Aggies Grady Allen Wins Senior Award At Banquet
Grady Allen, A&M senior and Southwest Conference star, received a five foot trophy from Gene Stallings at a Dallas awards banquet attended by 1,500 people. Coach Paul Bryant praised Allen as the team’s leader despite injury troubles. A grateful nod from Stallings called Allen's past season his best effort.
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Victoria
Robert Cortez
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Tracksters refuse AAU rule on Olympic eligibility
A rally of top track and field figures led by Ralph Boston denounced AAU threats to strip athletes of Olympic eligibility for competing in non AAU events. Rev Father Wilfred Crowley urged independence from AAU sanctions and urged continued international and Olympic competition.
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Lonborg Shows Knee Recovery Progress After Surgery
Jim Lonborg reports steady improvement after knee ligament surgery on December 27. The Cy Young winner spent a night at Sancta Maria Hospital, has a smaller cast, and will do daily exercises while aiming to return by spring training in Florida.
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Youth Bowlers Receive Honors at VFW League Event
AJBC shoulder patches awarded to Rita Andrews Sonya Armen trout Phillip Scott Teresa Martin and Kathy Tevis in the VFW sponsored Youth Bowling League highlight. Johnny Foster posted a 193 game and a 484 series to lead junior boys. Miss Tevis led the girls with a 475 high game and 459 series.
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Houston Upsets UCLA For First Bruins Loss Since 1966
Houston Cougars stun top ranked UCLA 71 to 69 at the Astrodome before 52,693. Elvin Hayes scores 39 for Houston as Lew Alcindor is bottled up by a stiff defense and UCLA shoots only 33.6 percent. UCLA star Alcindor struggles while Hayes stars in a pivotal conference upset.
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Elvin Hayes
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How The Small Top Ten Fared
In the standings the Boarsvi AL varsity team defeated Wesleyan 128 to 92 while Misspori did not play. The record notes indicate_ Wesleyan 4 beat signame ale and 14.2 not play. Further details unclear due to damaged text.
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Tope Chronicle basketball standings scramble
A garbled list shows UCLA and Houston trading wins and losses with UCLA 93-69 over Portland and 71-59 loss to Houston. North Carolina at 11-1 did not play. Tennessee 10-2 beat Florida 67-52 and lost 59-46 to Florida. Utah 15-3 fell to New Mexico 72-66 and Wyoming 81-72. New Mexico 16-0 beat Utah. Bonaventure 12-0 faced Kentucky after a Brigham Young note. Georgia 104-73 over Kentucky.
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Georgia
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