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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1961
Page
10
East sports pace returns to normal after weekend snow disruptions. Bowie Race Track resumes digging as circuit shifts to midweek reopen. Ivy, basketball, hockey and tennis events postponed or rearranged. Colgate NYU doubleheader opener moved. Rangers travel delay highlights pro adjustments.
Two Xavier University football players once dismissed a Massachusetts prospect as too small after checking his measurements. The overlooked recruit was Joe Bellino, Navy’s Heisman winner. Eastern Kentucky State College plans a $2 million, 7,000-seat gym auditorium with a floor flush stage and 265 phys ed per hour. Jim Enright, sports writer, recounts Lucas’s friendly reception from the crowd after a disputed foul call. A Sporting News item recalls sugar cane bleachers in a Mexican park soon to be removed after fans bite the seats.
Archie Moore's vacated light heavyweight crown will be contested Tuesday at Miami Beach with Harold Johnson favored to beat Jesse Bowdry in a 15 round bout. Bowdry earned the shot by defeating Willie Pastrano on December 27. Both fighters posted 5000 dollars to guarantee a defense within 90 days if victorious.
In Palm Springs, Billy Maxwell leads with a 90-hole 345 strokes to win $5,300 among 64 pros, while Don January nets a $50,000 bonus for a lone hole in one earlier in the event. Ken Venturi falters on the final holes, finishing tied for fifth as Arnold Palmer ends one stroke back.
LAKE PLACID N Y AP Jeanne Ashworth, a Massachusetts high school P E teacher, won the senior women's title in the North American Outdoor Championships, gaining her second major crown in successive weekends. She swept most events, finishing second only in the one mile, while Gail Purdy of Syracuse beat her for that distance.
Kelvin Balke of Cleveland was elected president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen on the convention’s final day. He succeeds Carl K. Knirk of Marion as the group adopted resolutions led by the National Wildlife Foundation calling immediate pollution controls for waters near the Great Lakes and Ohio River.
The weekend boxing results list several notable bouts: in New York Joey Archer outpointed Don Fullmer. in Brussels Alphonse Halimi defeated Jean Renard by decision. in Havana Chico Morales bested Tony Padron. in Dortmund Erich Schoeppmer stopped Paul Roux.
Ohio bowler Warrensburg holds first with 1 657 followed by Bill Neiger of St Louis with 1 630. The marathon meet runs through June 25 with 12 768 men and women bowling for prizes including 27 500 top money.
NBA results show Boston 123 St Louis 121 in a high scoring game while Philadelphia 136 tops New York 128 and Syracuse defeats Cincinnati 129 to 115 as Los Angeles 125 edges Detroit 120.
Detroit crushed Montreal 7 2 Toronto edged Chicago 1 1 New York fell 0 0 Boston won 2 0 in a night of high scoring action across the National Hockey League.
In Toledo, a chaotic finish to an International Hockey League match saw fans and St. Paul players clash after Gerry Moore's goal at the buzzer, prompting a 20-man police detail. Two spectators injured, a woman struck by a stick, and the game suspended as players headed to the dressing rooms.
Elgin Baylor has averaged over 4 points per game in 11 Pistons tests this season, boosting his scoring pace against Detroit. He scored 45 as the Lakers beat the Pistons 125-120, trimming Detroit’s edge in the Western Division. Chamberlain had a 55 point night in a Warriors win over the Knicks.
A rough spell costs the Montreal Canadiens the NHL lead after a 7-2 defeat to the Detroit Red Wings. Montreal has won only one of their last several games, leaving them three points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs who tied Chicago 1-1. Goalie Charlie Hodge yielded 16 goals in three games after taking over from Jacques Plante. Elsewhere, New York Ranger goalie Lorne Worsley, struck in the eye, returned after three stitches to help beat Boston 5-2.
Indiana’s hurryin Hoosiers seek a rematch with Ohio State in a home-and-home set as No. 1 Buckeyes ride a 20 plus game win streak toward another Big Ten title. The schedule also spotlights St Bonaventure, Bradley, and national NCAA hopes as teams navigate a packed March run.
In two featured games Detroit travels to Xavier as Richmond faces Memphis State. Ohio State shot 66 percent in the first half before resting reserves against Michigan. Duke leaned on Jeph Art Heyman for 35 points to beat North Carolina. Cincinnati snapped Iowa State's run with a 77-60 win. Mississippi State extended its streak to eight with a 77-61 victory over LSU, and Oregon won for the seventh straight, 71-58 over Oregon State. Southern California ended an eight-game run with an 86-83 loss to UCLA, Florida fell to seven in a 89-68 defeat at Kentucky, Memphis State's home streak ended at six with a 196-77 loss to Dayton, and Army dropped to nine with an 86-72 loss to Boston College.
Baltimore Colts announce the signing of tackle Robert Hall from Kent State University. Hall was a ninth round pick in 1960 and previously a transfer student from the U S Military Academy at West Point.
Ohio State eyes history by completing an undefeated Big Ten season the first since 1943. A win over Indiana tonight and subsequent results could push the Buckeyes to an 8-0 conference record, with Iowa and Indiana left to chase, keeping the title race tight.
Italian Olympian Guiliana Chenal-Minuzzo, a mother and twice an Olympian, won the giant slalom at the International Silver Jug meet in Badgastein Austria. Her time on the 1 680 yard icy course with 55 gates was 1 minute 42.1 seconds as sixty girls from 14 countries competed. No U S entrants.
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