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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1960
Page
7
Fred Taylor, coach of Ohio State, raises the trophy as the Buckeyes defeat the defending champion Bears to claim the finals crown. Lucas named most valuable player for the series and game. AP Wirephotos.
Ohio State routed California 75 to 55 in San Francisco to claim the 1960 NCAA championship. Jerry Lucas earned the MVP honor as four starting Buckeyes return next season. Mel Nowell and John Havlicek also earned all tournament honors, with Larry Siegfried and Joe Roberts on the second team.
Sonny Liston and Cleveland Williams meet in a 10 round bout at Sam Houston Coliseum with Liston the favorite based on ranking and a previous knockout. Williams brings a 46 3 record and 38 knockouts into the ring. Promoters expect a strong gate as closed circuit TV links San Antonio and Dallas with additional bouts on the card including Roy Harris and Joe Cancio.
NCAA San Francisco championship saw Ohio State beat California 75 to 55 and Cincinnati defeat New York University 95 to 71. NIT in New York featured Bradley over Providence 88 to 72 and Utah State topping St Bonaventure 99 to 83. Roy Campanella suffered a dizzy spell in Vero Beach and was taken to hospital for tests with team physicians attending.
Lucas 49 of 56 votes secures MVP honor as Ohio State claims first national title. Robertson of Cincinnati joins as All-America. Imhoff of California, Sanders of NYU and Nowell of Ohio State complete the tournament all-star team.
Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati, regarded as college basketball's greatest scorer, closed his Bearcat career with 22 points in a 95-71 NCAA tournament consolation win. He finished with 2,941 career points in 88 games, topping Dick Hemric's 2,587 and setting records for field goals and scoring average.
Elgin Baylor nets a late hook shot with 45 seconds left as the Minneapolis Lakers beat the St. Louis Hawks 103-101 in Minneapolis. The comeback erased a 16 point Hawks lead, with Baylor finishing 39 points and Rod Hundley adding 15 as St. Louis leads the series 1 1.
Mammoth Dallas Long of USC set a Texas long shot put record at Odessa's West Texas Relays with a 61 feet 8% inch throw on Saturday. The performance solidifies his status as a top rated competitor and drew AP Wirephoto note.
Boston roared back from a 19 point deficit to win 112 104 at Convention Hall before 11337 and take a 3 1 lead in the Eastern Division. Heinsohn scored 28 as the Celtics surged after 5 31 of the first period.
Defending champion Texas A M and favored Rice won open ing games in Southwest Conference baseball last week. Baylor showed promise by helping Texas at 6 2. The Aggies walloped SMU 16 6 as Randy Wortham hit a 3 run homer. Rice rallied with two ninth inning runs to beat Texas Christian. Baylor beat Texas 6 2 with 4 run sixth and 2 hit relief by Bobby Barnett. Only Baylor and Rice remain unbeaten. Next week Texas A M hosts Texas Christian while Texas entertains Rice.
The Denver Pioneers won the 1960 NCAA hockey championship 5-3 over Michigan Tech as captain John MacMillan scored twice in the final 63 seconds. Denver previously claimed a crown two years earlier as a dominant amateur squad.
Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-2 in an exhibition game in Las Vegas. George Altman hit a pinch homer and Ernie Banks also homered as six double plays were turned, with Banks and Altman driving the Cubs to their third straight win.
Southern California, off probation and aiming for the 1960 NCAA title, piled up 102 points to crush rivals at the West Texas Relays. Dallas Long powered the meet with a 61 8 1/2 inch shot put and Charley Dumas cleared 6 10, as USC set seven of ten university division marks. Baylor, Houston and Ohio State trailed, while McMurry clinched the college division with 62 points at the carnival.
Olympic champion Helmut Recknagel of East Germany won the Holmenkollen festival in Oslo before 135000 spectators. He marked 68 meters in both jumps for 224.0 points, edging Toralf Engan of Norway by half a point while Mac Bolkart of West Germany finished third with 220.0 points.
This compact item summarizes reader-readable notes from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal page two dated March 21 1960. It records local happenings and brief items likely including community notices and short reports.
Bradley's rally to beat Providence 88 72 earned backcourt ace Mike Owens and forward Mack Herndon spots on the all tournament team chosen by UPI writers. Len Wilkens of Providence topped the MVP voting with a near perfect score. Stith brothers Tom and Sam of St Bonaventure also made the first team.
Bellaire dominated the state high school swimming finals in College Station defeating Highland Park 64 to 57. Richard Quick of Highland Park set a national HS mark in the 200 yard freestyle as he and brother David won four events. Andy Smith won two as Bellaire swept the meet with numerous seconds and thirds.
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