NIT Eyes Wichita Beat North Texas to Reach NCAA
National Invitation Tournament officials favor Wichita State to win the Missouri Valley Conference title and force a playoff with Drake for the NCAA berth. A conference ban bars Wichita from the NIT, so outcomes hinge on the MVC final and potential invitational decisions as teams like Drake, St Joseph's, Miami, Army, and Kentucky contend for spots.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
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Lawrence
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Navy
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Cats Block Iba's Road To No 700
Kansas State can clinch a share of Tex Winter's seventh Big Eight title by stopping Oklahoma State in Manhattan tonight. K-State aims to extend its winning streak and take sole or shared leadership as Missouri tips Colorado. Suttner and Murrell star in the 99-70 win over Oklahoma with Moss and Robinson contributing.
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Jim van Valkenburg
Associated Press
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Tex Winter
Manhattan
Oklahoma State
Henry Tha
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Missouri
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OSU
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Oklahoma
Roger Suttner
Willie Murrell
George Unseld
Kansas
Little Max Moss
Sammy Robinson
Big Eight Adopts Basketball Letter of Intent Plan
The Big Eight Conference set April 1 as the basketball letter of intent signing date and renewed participation in the inter-conference letter for all sports with a May 20 date. The bowl tieups with Orange Bowl ended after 11 years while Bluebonnet and Gator bowls were approved in advance.
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Big Eight
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Mizzou Wins Track Crown at Big Eight Meet in Kansas City
Missouri captures its first Big Eight indoor title since 1948 behind Robin Lingle's double win and Bill Younger and Floyd Manning’s meet records in the pole vault. Rick Beldner ups a 60 yard dash upset while Calvin Groff places second in the low hurdles to seal a 57-47 victory over Kansas. Oklahoma State places third as Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas State and Iowa State follow.
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Floyd Manning
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Calvin Groff
Missouri
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Associated Press
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Lingle
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Younger
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Mannine
Gene Crews
Tiger
Charles Conrad
Anthony Watson
Tuff Of Blue Beaver Tops Lawton Fort Sill Dog Show
Ch Tuff of Blue Beaver a Whippet owned by Sam Hearn of Lawton won Best in Show at the Lawton Fort Sill Kennel Club 16th annual event. The victory came in a 575-dog elimination, with Hearn’s Whippet first among hounds and then besting five finalists. Other finalists included a Golden Retriever, a Great Pyrenee, a Kerry Blue Terrier, a Pomeranian, and a Bulldog from various states.
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Hubert Everist Jr
Sioux City
Iowa
Fred Rogers
Grand View
Lydia L
G Lee Bryant
John S. Klopfenstein
Oklahoma City
Hearn
Edward McQuown
Xenia
Ohio
Pat Bishop
Lee Champlin
Edmond
Debby Dolk
Lincoln
Neb
Cynthia Huff
Norman
Fred W. Rogers
Lydia J
G. Lee Bryant
Kar
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Pascual Seeks Raise as Twins Rebuff Demand
Cuban refugee Camilo Pascual, a top right hander with 21 wins, 202 strikeouts, and a peak season, demands a $10,000 salary increase to $40,000. Twins president Cal Griffith calls him money hungry after Pascual cites team profits and his on-field value.
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Minnesota Twins
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Griffith
Twins
Calvin Griffith
Washington
Dickson Resigns as Oklahoma Assistant Coach for Broncos
George Dickson, Oklahoma assistant football coach for two years, resigns to join the Denver Broncos as defensive backfield coach. A Notre Dame graduate, he began at Oklahoma part time in 1962 and became full time in 1963. He previously coached at NYU and Notre Dame and for the Oakland Raiders.
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Oklahoma
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New York University
Regional basketball tourney opens with Douglass at Frederick
Douglass travels to Frederick Thursday to begin a regional six team Class B boys tournament. Frederick and Cyril join Hobart Sayre Mangum and Cyril for the bid. Other regional braces include girls action at Altus Bray and Lindsay with multiple Class A B C contests across venues.
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Cameron College football coach resigns effective July 1 1964
Leroy Montgomery head football coach and athletic director at Cameron State Agricultural College announces resignation effective July 1 1964 in the best interest of Cameron College He has coached since 1955 with a 65-25 record and led the Aggies to the 1961 junior college national title before postseason sanctions.
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Cameron Junior College
Montgomery
Cameron State Agricultural College
Cameron
Jess Thompson
Aggies
Cameron College
Charley Dean
Burch
Lawton
LHS
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Wichita Falls
Lawton High
San Angelo
Bakersfield
McCook
Neb
Northeastern A&m
Miami
Ramos Eyes Lightweight Title Clash After Title Defense
Sugar Ramos retains the featherweight crown with a sixth round stoppage of Mitsunori Seki in Tokyo. Promoter George Parnassus offers 300000 to 400000 for a Ramos Ortiz lightweight bout in Los Angeles, contingent on Ortiz defending his title against Kenny Lane in San Juan next month. Ramos’s camp and co manager Angelo Dundee express interest in the fight or any match at the right price.
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Carlos) Ortiz
Los Angeles
George Parnassus
Ortiz
Kenny Lane
San Juan
Angelo Dundee
Casius Clay
Mexico
Mitsunori Seki
Teddy Bentham
Seki
Moore
Ramos retains world featherweight title in Tokyo bout
World featherweight champion Suger Ramos of Mexico defeats Mit sunori Seki in Tokyo to keep the title. In Manila, Rey Asis of the Philippines wins by disqualification over Katsuo Saito of Japan.
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Mexico
Mitsunori Seki
Japon
Ramos
Manila
Rey Asis
Philippines
Katsuo Saito
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