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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1966
Page
5
Keokuk seeks a third consecutive outright Little Six championship as the Muskies chase a historic title run. The piece recalls past Muskies title periods and notes comments from Keokuk and Ottumwa coaches about this season's competition, plus ticket insights and a Parseghian anecdote.
The Associated Press reports Wichita State became the 10th college to hire a new football coach after George Karras quit. His teams won four and lost 15 in two seasons. Meanwhile Homer Rice of Oklahoma was named as a candidate to replace Doug Weaver at Kansas State, with Vanderbilt North Carolina Hawaii Arizona and Wisconsin also seeking new coaches.
Cedar Rapids AP The Iowa Senior Bowl showcases a passing trio from Iowa State Tim Van Galder Eppie Barney and Drake QB Ron Royer in Saturday’s game between Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa State stars and top small college seniors Drake provides seven players SCI four with Stan Sheriff directing the roster Tommy Steigler IA State’s offense coach Dennis Descoteau Central and Drake end Manley Sarnowsky with 92 receptions as a small college NCAA record headlines the aerial show
Boston's Jim Nance and Gino Cappelletti aim to upset the Bills as 6 3 2 Patriots visit 8 3 1 Buffalo in a pivotal Eastern Division clash. Nance leads AFL rushing with 1125 yards and Cappelletti seeks a fifth scoring title with 101 points.
Sonny Franck, 48, former Minnesota All-America halfback, stepped down as Rock Island High School head football coach after a 25-19-1 five-season record. Athletic director Shorty Almquist is a fellow Minnesota star. Franck will stay as a mathematics teacher in the Rock Island school system. His 1964 team went 7-2 and shared the Quad City Conference title with Davenport West. 1982 and 1965 seasons ended 3-6 and 7-11 records respectively.
BERKELEY Calif AP Visiting Long Island University and the University of San Francisco meet Saturday for the NCAA soccer title. USF beat Army 2 0 Thursday before 350 rain soaked fans at Cal Memorial Stadium. In the first semifinal LSU defeated Michigan State 65 in four overtimes.
Heavyweight Cleveland Williams announces retirement after a third round TKO loss to Cassius Clay. The 33 year old, who nearly died from a 1964 shooting, retires after 72 pro fights with 65 wins 6 losses and one draw and will receive about 342,000 for the November title bout at the Astrodome.
West ninth grade team drops opener 66 54 at Washington in a tight game. Gary Fisher tops scoring with 21 as Tom Fhickinger adds 12 and Tom Anson 9. Coach Dick Petersen plans a trip to Iowa City South and a home game against Muscatine Central next Monday at 4 pm.
Muscatine high school dropped to 1-1 as Burlington defeated them 30-11 in varsity and 38-18 in junior varsity matches Thursday. Bob Dreyer won at 145 pounds, with Wayne Beverlin and Loren McElroy also securing Muscatine victories. several bouts were close, and Muscatine forfeited the opening 95-pound JV bout. Next, the varsity and JV travel to Ottumwa.
Move Nearly Works Muscatine’s Bob Dreyer goes to his feet in an attempt to escape the grasp of Burlington’s Dale Fridley in a 145 pound wrestling match here Thursday. Dreyer didn’t get away this time, but beat Fridley 2 to 1.
Hank Bassen stood in for Roger Crozier and starred as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 Thursday night. The win ended a six game skid for Detroit with a strong all around effort.
Dallas and St. Louis meet in Dallas as 8-2-1 teams clash for the East lead. Terry Nofsinger steps in at QB for Dallas after Charley Johnson’s knee injury. Cardinals have split two games, with the prior 10-10 tie in the series.
Ninth grade wrestlers defeated Fort Madison 36 to 16 on Thursday. Winners include Chris Hawley at 95 pounds, Mike Pickford at 103, D Martinez at 112, Jim Newberry at 120, Kevin Weiershauser at 127, LeRoy Walter at 133, Denny McGrew at 138, John Owens at 145, Charles Doak at 154, Raul Ortiz at 165, Clark Tiecke at 180, Denny Opelt at heavyweight. Forfeit credited to Johnson due to injury. Bakken’s kicks and field goals highlighted a separate NFL note about Dallas scoring 366 points and the Browns’ pursuit of the lead with upcoming games.
Ottumwa meets Muscatine high school with Soph at 6 30 p m and Varsity at 8 00 p m Hayes Catholic faces Marquette of West Point with Soph 6 30 and Varsity 8 00 p m Muscatine Community College at Clinton rounds out the schedule with late evening matchups
The article explains players on the Super Bowl winner will share about 23 000 dollars each, a record for team sports, equating to roughly 250 dollars per minute. It reviews past records for World Series and AFL NFL payouts, notes venues, dates, and the new New Orleans franchise stock actions.
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