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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1965
Page
9
Steve Snider lists many 1965 ambitions and near misses spanning baseball football tennis golf boxing hockey and horse racing. He hopes for Cubs Tigers World Series Mets rise grassless US Open and strife reduced in leagues with balanced schedules.
Pro golf enters a booming 1965 season as purses push toward three million dollars with early events in California and Phoenix. The LA Open launches the year with 12 000 to first place, while figures show top players already nearing six figure totals including Nicklaus Palmer and Casper. total tour purses rise due to television rights and inflation.
James Arona resigned as secretary treasurer of the Honolulu board of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials during a stormy membership meeting at Otto Klum Gymnasium, University of Hawaii. The session drew 45 members, with ten plainclothes police and a sergeant present.
UCLA coach Johnny Wooden keeps his No 1 ranking in mind as the Bruins set to open their Pac Eight schedule with road games at Oregon and Oregon State. USC sails to Oregon State then Oregon, while Lakers coach Fred Schaus praises Leroy Ellis as Los Angeles extends its Western Division lead.
San Francisco quarterback John Brodie kept a steady pace to lead after the second round of the NFL golf tournament in Hollywood Florida. He fired a 77 to pair with a 79 opening round for a 36 hole total of 156 at the Hollywood Beach Hotel par 70 course.
A large list of late season college basketball scores featuring Guilford, Newberry, Duke, Penn State, Clemson, Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, Indiana Tech, DePaul, Canisius, Grand Canyon and others. Matches include OT outcomes, upsets, and high scoring games with institutions such as Northwestern Iowa, St. Norbert, Wartburg, Wartburg State, and regional colleges.
Jockey Bill Shoemaker rode three winners at Santa Anita, including his 1000th career win, as Royal Khal upset in the Monrovia purse. He won with Destroy in race one, King Scorpion in the fourth, and Dusty Canyon in the sixth for $15, $5.20, and $2.80 payouts.
World ninth ranked middleweight Gene Bryant edged past Denny Moyer 46 45 on two judges and 47 46 on another in a rugged 10 round bout on the Hacienda Hotel Strip. Crowd exceeded 300 with no knockdowns and Bryant bled from the nose from round two as referee Krause kept action flowing.
New York Jets announce a news conference to reveal Notre Dame quarterback John Huarte joining the club alongside Joe Namath and Cosmo Lacavazzi. The move increases projected team expenditures to about 700000 for the trio. Namath’s signing already boosted season-ticket sales beyond 22000 from last year.
Basketball schedule lists 10 matchups across cities including St. Louis Boston San Francisco Philadelphia Syracuse Baltimore Detroit New York Cincinnati and Los Angeles. No results.
East and West squad members trained in Los Angeles for the NFL All-Star Pro Bowl. Several players from St. Louis and Green Bay voiced opposition to a proposed best two out of three championship format, calling it excessive and impractical for players to recover.
NASCAR rookie of the year 1963 Billy Wade of Spartanburg S C was killed in a tire test crash at Daytona International Speedway Florida Wade driving a 1964 Mercury for Goodyear hit the wall in the west turn the car spun several times and Wade died at Humiliat Hospital Wade had finished fourth in 1964 grand national points and won 29710 Wade was 30 years old and began racing in Houston earning three straight track titles at Meyers Speedway.
In Madison Square Garden, the Cincinnati Royals defeated the New York Knickerbockers 125-116 in overtime. Oscar Robertson scored 37 points, including 10 in OT, and Jerry Lucas added eight OT points as Rob erts led all scorers. The Knicks suffer their sixth OT loss this season after Budd's late free throws had given New York a 103-102 lead with 19 seconds left.
Clearwater promoter Al King announced two bouts in Florida. Sonny Moore will meet Sugar Ray Robinson in a 10 round exhibition in Clearwater on February 12. Robinson, five time world middleweight champion, is also slated to fight Jimmy Bercham of Kingston, Jamaica on March 7.
NBA official figures show Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors leads with 1421 points in 36 games at 39.5 ppg and 842 rebounds at 23.4 rpg second to Bill Russell. Jerry West and Oscar Robertson are the top backcourt in versatility with high marks in points, assists, and shooting efficiency. Jerry Lucas trails in rebounds, while West leads in several all around categories and Robertson ranks high in scoring and assists.
E J Harrison failed to qualify for the $75009 Los Angeles Open as Gary Floan, 25 from Lewiston Idaho, shot 68 to earn medalist honors. Harrison posted 75 at Hillcrest Country Club with other notables like Stan Leonard Walker Inman and Elly Vines failing to qualify. Floan tied for low score with Howie Johnson and Chris Blocker at Hillcrest. Fred Hodkins and Dick Stranahan also posted strong qualifying scores across five courses for the 39th Open.
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