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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1972
Page
3
Major NFL teams the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Colts miss the playoffs after 13 games. The Colts face Miami while the Vikings travel to San Francisco in pivotal late season matchups.
Dugger Union junior high teams lost to Fairbanks on Thursday night. Eighth graders fell 59 to 39 while seventh grade lost 6 to 15. Dugger scorers were Woodward 9 Cox 16 Hobbs 7 Wright 6 Sinder 1. Fairbanks scorers Hood 6 Phelps 12 Hagley 6 Tarrh 10 Mace 4 Truck 12 Hall 3 Combs 6.
St. Joseph's beat Occidental 76 to 72 and Purdue Calumet edged Berea 69 to 65 while Oakland City topped Australian Nationals 60 to none.
East Noble defeated Central Noble 62 to 52 in the Washington County Tournament. Salem routed Borden 80 to 56. Eastern posted a 95 to 71 win over West Washington.
The year in review lists the Olympics tragedy in Munich and multiple major stories. Highlights include Mark Spitz’s seven golds, Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges deaths, the baseball strike, Fischer vs Spassky, and Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Lakers titles.
Don Buse, Evansville alum and rookie guard, scored a career high 18 points including eight in Indiana's third quarter surge to lift the Pacers over San Diego 111-104. George McGinnis and Mel Daniels had 29 each, Roger Brown 17, while Larry Miller led San Diego with 25 as Indiana extended its ABA Western Division lead and snapped a three-game skid.
New York announces three vice presidents named by Commissioner Walter Kennedy. Ross S. Tabor becomes vice president of operations Simon P. Gooddine named vice president of administration and Frederick W. Campbell appointed vice president of marketing and president of NBA properties.
The Christmas Classic features the Linton Miners vs Central Tigers at 7 p.m. and Bloomfield vs Worthington at 8:30 p.m. Central and Bloomfield split recent games, Linton relies on height and defense, and Worthington looks to spoil Bloomfield. Also on the slate are L&M Braves’ homecoming vs Fayetteville, Eastern at Orleans, Shakamak at North Daviess, with Greene County tourney looming Jan 4 5 6 and Bloomfield in Greencastle holiday tourney.
The Nov 20 and Nov 21 matches report season scores across multiple leagues. Teams such as Anderson-Steigerwald and Moehlman posted notable high game totals while others like Shelton Real Estate struggled with losses. Standings show mixed 2 1 records and several 3 0 sweeps as of Nov 26.
Kansas City writers and broadcasters named Johnny Mayberry the Royals player of the year. Mayberry hit .298 with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs to earn the honor in Kansas City.
The Linton Miner Frosh defeated Shakamak Freshmen in two games. The A team won 48 to 41 and the B team 55 to 36. Tony Crynes led Linton with 15 points, Myers of Shakamak had 16 for game honors, Dan Carpenter pulled 9 rebounds as coaches praised the well played pair of contests.
Linton Central faces Bloomfield Worthington Eastern meets Orleans Fayetteville plays L and M Shakamak meets North Daviess in a Friday schedule at the Switz City Classic.
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