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•Inn ?Bad News! Barnes and the Texas Western basketball team are Canyon-bound tor a Saturday night date with the West Texas Ruffs Bad News measures 6-8. He weighs 240 pounds. When he jumps he bores a hole In the sky right up to his hips.This ebony monstrosity is the principal reason, although bv no meansdie onh one, why the Miners have won 14 consecutive hardwood operas since their last defeat (which was a 57-49 thing on a 29 per cent shooting night against Washington at Seattle), The Buffs have been exposed to the Miners once and Barnes was 40 points worth of not only bad. but positively wretchedpnneiuslt;dieU(amBoticfeeoiltChOb*wittri;sncnews.Against Western New Mexico, he thought the basket was a sardine can. And he stuffed 5! points into it. He is fifthamong the \( VA seorers with a 30.8 average.At the moment stratospheric Jim is third in rebounds (20.0).Barnes is the No. ! professional basketball prospect in Texasan J ene o* the three players in the state who are being eyedby the Ali America pickers. The others are Kendall Rhine ofRice and Benny Lenox. Te\a AM’s great little pom! slinger.* « #forsnlt;tluoptofDON HASKINS, the old Oklahoma Siater and coaching disciple of iienn P. 11 a. has everything but a high national ranking. He has a 15 1 record at the semester break a 55.9 del cue u\e average (tilth in the I S.). and his team m fourth in rebounding with a record of 59.7 per cent ot all possible recoveries under either w-ickpt fAninsai\vaShdobuen-W hen the Butts visited K1 Paso, the score was 8 !*((. There were three consolations for Jimmy \ h anionies’ young team.West I’isxas scored 10H points more than average againt Western. \nd the came was nothing like the Buffs' two adven lures 1953 when {he Miners poured the paddle to them,91: 59 and 84 42.haf()iCO.msITUfo Iea
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 23, 1964
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