Ho Ho Ho New York Sports Roundup
A collage of sports tidbits from Las Vegas to New York includes Don January winning with a par on final hole, Crane taking $3000 in billiards, debates on Roberto De Vicenzo, Williams losing rugby to Vassar, Oakland A’s opening to 50,000, Baltimore’s stubborn mule, Detroit turning over, NFL 1968 season start planned, and Willie Mays batting .394 at SF Giants, with playful quips on identity.
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Willie Mays
Rangers Defender Jim Neilson to undergo elbow surgery
New York Rangers defenseman Jim Neilson was scheduled for surgery today to remove bone chips from his left elbow. The operation aims to relieve pain and restore mobility ahead of future games.
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NEW York
Jim Neilson
New York Rangers
Brundage may quit IOC after 1968 Games
Brundage hinted he might step down as IOC president after the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. A poll of 71 IOC members showed 19 responses with 14 in favor of barring South Africa, 36 votes needed to reverse a prior readmission. Brundage, 80, has led the IOC 16 years and has been in the movement since 1912.
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Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
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IOC
Mexico City
Brundage
Ban On South Africa Would Help US Team
Palo Alto California Payton Jordan Stanford track coach says IOC executive board recommendation to exclude South Africa will obviously help our team. Tommie Smith and Lee Evans, both world record holders, say the boycott talks may end with the decision. Polls show many Negro athletes and over 40 nations had threatened to boycott the Games in protest. The IOC invitation to South Africa appears likely to be withdrawn.
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Payton Jordan
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International Olympics Committee
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Tommie Smith
Mexico City
Lee Evans
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