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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1968
Page
33
The Skidoo Kid Calvin Murphy of Niagara scored 68 points leading the Purple Eagles to a 118-110 win over Syracuse Saturday night. He eclipsed Pete Maravich’s 38 for LSU in a separate LSU 86-85 victory over Clemson.
A diverse list of early season college basketball results shows UCLA beating Notre Dame 88 75 after a 84 73 win over Ohio State, while North Carolina posts a 3 0 mark with wins over Oregon and Kentucky. Other teams like Houston Davidson Duke and Santa Clara accumulate multiple wins, with several close games and some upsets across the top programs.
The national individual scoring race last season saw Murphy as the runner up and earning his nickname from his uniform number. UCLA and North Carolina strengthened their hold atop the college basketball world with Saturday night wins over strong opposition and in tough conditions. UCLA, No. 1, stretched its win streak to 19 over two seasons and 66 of 67 across three seasons with an 88-75 victory over Notre Dame in South Bend.
The American trotting classic, first of Western Harness Racing's twin $75,000 championships, will be run as part of a 10 race program at Hollywood Park tonight. The 13 leading trotters will start in the sixth race with Lady B. Fast favored to win.
Joe Frazier defends against Oscar Bonavena Tuesday in Philadelphia. Nino Benvenuti meets Don Fullmer Saturday in San Remo for the middleweight title. Paul Fuji to defend the junior welterweight crown Thursday in Tokyo against Nicolino Locche.
Results from Caliente race day include multiple 5 2 furlong and 6 furlong events with winners like On Time Rul and Bottoms Up. Scratches listed include Salboa Rose and See Me Flash, while purses and times are noted for each race along with later boxing notes and upcoming broadcasts.
Race notes list Roy Betz as favored with Dia mante Queen in third and Best Bet Sing on Key in second. Mentions multiple horses including Admiral's Victory and Warrior's Lass with payouts and positions, plus longshot Andy's Don and Thorpe Jane in pace events.
Best bet Heather frees in St est. Arbro Haile as chance bet. Piute Buckley in preferred parley to free bankroll. John Colby clocks 8th with Dowin in 5th.
More than 100 teens competed at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club with 57 boats in four classes. Four young sailors including Linda Kimball earned special trophies for brave first races and received a warm reception.
Italian driver Andrea de Adamich in a Ferrari triumphed over Jochen Rindt of Austria by 4.4 seconds in the international Formula 2 event at Córdoba. Henri Pescarolo finished third as de Adamich completed 70 laps of the 1.92 mile course in 1 hour 9 minutes 22.1 seconds at an average speed of 118.01 mph.
Redondo Landing reports 78 anglers on 6 boats catching 63 barracuda and 1045 rock cod among others. Belmont lists 69 anglers on 1 barge with 25 bass and 250 market mackerel. Sea and coast towns document mixed hauls of bonito, rock cod, bass, and sardine varieties across several vessels.
Stanford star Gene Washington of Long Beach headlines the Shrine Game West squad for the 44th annual event on December 28 in San Francisco. He anchors a group of four Associated Press first team all America selections and joins a trio of noted defensive standouts on the West roster.
Cal State Long Beach aims to extend a three game win streak with three road contests this week. They visit Chapman in Orange Tuesday, then Oklahoma and Tulsa on Thursday and Saturday respectively, as Shrine Game officials announced.
In Santa Barbara Croatia defeated EL Suito 2 to 0 while Thistle drew 0 0 with Stars. Los Angeles SC routed Valley GA 4 to 0 in a series of regional games.
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