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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1961
Page
8
Pierceville Indians, coached by Burl Dowell, crushed the Shallow Water Tigers 41 to 3 in the Western Arkansas Valley League opener. A near-capacity crowd filled the gym as Pierceville, led by a veteran lineup, seeks WAVL leadership this season.
Bill Lindner of Kendall, a former Lakin High athlete, is among the candidates for the 1961-62 Fort Hays State College wrestling team. He is a freshman. Twenty-four matmen work out daily under Coach Walter Kroll. The team opens its schedule at Lamar Junior College in a dual meet on December 9. The Indians sped ahead early and held the lead, with Louis Horton and Gene Sloan pacing the hosts with 13 points each. Yager led the Tigers with 11. In the girls game Shallow Water won 27-21, Linda Von John led the Indians with 14 and Whitmore led the Tigerettes with 19. Pierceville’s next outing is at Ingally Tuesday, Shallow Water at Beeler Tuesday.
Local fans can watch Garden City High School’s 1961 62 basketball team in a free intra squad contest at Ben Grimsley Gym with a 6 30 p m preliminary and 8 p m varsity battle. Starting lineups feature Coling Hubert Hedrick and Masoner Wheatley against Collier Garbo Curtis Pailey Hornung. Mike Johnson will miss the night to receive an all state football award in Topeka. Officials Dale Gibson Merle Altman Norm Reynolds may be joined by a fourth official. The Buffs open with road games at Russell and Dodge City leading to the December 15 home non league test versus Hugoton before Christmas vacation.
William H. Tippy Dye of Wichita University is Nebraska’s new athletic director, to begin January 1 with interim consultation. Dye says the football coach job remains unsettled and may not be filled until after the NCAA meeting in Chicago. He will have broad authority to pick Bill Jennings’s successor.
Kansas City AP reports Jayhawks coach Jack Mitchell will face questions at the Byline Club luncheon Monday. He will discuss Kansas prospects for the Houston post season game against an unnamed opponent, likely Rice Owls, following a strong third-place finish in the Southwest Conference.
Wilt Chamberlain appears to threaten the NBA single game scoring record as he scores 60 points to spark the Philadelphia Warriors to a 138-117 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Other games see Boston top Chicago 140-121 New York beat Syracuse 118-100 and St Louis edging Detroit 119-116.
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