All-America Grid Team Is Selected
New York AP reports the 1962 All-America football team with Terry Braker, Jerry Stovall, George Mira, and George Saimes in the backfield. The lineup includes top college stars and several first-round NFL picks, with detailed notes on players, positions, and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Terry Braker
Jerry Stovall
George Mira
George Saimes
Baker
Oregon State
Stovall
Louisana State
Pat Richter
Wisconsin
Dave Robinson
Penn State
Lee Roy Jordan
Alabama
Purdue
Don Brumm
Mita
Miami
Fla
Saimes
Michigan State
Three Big 8 Players Land Team Berths
AP named three Big Eight players to the second and third All-America football teams. Leon Cross of Oklahoma made the second team. Conrad Hitchler of Missouri and Dave Hoppmann of Iowa State earned spots on the third team. Additionally, many from the Big Eight and Missouri Valley were listed on honorable mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Hitchler
Missouri
Hal Bedsole
Southern California
Tom Nomina
Miami
Ohio
Fred Miller
Louisiana State
Jack Cvorcko
Northwestern
Gene McDowell
Florida State
Ray Mansfield
Washington
Jerry Yost
West Virginia
Daryle Lamonica
Notre Dame
Bobby Santiago
New Mexico
Dave Hoppmann
Iowa State
NEW York
Associated Press
Menton
Jim Maddox
Wichita
Dennis Ward
Oklahoma
Tyrone Robertson
Nebraska
Tony Liscio
Tulsa
Bobby Price
North Texas
Tom Hertz
Ken Reed
Dick Farris
Wayne Lee
Jim Vermillion
Dan Howard
BAOKS
Johnny Roland
Gale Sayers
Kansas
Jim Grisham
Joe Don Looney
Stu McBrrdte
Bill Strangarone
Royce Starks
Cincinnati
Dwain Bean
Pre-Christmas basketball blitz hits Telegram area
Friday and Saturday bring the heaviest schedule of the season with multiple games across leagues. Holcomb visits Lakin then hosts Satanta, while Hugoton plays Meade and then Hooker. Conference matchups include West Central Kansas League and High Plains Conference with numerous cross-town showdowns and nonleague tilts.
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Telegram
Southwest Kansas
Plains
Holcomb
Lakin
Satanta
Hugoton
Ft Meade
Hooker
Oklo
Russell
Garden City
Great Bend
xPratt
Hays
Dodge City
Liberal
Westen Kansas Education Assn
xJetmore
Dighton
xScott
LaCrosse
Scott City
Tribune
Elkhart
Springfield
Colo
Syracuse
Johnson
Rolla
Sublette
Kinsley
xCoolidge
Deerfield
xKendall
Pierceville
Manter
Santa Fe Trail League
Copeland
xMoscow
Englewood
xMontezuma
Ensign
Ingalls
Ulysses
Okla
xCimarron
Fowler
Meade
A's Release Exhibition Schedule Described
Kansas City reports the Athletics will play a 27 game spring exhibition season starting March 9 against Milwaukee in West Palm Beach Florida and ending April with a three game barnstorming tour against Houston Colts in San Antonio Oklahoma City and Wichita Twelve games are set for Bill McKechnie Field in Bradenton Florida where the A's will base their spring training The club will face the Cardinals in Bradenton March 17 and St Petersburg March 21 Pitchers and catchers report to Bradenton February 23 with other players starting workouts on February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Athletics
Milwaukee
West Palm Beach
Fla
Houston Colts
Wichita
Bill McKechnie
Bradenton
Colts
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Windinp
A’s
Cardinals
St. Petersburg
Brandenton
Rangy Buff Cagers to Open Season Here Friday Night
