Giants Win Eastern Title in Tie With Browns at Yankee Stadium
New York Giants clinch the NFL Eastern Conference title with a 7-7 tie against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium. The team, rebuilt under first year coach Allie Sherman with rookies and trades, heads to a rematch with Green Bay in Green Bay on December 31. Green Bay beat Los Angeles to finish 11-3, while Philadelphia earns runnerup status after a 27-24 win over Detroit.
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Races Tightening In New Cage Loop
The American Basketball League tightens in both divisions. Pittsburgh ties Cleveland for East lead as Kansas City loses two, including Sunday 100-96, allowing Pittsburgh to share the top spot. Los Angeles gains on Kansas City with a 115-103 win over San Francisco. Washington beats Cleveland 90-88 with Roger Kaiser 33 points. Chicago Majors topple Hawaii 96-91 in Milwaukee.
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Oilers Stay Hot as Chargers Fold in Title Clash
Houston's Oilers win their ninth straight by blasting Oakland 47 16 and set up a league championship clash with San Diego after the Chargers, already West Division champs, are hammered 41 0 by Boston. Blanda and Cannon star for Houston as Cappelletti and Grayson post records in other games.
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Pardue Named MVP Of Tech Center Classic
Howard Pardue a 6-foot-4 Virginia Tech sophomore earned the MVP honor as the Tech Center Classic concluded in Birmingham. He totaled 51 points across two games 26 in Techs 70-65 first round win and 25 in the 77-63 final loss to Auburn. The all tournament six included Bob McLoughlin Maury Drummond Darrell Estes Bill Tinker and Layton Johns.
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College Basketball Scores and Early Patent Note
Ohio State defeated Chicago Loyola 92 to 72 while Cincinnati beat Marshall 77 to 49 Maryland won 79 to 62 against Wake Forest Southern Cal lost 75 to 66 DePauw edged Purdue 66 to 65 Butler fell to Duke 78 47 Arizona 47 Kansas State 63 St John s New York 50 Seattle 78 St Mary s California 68 The article also notes that C M Graham received the first U S patent for false teeth in 1822.
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Top Teams Face Week of Decision in Holiday Hoops
A busy slate tests unbeaten college basketball powers with key interconference games tonight and Tuesday. Kansas State, Kentucky, Duke, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Providence, and others chase early-season marks as Kentucky hosts Xavier and the Kentucky Invitational looms. The SEC opens conference play with varied results as Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Mississippi State seek strong starts and headline tournaments conclude.
Tigers Lead Major Batting in 1960 Statistics
Detroit pitchers and fielders highlighted the season as Norm Cash won the batting title with a .361, tied with Roger Maris for the honor. Maris set a then record with 61 home runs and led RBI with 142, while Kaline led Detroit with a .324 average and Cash had 193 hits. Aparicio stole 53 bases, and Wood led Detroit with 14 triples as team batting averaged .2663 to top Cleveland.
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Griffith Faces Isaac Logart in NYC Title Bout Push
Emile Griffith a former welterweight champion risks a March title shot versus Benny Paret if he defeats Isaac Logart at St. Nicholas Arena in New York. Griffith, 26-3 with 10 KOs, seeks to stay in line for a third Paret bout while Logart, once the No. 1 contender, has slipped in form.
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Celtics and Lakers Triumph in Sunday NBA Action
Celtics extended their winning streak to nine after a 117 109 win over the Knicks. Lakers beat the Pistons 122 116 as Jerry West scored 21 in the final period reaching 47 for the game.
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NBA scores and schedules from weekend games
The Eastern Division results included Boston beating St. Louis 130 to 113 and Philadelphia edging Chicago 112 to 110. Sunday Boston won 117 to 109 over New York and Los Angeles defeated Detroit 122 to 116. Upcoming Tuesday features Detroit versus Syracuse in New York and St. Louis at New York with Philadelphia at Cincinnati and Boston visiting Los Angeles.
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Pittsburgh, Kansas City duel tops scoring list
The report shows multiple NBA style scores with teams including Pittsburgh Kansas City Hawaii Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Cleveland Washington and others. Final tallies include Pittsburgh 114 Kansas City 105 and Los Angeles 111 San Francisco 115 in a sequence of results.
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Telephone Rate Hearing Today in Alabama Supreme Court
Lawyers for the Public Service Commission and Southern Bell argued before the Alabama Supreme Court on whether to refund part of about 50 million dollars held in bond to guarantee court ordered refunds. The dispute traces seven years of rate fights from a tentative increase denied in 1954 through multiple court orders and refunds totaling 33 million plus a 3.3 million rate cut and a 7 million refund.
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Weather Extends to Athens Police Coins Drying Trouble
Wet coins from parking meters troubled Athens Police Department this morning. Officials had to dry the coins so the automatic counting machine could operate correctly.
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Decatur Team Schedules Varsity and Junior Games This Week
Decatur's A and B seniors travel to Huntsville Tuesday for two games with the Panthers. Thursday the Raider Seniors and Juniors meet Priceville at Priceville. Tonight in the new Decatur Junior High gym the Raiders' Junior A and B meet Austinville.
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Cleveland and Chicago play in Rockford Indiana
Cincinnati area schedule notes include Cleveland versus Chicago at Rockford Indiana alongside Los Angeles at Washington Pittsburgh facing Kansas City and Hawaii meeting San Francisco in Sacramento California
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