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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1970
Page
16
UCLA braces for a speed and balance test against Jacksonville University in the NCAA final four. Artis Gilmore 7 foot 2 leads the Dolphins with 29 points and 21 rebounds while UCLA stars Vallee, Wicks, and Bibby pace their offense as Jacksonville vows a hard fight.
Geuth recalls Middleton Highs historic runs to Columbus ten times from 1944 to 1959 with seven state titles, while Dayton programs dominated later. Chaminade Eagles enter the 1966 AA tournament undefeated in 25 games, rated No. 1, balanced and poised to repeat their regional success.
Lee May and Carlos May produced two strong games as the White Sox beat the Reds 7-3 in Sarasota. Carlos May hit a double and a single driving in Chicago’s first two runs while Lee May added three hits two doubles and three runs in the spring tilt. The article also notes Ken Harrelson injuring a leg for Cleveland and various other spring results from around the league.
The Phoenix Suns need only to beat San Diego tonight to secure a Western Division playoff spot. Phoenix earlier beat the Boston Celtics 127-123 to reach 37-43, two games ahead of Seattle with two games left as the regular season ends Sunday. Gail Goodrich scored 32 for Phoenix while Larry Siegfried sparked a late Celtics rally.
NBA results Phoenix 127 Boston 123 San Diego 132 Detroit 118. Tonight's games include San Francisco at Cincinnati Milwaukee at Philadelphia New York at Atlanta Seattle at Boston Detroit at Phoenix Baltimore at Chicago ABA Kentucky 126 Miami 117 Pittsburgh 94 Denver 92 Kentucky versus Carolina Greensboro Pittsburgh at Indiana New Orleans at Los Angeles Washington at Dallas.
Louie Dampier scored 33 as Kentucky defeated Miami 126-117 in an ABA thriller. George Lehmann hit four three pointers and added 22 for Miami. Pittsburgh edged Denver 94-92 in the other ABA game.
NASCAR officials postponed Thursday qualifying for the first 15 starting spots in the Atlanta 500 after a day of steady rain kept the 1.5 mile track idle. Prospects of better weather were uncertain with a forecast of possible showers today and a chance of rain improving the weekend schedule.
Baltimore Colts rookie Dave Lee captured the NFL punting title with a 45.3 yard average for 1969. Lee, who previously won the crown in 1966, punted 57 times for 2,580 yards and 49 punts.
The Rockets scored only eight points in the final period to lose to Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh’s Stew Johnson posted 24 points and Spencer Haywood of Denver led all scorers with 31 in a rare ABA scoring drought.
Jacksonville defeats St Bonaventure 91 to 83 and UCLA beats New Mexico State 93 to 77 in NCAA semifinal round action.
National Invitation game results show St John s University of New York defeating Army 60 to 59 in a tense matchup. Marquette led LSU 101 to 79 in another college basketball result.
In Honolulu AP reports the Boston Patriots face NFL pressure over stadium capacity. A three owner committee will review options after Boston council opposition to a 55,000 seat Neapse stadium, with Billy Sullivan aiming to keep the franchise in New England.
Jo Siffert claimed pole at Sebring in 2:34.47 for 121.189 mph as Porsche cars led two front row positions. Mario Andretti's Ferrari 512 was second fastest with 2:35.02 at 120.759 mph, while Pedro Rodriguez in a Porsche was third at 119.785 mph.
In NHL action the Flyers and Rangers tied 2-2 while the Bruins beat the Blackhawks 3-1 and the Canadiens routed the Kings 6-0. Detroit visits Oakland in later play. In Ohio Ron Fenik resigned as Muskegum College defensive line coach to take the football post at Barberton High School after three seasons at Muskegum.
Marquette's defense harasses LSU star Pete Maravich, holding him to 20 points as the Warriors defeat LSU 101-79 to advance to the NIT final. Dean Meminger and Rich Lyons key the effort while Maravich battles a sore left ankle. St Johns tops Army 60-59 to reach the finals.
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