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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
10
Benny Phillips profiles Daytona Beach race day turning into a carnival with 95,000 fans. Cale Yarborough dominates the 500 miler, handling pit stops and fan frills while risking the usual dangers of speed shows.
Eva Klobukowska of Poland faced possible loss of Olympic medals after a chromosome test prompted a three day Frankfurt meeting. The International Olympic Committee decision could require return of her 1964 Tokyo bronze in the 100 meters and relay win, pending outcome of Mexico City talks.
South Carolina upset Duke 56-50 in Durham to threaten North Carolina in the ACC race. Carolina, 22-1 overall, sits 12-0 in league play while Duke falls, UNC and NCSU tie for third, with Houston and UCLA atop national rankings as Bell to late February.
Wilt Chamberlain scored his 25000th pro basketball point and baseball players won a $10000 minimum salary. The piece riffs on sports topics from Madison Square Garden to television oversaturation and upcoming doubleheaders, with jokes about commissioners and the Olympics.
Henry Logan of Western North Carolina star scorer named to the All-Carolinas Conference team for the fourth straight year. The 1968 10-man squad includes Bob Kauffman Guilford Henry Goedeck Elon Gene Littles High Point and others from Atlantic Christian Catawba Lenoir Rhyne Elon and Guilford with several players returning after past seasons.
Jamestown Mid Pet League final tonight at 8 p.m. features Firebirds vying for the title after a 33-28 win over the Bullets and Colts after a 45-15 victory over the Hawks. Gil Vance led the Firebirds with 24 points. Tim Scott had 14 for the Colts.
In the Southern Conference tournament opening at the Charlotte Coliseum, Davidson and West Virginia are highlighted as frequent finalists. The pattern shows the Davidson West Virginia winner has reached the finals or earlier rounds many times since 1956, with WVU holding a 7-1 edge in those matchups.
Elon College hosts the 3 A district tournament this week with opening games Wednesday at 6 30 p m Northwest Guilford versus Madison Mayodan and Reidsville against Western Alamance at 8 p m The Thursday night opener features Ragsdale against Morehead followed by Eastern Alamance vs Mount Airy The winners of the 6 30 games meet in the Friday semi finals and the 8 p m winners meet in another semi final with the title game slated for Saturday night.
Denver defeated Houston 115 to 92 while Pittsburgh routed Oakland 150 to 126 in ABA action.
Thirty two African nations pull out over South Africa’s readmission to the games. The decision followed a Soviet critique of IOC rulings. Russia weighs whether to compete as Moscow debates the issue amid athlete dissent and global pressure.
The District Five 2A basketball tournament pairings were announced. First games include East Davidson vs video and Trinity vs Sumner at High Point Central Gym. Thursday features Randleman vs Gibsonville and West Davidson vs Guilford. Semifinals Friday night pit East Ledford against the Trinity Sumner winner, with the other two winners contesting the consolation and title game.
High individual game Tommy Sullivan 235 and high set 61. Winteler South led high team game 875 and National Uph. 2458 in high team set. League leader Phillips-Foscue 26 10 with second place Heirloom Fur 22 14. Jim High Ind. set and Jerry Proctor led high team game Caro Decorators 9 with high team set 2750. Lilly Co. 20 8 leads second place Decorator 16 12.
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