Swedes rally to beat Monroe 58 51 in final minutes
Sweden junior team stunned Monroe Cheese makers 58 to 51 after a late press, overturning a 47 37 deficit. Lindbladh led with 15 points, Kruger 12, Englund 10 as Monroe faltered down the stretch in front of a crowd before returning to Stockholm.
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Sweden
Boris Nyman
Monroe Cheesemakers
MHL
Monroe
Englund
Nyman
Paul Lueck
Lindbladh
Kruger
Molitor
Gene Curran
Fg Mt
Molitor Aba Heligtened
Lueck
Kruger Aamz Connors
Schaffer
Curran
Sutter
Gezelius Wenex Roethe
Skyttlvil
Gempler
Stromberg
Connors
Roethe
Skyttelvall
Hellstrand
Lindbaldh
Gezelius
Four Packers to Join Pro Bowl Rushing Quartet
Four members of the 1,000 yard rushing club lead the National Conference Pro Bowl squad named in New York for the Texas Stadium January 21 game. Larry Brown, John Brockington start in the backfield with Calvin Hill and Ron Johnson as reserves for the NFC.
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NEW York
Texas Stadium
Larry Brown
Washington Redskins
Green Bay
John Brockington
Dallas
Calvin Hill
Ron Johnson
New York Giants
Washington
Billy Kilmer
Norm Snead
Giants
Kilmer
Redskins
Snead
San Francisco
Gene Washington
John Gilliam
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Harold Jackson
Charley Taylor
Merlin Olsen
Los Angeles
Mel Renfro
Flynn's Remain Top After Week in Green County Pool League
Flynn's Bar No 1 and 2 led with 3-0 runs as Alice Landreth and June Burgener swept for Flynn's. Cue Turners and Frenchy's EZY posted 3-0 wins while Village Tap, Friendly Inn, Pat's clubs split results. Standings after 90 games show Flynn's ahead amid postponed games due to weather.
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Alice Landreth
June Burgener
Flynn
Bar No
Green County
Dorothy Pabian
Betty Templeton
The
Cue Turners
Turners
Pat’s
Village Tap
Friendly Inn
Frenchy
EZY
Pat
Double Kissers
Packers Drill Hard in Wake Forest Practice Ahead of Washington Game
The Green Bay Packers held a 90 minute practice at Wake Forest University in tight security as they prepare for the NFL playoff at Washington. Coach Dan Devine called the session better than normal.
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Packer
Winston-Salem
N.C
Green Bay Packers
Washington
Dan Devine
Wake Forest University
Monroe JVs Hold Off Faculty In Narrow 47 45 Win
The Monroe JV basketball team edged the MHS faculty 47 to 45 in a tense preliminary game at the high school gym. Rich Johnson nearly tied with a 37 foot heave, but missed as John Brodie’s rim shot rolled off. Ejiserman and Huber led with 10 points each for coach Glendenning as Monroe rises to 3-5.
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Kjell Englund
Lindblade
Martin Kruger
Molitor
Jim Connors
Kruger
Connors
Monroe JV
MHS
Rich
Rocket
Johnson
John Brodie
Jvs
Lester Bieneman
Fred Lehrke
Jim Bartholf
Bob Buchholtz
Mark Ejiserman
Mike Huber
Dick Glendenning
Bucks topple Blazers as Abdul-Jabbar scores 44
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led Milwaukee with 44 points and 14 rebounds as the Bucks defeated Portland 123-104. Sidney Wicks poured in 32 for the Blazers who battled inside with Lloyd Neal and 6-11 rookie LaRue Martin while Portland’s defense used Wicks at center.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Bucks
Larry Costello
Sidney Wicks
National Basketball Association
Portland Trail Blazers
Wicks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
UCLA
NBA
Abdul-Jabbar
Costello
Portland
Blazers
Bucks
Neal
Geoff Petrie
Wisconsin College Basketball Scores Sunday Victory List
UW Eau Claire defeated UW River Falls 73 to 63 and UW La Crosse beat UW Stout 78 to 58. Quincy topped Beloit 71 to 58, Madison Tech won 89 to 75 over UW Rock, and UW Baraboo triumphed over Blackhawk Tech 120 to 55. Wisconsin prep results include Albany over Brodhead 73 to 68 and Argyle 68 over Madison Holy Name 41, among others.
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Uw-Eau Claire
Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Blugolds
Uw-River Falls
UW - Eau Claire
UW - River Falls
UW - la Crosse
UW - Stout
Quincy
Beloit
Madison Tech
UW - Rock
UW - Baraboo
Blackhawk Tech
Wisconsin Prep
Albany
Brodhead
Argyle
Madison
Holy Name
Black Hawk
Monticello
Judo
Pecatonica
Monroe
Wauwatosa
Cudahy
West Milwaukee
Shorewood
Angered fisherman dies after 15 pound pike catch in France
Roger Expert, 61, collapsed and died on the spot after landing a 15 pound pike near Angers. He reportedly fought the fish for a half hour and proclaimed it the biggest catch of his life to his wife and son.
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Angers
France
Roger
Youngster Aims at Situp World Record
An 8-year-old boy in Idaho Falls plans a 10 hour situp attempt at Idaho Falls High School starting at 10 a.m. He targets 25 000 situps surpassing a 17 000 situp record held by a U S Marine captain. He says he unofficially did 25 017 in nine hours and 21 minutes three weeks ago.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Richard Knecht
U.S. Marine
Young Knecht
Impressive Field Shapes Intercollegiate Indoor Tennis Meet
The first annual Intercollegiate Indoor Tennis Team Championship will bring major schools to Madison from February first through fourth. Participants include Arizona Columbia Florida Georgia Houston Michigan Michigan State North Carolina Southern California Southern Methodist Stanford Tennessee Trinity of Texas UCLA Utah and Wisconsin. Tri-State Waterloo West is favored to win the fourth annual Tri-State Invitational wrestling meet at the UW Fieldhouse on Wednesday December 27.
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Wisconsin
Guy Lowman
Loras College
Arizona
Southern Illinois
County Stadium
Milwaukee Brewers
Madison
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Houston
Michigan
Michigan State
North Carolina
Southern Cal
Southern Methodist
Stanford
Tennessee
Trinity of Texas
UCLA
Utah
Waterloo
Iowa
Wis. Rapids
Mineral Point
Greenfield
Middleton
East Leyden
Maine
Illinois
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
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Stockholm
O’hare
Lee Mitchell
Fort Atkinson
Don Gruber
Marklund
Pat Molitor
Kjell Lindbladh
Ake Stromberg
Packers
A. Es
Chester Marcos
Dave Chapple
Miami
Oakland Raiders
Daryle Lamonica
Oakland
Joe Namath
New York Jets
Marcos
Brockington
Bob Brown
Fred Carr
Werner Schaffer
Ake Skyttelvall
Craig Kusick
Mayville
Wis
Minnesota Twins
Kusick
Charlotte
DNR
Jackson
Waupaca
Adams
Wood
Buffalo
Monroe Faculty
Faculty
Linda Bacher
Mary Mallett
Stephanie Sobotkiewicz
Baraboo Westby Vo
Ros Tive
Fran-Lou Coronado
Coronado
Mery
Sing Anns
Benker Manresa, Wi
San
Jabbar
Curtis Perry
Chicago
Boston
Wisconsin College
Snowmobile
Lanz Agency
Kari Marklund
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