Princeton Lyndon De Soto Grab Leads Holiday Stop
Area basketball squads take early command in three eastern Kansas leagues as Princeton tops the FCL with key wins over Pomona and Richmond and Lyndon leads the OCL over Melvern. De Soto and Loue isburg lead the Little Seven. Baldwin sits atop the standings with third place. John Sutton boosts Princeton with 19 ppg along with Francis Wiederholt as Princeton beats Richmond 51 49 and Pomona 59 50.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Kansas
Princeton
Poemona
Richmond
Lyndon
Melvern
de Soto
Loueisburg
Baldwin
Princeton Orioles
Pomona
Wea
Orioles
John Sutton
Francis Wiederholt
Sutton
Lyle Brown
Phil Stevens
Ken Turley
Osage County
Melvern Panthers Rival for OCL Lead with Strong Start
Melvern Area Scorers lead Kansas Class B with a 61 record and a six game win streak. Harry Geier tops the region with a 25.3 point scoring average. Melvern faces Lyndon January 12 in a potential early OCL championship preview. De Soto dominates the Little Seven with a 3.0 mark, Baldwin snapping Louisburg’s unbeaten string with a 65 63 win by Ron Chambers.
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Kansas
Melvern
Panthers
Princeton
Overbrook
Lyndon
Harry Geier
Scranton
OCL
Pomona
Franklin County
Carbondale
Quenemo
Burlingame
Gophers
Jeff Casten
George Niehoff
Melvern Shooter Tops Area Scoring Standings
Melvern guard Harry Geier leads area basketball scoring after seven games with 177 points and a 25.3 point per game average as holiday break arrives. Teammates from Pomona Princeton Lyndon Quenemo and others join the top 15. Casten of Quenemo is the lone freshman.
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Lyndon
Melvern
Scranton
Pomona
Carbondale
Harry Geier
Geier
Jerry Fabert
Wellsville
Refugee Intramuralist Pushed Missouri Forward
Ned Monsees, a 6 foot 5 refugee from intramural ranks, has emerged as Missouri basketball’s top scorer with 56 points in two games. He had 32 against Rice 82-71, plus 24 and 15 rebounds in the 62-56 upset of St. Louis. Missouri leads the Big Eight with a 17.5 average and eyes a game with SMU before the preseason tournament. Nebraska and Iowa State also won as Big Eight teams swept. Ziegler led Iowa State, while Fred Hare and Nate Branch starred for Nebraska.
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Jim van Valkenburg
Associated Press
Missouri
Ned Monsees
Monsees
Rice
Houston
Nebraska
California
Lincoln
Iowa State
Marquette
Ames
St. Louis
Columbia
Brewer
SMU
Dallas
Kansas City
K-State
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Huskers
Fred Hare
Nate Branch
Hare
Branch
College Basketball Scoreboard From Associated Press
East Duquesne beat Gonzaga 83 to 69 Seton Hall beat Long Island 74 to 64 Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Baltimore U 62 69 Davidson topped Virginia 86 74 Vanderbilt beat Miami Ohio 74 68 Tennessee defeated Florida State 65 43 Georgia beat Clemson 93 75 Grambling defeated Stillman 111 71 Midwest Minnesota beat Loyola Chicago 89 75 St Louis defeated Kentucky 80 75 Nebraska beat California 63 59 Oklahoma City beat Creighton 82 79 Iowa State beat Marquette 73 64 Missouri beat Rice 81 72 UCLA defeated Southern California 84 75 Brigham Young defeated Ohio State 112 7 Stanford beat Oregon 74 56 Augsburg beat Montana 78 65.
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South Davidson
Virginia
Vanderbilt
Miami
Ohio
Tennessee
Fla. St
Georgia
Clemson
Grambling
Stillman
Midwest
Minnesota
Loyola
St. Louis
Kentucky
Nebraska
California
Oklo
City
Creighton
Detroit
Colo
State
It Can Only Happen Here Kansas Sports Oddities 1964
A Kansas recap highlights quirky 1964 sports happenings. A junior high center mix up left Clarence Barker to double for both sides in a white team win. Other tales include a track field hill, a 30 inch water moccasin in a fish, umpire Jerry Pupp taping pants, and lone survivors on court at Kipp and Arcadia. A St Louis World Series ticket tale ends with two fans attending, and Maj Evan Prosser scoring a hole in one at Fort Riley officers club No. 3.
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Joe Degeorge
Associated Press
Kansas
Fredonia
Steve Durham
Clarence Barker
Bill Lewis
Eureka
Fall River
Wichita
Jerry Pupp
Arcadia
Elsmore
Bronson
Coy L. Higgins
Parsons
St. Louis Cardinals
Cards
New York Yankees
St. Louis
Ft. Riley
Evan Proseser
Larry Runyon
Lyle Scott
Scott
Pro Basketball Tuesday Result New York Beats San Francisco
New York defeats San Francisco 124 to 118 in a high scoring Tuesday game. Philadelphia visits Los Angeles on Wednesday with no games scheduled Thursday.
