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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
4
Edgington Sherrard avenged a prior defeat by Rockridge with a 49 44 road win in a Cornbelt conference game. Rockridge trailed after the third quarter, 18 7, despite a 6 2 season record. Rockridge visits Mid Prairie Friday as D Massey led with two points.
Muscatine freestyler Doug Felton led with wins in the 100 and 200 freestyle as the Tigers fell 78 to 17 at Clinton. Felton swam 1:01 and 1:59.4, with his 200 free four seconds faster than his prior best. Muscatine, missing Ed Longstreth and Bill Bivens, earned points from third-place finishes by Rich McCleary, Denny Fahiy, Bill Albright, Mllen Sussex, Ron Cockshoot, Jeff Page, and Cockshoot in the 200 IM.
Burke and Griffin headline a bowling indie series featuring notable entrants including Bohrens and Smith Griffin, competing in a regional event. The report notes scores and standings among S7Fi participants and highlights standout performances by several named bowlers.
Baseball pioneer Branch Rickey, father of the farm system, predicted that both the National and American Leagues would expand to 12 teams. He foresaw a two league plus a third “teteam” league forming with eight teams, lasting a year or two before final restructuring.
New London boys won 82-57 and Mediapolis girls captured 64-33 as league action closed before the holidays. Morning Sun swept both ends of a doubleheader from Wapello 57-54 (boys) and 52-41 (girls) while Winfield Mount Union also took two from Columbus Community 62-59 (boys) and 44-36 (girls). Wayland beat Danville 70-65 to claim second in the division with B Roth totaling 158 across six league games. Columbus teams, idle after holidays, resume on Jan 5.
Green Bay and New York dominate the NFL All Star team selected today by 42 AP sports writers and league city reporters. The panel named top players from the league, highlighting standout performances and regional strength across teams.
Chicago Bears end Mike Ditka won AP Rookie of the Year with 27 votes. Fran Tarkenton of Minnesota was runner up with four. other finalists included Don Perkins, Norm Snead, and Myron Pottios. Green Bay led with six on the All-Pro squads, while New York and Philadelphia also placed multiple players on offense and defense.
New London boys and Mediapolis girls held early first place in their divisions. New London’s Jeff and John McKinnon combined for 55 points in an 82 77 win as they led 18-12 39-21 and 56-47 at quarters, Jeff 33 and John 21. Mediapolis girls beat New London 67-23 behind Nancy Jarvis 23 and Ju Amendl 17 as Nuss led New London with 18 in a winless season.
Grinnell beat Beloit 63 37 to defend its second spot in the Midwest Conference standings. Grinnell led by 10 points midway through the first half and pulled away, with Bob Musser scoring 18 for Grinnell and Tom Morgan 14 for Beloit. Grinnell shot 47 percent, hitting 28 of 59 from the floor.
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