwaukee Bucks 107-98 at Madison Square Garden as Willis Reed led with 35 points and 15 rebounds. Knicks matched rivals in a dominant fourth quarter while Lew Alcindor scored 29 with 25 boards for Milwaukee. Other NBA scores included Baltimore 103 San Francisco 98 Phoenix 82 Buffalo 82 and Los Angeles 136 Chicago 111.
STP-Marcha Formula car pulled from the Tasman Road Racing Series with three races left in Australia. Vincent J. Granatelli of STP cited the 24 liter engine’s inability to match five liter engines in the Australian event.
After Notre Dame defeated Michigan State 104 80 on Tuesday night coach Johnny Dee praised Rudy Benjamin of Michigan State as a possible pro standout. He also lauded Notre Dame star Austin Carr who scored 34 points. Marquette dominated Northern Michigan 106 57 as Dean Meminger led with 20 and Villanova beat Seton Hall just as the AP top twenty teams were idle elsewhere. Ohio U notched a 92 82 win over Cincinnati for Jim Snyder’s 300th victory.
A heavy blast from winter halted local interscholastic sports. Games scheduled for Corry, Titusville, Oil City, and Southwestern were postponed or rescheduled. Basketball to Titusville tomorrow night with junior high at 5, junior varsity at 6 30, and varsity at 8. Swimmers’ meet with Oil City postponed. wrestling tentative for February 18. no games tonight due to snow.
Ligonier High School played without a field goal as Dan Porembka sank a late free throw to avoid a shutout. Swissvale High opened with two points in the first and second quarters, added four in the third, and exploded for 11 in the final period.
Buffalo AP reports the U S Figure Skating Championships open with 130 plus contenders. Janet Lynn 21 year old runner up John Petkevich headline as top bets. Seniors include Shelley Starbuck in pairs and Wemeyer Sladky title defenders in the Gold Dance. Richard Ewell moves from junior to senior men. Events span five days with juniors, novices, and dance starts.
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