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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1964
Page
8
Decatur hosts the Coffee Yellowjackets in a tough Tennessee Valley Conference showdown. The Red Raiders, coached by Wes Thompson and Bill Isbell, seek support after a 3-4 season and a hard fought loss at Huntsville.
Rams pull ahead 27-17 over Green Bay as Bobby Smith and Bucky Pope shine for Los Angeles. Minnesota kicker Jim Marshall recovers a fumble for a 60 yard TD run but runs the wrong way for a safety against San Francisco. Other NFL results include Baltimore, Dallas, Cleveland, Philadelphia wins and a tied Washington-CChicago game.
American swimmers and divers dominated 16 of 22 events and set world records. Don Schollander, 18, from Lake Oswego Oregon, won four golds while 15 year old Sharon Stouder from Glenna California earned four medals including a silver in the women’s 100 meter freestyle in 59.9 seconds. The U S track team added 14 golds and swept the 5 000 and 10 000 meters for the first time. The U S basketball team defeated the Soviet Union 73 59 in the final as Pravda criticized aging Soviet athletes and coach Gabriel Korobkov announced his resignation. The Soviet Union collected 96 medals to the United States 80 and trailed in key events.
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The Decatur-Coffee High School game will start at 8 p.m. at Decatur Stadium to align with PTA Halloween events. Decatur hosts the Austin Bears as the road team against Central of Florence at 7:30 p.m. Other area games include Huntsville at Athens Hatton at Courtland Cullman at Walker County Guntersville at Hartselle and Gurley at Fairfield. Falkville visits Holly Pond Thursday night.
Ruth Jessen won the $11,000 Phoenix Thunderbird Ladies Golf Open by three strokes finishing 289 for 72 holes. The victory moves her to No 2 on the season money list with $21,218 total and adds another win over Mickey Wright who has $24,415.
Coach Paul Bryant lauds Alabama as the era's top team after a 17-14 comeback win over Florida. The Crimson Tide eye SEC foes Mississippi State LSU and Auburn with Georgia Tech looming, while LSU rides a 3-3 tie with Tennessee and Ole Miss struggles at 3-2-1.
The AFL results show San Diego 20 Houston 17 and Oakland 40 Denver 7. Also Buffalo 34 New York 24 and Boston 24 Kansas City 7. Weekend football updates with scorelines and brief standings.
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