TV grid of post season games looms through January
A lighthearted UPI summary notes a heavy televised football slate through January 16. Networks plan Sugar Bowl Rose Bowl Orange Bowl and more with long day marathons and color broadcasts.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
9
A lighthearted UPI summary notes a heavy televised football slate through January 16. Networks plan Sugar Bowl Rose Bowl Orange Bowl and more with long day marathons and color broadcasts.
Nevada Southern Rebels beat Arizona State College of Flagstaff Lumberjacks 75 to 60 before 1,800 at the Convention Center. They trailed much of the night before a 22 point burst in the final 6:35 turned the game, led by Silas Stepp IS points and 7 field goals, Bob Glasgow 14, Rosevelt Lee 13, and Ron Wielochowski 13. Willie Nash and George Anderson led ASU with 16 each.
The middleweight champion from Cherry Hill faces Rubin of Paterson in a planned title defense. Early rounds show Rubin pressuring Giardello as the champion endures past cuts. In the 13th round Giardello blasts Carter with a left hook and follows with a body shot, testing endurance.
A compilation of college basketball results shows Wake Forest edging Virginia Tech 75 74 and Purdue defeating South Dakota 80 77. Michigan topped Wichita 87 85 while Princeton beat Rutgers 92 78. The list also includes Florida A&M 102 over Morris Brown 8 and Indiana 91 over De Paul 78 among many others.
Giardello wins 8th straight, defends 160 lb title against Carter in a close 15 round decision 5- point must. Referee Polis 72-66 Mina 69-64 Beloff 70-67, UPI had Carter 69-67. Carter loses first 15 round bid. both fighters logged hard exchanges and late drama.
Wichita State, led by Dave Stallworth, moved from third to first with 300 points and 20 first place votes after beating Texas Western and Brigham Young. Michigan dropped to second with 286 points. San Francisco rose to third, UCLA to fifth, and Vanderbilt tied for sixth.
Utah State, unbeaten, defeated visiting Nevada 101 to 80 in Logan. Wayne Estes scored 40 points, his fifth career 40-point game, as the Aggies stretched their season-long winning streak and prepared for Midwest road games versus Bradley and Minnesota.
Cazzie Russell hit a 30 foot jumper at the buzzer to lift Michigan past top ranked Wichita 87 85. The Wolverines, ranked second, rallied from behind in the final minute to secure the victory and improve to 5 1.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission dismissed show cause orders against Silver State Sports Club Nationwide Sports Promotions and Telescript Inc after failing to determine fault in the aborted Giardello Carter middleweight title bout. Nationwide and Telescript were licensed only for the one fight while Silver State’s license renewal is pending. Giardello pulled out four days before the scheduled October 23 event after promoters failed to post a 955.08 guarantee, moving the bout to Philadelphia where it was held last night.
Wally Swift defeated Mick Leahy by decision after 15 rounds to win the British Middleweight title in Nottingham. Leahy, the defending champion, sustained a cut on the brow while Swift remained largely unmarked. The match drew about 5 000 fans at the local ice rink with Leahy weighing 159 pounds and Swift 157½ pounds.
Detroit Lions star defensive tackle Alex Karras requested a trade after the final game of the season against the San Francisco 49ers. Coach George Wilson confirmed the request and said no coach was implicated. Wilson planned to discuss it with Karras and Lions owner William Clay Ford later in the week.
Promoter Bill Miller brings a packed Hacienda Hotel bill for the Strip fight of the week. Unbeaten Rudy Hernandez meets stocky Prince Rudy in a key middleweight bout as both vie for advancement. Other eight and six round bouts feature Armand Laurence vs Sammy Figueroa, Willie Kee vs Joey Aguillar, and Danny Zorito Valdez vs Pete Buffalo in a strong Las Vegas showroom card.
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