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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1960
Page
6
The field trims to 10 survivors led by top teams California Ohio State and New York. Cal State mounts defense behind All-America Darrall Imhoff as it carries a 27-1 mark, an 18 game win streak and 43 wins in 44 starts.
NYU captured the East regional title in Charlotte with a 74 59 victory over an opponent as Utah State edged Villanova 73 72 in overtime. Providence defeated St Louis 53 4 and West Virginia, DePaul, Utah advanced in regional play. Jerry West wrapped his college career with 37 points for West Virginia.
David Clark of North Texas State starred as high marks fell in a soggy Texas meet. Don Oydist set a yard hurdles record, while Richard Odist posted a 1 51.0 in the freshman 13 10 event. Andrews won the high school team title with 37 points, edging Abilene by two.
The NFL announces nine of 25 players chosen from 12 teams for new Dallas club. Giants Colts and Browns land early draft picks. Baylor star L G Dupre, Maryland tackle Ray Krouse, and Seager Metcalf end Dave Scherer highlighted bids. Browns add fullback B A Modzewiski and offensive bolden joins as potential all star game participants in Chicago.
New York edges St Louis 3 to 2 as Miller Gibson and Smith score in a tense game. The Cardinals’ defense strands runners and keeps the finish within reach despite late New York offense.
The Worth Country Club announced invitations to Jack Fleck and Don January for this year’s 15th annual professional invitational golf event. The field now includes last year’s National Invitation winner and top pro circuit names, with a roster featuring Bayer Bolt Boros Burke Casper Demaret de Vicenzo Finsterwald Ford Goalby Hanney Hebert Benee, among others.
The Executive Board of the Women's West Texas Golf Association approved the 1980 tournament to be held at the Lubbock Country Club June 21 25. The program was submitted by Mrs T E Patterson. The association will celebrate its 5th anniversary with a silver anniversary dinner honoring founders.
Fragmentary OCR lists names such as Carpin Palfard and Howard with Berra and Maris connected to New York. The text is unclear on event or context and lacks complete details.
North Hopkins wins their third state girls title by defeating Claude in the final as Parrish family players contribute. Haneners and Free man Jeeerishy era headline the scoring with Ann and Myf also delivering points for Hopkins. Buna’s Cougarettes claim Conference AA, Friona Squaws drop to 66 63, Cum mings leads with 25 for Buna. Cooper’s Bulldogs win Conference A. Tynan’s 32 pace Slidell for third in Conference Skidmore-Tynan. Ellen Nichols sets state record with 18 field goals but Bowie takes third.
Outfielder Gino Cimoli of the Pirates crashed into the right field wall while making a spectacular first inning catch against the Orioles in Miami. He was unable to continue and underwent X rays at a Miami hospital, showing a severely sprained hand with no fracture. He is expected to miss about a week.
Milwaukee wins 11 9 after Adcock and Lopata homer twice. Adcock sparked a fourth inning comeback with a solo shot and Lopata added a two run homer in the sixth and a triple. Carl Willey earned the win for the Braves while Art Mahaffey took the loss for Philadelphia.
Ingemar Johansson plans a training schedule after ten days of exhibition bouts near the Gaza armistice line. He intends to fly from Beirut to Geneva to prepare for a return bout with Floyd Patterson, with the date to be set upon his return to the United States.
Baltimore fullback Billy Pricer, second behind Alan Ameche, planned a signed contract renewal for a fourth season with the Colts.
Camilo Pascual, Bill Fischer and Dick Hyde held Detroit to one run as the Washington Senators defeated the Tigers 4 to 1 in Orlando. Pascual retired all nine batters he faced and earned the win. Fischer and Hyde contributed key early doubles while Jim Lemon and Steve Korcheck added two more Washington runs. Lary took the loss for Detroit with Regan Semproch and Berberet also pitching.
Olympic sprint champ Bobby Morrow won the 100 yard dash in 9.5 seconds and the 220 in 21.3 at the Southwestern Recreation Meet. He cited a fully sound leg after a year of injury and credited ACC trainer Richard Woods for rehabilitation while he trained in Abilene.
Richie Regan former Rochester and Cincinnati Royals guard has signed a two year contract to replace Honey Russell as Seton Hall basketball coach. He played there as a collegian and has spent the last two seasons as freshman coach and varsity assistant to Russell.
Melbourne AP report says Australian miler Herb Elliott is highly unlikely to race Allan Lawrence in the 5000 meters as Elliott battles a heavy cold. Elliott withdrew from the Sandy Mile and the Victoria versus New Zealand meet after announcing he may skip the race.
Parry OBrien, a two time Olympic champion, shattered the world mark for the 16 pound shot put with 62 feet 5 inches at the Journal Games in Milwaukee. Officials reviewed a possible overweight shot but confirmed the result. Rival Don Bragg and Bob Gutowski contested the pole vault with Bragg brushing 16 feet on a near miss and Gutowski failing thrice.
Veterans Al Smith and Joe Hicks drove in two runs as the Chicago White Sox defeated Cincinnati 2 to 0 in an exhibition game in Tampa. Torgeson scored on Smith’s two-out double in the seventh, then Hicks drove in the final run in the ninth after a costly defensive miscue by Cincinnati.
Beecham weighed 158 pounds and Bent 1 in a brief weigh in before the match. The record provides little context beyond the weights and a single digit, leaving the outcome and opponents unclear.
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