76ers Beat Bullets To Extend Jinx Loss
In a 125-120 Philadelphia over Baltimore game, Chet Walker 34 and Bill Cunningham 31 lead the 76ers past the Bullets, who end a nine game Bullets win streak but still trail in the East. Lakers hold 5.5 game lead over Atlanta with West scoring the late winner. Hudson tops Hawks with 28.
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Baltimore Bullets
National Basketball Association
Philadelphia
Baltimore
76Ers
Bullets
Chet Walker
Bill Cunningham
Los Angeles Lakers
Atlanta
Detroit Pistons
Hawks
Seattle
Boston Celtics
Milwaukee Bucks
Chicago Bulls
Cincinnati Royals
San Francisco Warriors
Phoenix Suns
Jerry West
Lakers
Dave Bing
Detroit
Lou Hudson
U S Team Regains World Davis Cup
The United States captured the Davis Cup in Adelaide as Bob Lutz and Stan Smith defeated Australia’s John Alexander and Ray Ruffels in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-2. Singles wins by Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner helped the U S take an insurmountable lead in the best three-out-of-five series.
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Adelaide
Australia
UPI
United States
Bob Lutz
Stan Smith
John Alexander
Ray Ruffels
Arthur Ashe
Richmond
Clark Graebner
New York
Yanks
Ruffels
Graebmer
Bill Bowrey
Graebner
Ashe
Bowrey
U.S
Donald Dell
Yanna
Dell
Harry Hopman
Alexander
Smith
Lutz
University of Southern California
Alexander Held
Lutz Held
England
France
Pineda Wins Final Santa Anita Race in Tight Turf Card
Alvaro Pineda, back in California, scores aboard Beau Bravo for $14.20 in the last race at Santa Anita. He ends a three-day drought after facing Angel Cordero Jr. in a high‑stakes national riding chase. Cordero extends his lead with four wins at Tropical Park and strong showings elsewhere.
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Alvaro Pineda
California
Santa Anita
Tropical Park
Pineda
Angel Cordero Jr
Beau Bravo
Tropical
Cordero
Mt. Vesuvius
Thomas G. Brown
Laurel
Javier Canessa
Dave Whited
Fair Grounds
Steve Schwartz
Latonia
All-Pro football team chosen by NFL players
Earl Morrall headlines the 1968 All-Players All-Pro selections by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. The 640 NFL players vote a schedule of offense and defense led by John Mackey, Paul Warfield, Gale Sayers, Leroy Kelly, Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus and Bob Lilly. Special ceremony set for January 16 at Television City with Jonathan Winters as host.
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National Football Lea
Earl Morrall
Murray Olderman
Newspaper Enterprise Association
National Football League
Kramer
Ringo
Packers
NFL
Paul Warfield
Cleveland
Clifton McNeil
San Francisco
Browns
49Ers
Robert Brown
Philadelphia
Deacon -Jones
Los Angeles
Deacon
Gino Marchetti
Carl Eller
Minnesota
Vikings
Bob Lilly
Dallas
Merlin Olsen
Baby Huey
Dick Butkus
Chicago
Ray Nitschke
Cornell Green
Lem Barney
Detroit
Larry Wilson
St. Louis
Batzer
Rick Volk
Baltimore
Barney
Television City
Hollywood
Jonathan Winters
Bill Crawford
NEA
Panasonic
Fieldcrest
CBS
John Mackey
Ralph Neely
Gene Hickerson
Howard Mudd
Mick Tingelhoff
Leroy Kelly
Gale
Green Bay
Jackie Smith
Carrol Dale
Roy
Holiday Festival showdown as Tar Heels face Villanova in New York
North Carolina ranked No 2 meets fifth-ranked Villanova at the Holiday Festival in New York with UCLA looming in the finals. Kansas, No 8, beat Nebraska 82-56 as Jo Jo White scored a career high 29 points. Other tournament results span Oklahoma City, Gainesville and Portland with notable wins by Oklahoma, Baylor, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern.
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Charles Richards
UPI
North Carolina
Villanova
New York
Ucla Bruins
UCLA
Lew Alcindor
Jin
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Jayhawks
Jo Jo White
Colorado
Oklahoma
Greenville
N.C
Baylor
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Delaware
Virginia
Air Force
East Carolina
Cornell
Upsala
Paterson State
Monmouth College
City College of New York
New Jersey
Upper Montclair
N.J
New Britain
Canadiens Rally Past Maple Leafs 4-2 For East Lead
Montreal Canadiens, defending Stanley Cup champions, erased a 2-1 deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 and move one point ahead of idle Boston in the East. Bobby Rousseau flashy backhanded the go-ahead goal at 17:58 of the second period, with John Ferguson adding insurance at 13:31 of the final period after Toronto had led 2-1. Ralph Backstrom opened the scoring for Montreal. St. Louis Blues came from two down to top the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2, with Jim Roberts and Gary Sabourin scoring twice in 90 seconds as St. Louis extended its home win streak.
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Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs
Canadiens
Boston Bruins
Bobby Rousseau
Bruce Gamble
John Ferguson
Toronto
Murray Oliver
Norm Altman
Henri Richard
Maple Leaf
Gamble
Ralph Backstrom
Montreal
St. Louis Blues
Pittsburgh Penguins
Jim
Penguins and Rangers win as goals pile up in NHL action
Val Fonteyne and Gene Abriaco sparked a 2-0 Penguins lead before Noel Picard added a fourth season goal to cut it to 2-1 after two periods. The Rangers beat the Seals 3-1 behind Reg Fleming, Phil Goyette and Dave Balon, extending Oakland’s losing streak to eight. Gary Jarrett notched Seals 16th of the season, Balon his first in 24 games, and Danny Grant scored late as Minnesota tied Los Angeles 4-4 with 1:58 left. Bill Flett struck twice for the Kings and Danny O’Shea added two for Minnesota.
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Gene Abriaco
Penguins
Noel Picard
New York Rangers
Oakland Seals
Reg Fleming
Phil Goyette
Dave Balon
Rangers
Oakland
West Coast
Fleming
Goyette
Gary Smith
Gary Jarrett
Seals
Balon
Danny Grant
Minnesota North Stars
Los Angeles Kings
Bill Flett
Kings
Danny O’shea
Minnesota
High School and College Basketball Scores Mixed
A holiday tourney lineup shows Flemington over Weston 83 70 in St Patrick’s opening round while Lewis County JV posted 79 over Burnsville 32. Colleges highlight Rainbow Classic Santa Clara 72 over West Virginia 58 and Northwestern 76 over Florida 72 in Jacksonville.
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Texas A&m
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Tulane
Northwestern
Florida
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Georgia
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Fla
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Ore
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CCNY
Midwest
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Albion
Taylor
Ind
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