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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
1
St Peters and Dayton played a tight NIT semifinal with Peters led by Dunn and White while Dayton edged Stivers by late free throws. Notre Dame fell behind and could not close the gap as Hooper Obrova and Mey fueled Dayton’s OT surge.
Odds favor UCLA by 7. The teams meet in Los Angeles with No. 1 and No. 2 defense and rebounding. Elvin Hayes and Lew Alcindor clash as Houston seeks redemption after an earlier 71-49 win. Houston boasts a 31-0 run, UCLA 27-1, with high scoring expectations.
The National Junior College basketball tournament heads to semifinals in Hutchinson. Vincennes versus Mercer and Murray College versus San Jacinto highlight the day. Losers bracket action features Robert Morris Carthage against Paducah, Boise State against Iowa Central, and Christian College Dallas against Miami Dade. San Jacinto’s 198-84 win over San Jacinto and Christian’s Joe Hamilton’s 39 lead the scoring in a high scoring game. Murray’s 78-58 win over Miami Dade paced by Mike Johnson.
Del Insko topped Yonkers Raceway harness drivers in 1917 with 127 winners and 172 starts over 152 nights. Poplar Jamie, driven by John Chapman, posted the best one mile trotting time at Yonkers in 1987 at 2 01.4 timed on June 9.
A six member Garden City Junior College track team heads to Manhattan for the Kansas State University indoor invitational. Coach Homer Salter’s group sails at 6 a.m. with fitness in sprint events led by Gene Heine and Mike Mann in the 75 yard dash and Lonnie Taylor in the mile. Bob Jones starts the sprint medley, with Mann Robinson and Jones in the 440 and 220 legs, Clark Davis anchoring the 880, and Mann Davis Robinson Jones in the mile relay. Dee Rupp competes in pole vault.
Wilt Chamberlain, nursing a toe injury but not ruled out, is expected to start for the 76ers as they open the NBA playoffs against the New York Knicks in Convention Hall. The injury, sustained in the regular season finale with Baltimore, prompted fear of a break, but X rays showed no fracture. The 76ers, Knicks, and other series will begin across the NBA with teams chasing the championship.
An inaugural meeting for the Jaycee Airlinks Women's Golf Association is set for Tuesday at 7:30 pm at Katy Marshall's home 908 N. 1st. Mrs. John Jones will lead. Velda Waren is vice president. Vera Mae Wampler secretary treasurer. Katy Marshall golf chair. Planning includes summer program and possible April play. Navy halfback Jeri Balsly rushed for 559 yards last season.
Harmony Killer Killebrew led the Minnesota Twins to a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, homering twice including a go-ahead shot in the eighth. Tony Oliva added an inside-the-park homer as Minnesota snapped a seven-game spring skid. the Dodgers fell to 5-7.
John Jones recalls Deerfield High's 1925-26 state tourney team, the Pretty Good Bunch. Deerfield reached the Class B state tournament at Washburn University, losing 17-14 to Denton High. The era featured two classes, district play offs, and players aged 18 to 20 wearing town team jerseys with an Indian head.
Bob Hernandez posted a 237 high game and 614 series for the Garden Bowl's Athletic League week. Hazel Peterson led Coffee League with 209 and 549. Buffalo Juniors topped team highs with 757 and 2159. Virginia Vale had 523 best series for Cottonwood. Dairy Queens led with 1047 game and 2905 series.
Dodge City hosts the annual town team basketball tourney with two Garden City league entries. At 7 15 p m Glenn s Barber Shop versus Spearville and 8 45 p m Dicks Dairy against Kendall on the senior high gym floor. The championship game is 7 30 p m Tuesday. Third place will be shared trophies for both teams. Dicks Dairy has won two games, crushing Supper Optimist Club 146 47 in the first round and beating Gibson s Discount Center 145 88 in the quarter finals. Kendall had a bye. Hamilton County beat Curtis Machine Shop 74 68. Garden Independents fell to Glenn s 72 60 after a 99 59 win over First Methodist Church. Welders Supply bowed out in the quarter finals 61 49 to Spearville.
Front page brief round up from Garden City Telegram dated Friday March 22 1968. News items, notices, and local happenings in concise summaries.
Pensacola Florida AP veteran Tom Shaw opened the Pensacola Open with a 63 to take a two stroke lead. The 26 year old teaching pro at Golf, Illinois eagled three birdies and chipped in from 20 feet. Gay Brewer shot 61 last year to hold the course record.
Ray Steffen, named MVP in Michigan State's first Big Ten season in 1851, now coaches both basketball and baseball at Kalamazoo College, guiding multiple programs and shaping Valley conference strategies.
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