Wooden’s Dilemma with Lew Alcindor Shapes UCLA’s Games
UCLA coach John Wooden describes a serious problem balancing playing time for Lew Alcindor while keeping team fairness. He notes the difficulty of benching Alcindor without disappointing other starters and fans, a challenge in a 45 game win streak and high scoring.
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UCLA
John Wooden
Bruins
Stanford
Wooden
Lew Alcindor
John
Alcindor and Co
Lew
Alcindor
New York City
Los Angeles
Cal
High school cage report scores across Kansas and beyond
A long list of high school boys basketball results shows numerous winners and totals for teams such as Argentine over Rosedale, Atchison over Washburn Rural, Augusta over Andover, Anthony over Attica, and many more. College matches include East Providence beating Brown and Penn defeating Harvard, while national games feature UCLA and Utah near dominance in their regions.
Packers Favored By Fourteen In Super Bowl Showdown
The Green Bay Packers are listed as 14 point favorites to defeat Oakland in the Super Bowl. A confident prediction suggests the Raiders may pull a dramatic upset by roughly ten points, though the author hedges the claim.
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Green Bay Packers
Oakland
Raiders
Muskies Climb Toward Top In ABA Eastern Chase
The Minnesota Muskies rebound from early season setback by defeating the Pittsburgh Pipers 120-103 in St Paul Minneapolis to pull within one game of the ABA Eastern lead. Mel Daniels 26 points Don Freeman 25 in a routing win as Connie Hawkins 34 for Pittsburgh highlighted the loss.
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Minnesota Muskies
American Basketball Association
Pittsburgh
Muskies
Indiana
Pacers
Pipers
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Dallas
Houston
Kentucky
Anaheim
National Basketball Association
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
San Diego
Philadelphia
Baltimore
San Francisco
New York
Minnesota
Mel Daniels
Don Free
Drysdale Signs $100,000 Pact for 1968 Season
Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale signed a $100,000 contract for 1968. He went 13 16 with a 2.75 ERA over 282 innings last season, with the Herald-Examiner reporting the figure after prior holdout talks with Sandy Koufax kept him in a six figure range.
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LOS Angeles
Dodger
Don Drysdale
Herald-Examiner
Dodgers
Drysdale
Sandy Koufax
Antitrust Issue Returns in Pro Grid Talks
Miami AP Rozelle revisited antitrust concerns as he discussed the players association. He noted possible union effects that could harm players and owners and preferred a strong informal association to a formal union. John Gordy, newly elected president of the association, phoned Rozelle to arrange talks.
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MIAMI
Pete Rozelle
Player Association
Rozelle
Congress
John Gordy
Detroit Guard
DeSoto Defeats Stanley for Fourth Win in Jayhawk League
DeSoto High cruised to a 59-48 victory over Stanley in a Jayhawk League game. Mike Puett scored 21 points and Dan Feiter added 14 as DeSoto built a 27-23 halftime lead and pulled away in the fourth period. Stanley led 12-10 early, while DeSoto travels to Eudora Tuesday.
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DeSoto High
Stanley
Jayhawk
DeSoto
Wildcats
Mike Puett
Dan Feiter
Dan Peterson
Bob Reddick
Puett
Eudora
Cardinals
Baldwin
Green Makes Late Impact in 76ers Victory Over Baltimore
Jumping Johnny Green added nine fourth quarter points to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 133-116 win over Baltimore. Hal Greer and Green closed the gap to secure the lead as San Francisco, Boston, and St. Louis also posted strong showings in NBA action. Chamberlain led Philadelphia with 36 points and 35 rebounds while Baltimore’s Ray Scott paced them with 27.
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Johnny Green
Philadelphia 76Ers
Green
National Basketball Association
San Diego
Philadelphia
76Ers
Baltimore
Boston Celtics
Detroit
San Francisco
New York
St. Louis
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Houston
Kentucky
Anaheim
Luke Jackson
Billy Cunningham
Bullets
Hal Greer
Wat Chamberlain
Ray Scott
Earl Monroe
Celtics
Boston
Bailey Howell
Sam Jones
Tom Sanders
John Havilock
Colts
Pistons
Dave Bing
NBA
Jim Walker
Zelmo Beaty
Rockets
Dave Gambee
Hawks
Bill Bridges
Len Wilkens
John Black
Gambee
Coleman’s Points Spark Wesleyan To 74-68 Victory
Kansas Wesleyan led 32-32 at halftime and pulled away to beat College of Emporia 74-68 on Friday night. Phil Coleman scored five straight points to spark the Coyotes who move into a first place tie with Southwestern at 5-1 in the Kansas Conference.
