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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1969
Page
10
Stan Musial enters the Baseball Hall of Fame amid a guarded ceremony as results from the BBWA ballot are announced. The Cardinals legends tallies include 331 batting average and 450 home runs while pacing endurance with 895 consecutive games.
Washington remains the Pacific Eight leader with a 4-0 league mark after a 60-54 win over Oregon while UCLA sits atop the national poll at 12-0. The AP Top Ten action was light as No. 12 Ohio State and No. 20 Dayton lost on the road and Western Kentucky rallied past Dayton after Dan Obrovac fouled out.
Coach Paul Walker’s Middletown Middies, after a loud practice session, rallied to beat Dayton Roth 79-78. The gym’s noise aims to prompt players to speak up and stay energized as Archie Bell replaces Steve Pieratt in Friday’s game at Princeton, with Bell bringing rebounding and 20 points Saturday.
The Baltimore Bullets beat the Boston Celtics 122-109 as Wes Unseld outplayed Bill Russell 23-18 in rebounds and 18-13 in points. Kevin Loughery led Baltimore with 38 points while Sam Jones scored 35 for Boston. Milwaukee topped Detroit 102-99. Indiana outlasted Kentucky 141-129 to boost the Pacers into a second place tie with the Nuggets.
Elgin Baylor of Los Angeles climbs from seventh to fourth in the NBA scoring standings with 57 points in two games for 1,099 total. He passes Earl Monroe Billy Cunningham and Len Wilkens as Monroe trails by two points, Cunningham 17 back and Wilkens 21. Elvin Hayes remains runaway leader with 1,196 points after a 104-point week. Oscar Robertson follows at 1,196. Bob Rule is third at 1,168. Don Kojis enters Top 10 in eighth. Dave Bing drops to 13th. Gail Goodrich holds ninth as Wilt Chamberlain leads field goal percentage and rebounds. Larry Siegfried leads free throw percentage. Robertson also leads assists.
Olympic champions Bob Beamon Al Oerter and Bill Toomey head a group to be honored by Sports Lodge of B'nai B'rith at its 18th annual dinner Saturday night, as announced Monday.
Keith Lam Pard an outfielder born in Warrington England hit .266 for Oklahoma City last season and joins the team as a new addition.
Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks, Hall of Fame defenseman Eddie Shore, and Western Hockey League President Al Leader were nominated for the 1969 Lester Patrick Trophy recognizing outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
Jim Gibbard won in his debut as Michigan State cross country coach as the Spartans upset defending Big Ten champion Indiana by a single point.
Newton Massachusetts AP Bob Cousy the famed Holy Cross star and longtime Celtics legend resigns as Boston College coach effective season end He cites desire to devote time to his boys camp in New Hampshire and business ventures His BC teams record 101 wins 37 losses over six seasons including 8-3 this year and four postseason appearances in five years.
Chicago AP report quotes Notre Dame coach Johnny Dee and others debating UCLA star Lew Alcindor’s impact. Dee argues teams must challenge UCLA mentally and physically, while Wooden and opponents acknowledge the Bruins’ intimidating aura as Illinois coach Harv Schmidt jokes about Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell guarding Alcindor.
The Associated Press major college poll keeps UCLA at first with 20 votes after a 100-64 win over Houston. LaSalle rises from 11th to ninth and Duquesne from 12th to 10th following key wins. Villanova falls to 11th and Kansas to 13th after recent losses.
In McKeesport Ted Wright 179 pounds from Detroit outpointed Frank Bullard 174 pounds from Canada in a ten round bout. In Caracas Jose Garcia from Venezuela stopped Charlie Jordan of Miami in two rounds. In Chicago Allen Thomas of Chicago outpointed Rocky Rivera of San Juan Puerto Rico in ten rounds at light heavyweight.
Dave Hill shot a 61 in Hartford Connecticut to set one of the best PGA tour scores of 1967. Gay Brewer matched the mark with a 61 in Pensacola Florida, marking the season high scoring feats.
Columbus East holds No. 1 in AP high school basketball poll with 11 straight wins after beating Massillon 87 63. Libey and Zanesville move up while Canton McKinley and Marlington swap places. South and DeSales stay unbeaten in city matchups.
Dayton freshmen routed Cincinnati 76 to 47 as John Fraley was held to 10 points. Ter ry Cadle led UC with 12 while Rex Gardecki paced UD with an unspecified total.
Lee Calhoun former hurdles star and Grambling coach will guide a six man U S squad touring Vietnam and four other Asian nations next month the Amateur Athletic Union announced Monday.
The page lists top teams by wins and points in two classifications. In large schools Columbus East leads with 11 wins and 188 points, followed by Toledo Libbey and Zanesville. Several other schools and notes about voting among teams with fewer points are shown, with Class A leaders including Granville Newark Catholic Zane Trace and Garaway among others.
Army dimmed Fairleigh Dickinson 78 43 while Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 58 56. West Kentucky defeated Dayton 70 65 and Ohio State edged Georgia Tech 73 66. Georgia won 85 84 over Auburn as Florida A&M won 91 87 against Bethune Cookman. Other scores include Rice 83 Florida State 80 Oklahoma City 96 SMU 74 Air Force 79 Denver 58 Washington 60 Oregon 54 Washington State 61 Oregon State 60 Weber State 91 Montana 61 and Montana State 74 Idaho State 70.
NBA Baltimore defeated Boston 122 to 109 while Milwaukee beat Detroit 102 to 101. ABA Indiana triumphed over Kentucky 141 to 129. Today's slate includes New York versus Minnesota at Duluth.
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