Poll Favors Bellevue in Northern Ohio League race
Norwalk fans circle two key dates as Bellevue edges Norwalk for NOL crown in a Reflector preseason poll. Bellevue, Norwalk and Shelby receive most first place votes while Galion adds depth with Kim Arnold, and Bucyrus and Willard drop from contention.
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Mark Bernstein
Norwalk
Bellevue
Truckers
Redmen
Len Hardman
Mark Hammersmith
Willard
Jerry Wendling
Mark Dagler
Tiffin
Dick Edmund
Edmund
Tom Diringer
Dave Lace
Galion
Shelby
Cal Dietz
Lace
Dietz
Wendling
Hardman
Galion High
Kim Arnold
Tigers
Bucyrus
Firelands Conference Preview Sees Tight Race In 1968 69 Season
The Firelands loop is viewed as highly balanced for 1968 69 with Hillsdale Edison and Western Reserve named as top contenders. Hillsdale led the Reflector poll 73 70 over Edison. Monroeville Mapleton and St Paul noted as possible dark horses. Jim Kern of Western Reserve highlighted as a standout player with 32 points in a recent non conference game.
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Mapleton
Glenn Honeycutt
Hillsdale
Ellsworth Cox
Firelands
Cox’ Falcons
Edison
Western Reserve
Monroeville
South Central
Dale Reinhart
Steve Crushel
Chargers
Don Hohler
St. Paul
Tom Hannan
Don Doerner
Black River
Rollie Haring
Haring
Jim Kern
Kern
Wellington
Flyer
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Jim Irons
Mike Carter
Hohler
Flyers
Doerner
Northern Ohio Firelands
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Shelby
of Galion
Western Res
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Willard
Upper Sandusky
Tiffin Columbian
Baird to Meet Griffith in Madison Square Garden Bout
UPI reports Doyle Baird an underrated Ohio middleweight will fight Emile Griffith in a 10 round bout January 3 at Madison Square Garden. Baird, with a 20 2 1 record, drew champion Nino Benvenuti. Griffith holds a 57 10 record and is a former welterweight and middleweight champion.
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New York
UPI
Doyle Baird
Ohio
Nino Benvenuti
Emile Griffith
Madison Square Garden
Baird
Griffith
Horton to join Harlem Globetrotters exhibitions in winter
Detroit Tigers outfielder Willie Horton will team with Chicago Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins for a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition tour this winter. Horton may also participate in games alongside the Globetrotters and well.
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Chicago
UPI
Willie Horton
Detroit Tigers
Harlem Globetrotters
Horton
Chicago Cubs
Ferguson Jenkins
the Trotters
Wall
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