T-Bird Wrestlers Stop Bath 30-23
The Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds beat Bath 30 to 23 before a large Central Catholic gym crowd. Five pins aided LCC to a 3-6 season record as Butch Ebner moved to 8-0. Pins by Picker, Windau, Clark, Wir dau, and Bath’s Riegle, Richardson, Hawk also noted. Sectionals start Feb 25 at Carey High School with top three in each weight advancing to the Toledo Waite District on March 4-5. LCC entries include Arcadia, Bowling Green, Carey, and others.
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Lima Central Catholic
Bath
Central Catholic Gym
Thunderbirds
LCC
John Riegle
Tom Richardson
Bob Hawk
Carey High School
Toledo Waite High School
Arcadia
Bowling Green
Carey
Bloomdale
Elmwood
Findlay
Fostoria
Bascom Hopewell London
Kansas
Lakota
Ottawa-Glandorf
North Baltimore
Mt. Blanchard
Riverdale
Rhode Island Senator pushes boxing and wrestling ban bills
Providence AP senator John F. McBurney Jr. introduced measures to outlaw professional boxing and wrestling in Rhode Island. He criticized the sports, saying boxing is finished and wrestling has been dead for 20 years.
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Providence, RI
John F. McBurney Jr
Rhode
McBurney
Pawtucket
Peirson Named MAC Player of the Week
Jerry Peirson of Miami was named the Mid-American Conference player of the week. Other nominees included Walt Piatkowski of Bowling Green Fred Albrecht of Kent State George Stone of Marshall and Bill Backensto of Toledo.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jerry Peirson
Miami
Walt Piatkowski
Bowling Green
Fred Albrecht
Kent State
George Stone
Marshall
Bill Backensto
Toledo
Final Weekend Action With Five City Teams in Play
The final high school basketball weekend features five Lima area teams in action Friday and Saturday with key league and tournament implications. Lima Senior faces Hamilton Taft in the Greater Ohio League. Shawnee hosts Bath. Perry visits Marion Local. Elida hosts Ottawa Glandorf. Saturday Lima Senior hosts Kettering Fairmont West while Perry meets St Henry. Sunday Lima Central Catholic plays Delphos St John’s.
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Lima
Hamilton Taft
Shawnee
Bath
Perry
Marion
Wysong Earns First Pro Win At Phoenix Open
Dudley Wysong, a Casper Wyoming player, shot a final round 66 to surge from six behind and win the Phoenix Open at 278, earning $9,000 and a berth to the Carling Open in England. Gardiner Dickinson Jr. finished second at 279 with $5,990, while Gene Littler and others followed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dudley Wysong
England
Wysong
Casper
Wyo
Gardner Dickinson Jr
Carling
Dickinson
Lost Tree Village
Fla
Phoenix Country Club
Arizona Sun
Gene Littler
Golf leaders and scores from a 196? event
Dudley Wyson and Gardner Dickinson lead money list with top scores 278 and 279 respectively. Gene Littler 280, Macon Rudolph 284, Johnny Pott 282, George Archer 283, Dave Marr 284, R H Sikes 284, five tied at 295.
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Mason Rudolph
Johnny Pott
George Archer
Dave Marr
R. H. Sikes
College Basketball Cage Results From Various Teams
Indiana defeated Ohio State 81 to 1 in a surprising scoreline. Syracuse beat Colgate 125 to 105 while Kentucky edged Alabama 90 to 67. Other results include Duke over South Carolina 3 to 0 and West Virginia topping Pitt 103 to 63.
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South Kentucky
Alabama
Duke
South Carolina
Clemson
Wake Forest
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Tennessee
LSU
Florida
Miss. State
Tulane
Mississippi
Ga. Tech
Fla. State
the Citadel
VMI
West Virginia
Pitt
Elena Catawba
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T-Bird
Butch Ebner
Dave Picker
Dave Windau
Tim Clark
Joe Wirdau
Unbesien
Boxing Legislature
Peirson
Musick
Cornell
Jack Musick
Dartmouth
Tom Harp
Cage Action
Lima Lima
Ottawa-Glanderf
Elida
Buckeye League
Coldwater
Wapakoneta
van Wert
Celina
Kenton
St. Marys
Northwest
Columbus Grove
Bluffi
Delphos
Jefferson
Pandora-Gilboa
Wapakoneta St. Joe
Spencerville
Gomer
Cridersville
Vanlue
Allen East
Lincolnview
Crestview
Putnam County
Kalida
Oakwood
Leipsie
Ayersville
Auglaize County
Waynesfield
Upper Scioto
Jackson Center
New Bremen
Ohio City
New Knoxville
Minster
Fort Recovery
Independents Delphos St. John’s
Alansfield
St. Peter’s
Kettering Fairmont
Delphos St. John’s
Bob Rosburg
Dudley Wyson
Gardner Dickinson
Macon Rudolph
Onio
THE
Associated Press
Indiana
Ohio State
Tennessee State
Youngstown
Central State
Kentucky State
Marone
Alliance
Quantico Marines
Syracuse
Colgate
Vermont
Norwich
Midwest
Providence
DePaul
Loyola Ui
Western Michigan
Creighton
St. John’s
Kan. State
Iowa State
Okla
City
Loyola
Far West
Colorado
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