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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1968

Page

23

Northwestern Poll Sees Ohio State Top Football Team

Northwestern coach Alex Agase names Ohio State as year’s best after a close look at five top opponents. Ohio State tops NC, USC and others in the latest poll despite USC’s win over Washington. Kansas, Purdue, and Notre Dame also win to stay in the top group.

United Press International Northwestern Alex Agase Agase Ohio State Wildcats Buckeyes Southern California Purdue Notre Dame Miami Florida Trojans Midwest Tulsa Cincinnati Arizona Missouri Kansas State Toledo Kent State Bowling Green Minnesota Wichipen S State New Mexico State Northern Hhonors Wisconsin Navtonal Io University Nebraska Oklahoma State Iowa Prudge

College football schedule and results for week

Week's grid shows games across many colleges including Duke at Army Penn State vs Boston College Colgate at Brown Holy Cross at Buffalo Rutgers at Columbia Yale at Cornell Dartmouth at Harvard North Carolina at Wake Forest and more. Notable results include Kansas losing to Texas 39 29 Tennessee edging Alabama 10 9 and USC beating Washington with O J Simpson rushing 177 yards on 33 carries.

Penn State Kansas Purdue Notre Dame Oklahoma State Wake Forest Illinois Florida North Carolina Southeastern Associated Press Wits Calif Georgia Oregon Miss St Texas Tech Colorado Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Iowa Tex. A&m Nebraska Oxla Rice Joa Baylor Wwe Maryland Virginia Duke Ich Ilinors Wis Harvard Enn Yale Princeton Army Boston College Colgate Brown Holy Cross Buffalo Rutgers Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Navy Pennsylvania Air Force Pittsburgh Xavier Villanova West Texas State Miami West Virginia Utah State Florida State Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Texas State Ft. Ne Rock Army Cross Rheittsburgh Tulane

Leininger Makes Only Play Stand Up For Bruins

Mike Leininger of Wilson High caught a 29 yard pass from Jeff Burroughs with 1 24 left to beat Millikan 6 0. Leininger who played little due to a groin pull helped revive the Bruins offense in the final drive as Burroughs hobbled with a sore arm.

Mike Leininger Wilson High Bruins Millikan Leininger Jeff Burroughs Mater Dei Milli

Haig National Open Qualifiers At Costa Mesa CC

About 135 pros compete for 23 qualifying spots at Costa Mesa Country Club in the Haig National Open field. Touring pros include Tom Shaw Rives McBee Bob Stanton Monte Kaser Ray Botts Johnny Jacobs Butch Baird Dave Gumila Mike Hill Orville Moody Jim Langley Cliff Brown Jerry Magee Wayne Yates and eight leading money winners such as Billy Casper. Two Pro-Am events of 5000 each are set for Wednesday.

Costa Mesa CC Mesa Verde Country Club Tom Shaw Rives McBee Bob Stanton Monte’ Kaser Ray Botts Johnny Jacobs Butch Baird Dave Gumila Mike Hill Orville Moody Jim Langley Cliff Brown Jerry Magee Wayne Yates Billy Casper

Leininger and Lopez Earn Prep Player Honors

Wilson's Mike Leininger and Poly's Henry Lopez named top high school players of the week by the Long Beach Harbor Trojan Club. Leininger caught a TD pass in a 6-0 win over Millikan and starred on defense. Lopez, a 5 9 165 pounder, starred in Poly's 46-13 win over Jordan and will be honored at the club meeting.

Wilson Mike Leininger Poly Henry Lopez Long Beach Harbor Area Trojan Club Leininger Millikan Lopez Jordan

Larry Walters Named Viking of Week at LBCC

Larry Walters of Long Beach City College will be honored as Viking of the Week by the Harbor Area Trojan Club at Hoefly's in Belmont Shore. Walters, a 1965 LBCC letterman and former serviceman, starred at halfback as LBCC beat Pierce College 28 to 6. USC film highlights and a 6:30 cocktail hour precede dinner.

Larry Walters Long Beach City College Harbor Area Trojan Club Hoefly Belmont Shore Walters LBCC Vikings Pierce College USC Washington

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