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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
4
UCLA holds the top spot with all 30 first place votes after beating Ohio State. Duke leaps from 16th to ninth and Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and others shift in the Top 20 as Kentucky and Houston drop. North Carolina sits strong at No. 2 amid a crowded race with Davidson, New Mexico, Cincinnati, and Villanova climbing.
TAMPA Fla AP All American guard Jim Barnes and defensive halfback Gary Adams will represent the Arkansas Razorbacks in the First American Bowl College All Star game Jan 4. They will play for the South team coached by Bear Bryant of Alabama. Adams and Barnes were named to the All Southwest Conference team. Smart Mammals Porpoises are far more intelligent than fish and more so than many kinds of mammals. Their intelligence is higher than a dog's and possibly equal to that of the chimpanzee.
Solunar periods from Richard Alden Knight outline daily fishing and hunting windows. The schedule lists approximate start and end times for each day from December 1 to December 15, with four time slots per day to guide activity. Pair these periods with weather and location for best sport potential.
Willisville earns a 47 38 victory over Hope in the Blevins Jr. Tournament opener as Hope star players Carol Hobson and Cindy Hollis top-scored for their team. Willisville’s Ellisot led the winners with 27 points while Goodwin added 10.
New York AP report shows Elvin Hayes leading the NBA with a 30.0 scoring average and 811 total points for the Houston Rockets, who moved into second in the Western Division. Wilt Chamberlain led field goal percentage at .615 and rebounds, while Jen Wilkens increased his assist total to 273. Adrian Smith topped free throw percentage at .857.
A broad roundup lists college results across the nation with East LaSalle routing Rider and Michigan defeating Duke, plus several other college games in the 1968 season. Pro football commissioner Rozelle announces suspensions for six officials after a crucial down error cost the Rams a late chance against the Bears.
Lamar Tech posted a 98-87 win over Texas A&M as both teams remained unbeaten, in a rare swap of conference and nonconference results that narrowed the unbeaten league to Baylor and TCU. Rice fell 108-88 to Tulane, and Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 74-63 while SMU won 81-70 over Southern Clinoly and Arkansas edged Centenary 64-61 in double overtime.
Connie Hawkins of Minnesota becomes the first ABA player to score 50 or more points twice, dropping 53 at Denver after a 57-point game against New York. ABA stats show his average rising to 34.2 in 10 days, narrowing the gap to league leader Rick Barry as Oakland hosts Minnesota in a key matchup. Oakland sits 19-3, Minnesota 15-5, with Barry and Hawkins slated to clash in Oakland. Other leaders include Mel Daniels rebounding, Don Freeman assists, and Jim Eakins top two-point percentage while Dampier and Rayl vie for three-point marks.
Jerry Kramer recalls a Green Bay loss to Baltimore in Lambeau, recalling players facing final games, emotional locker room moments led by captain Bob Skoronski, and how overmotivation and mistakes overshadowed a season that promised victory.
The Associated Press lists key NHL games featuring Montreal at Toronto Boston at New York Detroit at Los Angeles St Louis at Chicago Pittsburgh at Minnesota, indicating a busy schedule across major markets.
Howard Stevens of Randolph Macon won the national College Division rushing and scoring titles with 1,468 rushing yards and 142 points in a standout freshman season. Maryland State freshman Warner Robertson led punting with a 44.2 yard average, while Abilene Christian’s Jim Lindsey topped passing totals with 2,717 yards and 18 touchdowns. Drake’s Dick Hewins claimed receiving honors with 95 catches for 1,316 yards and 13 touchdowns.
AP reports Joe Frazier, 21-0, favored to defend his heavyweight titles in a 15 round showdown tonight with Oscar Bonavena of Argentina. Bonavena, 36-1 with 27 KOs, predicts victory and aims to bring the title home to South America. Frazier vows to “smoke him out in six” after their 1966 rematch, while noting he learned much since then. The piece also notes Penn State’s Lambert Trophy win in college football and Tokyo politics for the 1972 Winter Olympics with Eisaku Sato naming Michita Sakata as Olympics minister.
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