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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1973
Page
9
A roundup of college basketball results features Florida defeating several opponents by wide margins, and teams like Brigham Young, Kentucky, and Creighton posting notable scores. The list includes players and venues across many conferences with overtime and close finishes noted.
A ball is declared dead after an illegal delivery or other illegality. If the ball rolls into the channel and returns to knock down pins, it is dead. the pins already down count toward the score and must be reset.
Multiple city briefs report a Baltimore Orioles contract for right handed pitcher George Manz being sold to the Chicago Cubs for an undisclosed cash sum. The item also notes coaching hires and retirements across college and professional sports with several personnel moves.
Miami coach Don Shula says Cincinnati’s choice to train in Cleveland weather is expected given Paul Brown’s past. Shula notes Brown’s 1955 Los Angeles title run after snowbound practice in Cleveland, and both teams feature strong rushing attacks with Csonka and Morris for Miami and Clark and Johnson for Cincinnati. About 12,000 Orange Bowl seats remained unsold as TV hype lingers.
Syracuse head coach Frank Maloney named three assistants Steve Szabo from Iowa Dave Zuccarelli from Michigan and Robert Sutton from Michigan to fill coaching roles as he rebuilds the staff after releasing the previous group. Szabo is a Naval Academy graduate who played on the 1964 Cotton Bowl team. Zuccarelli and Sutton bring recent Michigan and high school coaching backgrounds to the Orange.
The New York Knicks defeated the Houston Rockets 109 to 97 in a rare NBA matchup. Walt Frazier led scorers with 29 points as New York built and held a lead after trading blows with Houston, who briefly led in the third period before the Knicks pulled away.
New York outscored Houston 12 to 2 to start the fourth quarter as Phil Jackson hit two straight baskets. DeBusschere finished with 16, bracing a decisive fourth period surge, while Bradley and Jackson added 26 and 15 respectively. Rockets drop to a tie for last in the Central Division.
Monroe native White, nicknamed the Clown Prince, scored a unanimous decision over Charles Atlas in the main event at Monroe Civic Center Arena. White controlled the bout with flashy punches and ring antics, while Atlas struggled to land cleanly as crowds roared. Atlas suffered the only knockdown in the eighth, and White extended his record to 38 wins against 13 losses and 4 draws.
West Monroe swept three junior high games from Jack Hayes in the West Monroe gym Monday night. Stanley Harris scored 21 as West Monroe edged Jack Hayes 63 62 in the ninth grade. William Middleton led Jack Hayes with 16 in a 36 33 eighth grade win for Hayes. Joe Tannehill added 10 for West Monroe. Tommy Pendergrast scored 20 as West Monroe seventh graders won 50 23.
In ninth grade boys Logtown defeated Swartz 3 times while Swartz won 27 22 in one game Ricky Price led Swartz with 12 points and Ken Gaines had nine for Logtown. Ninth grade girls Logtown 25 Swartz 20 with Susan Hemphill nine points Kathy Gaines six. In eighth grade boys Logtown 27 Swartz 24 led by Tom Calloway 12 points My My Lewis eight for Swartz. Logtown girls 41 Swartz 16 with Linda Lee 17 and Sue Knight 10.
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