Ottawa High Wrestlers Qualify Five For Regional
Fred Brown led Ottawa High wrestlers to Olathe for the Class AA district. Brown won the 103 pound division gold. Dan Bush, Bob Abbott, Terry Shoemaker and Mark Waymire earned regional berths at Manhattan. Bush finished second, Abbott and Waymire and Shoemaker placed fourth in divisions 112, 127, 180 and 154 respectively. Ottawa placed sixth. Leavenworth won with 99 points.
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Fred Brown
Manhattan
Ottawa High
Olathe
Brown
Dan Bush
Bob Abebott
Terry Shoemaker
Mark Waymire
OHS
Leavenworth
Rune Nerup
Bush
Abbott and
Waymire
Shoemaker
Lions Catch Cyclones At Wire In 46 45 Thriller
Ottawa lost to Lawrence 46 45 in a tight rivalry thriller. Lawrence led late but Ottawa surged and briefly ahead before a bobbled pass preserved the Lions win. Don Stevens and Dennis Wieneke led Lawrence while Stevens and Van Fossan paced Ottawa.
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Mike Harris
Lawrence
Lions
Ottawa
Don Stevens
Stevens
OHS
Cyclones
Dennis Wieneke
Dale Stanwix
John Thoren
Harris
Weoly
OHL
Wieneke
Lee van Fossan
Doug Underwood
Nere
Vous
Dennis Leone
Hareris
Otetawa
Olathe
LHS
Stanwix
Thoren
Schelbar
Mingos
Leone
van Fossan
MSG Opens With Hope Benefit At Astrodome East
New York AP reports the Madison Square Garden debut night featured Bob Hope hosting a USO benefit show. He nicknamed the new venue Astrodome East, calling it a handsome upgrade for wartime morale.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Bob Hope
USO
New Garden
Astrodome East
Baker Shatters 15 Game OU Strangle Hold 58 55
Baker University defeats Ottawa University 58 to 55, breaking a 15 game hold and dropping the Braves in the Kansas Conference standings. Terry Ostmeyer reports the upset, noting Baker’s late surge and the Braves’ wobbling position.
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Baker
Terry Ostmeyer Baldwin
Ottawa University
Cuihe
Ike Vila
Braves
Kansas
Area Reds Win Honors at Chetopa Car Show
Two area custom cars dominated a weekend red and custom show in Chetopa Oklahoma. Roger Ward of Ottawa won first in street Coupe and Sedan, best paint, and safest car for his 1934 Ford. Richard Butell of Bald Win, with a Model T roadster, took first in his class and top honor Best Rod of the Show.
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Chetopa
Okla
Roger Ward
Ottawa
Ford
Richard Butell
Baldwin
Pro Basketball Results and College Upsets Recap
Summary of Saturday and Sunday NBA results including New York over Philadelphia and Los Angeles stomping Boston. College action highlights Ottawa beating Baker 55 58, with Struby 23 points and Hale 14 rebounds. Baker’s first win in 16 against OU. Upcoming games noted for Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Wesleyan
Wilson Field House
Baker
Wildcats
Braves
Pet
G.B. Philadel, Es
Boston
New York
Detroit
Cincinnati
Baltimore
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Chicago
Seattle
San Diego
Killy Still King Of The Slopes
Jean-Claude Killy of France won the giant slalom to move closer to an Alpine gold medal sweep at the Winter Games. He beat Willy Favre of Switzerland by 2.22 seconds, with Bing Kidd posting the fastest time but missing a podium spot. The French star leads toward the special slalom with an overall 3:29.28 in the event.
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Grenoble
France
Jean-Claude Killy
Killy
Willy Favre
Switzerland
Bing Kidd
Kinly
Johanna Schut
Netherlands
Jeanne Ashworth
Wilmington
N.Y
Russia
Lidiya Skoblekova
Poiceman
Magnar Solberg
U.S
Favre
Kidd
Stowe
Heinrich Messner
Austria
Guy Perillat
Jimmy Heuga
Squaw Valley
Calif
Innsbruck
Heuga
Kilty
Messner
Perillat
LHS Sophs Edge Ottawa In Tight Sophomore Clash
Lawrence junior varsity beat Ottawa High School 44 to 39 at the OHS gym. Lawrence led 26-14 at halftime, Ottawa rallied to tie 30-30 in the second half before Lawrence pulled ahead in the final quarter. Ottawa’s Tetwiler and Stauffer led with 13 points each. Next game: Ottawa at Olathe Monday at 7 p.m.
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Struby
Munger
Don Burkman
Straby
Baker
Cats
Braves
Hale
Ottawa
Bob Olberding
Judenis
Paul Sapienza
Roger Shoemaker
VankErt
Guest
Olberding
Dunn
Dunham
Jue Denis
Shoemaker
Stanley
Tregemba
Ole
Shank
Brown
D. Struby
Ze2el
McGrew
Burkman
Piace
Olathe
Overbrook tops Williamsburg to share Osage County crown
Overbrook 83 Williamsburg 49 as the Gophers tie Lyndon and Carbondale atop the Osage County League. Roger Hitt scores 28, Lennis Supple 19, Gary Goff 19 for Overbrook. Tom Haag 12 and Rick Howard 11 lead Williamsburg as they drop to 11 losses in 15 games.
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Overbrook
Williamsburg
Gophers
Lyndon
Carbondale
OCL
Roger Hitt
Lenenis Supple
Gary Goff
Panthers
Tom Haag
Rick Howard
Panters
Dwight
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Olaethe
Wyandotte
Lawerence
Turner
Shawnee Mission South
Argentine
Sumner
Fort Scott
Wire
Zeke Wigglesworth
Jerry Blank
Ottawa Herald
H.K
Area Reds
THE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cleveland
Oakland
Syracuse
Uber
Withwestern
Bethany
Friends
College of Emporia
Kansas Wesleyan
Sterling
Dave Hale
Tony Juedenis
Tim Munger
Dave Struby
Wiggins
Porter-Spears
Agency
Tom Porter
Georgee Spears
Kloster
Sheldon
Tetwiler
Woolard
Stauffer
Total
Whitehead
Winter
Schmitz
Wedd
Ele
Pear
Jeltz
Mitchell
Kennett
E. R. Knight
Farmall
Chevrolet
Guy Monroe
Kelvinator Refrigerator
Fred Lutz
Myers Bros
Kansas State Bank
Tanly Baptist
Hitt
Stan Jones
Jones
Dalvis
Supple
Goft
Vanderslice
Delel
Marsh
Reece
Broyles
Ocel
Collins
Haag
Hart
Hirt
Howard
Kendall
Welborn
Billy
Uassmer
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