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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
3
Wichita State shocked unbeaten Michigan 100-94 as Cazzie Russell scored 21 for the Wolverines. The Shockers played without star defender Pele who missed the game with a bruised thigh.
Ray Shearmire rolled top games 246 and a 981 series as the Classic Scratch League reached week 15. Michigan and Wichita State split a back and forth matchup, with Michigans Clutch comeback affecting rankings while Wichita State stayed unranked.
Seton Hall edged LaSalle 93 92 Providence beat Assumption 88 79 Syracuse won 87 -Cornell 1 Army 71 Worcester Tech 62 Columbia 102 Lehigh 59 Colgate 86 St Lawrence 79 Rutgers 79 Delaware 78 Bucknell 84 Lafayette 73 Midwest Wichita 100 Michigan 94 Iowa 103 Creighton 77 DePaul 87 Louisville 62 Kentucky 86 Witneis 68 Loyola Indiana 116 West Michigan 57 Ohio State 75 Butler 74 Xavier Ohio 4 Canisius 73
Local slate features Garden City junior high eighth graders at Liberal South with B and A team games, St Mary at Lakin double header for seventh and eighth grades, and multiple bowling leagues at Garden Bowl. Friday includes Garden City High at Russell season opener with a B team, plus GCJC at Lamar JC in seventh GCJC game. Samar ia tops 100 points per game pace in non conference clash.
The small watershed program is a tool designed for private citizens and local government. It provides a means by which the financial and technical resources of the nation can be made available to the local community and the individual citizen. Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman.
Garden City High opens the 1965-66 basketball season with an 11-man varsity lineup led by Archie Gooden Dennis Krause and Larry Pierce. The Buffs travel to Russell for a West Central Kansas League test under second year coach Curt Shipley.
Garden City High School meets Russell High in a West Central Kansas League opener to start the 1965 66 basketball season. Russell, coached by Amos Morris in his 17th year, features seniors Craig Woos and Evans and a 6 2 tallest starter, with McPherson’s opener last week as a tough test. The Buffs will also host Dodge City next before a busy pre Christmas schedule.
Sandy Koufax won the NL earned run title for a record fourth straight year and led seven other pitching categories in the 1965 averages. He posted a 2.04 ERA, 282 strikeouts, 27 complete games, 336 innings pitched, and 1,297 batters faced, with an 11 game winning streak and a 0.765 games-turned-wins percentage. He set a major league strikeout record and added career marks for most no hit games at four and most games with 10 or more strikeouts at 82. Juan Marichal finished second in ERA at 2.14.
Friday night basketball heats up in Telegram area with a dozen games on the slate. Key matchups include Johnson at Lakin Sublette at Holcomb Satanta hosting Dodge City St. Mary Syracuse hosting Hugoton Ingalls at Offerle Copeland at Spearville and Cimarron hosting Meade plus Ulysses at Elkhart.
Sammy Hill and Ron Mendell led Wichita State University freshmen to a 99-74 victory over Coffeyville Junior College in a Wednesday night preliminary to the WSU Michigan varsity game. Mendell totaled 20 points, Hill 29, Morgan led Coffeyville with 18.
Garden City Junior High won both ninth grade basketball games from Lakin here Wednesday. The A-team won 52-22 and the B-team 34-9. Garden led 33-18 after three periods. key scorers were Brungardt with 12 and Whitehurst with 11 for Garden, while Crone led Lakin with 9. Lakin shot 10 for 24 at the line. Garden hit 8 of 12 free throws. Next for Garden’s ninths is Liberal visit Monday at 6:30 p.m.
Lawrence hosts the ninth Sunflower Doubleheader Basketball Classic featuring Kansas State vs St Johns and Kansas vs Maryland. Kansas State eyes a first win after two losses while Kansas and Maryland bring strong returning lineups. Kansas State has a sophomore core led by center Nick Lino and a 12 4 Sunflower record against Kansas.
St Mary's School of Garden City visits Lakin for a seventh and eighth grade double header. Seventh grade tips at 7 p.m. with Bergkamp Hahn Blue and Rupp Oeding. Eighth grade features Rowe Oeding Geier Knoll Wasinger Hamit. St Mary also adds games at Great Bend St Rose and Sacred Heart of Dodge City on upcoming dates.
Welterweight champion Emile Griffith outlines a plan to defeat challenger Manny Gonzalez in a 15 round title bout at Madison Square Garden. Griffith vows to force a firefight with Gonzalez, who prefers sticking and moving, and says he will secure victory with no chances. He recalls a previous 10 round loss to Gonzalez in Houston last January.
Garden City JC debuted its wrestling program with a 39 to 5 defeat at home to Lamar. Leland Tresner earned Garden City’s lone victory with a first period pin at 145 pounds, as Lamar boasted defending national champions Jerry Lattimore and Floyd Shade. Next meet is at Hays against Fort Hays State freshman team.
Holcomb High Longhorns, coached by Dean Erwin, defeated Syracuse 57 to 44 in a non league matchup. Terry Spangler and Lionel Mailloux each scored 12 points to lead Holcomb while Jim Baldwin led Syracuse with 17 points. Holcomb also won the B team game 134 to 6. Next up Holcomb hosts Sublette.
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Mike Johnson of Garden City signed a professional football contract with the Dallas Cowboys. A standout at local junior and high school levels earned him all state honors as a halfback his senior year. He played for the University of Kansas before finishing recently and had been a draft choice of the Oakland Raiders in the AFL.
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