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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
5
The Harlem Globetrotters visit Morris on Thursday January 2 for a 7 30 p m show at the MCHS gym in a bout against the New York Nationals. The Morris Band Parents Association sponsors this event to fund new uniforms for the grade school band.
Big Ten teams went 4-0 on Monday led by Michigan's 111 74 win over Utah and Minnesotas 73 60 victory over San Diego State Northwestern 77 61 over Washington State and Ohio State 74 71 over Butler Purdue heads to Hawaii Classic Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan State head to tourneys Friday Illinois carries a 7 0 record to Miami Ohio State joins Florida State while Michigan travels to Indiana and Butler faces Michigan State. Rudy Tomjanovich scored 28 for Michigan with Don Fife adding 22.
Joe Namath of the New York Jets was named the AFL's Most Valuable Player by a 30-member AP panel. He led the Jets to the Eastern Division title, posting 3,147 passing yards and 15 TDs while steering two late-winning drives that secured key victories.
UCLA leads the AP Top 20 as North Carolina stays second. Villanova jumps to fifth after a 77 47 win. Kansas rises to eighth with 8 1 record. Illinois debuts at 12 and Wyoming enters at 19 Tennessee reaches 20.
It was misreported that Piper paced Mazon with 12. The accurate tally shows Dean Pfeifer scoring 12 and Kevin Glenn adding 8, altering the leading scorer in the game.
Mayo Smith, manager of the Detroit Tigers, was ejected from two American League games in 1968 after a season in 1967 with no ejections from umpires.
Champaign Central remains No 1 in the AP rankings as Rockford West, Galesburg and Maywood Proviso East hold spots behind. Granite City drops to 11 after a loss. Normal Community debuts, replacing Mount Vernon.
Morris Redskins head to the Kankakee Tournament after a third-place finish in their home event. They open Thursday at 3:30 p.m. vs Bishop McNamara, with Keith Salems at center, Ed Prombo and Dave Matteson as forwards, Ralph Varland and Ken Enger at guards.
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