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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
6
Len Dawson of the Kansas City Chiefs was voted AFL Player of the Year by NBC sportscasters. The 10 year veteran led KC to the Western Division title with 139 completions in 245 attempts for a .567 passer rating and 25 touchdowns, top in the league.
Thursday Worthington Jr High visits Linton. Friday Clay City travels to Switz City and Linton hosts Sullivan. Saturday Worthington challenges Dugger Land at Linton. Clearsprings plays Eastern Shakamak at L and M. North Knox faces Decker.
Rick Barry led the San Francisco Warriors with a rare off night as the Baltimore Bullets beat them 116-106. Gus Johnson and Don Ohl paced Baltimore, while Nate Thurmond carried Golden State’s scoring. Wilt Chamberlain posted the 14,000th rebound. Elgin Baylor scored 46 for the Lakers.
The Linton Miners travel to Sullivan Friday to face unbeaten Golden Arrows coached by John Robbins. Sullivan, fresh from a win over Bloomfield and Clay City, relies on a fast break and tight zone defense with Dale Knots as top scorer and balanced depth. Linton, with front line of Brackemyre, Lovelace, Inman, Newsom, Perigo, Carpenter, aims to use rebounding and fundamentals as big six get starter duties.
Bloomfield leads SWIAC at 4-0 with a 5-1 overall mark as Leogootee hosts Odon in the lone league game Friday. Other Friday matchups include Brown County at Spencer and Orleans at Oelctic, with several conference showdowns listed and Bloomfield not playing this week.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus teamed for a best ball 63 to lead the $275,000 national team championship in Palm Beach Gardens. Four two-person teams trailed by one stroke as the field began the second round, including last year's runners up the Hebert brothers and other pairs.
Ed Skinner, former Pirates outfielder and last season with the St. Louis Cardinals, was appointed Wednesday to manage the Philadelphia Phillies San Diego farm club. He succeeds Frank Lucchese as Pacific Coast League manager.
Glasgow Celtics beat Nantes 3-1 in Glasgow to advance to the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup. They hold a 6-2 aggregate score after last week's 3-1 away win.
Angel Cordero rode three winners at Aqueduct on Wednesday dominating the card. He edged Royal Result at 5.80 in the third, Wings of Morning at 21.20 in the fourth and Fleet y Honor at 4.80 in the fifth.
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