Lawrence Takes Two Games From Ottawa Juniors
Lawrence Central defeats Ottawa Junior High 48 to 39 in the varsity game while Ottawa 8th graders fall 39 to 26. Stevens and Van Fossan lead Ottawa. Kelly scores 19 for Lawrence. Tetwiler and Stark top Ottawa in the 8th grade tilt.
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Dan Mullins
Ottawa Junior High
Lawrence Central
Lawrence
Ottawa
O.J.H.S
Lawerence
E Lawrence
Stevens
van Fossan
van Fosesan
O.J
Lofgreen
Roger
Kelly
Harris
Jelel
Johnson
Dillion
Rence
Tetwiler
Stark
Sheppard
Hammer
Kloster
Mullen
Thompson
Stauffer
Warnock
Mendell
Sheldon
Jacob
Winter
Hamilton
Johannsen
Christmas, memory and changing cheer by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle writes about aging readers’ view that Christmas has grown commercial and less warm. He recalls personal memories of a colder home, a coal stove, a real wooden tree, and simpler decorations, contrasting past hardship with present abundance.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Wolverines Suffer Big Loss After Butler Beating
Michigan tumbles 79-64 at Indianapolis after a 100-93 overtime setback to Duke in Detroit. Coach Dave Strack called it Michigan’s worst effort in three years while Butler’s Ed Schilling led all scorers with 26. All-America Cazzie Russell scored 22 for Michigan as Butler improved to 501 all-time wins for coach Tony Hinkle. Other AP Top Ten teams Dayton Temple Texas Western also won.
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Ted Meier
Associated Press
University of Michigan
Wolvereines
Duke
Detroit
Wolverines
Butler
Indianapolis
Michigan
Dave Strack
Strack
Tony Hinkle
Cazzie Russell
Ed Schilling
Marquette
Wichita
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Kentucky
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tex
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New Orleans
Loyola
Don May
Flyers
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Cancasius
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Nevada
Rock Island
Mike Silliman
Army
Drake
Missouri Valley
Michigan State
Cincinnati
Louisville
Bearcats
Wisconsin
Cardinals
Onceman
Westley
Evansville Tops Small-College Poll After Tight Win
Evansville moves to No 1 in the Associated Press small-college basketball poll edging Central State of Ohio by four points 112 to 108. Steubenville halted Central State’s 5 game unbeaten streak with a 58-57 win aiding Evansville’s rise to the top.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Ohio
Central State
Central
Steubenville
New Sooner Coach Faces Inept Offense
Norman, Oklahoma AP reports Jim MacKenzie was named head football coach at Oklahoma to revitalize an inept offense and win back alumni support. He succeeds Gomer Jones, who resigned as coach after a 3 7 season following Bud Wilkinson’s era marked by 17 seasons of success and historic streaks.
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Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Jones
Oklahoma
Sooners
Mackenzie
Frank Broyles
Arkansas
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Kentucky
Navy
Texas
Colorado
Missouri
George L. Cross
Razorbacks
Sooner
Broyles
Louisiana State
Wichita State Suffers Road Loss At Marquette
The Shockers fell 95-76 at Milwaukee as Marquette pulled away after a 47-38 halftime edge. Bob Wolf led Marquette with 26 points while Leo Marquette Blanton Simeons and Brian Brunkhorst added 17 each for the victors. Wichita's top scorers struggled beyond their leading trio.
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Wichita
Michigan
Milwaukee
Marquette
Bob Wolf
Leo Marquette
Blanton Simesons
Brian Brunkhorst
Jamie Thompson
Melvin Reed
Warriors
Mighty Jim Brown Named NFL Most Valuable Player
New York AP Jim Brown widely regarded as All Star fullback earns AP poll’s MVP honor with 34 of 42 votes. He tallies 1,544 rushing yards, 21 TDs, four receiving TDs, and a 9 year NFL record 126 TDs, 12,312 rushing yards, 2,359 carries. Sayers edges him in TDs with 22. Brown hints at retirement after 1966 season amid club contract talks.
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New York
Jim Brown
Associated Press
Brown
John Unitas
Baltimore
Dave Parks
San Francisco
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears
Ken Willard
Pete Retzlaff
Philadelphia
Lenny Moore
Sayers
Cleveland Browns
Jim
Stork Delivers First Grandchild for Dayton Soldier
In Dayton, Mrs. Bendgen gave birth to a 5 pound 11 ounce daughter in Miami Valley Hospital. Army CWO Richard F. Bendgen, stationed in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, becomes a grandfather for the sixth time as his son Paul Bryant returns to Alabama after coaching at Maryland, Kentucky and Texas A&M.
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Dayton, Ohio
Stork
Richard Bendgen
Bendgen
Dayton
Richard F. Bendgen
Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
Paul Bryant
Maryland
Kentucky
Texas A & M
Alabama
Frick Awards Established in Baseball Honors
The American and National leagues created the Ford C Frick Award trophies for Rookie of the Year honors. BWAA named Curt Blefary of the Orioles and Jim Lefebvre of the Dodgers as top rookies for 1965, aligning with the awards named after retiring baseball commissioner Frick.
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Boston
Ford C. Frick
Baseball Writers Association of America
Joe Cronin
Warren Giles
Frick
Curt Blefary
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Lefebvre
Los Angeles Dodgers
BWAA
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