Ottawa Hopes Of Share In Title Remain Alive
Ottawa Braves beat Friends 73-60 to stay one game behind Kansas Conference leaders Bethany. Dave Owen and Clark Hay tied for scoring honors with 19 points each as Ottawa built a 33-26 halftime lead. Bethany can clinch the crown by beating Southwestern, while Ottawa must beat Baker to force a tie. The conference scramble leads to NAIA playoff at Pittsburg with Ft Hays overtime thriller deciding one game.
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Omaha
Cobotepare
Kansas State Favored In Home Stretch Play
In the Big Eight race Kansas State leads the stretch with a 7-3 mark after a 70-60 loss to Nebraska. Kansas and Colorado sit in a three way tie, with Kansas hot after a 75-67 win at Colorado. Front offices debate disputed games Thursday as standings may shift. Kansas State hosts Oklahoma while tickets sold out for the Manhattan game.
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Iowa State
Ingo Sure Of Date For Fight Ingo Sure Of Date For Fight
Heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson returns to the United States and aims for a June 22 rematch with Floyd Patterson at the Polo Grounds. Johansson says all major obstacles are settled and contracts remain, with rights to the bout to be sold to the highest bidder. Promoters expect to buy out Patterson Enterprises, Inc., for ancillary rights perhaps this week.
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Switzerland
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Feature Sports, Inc
Bolan
Patterson Enterprises, Inc
Kirksville Named Regional Site for NCAA Tournament
Kansas City report notes northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville will host the south west regional NCAA college division basketball tournament March 4-5. Four teams compete in the regional with Abilene Christian College as an at large entry and one other at large to be named, possibly Colorado College. Springfield State has previous regional history, last year losing to Evansville College in the finals.
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Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Evansville
Ind
Kirksville State Bulldogs
Abilene - Christian College
Colorado College
Springfield State
Springfield
Evansville College
South Dakota
Basketball Scores From College Games
Indiana defeated by Iowa 64 to 19 in a college matchup. Kansas posted 75 to Colorado 67 while Nebraska led Kansas State 70 to 6. Missouri beat Oklahoma State 70 to 66 and Drake overcame Wichita 61.
Wilt Runs Wild Hits 58 On Celtics Warriors Night
Wilt Chamberlain scored 58 as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks 129-122. Boston beat the Cincinnati Royals 115-108 to match its season win total of 52, with a division clinch possible at Madison Square Garden. Elgin Baylor led the Lakers past the Hawks 112-98 in Los Angeles, and Syracuse edged Detroit 122-120.
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New York
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Richie Guerin
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Memorial Sports Arena
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Minneapolis
Bob Short
Wellsville Teams Suffer Final Losses in Gardner Tournament
In the grade school basketball tournament at Gardner the Gardner B team defeated Wellsville 21 to 8. The Wellsville A team lost 9 to 48 to DeSoto, ending their season with two defeats.
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Gardner
Wellsville
DeSoto
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Hard To Pick Contestants For Cage Tournaments
Associated Press sports writer Don Weiss reports that the NCAA and NIT fields remain unsettled as conference races drag on. With March 7 and March 10 deadlines nearing, only a handful of automatic berths are decided, leaving many spots to be determined by late-season results. Ohio University clinched the Mid-American berth, while New York University and Miami Florida earned at-large spots.
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Cincinnati
Bradley
Mo. Valley
Ohio U
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Toledo
Miami
Ohio
New York U
Fla
Valley Title Decided In A Playoff Tie Report
The Associated Press notes Cincinnati and Bradley top the Missouri Valley with 9-1 records, St. Louis still possible to join. A one game playoff at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis on March 9 will decide the Valley entry to the NCAA tourney. Cincinnati faces North Texas State Wichita and Tulsa. Bradley meets Houston Tulsa Drake Des Moines Wichita. Drake faces Marquette. Oscar Robertson held to 14 as Cincinnati defeats Houston.
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Bradley
New York
Missouri Valley
Skyline
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Mo. Valley
St. Louis
Utah
Utah State
Norvall Neve
Kansas City
Kiel Auditorium
Houston
Tulsa
Wichita
Peoria
Drake
North Texas
Marquette
Des Moines
Oscar Robertson
Cougars
Paul Hogue
Bowling Scores Sunday Night Mixed League Report
Ogia McFadden team led with high series 558 after a 209 game. Naliey Walsh posted 160 480. Fiona Honn delivered 186 543. Robertson Robertson tallied 204 544. G Kunts posted 206 516, K Liegerot 193 538.
