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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
9
Sophia and Shady Spring pursue section 12 AA title berths at Beckley Recreation Building after tough Thursday games. Sophia faces Stratton while Shady meets Marsh Fork with winners meeting Saturday for the championship.
Morris Harvey is forced to a deciding game after a 61-60 win over West Virginia Tech on Thursday night. Joe Kinder drilled two late free throws in the final 28 seconds to seal the victory and tie the best of three series after Tech had earlier won 68-66 in Charleston in overtime.
John Uelsen, fully recovered from influenza, returns to Madison Square Garden to seek another 16 foot vault at the 43rd Knights of Columbus track meet. He previously cleared 16 14 at Millrose and 16 feet 3 4 inches at Boston, but illness and a recent layoff slowed him. Opponents Henry Wadsworth and Rolando Cruz are listed as top rivals with Tarzan Bragg’s meet record of 15 3/4 feet in reach. Nine AAU champions join the field including John Thomas, Gary Gubner, Frank Budd, and Hayes Jones, while Jim Beatty sits out. Tom O'Hara of Loyola is favored in the mile.
Oceana High School, led by Lonnie Dancy with 23 points and Larry Cook with 15, dominated Baileysville 79 to 51 in the Section 11 AA tournament at Mullens. The Indians built a 40 17 halftime lead, outscoring the Rough Riders in all but the third quarter. Baileysville’s Kenny Hatfield led visitors with 17 points, while Ford Cook added 12. Oceana advances to face Mullens or Pineville for the Section crown Saturday night.
Sonny Liston and attorney Morton Witkin planned a joint statement at 10 a.m. EST in Philadelphia on the status of negotiations for a title bout with heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. Liston had rejected Championship Sports Inc. offer of 12 1/4 percent of net proceeds plus a $200 000 guaranteed, prompting Patterson’s camp to react.
The Cincinnati Royals can clinch a tie for second in the Western Division with a win tonight over the Detroit Pistons in Fort Wayne Indiana. A victory would boost their record to 41-35 with four games left while Detroit could finish no better than 41-39. Coach Charley Wolf rested his starters Thursday in a 137-108 defeat at Syracuse. Al Bianchi led Syracuse with 29 points and Joe Roberts had 24, while Arlen Bockhorn topped the Royals with 17.
Chicago report says the NCAA and AAU battle for control of U S track and gymnastics advances toward a split. The NCAA gathers supporters to push organizing federations to oversee the two sports in the United States. By Tuesday the organizations likely will be completed.
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