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Coleman
Wesleyan
Phil Coleman
Kansas Wesleyan
Coyotes
College of Emporia
Southwestern
Kansas
Ottawa and Friends
Friends
Wichita
Baker
Bethany
Bethel
Ottawa
McPherson
Sterling
Fort Hays
Pittsburg
Washburn
St. Benedict’s
Omaha
Emporia State
Tabor
Evangel
Springfield
Pott Survives Spyglass Hill To Move Into Crosby Lead
John Pott shot 71 at Spyglass Hill to reach 141 and seize the midway lead in the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament. Casper sits one behind at 142 after a 69 at Pebble Beach, with rivals Devlin Fetchick and Wharton close. Weather threatens as players tackle Cypress Point and Pebble Beach in the televised event.
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Pott
Spyglass Hill
Crosby
Pebble, Beach
Calif
John Pott
Treasure Island
Billy Casper
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bruce Devlin
Mike Fetchick
Frank Wharton
Monterey Peninsula
Casper
Cypress Point
Pebble Beach
Pebble
Virgil Sherrill
New York
Ron Cerrudo
E. Harvie Ward
Billy
Spyglass
Jack Nicklaus
Lou Graham
Dave Hill
Graham
Wharton
Cypress
Devlin
Fetchick
Arnold Palmer
Eudora Edges Baldwin in Late Rally 56-54
Eudora High basketball overturned a 18-8 first quarter deficit to defeat Baldwin 56-54 at Baldwin with a 3:00 remaining surge led by Martin Gabriel 17 points. Larry Taylor added 12 as Baldwin’s Dwayne Modl topped 15 and Bob Chambers and Curt Gammill 11.
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Eudora High
Jayhawk
Baldwin
Cardinals
Martin Gabriel
Eudora
Larry Taylor
Dwayne Modl
Bob Chambers
Curt Gammill
Varsities
Clyde Sarks
Cardinal
DeSoto
Stanley
Packer Receivers Taken for Granted
Boyd Dowler, a six foot one inch, 225 pound Packers receiver, is praised for his long career and 372 catches, second only to Don Hutson's 489, as Green Bay prepares for Sundays Super Bowl against Oakland in Miami.
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Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Green Bay
Boyd Dowler
Don Hutson
Dowler
Hutson
Packers
Miami
Oakland
Four Class AA teams stay unbeaten in Kansas hoops
Garden City, Seaman, Sumner, and Wichita Southeast remained undefeated in Class AA basketball with 8-0 records. Garden City edged Great Bend 45-41, Seaman won 70-69 in OT over Highland Park, Sumner beat De La Salle 56-45, and Wichita Southeast beat Wichita Heights 43-41. Topeka moved to first in the Sunflower League after a 54-47 win over Shawnee Mission North.
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Augusta
Andover
Anthony
Attica
Buhter
Moundridge
Coffeyville
Chanute
Columbus
Fort Scott
Clay Center
Emporia
College High
Galena
Caney
Altamont
Chapman
Marynville
Colby
Atwood
Campus
Arkansas City
Derby
Winfield
DeSoto
Stanley
Ellsworth
St. John
Wareka
Fredonia
Wrontenac
Garden Plain
Circle
Gardner
Wellsville
Girard
Southeast
Goddard
Sedgwick
Garden City
Great Bend
Garnett
Neodesha
Holsington
Hollinwood
Hoxie
Goodland
Hutchinson
Newton
Holton
Hiawatha
Hill City
Wakkeaney
Hillsboro
Centre
Independence
Tola
Immaculata
Lansing
Junction City
McPherson
Kingman
Kiowa
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Larned
Dodge City
Lyon
Lindsburg
Manhattan
Salina
Mankato
Beloit
Norton
Oakley
Nickerson
Haven
Ottawa
Olathe
Parsons
Pittsburg
Russell
Pratt
Sabetha
Tonganoxie
Shawnee Heights
Hayden
Stockton
Ellis
Scott City
Ulysses
Seaman
Highland Park
Topeka
Sumner
Wichita Southeast
de la Salle
Kansas City
Wichita Heights
Shawnee Mission North
North
Wyandotte
Shawnee Mission South
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