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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1966
Page
8
Houston Cougars rise as a strong independent basketball team after a 92-81 overtime win over Baylor on their Texas home court. Joe Hamood led with 27 points, Darrell Hardy tied regulation at 83-83, and Houston has now won 11 of 12 after an early 3-game skid.
Cincinnati beats St Josephs 71 66 in a tight MVC clash as John Howard tops scoring with 26 points. Drake dispatches Iowa State 74 71 with balanced scoring led by Netolicky 16 Watson 15 Jeter 15 and Lovee 12. Smith 30 for ISU rebounds 24 a single game record, marking Drake sweep over Cyclones this season.
Rangers top Detroit 4 3 as Jean Ratelle and line mates Fleming and Hadfield fuel late scoring to snap Detroit's three game unbeaten run. Chicago beat Montreal 4 2 as Hull nets 39th and Esposito adds two to close within two points of the leaders.
The Southern Illinois Salukis move up in the AP small-college basketball poll after two wins last week boosting their record to 10-3. Grambling rises to second, North Dakota slips to third after mixed results. Evansville and Tennessee State losses helped the Salukis.
Proximity, famed trotting mare retired in 1951, was humanely destroyed at Castleton Farm Lexington after a broken hip. The 24 year old in foal to Diller Hanover died following veterinarian consensus. Her owner’s son, Gordon Verhurst, learned of the death by phone at Roosevelt Raceway where he serves as presiding judge. Proximity won 99 races in 195 starts and earned $25,929.
A Preakness festival patterned after Louisville’s Derby celebration was proposed to Governor Tawes and Baltimore Mayor McKeldin. A governor mayor committee urged immediate work so the festival could be held.
Elgin Baylor shakes off knee trouble as he and Jerry West power the Lakers to a 126-110 win over the Pistons in Detroit. West and Baylor score 21 each, Boozer adds 21, Strander leads Detroit with 22 as Knicks top Warriors 115-103 in the opener.
Moberly Mo. is rated No 1 in the NJCAA coaches poll after reclaiming the top spot. The team stands 12-2 this season, with Burlington IA at 10-2, Mineral Area MO 1461 ranked fifth, and Pratt KS 10-2 at 15th. Wayne Leron leads scoring with 34.5 ppg over 11 games. Wesley of Dover DE tops team offense with 114.7 ppg.
A listing of individual high scores across multiple leagues including COMMERCIAL LEAGUE TODD'S MOBILE HOMES and ELBOW LOUNGE with bowlers such as Kramer Simmons Crites Elder Dengel Rhoades Keller Bien Marks and others achieving top marks. Scores range from 142 to 992 with team affiliations including PRINCE TON OIL OTTAWA BUS SERVICE and K OF C THREE O.
In New York AP, Bill Crothers faces Kenya’s Kip Keino in the Wanamaker Mile at Millrose Games with a 3:58 pace in mind. The meet also features pole vault hopeful John Pennel aiming at 17 feet and a high jump duel between John Thomas and Frank Costello, plus a star-filled mile field including Odlozil Day Forman and Leps. Keino, a 26 year old Kenyan policeman, brings world marks and a recent indoor 3:54.2 outdoor mile, while indoors he has two recent LA races and a loss to Grelle before a two mile win.
Roosevelt Dunn a 20 year old Hayward State College forward and transfer from Monterey Peninsula College died Wednesday night from a heart seizure during halftime of a Far Western Conference game against San Francisco State. He played most of the first half and was removed by coach Glen Albaugh as the Gators led 36 to 26. the game was forfeited after his death.
Iowa State sophomore Don Smith from Brooklyn gained attention as a rising Big Eight rebound threat. Rebounding at 15.2 per conference game after six games, he trails Wilt Chamberlain's 510-season record and Bill Bridges's 211 league rebounds, while also contributing as the team's No. 6 scorer. Whitney, a New York area coach, persuaded Ames to give Smith a scholarship, and Iowa State leads in rebounding while improving shooting and free-throw percentages.
MU's basketball coach Bob Vanatta, 47, denied retirement rumors after a Memphis report said he planned to leave coaching after the season. He said he has no plans to retire and cited ongoing efforts to recruit and improve Missouri's program despite a 2011 season.
Pro Basketball results include New York 115 over San Francisco 103 and Los Angeles 126 over Detroit 110. Friday’s games feature Detroit at Boston with Cincinnati at Philadelphia and Baltimore at Los Angeles, plus Boston vs Detroit in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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