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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
15
One of the largest poker games begins today offering top pots of 10000 7000 1500 1000 and 750 dollars. Residents of five states are barred but 495 additional merchandise prizes accompany the cash awards.
A quirky Las Vegas publicity stunt offers five pot winners all expense paid trips to the city alongside a $10,000 top prize. Participants fill an official form by drawing numbers 2 through 52 to complete a royal flush in spades. Entries must be postmarked by March 30, 1963, and received by April 7 at Clinton Iowa.
In Yugoslavia seven of twelve Monte Carlo Rally entrants from Greece are missing after heavy snow and ice blocked roads. Five who passed the Skopje checkpoint at Macedonia later dropped out before Belgrade. France and Germany treacherous roads reduced starters from 296 to 250 with a pileup near Lodeve causing multiple retirements and penalties. no injuries reported.
Utah Five Rebel cagers aim for a 14th win of the season as they host Westminster College of Salt Lake at Nevada Southern gym tonight at 8 15. Arlyn Hafen leads Southern after scoring 21 in a 93 84 victory over Ft Lewis A M Saturday night, while Westminster travels to the Kebs arena seeking to halt a momentum.
Arizona State at Flagstaff State lost 64 57 while earlier beating Flagstaff 85 73 this season. Westminster’s Gary Blitts, 66 center, scored 30 and is expected to trouble the Rebels. Silas Stepp leads Southern with 16 ppg after a 20 point game vs Ft. Lewis. Hafen sits fourth with 86 average.
Blythe California Southern Nevada Junior College played Palos Verde Junior College in a tight game. George Sims scored 23 points including 16 in the second half to lift Palos Verde ahead late. Larry Cook added 15 points while Bill Davis led NSU with 14. Mack Pettey tallied 13 and Steve Allen 10 for NSU.
Las Vegas Tropicana C C duo Lynn Creason and pro Al Feldman rose to a 13th place tie in the team standings at Crosby after a net 67 at Cypress Point and 64 at Monterey. Maxwell, from Las Vegas, finished 27th in the individual pro-am with 74 for 295 total. Casper clinched the individual pro title and added three qualifying wins for Las Vegas Tournament of Champions.
In a mixed results card, Aome's Tigere defeated Breagers Reusie Our Lady of Las Vegas 61 to 46. Peters Vikings beat Our Lady of Las Vegas 7 to 81. Bridgete Bheamacke appears as a listed scorer in the junior league game.
Lightweight talk centers on a 10 round non-televised heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden between Cassius Clay and Doug Jones. The winners potential title shot against Lenny Liston could follow later this year. A newspaper strike or a Clay loss to Charley Powell could delay or cancel the matchup.
Dan Gurney drove a 1963 Ford to victory in the 366245 Riverside stock car race averaging 84.96 mph. A. J. Foyt finished second in a 1963 Pontiac, 20 seconds back after an accident on the final laps. Troy Ruttman, Fireball Roberts, Bobby Johns, Ned Jarrett, and Billy Wade followed in the top seven on the 2.7 mile circuit.
Las Vegas handballers split two doubles with a San Bernardino team at Dula Center as they built a 5-2 win over Californians in the two day event. Singles on Saturday saw four of five matches won by Las Vegas. In doubles Ted Topoleski and Paul Wilson beat Herman Paniguetti and Dave Pearl 21-8 21-11 while John Romero and Oro Dah defeated Dick Sawyer and Bill Thompson 21-9 21-17.
Las Vegas bowler Larry Donnelly advanced high with a 782 in yesterdays 12 game total of 3277 placing him 71st in the 288 starters at the Bowling Proprietors Association All Star tournament. Clint Harvey Reno Nev 250th after 888 yesterday and Mary Squier Sparks exited in womens division with 453 for 1883 total.
John Barnum, 51, from Belmont Michigan, captured the National PGA Club Professional Golf Tour title in a sudden death playoff at PORT ST. LUCIE Florida. Barnum parred the first hole after Snow and Harbert finished regulation tied. Snow hailed from Keswick Virginia and Harbert was the home pro.
Nevada Test Site basketball team NTS defended its Bishop Invitational title by defeating Lone Pine 77 to 68. NTS opened with an 84-45 win over Tonopah Town Club and beat China Lake 8 73 to claim third place. Don Parmer led Lone Pine with 16 points while Paul LeFiore scored 27 for NTS.
Promoter Bill Miller stacks four supporting bouts around the Davis vs Sims main event at the Convention Center. Davis, 22, seeks a TV date after a bold win over Sims in their first meeting. Sims, 104 career wins, promises reversal as both camps eye national exposure via promoter and trainer plans. Four early bouts include Feaster vs Williams, Chapman vs Sanders, Patterson vs Coleman, with weigh-ins at 11 am and ticket prices of 5, 3.5 and 2.
Chicago defeated the New York Rangers 6-2 to extend its NHL lead to two points over the Montreal Canadiens. Stan Mikita and Eric Nesterenko each scored twice as Chicago erased an early Rangers edge and built a strong first-period cushion. Bobby Hull tied the game late in the first, with Nesterenko earning two goals and pressing the Hawks’ offense. Ratelle scored for New York in the third period as Chicago pressed its revival.
Nancy Roth of Hollywood Florida upset three time champion Marlene Streit of Toronto to win the Doherty women's amateur golf tournament in Fort Lauderdale. Roth broke a first nine tie on the 10th hole and led the rest of the way.
Ten touring pros and about 30 amateurs are set for today’s Southern Nevada PGA pro am at the Las Vegas municipal course. Starting times and pairings show a mix of players including Tom Langston Bernie Burr Mike Petrovich Marion Beas and others in a dense local field.
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