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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
5
Tennessee 87 Kentucky 59 as Bobby Croft scores 20 and Kentucky suffers its worst defeat since 1950. Rupp remains 771 victories shy of Phog Allen. Florida and Cincinnati post notable wins while several top teams sit out.
Bruce Drummond the former Oklahoma distance star and current OBU track coach will referee the college division of the 43rd Kansas Relays to be held April 18 through 20. He is the second official named by meet director Bob Timmons with Elton Brown named for the high school division. Drummond has coached NAIA champions Pat McMahon and Gary Wilson and has held leadership roles in the NAIA and AAU track associations.
Pepper Rodgers the Kansas University coach is invited to speak at the ninth annual Air Force Association gridiron dinner on Feb. 2 at the Air Force Academy. Rodgers previously served as backfield coach on Ben Martin's Air Force staff in 1958 and 1959 helping develop Richie Mayo into an All American quarterback.
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference directors meet in Denver to set crowd control steps for basketball and other sports. They agree to follow NCAA rules with free substitution, require each member to play six of nine sports, and schedule divisional winners for a future title playoff. A 1968-69 basketball tournament is scrapped due to scheduling, and four four-team baseball regions are outlined with a double elimination bracket.
Lawrence High heads to the Topeka Invitational Wednesday to face Topeka West in the opening game. The four day tourney shifts all games to the Municipal Auditorium with semifinals Friday and the title at 8 30 Saturday.
New NBA stats show Walt Hazzard is second in scoring with 1 198 points and 23.0 average for Seattle. Detroit star Dave Bing leads with 1 363 points at 27.8 per game while Wilt Chamberlain tops several categories including 24.3 rebounds per game. Oscar Robertson leads in average points per game and free throw percentage. Len Wilkens leads in assists with 414.
Honolulu AP reports Duke Kahanamoku legendary Olympic swimmer sheriff actor and Hawaii symbol dies at 77 after heart disease. He won 1912 and 1920 Olympic sprints set freestyle records and performed Hollywood roles before serving as Honolulu sheriff and famed beach greeter.
The Houston Cougars moved to No. 1 after a 71-69 win over UCLA lifting them atop the AP poll with 32 first place votes and 347 points. UCLA holds second with 318 points while North Carolina, New Mexico and St Bonaventure follow.
Kansas University baseball coach Floyd Temple has pitchers and catchers practicing in Allen Fieldhouse amid winter conditions as the team prepares for the Riverside National Collegiate Baseball Tournament in California March 18-23. Kansas plans to join eight teams in a round robin event with UCLA, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Mississippi State, Brigham Young, Oregon and Riverside as participants. The 1968 schedule includes Riverside games March 18-23 and Big Eight conference play through April and May with key series at Lawrence, Lincoln, Boulder, Stillwater and Oklahoma.
The NBA All Star game will be televised live in Lawrence at 7 30 tonight on channel 9. Wilt Chamberlain will play for the East and Bill Bridges for the West as featured performers.
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