Rangy Buff Cagers prepare for 1962-63 season opening on Friday as six-foot-five Bill King leads a junior-heavy squad. Coach Dave Craft relies on height and potential with Dan Laughlin Bryce Roderick and Randy Bowling among top players. Captain Bryce Roderick and senior Scotty Davis anchor a mix of juniors and a few returning lettermen in a tough opener against Russell’s Broncs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City High School
Buffalo
Dave Craft
Buffs
Russell
Broncs
Curt Shipley
Craft
Ted Altman
Princpal
GCHS
Telegram
Bill King
Dan Laughlin
Bryce Roderick
Randy Bowling
Bob Hubert
Roderick
Mke Collins
Tom Gardiner
Sam Garbo
Duane Marine
Soph Melvin Rupp
Scotty Davis
Collins
Davis
Jones
King
Bowling
Randy
Carmichael
Kent
Cleveland
Terry
Colling
Mike
Scotty
Garbo
Sam
P&g Wy
Garcia
Ernie
Gardiner
Tom
Hubert
Bob
Johnson
John
Soph G&r
Gale
Xiting
Bill
Kreg
Emil Sid
G&f
Laughlin
Dan
G&r
Marine
Duane
Mayo
Robert
al Soph C&f 16 149 xxRoderick, Bryce 3 Senior Forward 18 Rupp
Melvin
Soph
Sturgeon
Walker
Paul
Os UK
Buffalo Matmen To Meet Colby
Garden City High hosts Colby in a 1962 63 home wrestling debut at Ben Grimsley Gym. Colby, strong in state circles, topped by recent dual loss to St Francis, with first match at 4 p.m. Buffs carry multiple weight class entries as new coach Bob Wilson brings team from Haysville to contest Eagles’ lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Grimsley
Garden City High
Buffs
Colby
Eagles
St. Francis
Kansas
Sunflower State
Bob Wilson
Haysville
Wichita
Dave Lightner
Doyle McGraw
Bryan Bandel
John Lightner
Tom Daley
Former Plains Player On Ottawa Squad 1962-63
Darrell Cowens, Plains High standout, is a 5-10 freshman guard on Ottawa University's 1962-63 basketball squad. Coach Bill Frear leads the Brave cagers for the eighth straight season. Plains posted an 18-8 record last season, tying for fourth in the High Plains Conference before winning the Class B regional at Mullinville to reach state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Ottawa
Darrell Cowens
Plains High
Otawa University
Bill Frear
Brave Cagers
Gowens
Plainsmen
Duane Channel
Kinsley High
Elkhart
Satanta
High Plains
Mullinville
Garden City sports clubs have a packed weekend schedule
Garden City Buffs open their basketball season Friday night versus Russell at Ben Grimsley Gym with B team at 6 30 and varsity 20 minutes later. Saturday Garden High hosts Colby High for a 4 pm dual, then Juco cagers meet Kendall with Tugged Scottsbluff to follow around 8 pm. Junior high teams travel to Dodge City for a three game slate, while the Alibi Tourney continues Saturday and Sunday with singles and doubles events and a high scratch all events trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Sports
Russell
Ben Grimsley Gym
Garden High
Colby High
Ben Grimsley
Garden City Junior College
Kendall
Juco
Garden City
Dodge City
Willie Mays Named Sultan of Swat for 1962
Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants was named Sultan of Swat by the Maryland Professional Baseball Players Association. He will receive the Gold Crown Award at the Tops in Sports banquet in Baltimore on January 14. The Baltimore native and sixteenth Ruth memory award recipient batted .304 with 49 home runs and 141 RBIs for the National League champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Maryland Professional Baseball Players Association
Mays
Babe Ruth
Giants
West Division Cagers Have Tough Sledding
Western Division teams in the Jayhawk Juco Conference post a 7-8 record in 15 games as Hutchinson Dodge City and Arkansas City share last season's West banner. Arkansas City beat Northern Oklahoma 59-50, Pratt sits 4-1, and El Dorado opens at home vs Independence with several upcoming games against Trinity, Amarillo, and Scottsbluff on tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Sullivan Mills
