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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1963
Page
9
Boston defeated Los Angeles 119 to 109 as Celtics overpowered the Lakers. At halftime a crowd of 14,828 trapped and mauled referee Norm Drucker near the dressing room before police rescued him.
Jamestown Allen Jay’s top seed meets Guilford in the feature game at Ragsdale Gym at 8 30 p m as Guilford County basketball tourney resumes Monday Northwest’s girls open at 7 p m Northwest finished 13 1 in conference while Allen Jay claimed No 1 seed with a 12 2 mark First round play runs through Wednesday.
Greensboro Generals defeated Nashville 5-3 in a brutal game at the Greensboro Coliseum as Joe Zorica led Nashville with a hat trick. Ted Lanyon set a team point record with 112, while Garry Sharp earned captaincy and Ted Lanyon claimed the Cable Sporting Goods trophy. The win tightens the chase with Clinton for the Eastern Hockey League title as the regular season ends with Charlotte, Nashville, and Knoxville on the road.
Capsule college hoops roundup shows rankings and standings across conferences. NYU defeats St Francis of New York 76-62 as Big Ten leaders Ohio State and Illinois stay atop. other leagues report key wins, standings shifts, and upcoming games.
Gene Fullmer remains in negotiations for a big money middleweight title rematch with Dick Tiger. At a Las Vegas news conference Tiger criticized Fullmer and vowed to fight cleanly. The draw in a 15 round title bout at Convention Center left Tiger with the crown and sets up a possible third meeting in several cities.
Tiny Lund of Cross, South Carolina, won the Daytona 500 driving a 1963 Ford, finishing about 24 seconds ahead after both Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett pitted for gas in the final laps. Ned Jarrett aided Lund by pushing through the backstretch before his own pit stop. Lund will share about $2,500 with car builder Wood, and Lund’s charity gesture follows his rescue role in Marvin Panch’s accident.
Tiny Lund won the Daytona five hundred valve stock car race driving a 1963 Ford for Wood Racing. Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett followed in Fords with Nelson Stacy and Dan Gurney in other cars. Lund was chosen after Marvin Panch was burned in a practice crash.
At age 74 John Woody of Stuart Virginia scored his third golf hole in one. The ace came with a 4 iron on the 172 yard fifth hole at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.
Fred Lorenzen questioned the finish after Tiny Lund won the Daytona 500 as Ned Jarrett challenged the result. Lorenzen noted fuel stops and a late battle, saying he could not confirm Lund’s lead and suggested a potential misread of the score cards. He blamed fuel strategy and drafting for most of the outcome.
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