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New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Montreal
Baldwin 65 Louisburg 63 shocks unbeaten Louisburg
Baldwin Bulldogs rallied from 11 down in the first half and 6 at halftime to beat Louisburg 65-63 in Little Seven play. Ron Chambers fueled the late surge with 10 points in the fourth and finished with 18, while Cook led Louisburg with 20. Baldwin improved to 3-1 in league play, 3-2 overall, and claimed the B team game 46-35 with Charles Perry scoring 13.
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de Soto
Baldwin
Louisburg
Ron Chambers
Bulldogs
Eudora
Wellsville
Spring Hill
Gardner
Eagles
Dusty Swearingen
Jim Wright
Little Seven
Cook
Charles Perry
Bowling Scores from Ottawa Leagues Highlights
Ottawa bowling scores list results from multiple leagues including Keen's Lefties and Peoples Natl Bank. Notable performances include W Henry 212 and Rinehart 564 at Ottawa Packing and J Love 484 for Guy's Foods.
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Keen’s
S. Smith
W., Lewis
Western Auto
C. Hettler
Peoples Natl
BANK
R. Johnson
R. Davis
Guy's Foods, Inc
F. Sherman
J. Love
Ottawa Packing
W, Henry
J, Willhite
Ottawa Times
Seymour
Rinehart
Shinn
Haley
McDaniels
VFW Aux
Wise
Keim
Arnolds Jewelry
C. Wolgast
Ottawa Savings
D. Cheney
R. Bennett
Gambles
Hollon
NFL Title Game Spotlight McPeak Rates Browns vs Colts
Washington coach Bill McPeak says Cleveland must run at Baltimore to threaten the Colts in the title game. He praises Jim Brown and Ernie Green, notes Browns should fear Baltimore’s front four against the pass, and cites strong performances by Unitas and Warfield while predicting a competitive showdown.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Washington
Bill McPeak
NFL
Baltimore
Cleveland
Browns
Colts
Jim Brown
McPeak
Ernie Green
Redskins
Sonny Jurgensen
Lonnie Sanders
Jim Steffen
Chaveley Taylor
Taylor
Clay Liston Return Title Fight May Crown New Champ
Angelo Dundee says the Cassius Clay Sonny Liston rematch will occur in June at Rose ton and not April. The WBA hopes a new champion emerges before June from Terrell Machen or Patterson Chuvalo bouts, rating Terrell, Patterson, Chuvalo, Machen in that order.
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New York
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Roseton
Angelo Dundee
Clay
Cassius
World Boxing Association
Liston
Ernie Terrell
Eddie Machen
WBA
Floyd Patterson
George Chuvalo
Toronto
Madison Square Garden
Terrell, Patterson
Chuvalo
Machen
Oilers reshuffle coaching staff names Taylor field manager
Houston Oilers rearrange the coaching chain with Hugh Taylor promoted to field manager replacing Sammy Baugh who steps down as head coach to focus on ranching. Baugh remains back field coach and Lou Rymkus expected as assistant, creating a record number of former Oilers head coaches on one staff.
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Houston
Houston Oilers
Hugh (Hones) Taylor
Sammy Baugh
Baugh
Lou Rymkus
Oilers
Rymkus
Taylor
Wynne, Ark
Washington Redskins
New York Titans
West Texas
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DeSoto
FCS
Williamsburg
Indians
Richard Altic
Ed Ransom
Altic
WLWL
Osage
Tigers
Nick Dawson
Osage City
TP Ave. H. Geier
J Fabert
Lyndon R. Altic
E. Ransom Williamsburg
F Weiderholt
J. Sutton
R. Schroeder
L. Brown Richmond
Stevens Richmond
K. Culbertson
Lindstrom G. Niehoff Quenemo
L. Lindstrom
G. Niehoff Quenemo
J. Mitchell Baldwin
J. Casten Quenemo
D. Anderson Overbrook
Santa Claus
Ray Graves
Florida
Wayne Hardin
Navy
John Huarte
Notre Dame
Roger Staubach
Ara Parseghian
Paul Deitzel
Army
Mizzou
Bob Ziegler
Cye
Ziegler
Drake
THE
East Duquesne
Gonzaga
Seton Hall
Long Island
Fairleigh Dickinson
Stanford
Oregon
Augsburg
Montana
Mad World of Sports
Leavenworth High School
Abeles Field
Pupp
Kipp
Larry Breer
Aurora High
Chambers Mitchell Hobson Beedles Purvis
Leinaker Swan Nutt Taul Biddle
Loubsburg
Moody Smith Cook Breckenridge
Lewis Wood
I Am
Shepherd's Garage
Nuzman Lumber
Industrial League
Ottawa Herald
Boston
Dundee
Gilliland’s
Ottawa
Centropolis
RCA Victor
Main
Assence . ‘Appliance Center
Harry Smith
Auto Supply
S. Main
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