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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1964
Page
3
Connecticut upset Temple 53-48 as Princeton Bradley led 86-60 over Virginia Military and Villanova beat Providence 77-66 in Philadelphia. Texas Western Creighton and Oklahoma State posting wins, while Texas A&M and Oklahoma both exit in Dallas and Stillwater respectively. Purdue upsets Michigan 81-79 to push into tourney berth alongside Duke in Raleigh.
Clearwater Florida AP Gene Mauch leads optimistic Phillies camp with a plan to speed the club to success. He targets Richie Allen as a third baseman after praising his hitting, speed, and arm. Mauch notes Allen signed as a shortstop and explains the switch to outfield and third base could boost the lineup.
UCLA finishes 26-0 and claims the top spot in the AP final poll for 1963-64. Coach John Wooden reacts to UCLA receiving 34 first place votes and 392 points, the margin over Michigan’s 341, with Duke, Kentucky and others rounding out the Top Ten.
NBA results include Los Angeles 122 and Baltimore at today. games listed for St. Louis New York Baltimore San Francisco Cincinnati Detroit upcoming Baltimore Los Angeles Philadelphia St Louis. College basketball scores Purdue 81 Michigan 79 Oklahoma State 80 Oklahoma 47 Illinois 90 Iowa 67 Indiana 76 Northwestern 68 Kansas State 74 Iowa State 621 NCAA regional play Princeton 86 VMI 60 Villanova 77 Providence 66 Connecticut 53 Temple 48 Midwest Creighton 89 Oklahoma City 78 Texas West 68 Texas A&M 621 NAIA first round St Marys Texas 64 Central Connecticut 62 Mansfield Pa 99 Milea Ala 69 Georgetown Ky 87 St Josephs NM 79 Indiana Central 92 Morris Harvey 81 Huntington Ala 89 Hastings Grambling 75 Quincy Ill 72 Rockhurst 77 East Mont 70 Carson-Newman 75 Lewis Clark 66.
The report lists results with San Francisco beating Chicago 7 to 4 and Cleveland defeating Boston 11 to 9. It also notes exhibition matchups featuring San Francisco against Boston in Phoenix and Chicago against Los Angeles in Mesa, Arizona, with Boston meeting Cleveland in Tucson.
Benny Briscoe, 147, of Philadelphia, defeated Charley Scott, 146, also of Philadelphia, by stoppage in the opening bout. Jesse Smith of Philadelphia and Larry Barrett of Baltimore battled to a ten round draw. In Paris, Ismael Laguna outpointed Angel Garcia, while Ray Adigun knocked out Shia Diaz after a 10 round schedule.
In a clash featuring notable figures from baseball and hockey, Detroit gears up for a National Hockey League game day. Jim Bunning and Gus Triandes are mentioned as players in a broader sports context, with emphasis on a right handed hitting catcher known for power.
In Little Rock AP report Greene County Tech aims to rebound against Valley Springs, ending a streak of 42 straight Valley Springs wins. Other opening games feature Dorado vs Smackover, Malvern vs Conway, Pine Bluff vs Harrison, and North Little Rock vs Little Rock Catholic.
Eddie Cotton, healthy after a flu, meets unbeaten Johnny Persol in a 10 round light heavyweight rematch at Madison Square Garden. Persol rose to No. 2 after a split decision over Cotton on Feb. 21, while Cotton enters with a 50-15-1 record seeking reversal of that outcome.
Ouachita Baptist College of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, won the opening game of the 36th annual Women’s National AAU basketball tournament in St. Joseph, Missouri, defeating an opponent 53 to not yet listed in the readable text. The brief item notes no games scheduled for Montreal at Toronto and Boston at New York at press time.
LOS ANGELES AP The lineup for the Western Division playoffs of the NBA will be San Francisco St Louis and Los Angeles but order uncertain. The Lakers secured third place with a 122 112 win over Baltimore as San Francisco leads St Louis by one game. A SF loss Tuesday and a STL victory over NY could tie the division lead. Jerry West 37 Elgin Baylor 24 Terry Dischinger 20 for Baltimore.
Gary Player captured the Pensacola Open title with a one under par 71 to beat Arnold Palmer by one stroke and Miller Barber by three, earning $4,000. Palmer, defending champion, cited putter woes and poor greens as his downfall while Barber heads to the St Petersburg Open. Palmer heads to New York for a golf show before the Doral Open in Miami.
Soviet high jumper Valery Brumel says 45 000 athletes out of 45 million registered could be Olympic contenders. He notes the pressure of Olympic competition and sees 7 2 feet as a possible winning mark for Tokyo, with John Thomas as a potential challenger. Brumel, Olympic gold medalist and 7 5 3 4 feet, speaks in New York while receiving the ABC Athlete of the Year award.
Ouachita 34 defeated St. Joseph YMCA Warriors as Eva Harrell led the winners with 16 points and was top scorer across the game.
In Montreal, the bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Durelle is postponed to March 23. Robinson, 43, former world middleweight champion, requested more time to condition, and promoter Regis Levesque agreed to the rescheduling.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, football’s grand old man, remained in serious condition at Hillhaven Convalescent Home after a weekend decline from uremic poisoning and general deterioration. Officials reported vital signs had normalized from a previous flareup, and he had been active daily before illness.
Kansas State junior John Damien failed to break four minutes in the Milwaukee Journal Games indoor mile at Mil waukee. Coach Fran Welch remains confident he will crack the barrier soon after Damien’s 4:02.7 win pace, leading early but finishing short of the target in front of 10,159 fans.
Stuart, star Red Sox first baseman, eyes television work after his 1970 season. He recalls creating a local show Stuart on Sports in Boston with WBZ anchor Gene Pell, taped on road and live at home. He notes gains from on-air experience and recalls the Stone Fingers nickname coined by Hank Aaron.
At Lake Hamilton Arkansas volunteers from the fire department kept their meal intact after a power failure blacked out the steak house. They moved to the fire station, used an auxiliary power unit at the cafe, and resumed dining with colleagues.
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