San Angelo Tops Texas 4A Football Poll
San Angelo rises to No. 1 in Class 4A after Baytown Sterling loses to Galena Park, despite facing unbeaten Midland High this week. Other notes include Holliday entering Class A, and several upsets reshaping 4A, 2A, and 3A rankings across the state.
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San Angelo
Associated Press
Notch
Baytown Sterling
Galena Park
Midland
Holliday
Diana
White
Oak
Gregory Portland
Friendswood
Big Sandy
San Antonio
San Antonio Churchill
South Garland
Mesquite
John Tyler
Longview
Rivercrest
Winnsoboro
Reagan County
Ozona
Linden-Kildare
Stinnett and
Troop
White Oak
Rice blacks protest suspension of team member
Dismissal of a Rice University football player, Edwin Collins, sparked unrest among Black teammates who held at least two meetings to discuss the incident. Coach Al Conover has not reinstated Collins despite his apology, while players urged peace and avoided comment.
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Rice
Houston
Rice University
Edwin Collins
al Conover
Collins
Conover
Cornelius Walker
McCoy McLemore
Ed Lofton
McLemore
Mlemore
cLemore
Owls
Southern Methodist
Oval track boys meet road course regulars
Riverside California sees 12 drivers including Revson Donohue Fittipaldi compete in four 30 lap races for 160000 prize. Oval stars Pearson Allison Petty Unser Foyt etc adapt to Porsche Carrera cars on Riverside course amid spins and close times.
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Riverside
Calif
Peter Revson
Revson
Daytona Beach
Fla
David Pearson
Bobby Allison
Richard Petty
Bobby Unser
A.J. Foyt
Roger McCluskey
Gordon Johncock
Indianapolis
Mark Donohue
Emerson Fittipaldi
Dennis Hulme
George Follmer
Johncock
Oval
Donohue
Unser
Pearson
Fittipaldi
Allison
Follmer
Petty
Foyt
Hulme
McCluskey
Bull Bowl pits East Lansing cops against student Freaks
In East Lansing Michigan the annual Bull Bowl pitted the police known as the Pigs against student Freaks in a 9 to 6 sudden death win for the Freaks. The event drew 12 000 spectators and raised funds for ALSAC with a 48000 dollar post game donation by Danny Thomas.
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East Lansing
Mich
Men of Law
FBI
Chuck Rose
Michigan State
Atrolman
Mike Harrington
Spartan Stadium
St. Judes’ Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
ALSAC
Danny Thomas
Duffy Daughtery
Notre Dame Defense Tops College Football Metrics
Notre Dame's defense ranks in the top 10 in every major team category as per today’s release, leading in total defense at 141.2 yards per game while ranking high in rushing defense scoring defense pass defense and punting. The Irish, undefeated, meet USC in a clash of unbeatens as Notre Dame misses starter Niehaus with a season ending injury.
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New York
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Southern California
Trojans
Ross Browner
Jim Stock
Steve Niehaus
Harvard
Michigan
Penn State
Nebraska
New Mexico
Crenshaw to compete in Texas Open in San Antonio
AP report says Ben Crenshaw, former Texas Longhorn, will definitely contest the $125,000 Texas Open in San Antonio though the field will skip golf star Lee Trevino. Crenshaw may need to qualify for a PGA Tour card via a weeklong South Carolina event and then qualify locally.
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San Antonio, Tex
APGA
University of Texas Longhorn
Ben Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Lee Trevino
South Carolina
Gordon Glenz
PGA
Glenz
Young Crenshaw
Crensaw
Woodlake Golf Club
Fort Worth
Basketball comes of age in a changing era
The piece traces basketball’s rise from fringe sport to elite athlete status, noting 24 second clock, widened foul lanes, and increased physicality as key evolutions. Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West are highlighted as symbols of power and prowess in a sport once dismissed as sissy.
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NEW York
NBA
Mideast
America
Agnew
Ted
Crutel
Nixon
San Clemente
England
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Sissy
Charleston
Beyer
FBI
Jerry West
Wilt Chamberlain
James Naismith
NHL Expands to 14 Teams With Buffalo and Vancouver
The National Hockey League added Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver with 14 teams in 1970-71. The league had previously expanded to 16 teams last season by welcoming the Atlanta Flames and the New York Islanders.
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National Hockey League
Buffalo
Vancouver
B.C
Atlanta
New York Islanders
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Jim McCloskey
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