Beamon Named UPI European Sportsman of the Year
Beamon, 22, a Texas El Paso junior from New York, set the 1968 Olympic long jump record of 29 feet 2% inches and won 25 first place votes and 271 points in the European editors poll. Killy and Oerter ranked second and third. Caslavska won European Woman Athlete of the Year by a slim margin.
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London
UPI
Bob Beamon
Jesse Owens
Ralph Boston
Mexico
United Press International
Beamon
Texas At el Paso
New York
Jean-Claude Killy
France
al Oerter
West Islip
N.Y
Vera Caslavska
Mexico City
Boston
Vic Gatto
Harvard
Crimson
Yale
Nelson
Gatto
Unbeaten Riders face Western Reserve after Coastal win
St Pauls Flyers beat South Central 64 56 under new coach Tom Hannan then face first place Firelands leaders Western Reserve in Norwalk. Rider returners Henry Dalton Jim Kern Bill Mesenburg and Bill Fugel pace scoring with Terry Patrick inside. Coach Jim Irons credits experience and balance as key to a 4 0 start with Didion rising in conference scoring.
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Mark Bernstein
South Central
Tom Hannan
St. Paul’s Flyers
Firelands
Western Reserve
Roughriders
St. Paul’s
Norwalk
Jim Irons
Henry Dalton
Jim Kern
Bill Mesenburg
Bill Fugel
Terry Patrick
Irons
Paulites
St. Paul
Dave
Didion
Mesenburg
Fireland
Flyers
Mapleton
Edison
Black River
Hillsdale
Monroeville
Lakeland
NEW London
Amherst
Czaplicki Leads Firelands Scoring Chase in Early Conference Race
Edison High School star Brian Czaplicki tops the Firelands Conference after three league games with 55 points on 27 field goals and one free throw. He leads Dave Didion of St Paul by seven points, as Didion remains the Flyers only top ten scorer. Next opponents include Green Springs in a non conference clash, while Paul Bunnell's Bobcats aim for two wins in two days against Northwood and the Flyers. Rob Berlecamp tops Green Springs scoring with Ron Huff, as Green Springs seeks cohesion.
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Brian Czaplicki
Edison High School
Firelands
Czaplicki
Dave Didion
St. Paul
Bill Mesenburg
Western Reserve
Didion
Flyer
Bob Mayle
Chris Amato
Larry Hickey
Mike Wasiniak
Mike Mushett
al Bignall
Green Springs
Paul Bunnell
Bobcats
Northwood
Flyers
Lakeshore
Monroeville
Eagles
Rob Berlecamp
Ron Huff
Shelby Upsets Bellevue in Firelands Conference Play
Shelby defeats Bellevue by 7 as Cal Dietz shines after a 15 point defense in last week’s tight matchup. Norwalk climbs into first place tie with Willard Bellevue and Shelby following truckers over Upper Sandusky. Willard edges Tiffin Columbian and Galion tops Bucyrus in other NOL games.
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Western Reserve Roughriders
Bellevue
Cal
Shelby
Norwalk
Willard
Upper Sandusky
Tiffin Columbian
Galion
Bucyrus
Norwalk High
Tiffin
Columbian
Decision unlikely today in commissioner meeting
Major league baseball owners meet in Chicago with only a slim chance of choosing a new commissioner to replace William Eckert. Possible picks include Mike Burke of the Yankees and Chub Feeney of the Giants, with a committee expected to report later.
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Chicago
UPI
William Eckert
Mike Burke
New York Yankees
Chub Feeney
San Francisco Giants
Eckert
Air Force
Feeney
Burke
Columbia _ Broadcasting System
CBS
Yankees
Baseball
National League
Big buck leads Huron County hunting season list
Dick Woodruff of North Fairfield bagged the largest deer in Huron County this hunting season with a 12 point buck taken in Fairfield Township. Other successful hunters named by County Games Protector Hank Tappel include Louis Cramer Attica Hassel Risner Bellevue Kyle Keysor Greenwich Harold Hicks Shiloh Thomas Burras Norwalk David Wheeler North Fairfield Herbert Bursley Wakeman and Floyd Bolen Willard.
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Dick Woodruff
North Fairfield
Huron County
Fairfield Township
Hank
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Daiton
Cage Calls
Redmen
By Dan Hopwood
Midview
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Margaretta
Huron
Oak Harbor
Sandusky ST. Mary
Gibsonburg
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W. Main
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Kamco” Aluminum
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Sandusky
Northern Ohio League
Firelands Conference
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Buckeye
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Lorain Adm.iring
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