Navy Eyes Narrow Stop Needed In Cotton Bowl Clash
Navy coach Wayne Hardin says stopping Texas only enough to win is the plan for the Cotton Bowl. Texas, No. 1, is a slight favorite over No. 2 Navy as the teams prepare for Dallas. Staubach leads Navy with 1,474 passing yards and seven TDs, while Donnelly and Sai anchor the ground game with solid rushing totals. Orr headlines Staubach targets with 25 receptions for 321 yards.
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Johnny Sai
Donnelly
Sai
Ed Orr
Gophers Favored In ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinals
Minnesota enters the ECAC Holiday Basketball Festival at Madison Square Garden as the favorite after beating Cornell 89-77 in the opening round. Star Lou Hudson led with 20 points and Terry Kunze added 24 as the Gophers built a 17 point second half lead. Villanova faces Utah in the other half of the doubleheader while St Johns meets Dayton and Cornell tangles with Providence in consolation play.
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Philadelphia
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St. John's
New York
Dayton
Johnny Kundla
Kundla
Lou Hudson
Terry Kunze
Jack Craft
Loyola Five Surfers 1st Loss in Quaker City Tourney
Loyola Chicago, ranked No. 1, lost 69-58 to Georgetown in the Quaker City Holiday Basketball Tournament first round. Jim Christy scored 30 for Georgetown, ending Loyola’s 22-game win streak and advancing the Hoyas to a semifinal against La Salle.
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Loyola of Chicago
Georgetown
Jim Christy
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Loyola
LaSalle
Northwestern
Richey Defeats Crookenden In Sugar Tourney
New Zealand’s Ian Crookenden fell to Cliff Richey of Dallas 6-3 6-4 in New Orleans Sugar Bowl tennis. Top seed Ham Richardson advanced 6-1 6-0 over Norm Perry. Semifinals loom as Pasarell, Jungle, Lloyd and Wood vie for spots. Navy beats Staubach era extended after 21-15 victory.
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Ian Crookenden
New Zealand
Cliff Richey
Dallas
Tex
Ham Richardson
Norm Perry
San Francisco
Richardson
Lee Fentress
Baton Rouge
Fleeting
Richey
Chuck Pasarell
South Africa
Pasarell
Henry Jungle
Jungle
Cliff Buchholz
Trinity University of Texas
Andy Lloyd
Shreveport
Downing Lex Wood
Lloyd
Crawford Henry
Atlanta
1963 Sports Echoes Full Year Chronicle
A compact year in sports outlines January through December 1963 highlights across pro and college football baseball basketball golf tennis and boxing. Notable items include Kennedy era shocks in bowls, LSU Texas Alabama and Mississippi bowl results, major trades and coaching changes, record track and field feats, boxing title bouts and retirements, and major league milestones plus the assassination of President Kennedy impacting sports figures.
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Gary Lowe
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Sam Williams
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Marilynn Smith
Mickey Wright
J. Walter Kennedy
National Basketball Association
U.S
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Hula Bowl Rosters Released for 18th Annual Game in Honolulu
Forty eight players signed for the Hula Bowl with 36 already set to report in Honolulu. Several rosters list ends guards and backs from USC UCLA Penn State Oregon Texas and other programs. The game is scheduled for 7 45 p m on Saturday January 4 with two flights bringing players into town Sunday.
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UCLA
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Utah State
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Arkansas
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University of California
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Hawaii
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Stanford
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Texas A&m
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Don Trull
Terry Isaacson
Jay Wilkinson
Duke
Tommy Ford
Willie Brown
Virgil Bell
Oklahoma
Tom Cruther
Texas Christian University
Charley Taylor
Arizona State
Father of 1962 Byrd Star Speaks
The father of WVU freshman center Bob Benfield says a southern college offered his son $600 a month to transfer and another $12,000 under the table during high school. He plans to report the matter to the NCAA, noting restrictions on incidental benefits.
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Kansas Defeats Colorado in Big Eight Tournament
Kansas beat Colorado 74 67 in the first round of the Big Eight Basketball Tournament in Kansas City. Steve Renko scored 17 points guiding Kansas, while Walter Wesley added 15 points and three blocks after George Ansell fouled out.
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Wesley
George Ansell
Alworth Tops ALF Player Of The Year In Vote
Lance Alworth of the San Diego Chargers wins the UPI ALF player of the year in a tight race with Keith Lincoln Tobin Rote earning seven votes to five each. Alworth 23, nicknamed Bambi for speed and leaping ability, caught 13 passes for 217 yards in a 7 6 win over Boston on Nov. 10 and now faces double teams from opponents.
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LSU Star End Inks Pro Pact
End Bill Truax captain of LSU signed by the Cleveland Browns in Baton Rouge. Drafted second by Cleveland, Truax, 20, from Gulfport Mississippi, drew competing bids from Houston before agreeing with the Browns.
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