East Tigers repeat in Ohio high school final sweep
Columbus East defeats Canton McKinley 71 56 at St John Arena to claim its third straight state title. Ratleff 31 points 19 rebounds Conner 17 points 15 boards secure the victory as East extends its title run and Ratleff earns top tournament honors. Weatherspoon 25 points 15 rebounds leads McKinley in a tough loss.
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Harvey Shapiro
UPI
Columbus
Eddie Ratleff
Nick Conner
Columbus East High School
Buckeye
Ratliff
Conner
Columbus East
Canton McKinley
Nick Weatherspoon
East
Tigers
St. John Arena
Ratleff
Bulldogs
Weatherspoon
Toledo Libbey
Canton
Farrell
Bob Rupert
Pensylvania
Bob Hart
Hart
Eddie
Alcindor poised for pro basketball after UCLA triumph
Lew Alcindor capped a UCLA era with a 92 72 NCAA final win over Purdue, tallying 37 points and 20 rebounds. Coaches expect a smooth pro transition, with Nets holding NBA draft rights and a reported million dollar contract possibility. Alcindor has not yet chosen a league.
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Lewis
Bruins
George King
Purdue
Wooden
Alcindor
King
Big Lew
Boilermakers
Mathis Favored Over Quarry In Madison Square Garden Bout
Buster Mathis, at 11-5 to win, seeks a 12 round knockout against Jerry Quarry at Madison Square Garden. Quarry, 30-2-4, would be the underdog despite a World Crown bid, as Mathis aims to stay on track for another heavyweight title shot. The bout, televised nationwide but blackout in New York, features $50,000 guarantees for each fighter plus 25 percent of receipts.
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New York
UPI
Buster Mathis
Jerry Quarry
Madison Square Garden
Mathis
Joe Frazier
Quarry
Jimmy Ellis
World Boxing Association
Buster
George Chuvalo
Kayo
Frazier
Bellflower
Calif
Ellis
Coach Of Year Will Speak Here
The Associated Press Class A Coach of the Year Joe Gottfried of Bloomville will be guest speaker Tuesday night at 6 30 p m in the St Paul Junior High cafeteria as athletes are honored. Gottfried, brother of Flyers coach Mike Gottfried, starred at Crestline and earned All Ohio in football basketball and baseball. His Bloomville teams won 59 of 64 games with Dan Thallman as All Ohio Player of the Year.
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Associated Press
Joe Gottfried
Bloomville
St. Paul
Gottfried
Flyers
Mike Gottfried
Crestline
Ashland College
Dan Thallman
Unseld Named NBA MVP for 1970 Baltimore Rise
Westley Unseld, a 6 foot 7 inch center from Baltimore, guided his team from last to Eastern Division champions and became the league's most valuable player. He is the first rookie MVP since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960.
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Westley
Baltimore
National Basketball Association
Wilt Chamberlain
UPI
Mansfield leads Ohio State Bowling tourney team handicap
Garland Funeral Home of Amherst moved to the top of the team handicap class during the fourth weekend of the 65th annual Ohio State Bowling Tournament. Neal Welch, Jim Drozcowski, Bob Sennhenn, Dominic Mileti, and Bill Carr combined for 2 989 pins plus 279 handicap, totaling 3 268. AA Cleaning of Chillicothe fell to second with 3 219. Hartwig Builders of Milan rose to third with 3 214.
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Mansfield
UPI
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst
Ohio State
Neal Welch
Jim Drozcowski
Bob Sennhenn
Dominic Mileti
Bill Carr
Chillicothe
Hartwig Builders of
Milan
Indians Divided Fall in Split Games in Arizona and California
In Tucson the Cleveland Indians lost 7-4 to the Oakland Athletics as three home runs struck against starter Mike Paul. In Yuma the Padres defeated Cleveland 17-10 in a three hour slugfest despite six Tribe homers led by Zoilo Versalles two homers and others including Jose Cardenal Tony Horton Larry Brown and Lou Johnson.
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Tucson, Ariz
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Oakland Athletics
Yuma
San Diego Padres
Indians
Athletics
Cleveland
Mike Paul
Padres
San Diego
Zoilo Versalles
Jose Cardenal
Tony Horton
Larry Brown
Lou Johnson
Hohler Reports Tourney Shows East and Arcanum Dominance
Columbus East captured the AA title with a 71 56 win over Canton McKinley as Eddie Ratleff and Nick Conner led the champions. Arcanum blasted Bridgeport 84 59 behind Dave Gray and Jim Troutwine with Gray scoring a tournament record 45 points and 21 rebounds.
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Ratleff
UPI
Weatherspoon
Conner
Abe Steward
Eddie Trail
Arcanum
Dave Gray
Steve Christ
Tim Troutwine
Ken Heiby
Fort Recovery
Paul Dave
Bridgeport
Paul Kaut
Portsmouth Clay
Troutwine
Christ
Gray
Benedict Fifth Graders Win Season Championship
Benedict Grade School claims the fifth grade basketball title finishing undefeated this season. The team went 21-0 against Pleasant 18 11 Maplehurst Gold 4 Bronson 10 Maplehurst Blue 15 League 11. Coaches were Bob Berry and John Borgia. players include Larry Becker John Holman Steve Horner John Kelley Rob Pierce Jim Ramsey Bob Crabbs Mike Bartow Craig Hakes Doug Hamilton Doug Hardman Rick Hyler Bob Klein Paul Lunnie Mark Lichtessen Mark Ohly Rick Peckham Craig Ross Gregg Schultz Scott Stoddard Mike Ware Jim Wetzel.
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Benedict
Pleasant
Maplehurst
Bronson
Bob Berry
John Borgia
Larry Becker
John Holman
Steve Horner
John Kelley
Rob Pierce
Jim Ramsey
Bob Crabbs
Mike Bartow
Craig Hakes
Doug Hamilton
Doug Hardman
Rick Hyler
Bob Klein
Paul Lunnie
Mark Lichtessen
Mark Ohly
Rick Peckham
Craig Ross
Gregg Schultz
Scott Stoddard
Mike Ware
Jim Wetzel
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Lexington St. Aloysius
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Portsmouth
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Route 40
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Norwalk
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Bronson and
Pleasant Street
Trump
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WLEC
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