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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1964
Page
10
The text shows fragmented notes about draft planning under Ford Frick. It mentions teams or regions like Rice Arkansas and references to conference play and portions of numbers, but the readable content is heavily garbled and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Frick discusses a possible uniform player draft similar to the NFL, aiming to draft high school and American Legion players and college juniors while preserving education opportunities. He envisions a phased draft, subsidies for team costs, and maintaining eligibility for college sports.
Joe Finley plans dividend potential by matching weights and weekly pay for a boxing season. Finley discusses target weights for Gentile Tremile and Shin Jones, including meal and training notes. The report also notes the Tokyo League opening and Nankis Hawke beating Tokyo Orions in the Japanese baseball season.
The West Texas PGA plans a two day spring golf meet at Lubbock Country Club with 18 hole rounds on Wednesday and Thursday and a pro member event on Thursday. A Tuesday business meeting will precede the competition. Gene Mitchell, LCC pro and West Texas PGA president, urged pros to submit tournament and pro dates for scheduling.
Westlake Golf Course hosts the district 3A-AAAA event as Amarillo Tascosa trails the Plainsmen by eight strokes. Jim Conine paced the Plainsmen with medalist honors, while Monterey's Jim Kimeed and Ernie Gilkerson led the runners-up. Westerners Labrock finished 11th with 24? total, as 17 teams from nine schools competed and next week’s final rounds loom.
Tess Teck announces that John Scovel from Hillcrest signed with the Red Raiders. Scovel, a two year Jeliorman, will play quarterback and has earned numerals in basketball and teaches at a Dallas school.
A head on crash near San Diego left Archie Moore and his friend injured but in good condition at Doctor's Hospital. The other driver, 19 year old Put Eeldie Wallace Jr of Camp Pendown, was hospitalized with injuries central to the report.
Five Wayland College players have been named to the United States squad for the World Women’s Amateur Basketball Tournament in Lima. The NBC team will be represented by Margie Hunt Opal Bogard Betty Ransom Cindy Wigginton Doris McDermott with additional players from Ransom's Boosters Topeka and Entrada Lakers Salt Lake City. Patsy Neal of the Eink Lakers in Salt Lake City Utah rounds out the final lineup.
A fragmented Sunland page lists race distances, times and participant names with references to events and winners. Notable figures like Mister BJ and Sherman appear amid times and yards for various hurdles sprints and distance segments.
Texas Tech and SMU pace a high scoring SWC season with new marks in team points per game and field goals. Elmore and Rhine lead rebounding while several players post top shooting percentages. Conference totals top previous records as Texas and SMU showcase offensive dominance across 24 games.
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