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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
11
Unbeaten Iowa Park holds the top spot in the Dallas Morning News schoolboy football poll after a 7 6 victory over Seymour. Top teams in other classes roll to easy wins while Perryton and Poth lead their respective AAA and A rankings.
Rice University football coach Ga Hag an disclosed punter Dan Van Winkle is declared ineligible due to a clerical error that left him below required hours, though his 2.38 GPA meets NCAA standards. SWC officials will review the report at the December meeting.
A garbled OCR list shows multiple Texas high school football rankings by class including teams from Dallas Oak Cliff Galveston Ball Odessa Port Arthur Amarillo Palo Dura Abilene Cooper Corpus Christi Miller and Philipe Jacksbore among others with scattered city and school references and no clear results or dates. The fragmentary item lacks coherent structure or outcomes.
The front page reports changes in the college poll with Southern Cal and Nebraska trading spots after Kansas tops the list. Oklahoma State upsets Missouri, pushing Houston and others in the top twenty with several key matchups slated for Saturday including Ohio State Northwestern and Tennessee Alabama.
Air Force Academy mascot a prairie falcon escaped during the Air Force Navy football game at Soldier Field in Chicago. Col. Fred Forte said the bird could survive a week without food and is not trained to hunt. Citizens may lure it with beef or chicken if spotted.
Merv Rettenmund is the only unanimous pick for the International League A star team and was named Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. He led the league with a batting title before being recalled by the Baltimore Orioles.
CINCO Tex CAPO duckie Lee Smith a freshman at Cisco Junior College from Childress died in an Abilene hospital Sunday of injuries from an accident about three miles north of Cisco. Another Cisco student Jack Steagall of Bellaire was seriously injured. Officers said the vehicle failed to stop at a curve.
Tech discusses Texas Tech football standings and the tight race as Wing notes a defensive victory turned offensive surge with 71 points. Coach King recalls preparing for SMU, George Cox injury, and Hargett pressure. Freshman coach Huffman previews Arkansas loss and Oklahoma's Mainard scouting Mississippi State amid fumbles and Gala Helmet winners.
Burle Pettit shines in both trampoline and tumbling with football punting insight. Coach Winyard highlights Kenny’s all around play and SWC field goal distance, school three pointers, and more. The biggest thrill, he says, came in last year’s victory over Texas.
U S District Court Chief Judge Caleb M Wright set aside a Sept 24 restraining order and allowed the American Professional Golfers to sign contracts with tour sponsors and organize a 1969 schedule. The APG includes stars like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer after leaving the PGA over tour policy.
The report covers field and track results with gold medals in women's javelin by an unnamed winner at 198 feet inches, silver to Michaela Penes of Romania, bronze to Eva Janko of Austria. It notes world and Olympic records in events, plus placements by Viorica Viscopeleanu, Kaedand Mary Rana, Sheila Sherwood, Pathana Talysheva, Vladimir Golubnichiy, Jose Pedraza, Niko lay Smaga, Barbara Friedrich, Ranae Bair, Martha Watson, and Willie White.
Frank Broyles praised his team after a hard fought 82 80 Arkansas win over Baylor in the Southwest Conference. Injuries hampered Arkansas yet the Razorbacks forged ahead with a fourth quarter surge as Baylor roared back before the home crowd in Fayetteville.
Green Bay star quarterback Bart Starr probably will miss the next game at Detroit after pulling a biceps muscle in warmups before the Los Angeles game. Zeke Bratkowski started and the Packers lost 16 to 14 on a last minute field goal. Coach Bengtson said Starr tried to throw but could not.
Final dividend declarations for several companies are scheduled for Monday with distributions to shareholders. Key firms include Nate mod and Recordable, signaling updates to investor portfolios as markets close in the week.
Chicago notes show a good demand for commodities driving expectations of higher prices. Soybeans lead active buying with futures and cash markets showing strength while wheat oats and corn show mixed notes.
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