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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1958
Page
10
Only three teams are assured spots in the NCAA tournament with three weeks left. Connecticut, Idaho State, and Oklahoma State have secured bids, while favorites like Cincinnati Bradley Kansas State and Duke North Carolina and others battle for at large bids amid conference races.
Middletown High fans packed Wade E. Miller Gym Friday night as the Middies crushed Lima 105 to 48. Coach George Smith and Dick Shrider were in attendance as college and pro buzz swirled around parking disputes in Cincinnati and the Redlegs’ future. J D Tuggle celebrated his first 600 series at J J Lanes with finger tip bowling after 15 years, while Jerry Lucas was tapped for a Nashville Banner film project. Final AP high school rankings loom, with Middies and Cleveland East Tech leading the UP and Litkenhouse polls as talk grows of a West Coast NBA move and winter warmth for players southward.
Saturday night cages delivered a slate of Ohio and nearby teams with Urbana beating Bellefontaine 65 61 Zanesville 95 New Philadelphia Euclid 51 Painesville Harvey 44 Lorain 62 Lakewood 56 Cin Central 71 Walden Hills 67 Oxford Talawanda 73 Colerain Cin McNicholas 69 Anderson 39 Wyoming 530 Mariemont 43 Mansfield 63 Cuyahoga Falls 57 Defiance 88 Ashland 59 Fostoria 70 Fremont Ross 56 Sunday Cin Roger Bacon 75 Purcell 51 Cin St Xavier 54 Elder 51 College results list many more matchups with Ohio State 85 Michigan 76 and Notre Dame 89 North Carolina 70 among others.
Blizzards sweeping the Atlantic Coast force postponements across sports. Pro am horse racing in Bowie is canceled, Boston Celtics game with the Knicks is off, and many college games in the South are delayed. Boxing in Brooklyn and a Saddle Tree Farms horse show in Bronxville are called off, with other events postponed due to high winds and cold.
Massillon officials begin a search to replace Lee Tressel who resigned for Baldwin Wallace College. L. J. Smith says applications open Tuesday with no salary announced. former Kansas coach Chuck Mather says he is not interested, among other names mentioned are Don Martin Gene Slaughter and Carl Schroeder. The board will take time to choose.
Chicago Bears owner George Halas, age 63, will return to coaching to succeed Paddy Driscoll. He cites new ideas and will keep staff not changed, including Phil Handler, Luke Johnson, Clark Shaughnessy, George Connor, and Sid Luckman. Halas previously won championships in 1933 and 1946 and will take on administrative duties as part of the move.
Bill Johnson of Provo Utah won the Texas Open with a 68 final round totaling 274 to claim $2,000. He rose from 24th to 8th on the money list, surpassing Dave Marr and finishing three strokes ahead of runners up Bob Rosburg and others.
Ironton is the No 1 seed in the Portsmouth Class AA sectional basketball tournament opening Feb 25 at Portsmouth and Clay high schools. Seedings include Minford Lucasville Valley Local and Waverly with first round matchups listed and semi finals set for March 3-4 at Clay before district play in Athens March 6.
In Milan Giordano Campari 129 outpoints Bobby Bell 127. Charles Homez 160 outpoints Italo Scortichini 161. Don Jordan 146 outpoints Karl Heinz Guder 149. All bouts judged over 10 rounds in Hollywood.
A 46 game schedule this week threatens conference standings. Cincinnati Bearcats push for the Missouri Valley title led by Oscar Robertson as they face Drake and Tulsa. Wittenberg hosts Capital on Tuesday, Otterbein Saturday, and high stakesMAC games loom for Miami Ohio, Marshall, Kent State, and others as Ohio State seeks road wins to improve Big Ten standing.
The University of Dayton Flyers became the nation’s first team to reach 20 wins, toppling Xavier 64 58 at Cincinnati Garden for their 13th straight victory. Dayton, 2 losses in 22 games, also won the freshman preliminary 71 57.
Drawings for the Dayton district Class AA tournament will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Board of Education Building. Results including Stow High and Fenwick area schools will be announced after 8 p.m. due to a flooded switchboard.
Australian Lew Hoad widened his edge over Pancho Gonzales in the world pro title race. He won 6-4 6-4 on Sunday after taking Saturday's three-set win, giving Hoad a 13-7 series lead as 4,228 watched at Northwestern's McGaw Hall. The tour heads to Boston tonight.
National Hockey League results show New York defeats Boston 3 to 2, Chicago 4 over Montreal 0, and Detroit 4 to Toronto 1. This brief recap lists three late-season games with the winning team and final score.
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