Miners Rally Past Lobos In Upset Victory
Texas El Paso upset No 6 New Mexico 71 67 as Switzer led with 23 points and Archibald added 20. Santa Clara beat Gonzaga 98 62, while Ohio State held off Butler 74 71 and Houston beat Bowling Green 91 80.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
4
Texas El Paso upset No 6 New Mexico 71 67 as Switzer led with 23 points and Archibald added 20. Santa Clara beat Gonzaga 98 62, while Ohio State held off Butler 74 71 and Houston beat Bowling Green 91 80.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno says Ted Kwalick is not an All-American end but an All-American football player whose presence unsettles opponents. Kwalick, a 6-4, 230 pound senior, led PSU with 31 receptions for 403 yards and two TDs, while excelling in running and blocking, with Paterno calling him the best end in college football.
The Associated Press reports Monday NBA results: San Francisco 125 San Diego 95 and a note that only one game was scheduled. Upcoming games include Seattle at Baltimore and Chicago at Cincinnati among others. ABA results show Miami 118 Indiana 109 and New Orleans 107 Houston 106 with several tonight games listed.
East Warner 98 CUNY 60 South Vanderbilt 84 So Calif 75 Midwest Ohio State 74 Butler Michigan St Utah 74 Northwestern 77 Wash St 61 lyavton 3 Los Angeles Loyola 55 Wichita St 79 Texas A M 60 Weber St 8 Creighton 3 Southwest Oklahoma 65 SW Missouri 57 Houston 99 Bowling Green 80 Tulsa St Bradley 7 SMU 88 Yale 76 Texas El Paso 71 New Mexico 67 Far West Minnesota 73 San Diego St 66 Utah St 84 San Jose State 83 Syracuse 77 kg Young 83 Arizona 68 Nebraska 63 Santa Clara 86 Gonzaga 62 U of Pacific 77 Drake 78
A late Monday stable fire near Charlottetown Driving Park killed twenty horses. The blaze struck during Old Home Week harness racing operations, gutting the structure and drawing standers and investigators to the scene.
Reported boxing card from Bin Dak Japan features Hiroyuki Whihara claiming a 112 percent win over Aquinto with a 11343 score, and Phillip City Bu noted in the results.
Kansas guard Jo Jo White scored 28 against Stanford to raise his season average to 18.9 and career total to 1,130, moving to fourth on Kansas’ all-time scoring chart. The update follows a two-game trip in which sophomore Dave Robisch also boosted his average to 16.6 as KU tracks nine games remaining in White’s college career.
Boston auto dealer Peter Fuller vows to press on to clear Dancer's Image after the Kentucky Racing Commission upheld the Derby win but ordered purse redistribution due to an illegal drug found in postrace tests. Fuller weighs further appeals and defends the colt's effort at Churchill Downs.
Ottawa AP reports Canada national hockey team defeated a touring Swedish squad 9-3 Monday night. Don Davidson and Steve King each scored twice for Canada, fueling the lopsided win.
Joe Namath of the New York Jets was voted the AFL MVP by 30 writers and sportscasters. He led the Jets to the Eastern Division title with a 3,147 yards and 15 touchdowns, and delivered clutch late-game drives.
The article explains proper bowling timing by syncing the left foot and ball to reach the foul line together. It notes that if one arrives ahead of the other, timing is disrupted and performance suffers.
The Associated Press named 22 players to the AFL All Star squad with rookie Paul Robinson of Cincinnati as the lone first-year pick. Veterans Gene Upshaw George Webster and Willie Lanier join the roster, while Ron Mix Lance Alworth and Jim Otto anchor the other selections by the AP panel.
The Jets place 16 players on the Western Division dominant squad, led by Joe Namath at quarterback and George Sauer at split end. Oakland and Kansas City contribute multiple players on both offense and defense, with Lanier winning a tight vote as middle linebacker and Bobby Bell as cornerback.
Nebraska coach Joe Cipriano aims to rebound from last year's surprise title run as the Huskers enter the season with depth and height across the lineup led by center Jim Brooks and guard Marvin Stewart. Kansas and Colorado are favored in the conference race.
Notre Dame quarterback Coley OBrien earns the starting role for the North squad in the North South game at the Orange Bowl on Christmas Day. He is named offensive captain of the Yankee team, with Bob Babich as defensive captain, and Florida’s Larry Rentz leads the South as its offensive captain. Notre Dame provides five starting offensive players for the North, and Army’s Steve Lindell is passed over for the signal caller role.
Elvin Hayes the 6 foot 9 rooky of the San Diego Rockets becomes the first NBA player to top 1,000 points this season with 1 037 and a 30 5 average. He also ranks high in rebounds with 603 and leads in field goal percentage at .585.
UCLA remains the top ranked team in the AP poll with a 42 first place votes and a 5-0 record. North Carolina sits second after wins over Clemson and Virginia as Villanova rises to fifth and Kansas to eighth following victories last week.
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