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Fiona-Christy
G. Honn
Robertson-Robertson
J. Robertson
Kunte-Raghes
G. Kunts
Miller-Lie
K. Liegerot
Lopez Says Yanks Made Mistake In Trading Siebern
Chicago White Sox manager Al Lopez says the Yankees erred in trading Norm Siebern to Kansas City. He wagers Siebern will outhit and out homer Roger Maris in KC, noting Siebern’s lefty stroke suits the park. Lopez places Cleveland as the team to beat despite strong Yankees depth.
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Fla
Chicago White Sox
al Lopez
New York Yankees
Norm Siebern
Kansas City
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Athletics
Roger Maris
Maris
Roger
New York
Kansas City Park
Cleveland
Las Vegas
White Sox
Indians
Yanks Find Gold Is Difficult To Win
In Squaw Valley the eighth winter Olympics furthers American hopes as Carol Heiss and Pen ny Pitou lead the figure skating and giant slalom contenders. Sweden and the Soviet Union pace the medal race with Lestander Staub and Skoblikova earning top event wins. Large crowds attended the sunny weekend as the valley braced for more action.
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Calif
Carol Heiss
Ozone Park
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New England
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Gilford
N.H
Betsy Suite
Norwich
Sweden
Klas Lestander
Switerland
Roger Staub
Soviet Union
Lidija Skoblikova
Germany
U.S.A
Miss Heiss
Sjourke Dijkstra
Holland
Carol
Sierra
Semi Finals Tonight In Church League
First Methodist Whites meet Trinity Methodist at 7 45 p m while Boys Club plays First Baptist at 8 20 in the junior church league tournament semifinals at the Senior High gym Calvary Baptist vs Sacred Heart 6 p m First Christian vs Main Street United Presbyterian 6 35 North Baptist vs First Methodist Greens 7 10 and Wesleyan Methodist vs First United Presbyterian 8 55 p m Also the tournament will determine all twelve places with finals next Monday night.
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Trinity Methodist
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First Baptist
Calvary Baptist
Sacred Heart
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North Baptist
Wesleyan Methodist
First United Presbyterian
John Thomas Clears 7-2 Bar In Indoor AAU Meet
John Thomas cleared 7-2 to better his own 7-1.2 indoor world record in the National AAU championships, matching the rising standard set by his Boston University rivals as he faced tougher competition.
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John Thomas
New York
Boston University
Thomas
City Bowling Honors Go To Lovina Campbell And Leona Wise
Lovina Campbell won the Ottawa Women’s Bowling Association handicap trophy with 1,824 pins and, with Louella Bennett, placed fourth in doubles. Singles leaders included Campbell with 633, followed by Alice Nutt 590 Ruth Carlson 578 and Ina Corde and Margaret Weidner 577. Leona Wise and Wilma Sowers won doubles with 1,143 pins. Anna Fredeen and M. Kampschroeder were second with 1,128. High all events scratch went to Sue Wolgast at 1,530. Team title Friday went to Fairmont with 2,905 pins, narrowly beating Moore’s by 12.
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Ottawa
Louella Bennett
Alice Nutt
Ruth Carlson
Ina Cordle
Margaret Weidner
Leona Wise
Wilma Sowers
Anna Fredeen
M. Kampschroeder
Elaine Hills
Cleo Hensick
Sue Wolgast
Nancy Lollar
Virginia Hoffman
Fairmont
Moore
Royal T
OK Bargain
Willis
Madison Garden pivotal shot seals win on late attempt
Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, a player missed his first try but soared over on the second attempt with about a half inch to spare sealing a dramatic finish.
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Madison Square Garden
Machen Faces Hunter in Madison Square Garden Fight
Eddie Machen meets Billy Hunter Friday at Madison Square Garden in a heavyweight bout. Johansson, who KO’d Machen in 1958, plans TV work and rematch chatter with Patterson. Machen, now 34-2-1, has won seven of eight since the Johansson loss and is ranked No. 5 by both the NBA and Ring. NBC will broadcast the event.
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Ingemar Johansson
Inge
Machen
Sweden
Floyd Patterson
Johansson
Patterson
Billy Hunter
Madison Square Garden
Zora Folley
Folley
Redding
Calif
National Boxing Assn
Ring
NBC
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