Coffeyville
Pete Roscetti
Parsons
Wayne Paulson
Gerald Springer
Carl Blevins
Independence
Levant Carr
Bob Hamlin
Joe Dark
Frank Regier
Hutchinson
Jerry Reagan
Garden City
Bob Torpley
el Dorado
Bill Harper
Ronald Holly
Arkansas City
Arlo Lindsey Jor
Garden
Pratt
Hutch
Dodge
Ark City
Oklahoma
Tonkawa
Tigers
Howard County
Juco
Big Spring
Tex
Trinidad
Colo
Amarillo
Congs
Bethany Lutheran
Mankato
Minn
Tola
Grizzlies
Kendall Boys Top Dairymen 86 84 in Town Game
Kendall edged Dairymen Edged Dairymen 86 84 in Garden City on Wednesday night. Bob Willinger scored 33 for Kendall while John Graber added 26, Leroy Rupp had 24, and Ronnie Thomas 17 to seal the victory. Kendall hosts Garden City Jaco reserves at 6 30 p.m. Saturday in Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall - Kendall Nudget Dicks
Garden City
Bob Willinger
Kendall Ied
John Graber
Leroy Rupp
Dairymen
Ronnie Thomas
Kendall Towners
Garden City Jaco
Garden
All American quail hunter? Tommy Walker shines
A commentary praising top hunters and especially quail expert Tommy Walker of Galena Missouri. The author compares hunter excellence to legends like Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle and argues for an all American quail hunting team built around skill, endurance, and field experience. Walker is highlighted as having the complete set of traits for a premier quail shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mays
Mickey Mantle
America
Daniel Boone
Davey Crockett
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Buffalo Bill Cody
Mantle
Hy Peskin
Michigan
Missouri
Tommy Walker
Galena
Tommy
Stone County
Southland
Ozarks
Harold
Cedars
Arizona State Tops Nation In Offense As State Teams Shine
New York AP reports Arizona State University finished the season as the nation’s top offense with 384.4 yards per game and a 7 2 1 record. Oregon State followed at 375.2 yards. Mississippi led in defense, allowing 142.2 yards per game while Memphis State allowed 147.1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arizona State University
Mississippi
Sun Devils
Oregon State
Rebels
Memphis State
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Damon Bame
Bobby Belt
Minnesota
Johny Treadwell
Texan
Bamo
Mira
Johnny Bright
Drake
Portland
Ore
Mel Renfro
University of Oregon
Glynn Griffing
Billy Moore
Arkansas
Eldon Portie
Brigham Young
Hugh Campbell
Washington State
Tom Hutchinson
Kentucky
Art Gregory
Duke
Ray Schoenke
Southern Methodist
Georgia Tech
Rufuy Guthrie
Leon Cross
Don McKinnon
Dartmouth
Ely
Bu Walt Ditzen
Buff Cage
Buffalo Matmen
Larry Maxfield
Jim Crotinger
Sam Hermotillo
Soph Pete Staley
Leroy Leighty
Larry Scott
Randy Seay
Terry Stoppel
Tom Dale
Dean Ball
David Heinemann
Jerry Christensen
Ritch, Frazier
Kansas Jayhawk
Charles Lesher
Indepen
Sas City
Tom Wrazier
Wilbur Ritch
Nelson Salemi
James Manion
Ed Head
Centers
Carol Elmore
Fred Holroyd
Arkansag City
Barry Johncour
Ralph Hamby
James Jones
Harold Lucas
Patterson
Swat
Jayhawk
JIC
Iola
Chanute
St. John Junior College of
Windfield
Beavers
Sayre
McCook
Nebr
Scottsbluff
Northeastern Colorado JC
Sterling
York
Ebr
Buffaloes
Russell High School
Broncos
BEN Grimsley Gymnasium
Arizona State
Big
Pontiac
Hydro
Chrysler
BUICK
Lh.c. Pickup
FORD
Domatic
S.C.H
Harold Ensley
Channel 11 TV
Bo Burtis Motor CO
Midwest
N. Mala
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