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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1967
Page
7
The Mary Star football saga shows a 20 candidate start shrinking to 14, Monsignor’s blessing, and a lean squad defying odds to win the league title and reach CIF finals. Knute Rockne’s code and a parish’s resolve propelled the team through hardship to a historic season.
Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens hosts the Maple Leaf Games with Seagren clearing 16-8 to upset Davenport in a bold vault. Eddie Ottoz of Italy wins the 50 yard high hurdles in 6 seconds, while Kipchoge Keino challenges Dave Ellis of Toronto in the three mile, Ellis posting 3 35.2 as Keino finishes ninth amid rival pace.
Princeton rolled to a 97-45 victory Friday night to stay on track for Ivy League play and set up a crucial matchup with Cornell. Columbia had fallen earlier in the week as Penn crushed by 80-plus points. Oregon State’s Mike Markham debuted with 20 points.
A jumbled set of names and places including UCLA Fresno Cal Poly Mont Montana Dakotas Texas Lutherans and Michigan Tech mixed with scattered numbers and abbreviations. The fragment reads like a garbled mapping of colleges teams and venues with no clear events outcomes dates or cohesive narrative.
UCLA star Alcindor overcame a migraine to lead the Bruins to their 12th straight win, 89 70, over Palomar College at Pauley Pavilion. Mike Warren harassed on defense while Lance Brigham led Husky scorers with 11. Gordy Harris fouled out for the Huskies.
Fred Lorenzen of Elmhurst Illinois won the 100 mile Daytona race at the Daytona International Speedway setting a record speed of 174.583 mph by skipping a pit stop. Darel Dieringer of Charlotte finished second and Cale Yarborough of Charlotte placed third in a field led by Curtis Turner in pole position. About 35,000 watched on a sunny day as 1967 Fords and Dodges dominated the top finishers ahead of the 500.
Fourth ranked Millikan faces California Tuesday night at Long Beach City College in the CIF basketball playoffs first round. Poly travels to Santa Ana to battle Santiago as St. Anthony draws North Torrance in Torrance for its opener. North Torrance is 26-3 and ranked fifth.
Wilt Chamberlain scored 42 points and hit all 18 of his field goal attempts to set a single game record as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated Baltimore 149 to 118. The performance helped Philadelphia extend its lead in the league race while other games produced different outcomes.
Reported playoff scores across multiple teams with mixed results. Notable results include South Hills 58 and El Centro 57, San Gabriel’s 4 points by Paandena Se, and Antelope Valley 74 defeating Cale as Behument 49. Other line scores show Temple City Alte Loma Sh Park, Saint Francis 53, and Sherman inres Rescate.
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