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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
5
Kansas returns to Allen Fieldhouse for two non conference and Big Eight tests. Portland arrives after a 1 13 season and Missouri stands 5 8 in the standings ahead of a Monday night clash.
The Lawrence High School Lions aim to even their record at 4-4 with two games this weekend. They host Leavenworth at 7:30 p.m. tonight then play Shawnee Mission North at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, after dropping to 2-4 following a 62-49 loss to Wyandotte.
The Kansas University swim team seeks a second straight dual win at Missouri as freshman and 16 varsity swimmers compete in the last meet of the semester. Led by senior co captain Jim Aikings the Jayhawks meet Tiger divers Mickey Warner and feature multiple events and relays.
In Thursday Class AA games at the Community Building St John’s edged DeMoley 34 31 and Nazarene beat Trinity Lutheran 29 27. In Class A Plymouth Congregational defeated Southern Baptist 36 32 and RLDS topped WSP 39 25.
John Bonella heads Alvamar Hills Golf Club in Lawrence planning a spring opening with a driving range by April 15 and Memorial Day for the course. He aims to build winter instruction inside the clubhouse and expects smaller fall tournaments before any major events next year. Bonella brings 12 years as an assistant pro and comes from a golfing family tied to Ottumwa and Colorado, with a goal to foster high school and college programs in Lawrence.
Drake edged Wichita State 74 74 after Draper missed the first free throw but made the second with one second left. LSU beat Tulane 100 91 as Pete Maravich scored 52 points despite early disqualification for fouls. DaytonBeat St Louis 57 56 on a late Bob Hooper free throw. Kentucky Wesleyan fell 63 62 to Southern Illinois.
Kansas City's new baseball owner Ewing Kauffman outlined a timetable for the expansion club. A board of directors will form within a week, an executive vice president soon after, a first division club in five years, and an American League pennant in eight years. He noted talks with several top men for the executive role and said the club would remain in Kansas City for his lifetime.
Weekend televised sports include Memphis State against Wichita on Saturday at 12 30 p m on Channel 4 Missouri versus Nebraska on Channel 5 and 13 at 1 p m Saturday and Sunday at 2 p m the Super Bowl clash of Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders on Channels 5 and 13.
The University of Washington hires Jim Crockford of Denver as its new ski coach, signaling a shift in leadership for the program. Crockford brings prior coaching experience and is expected to implement new training methods and recruit opportunities for the team.
Kansas' gymnastics team may be without three top competitors when they host Kansas State at Robinson Gymnasium. Capt. Richard Hemphill is hospitalised undergoing tests for a stomach ailment and is out indefinitely. Junior Gerry Denk and senior Wayne Dixon each suffered injuries this week and are sidelined for three and six weeks respectively.
Cincinnati beat Boston 120 to 116 and St Louis defeated Baltimore 108 to 96. Kentucky topped Oakland 110 to 106 in overtime as New Orleans 181 routed Anaheim 124. New Jersey won 110 to 96 against Minnesota while Pittsburgh defeated Indiana 138 to 115.
Cage results list multiple games with teams such as East Phode Island Northeastern and others posting scores like 81 68 100 91 63 and 56. Matchups include Georgetown Ky over Tennessee Wesleyan 79 56 and Drake over Wichita 75 74.
In Tokyo Benkei Fujikura outpointed Nakano Sazak 10 in junior middleweight action. In Portland Gene Herrick stopped Joey Garrowayn in a five round bout. In Los Angeles Bobby Murray knocked out Art Cruz in the third round. Wise buyers read the classifieds.
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