Rating Down But Hornets Hang On No. 1 in New Mexico
The story notes Highland’s ranking slipped by nearly ten points this week while the Hornets retained the top spot as New Mexico’s leading high school football team.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1965
Page
8
The story notes Highland’s ranking slipped by nearly ten points this week while the Hornets retained the top spot as New Mexico’s leading high school football team.
Highland crushed cross-town rival Albuquerque Sandia 44-7, narrowing the Hornets’ rating. Carlsbad rose to second after a 55-6 win over Roswell Goddard, while Hobbs jumped to third with a 38-12 victory over Roswell. Santa Fe fell to fourth after a narrow win, and Clovis moved up to fifth following a 40-7 yes. Albuquerque Rio Grande climbed from 13th to 8th with a 34-7 win over Albuquerque.
Albuquerque AP reports University of New Mexico wrestling coach Bill Bynum resigned today but will stay with the team through the current season.
The Dodgers rout the Twins 7 to 0 after a 2 run first inning and run support from Koufax and Boswell. Wills, Tracewski, Parker drive offense with two doubles and three hits. Lifters include Kaat taking the loss as Koufax earns the win and Boswell nails down the save. 99,801 attend at the field.
The Dodgers routed Minnesota 7-0 to take a 3-2 lead, with Willie Davis stealing three bases and Maury Wills collecting four hits. Sandy Koufax silenced the Twins as Dave Boswell and Jim Perry surrendered the runs, while the series shifted back to Metropolitan Stadium for two games.
Clarence P. Houston known as Pop Houston, former Tufts College athletic director and law professor, dies at 73 in Tucson. He helped form and enforce the 1947 NCAA sanity code to curb aggressive recruiting, later serving as NCAA president in 1955 56.
Undefeated lists reach seven as Artesia opens 5-0 and carries a 13 game statewide winning streak. Hobbs and Artesia collide in Artesia Friday. Albuquerque Highland 4-0 and other District leaders Bloomfield Menaul and Jal Reserve also hold perfect records amid a tight race.
Zia Junior High ninth grade Hornets rolled past Mt View Roswell 29 to 0 to finish the season 5-1 behind Johnny Craft who scored twice and Wes Shields who added a score and three extra points. Park Jr High also won 27-0 over Mesa Roswell and finishes 4-0.
Randall Matson world champion shot putter will play basketball for Texas A&M this winter. He informed Aggie coach Shelby Metcalf that he has decided to join the team. Matson stands 6 foot 7 and 255 pounds and was an all state high school basketball player in Pampa Texas. He also excelled as a football fullback and star shot putter for the West Texas school.
The Civil Aeronautics Board ordered Frontier Airlines to refund 80 729 dollars of subsidy paid in 1962. The CAB is recovering subsidy overpayments from several local service air lines under its profit sharing subsidy rate scale.
Alto, New Mexico cowboy Sonny Wright won the RCA world steer roping title in Vinita Oklahoma finals finishing fourth. He earned 582 dollars prize and raised year total to 4817 dollars.
Carrizozo improved to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in 20 action with a 20-0 victory over Cloudcroft at Cloudcroft. Halfback Eddie Lovato spearheaded the win by passing seven yards to Dusty Voss for the first TD and later returning an interception 27 yards for a score. Voss connected with Curtis Payne for the extra point, and Tommy Ortiz ran in the second allot. Ortiz added the final TD on a two-yard plunge as Carrizozo dominated with 10 first downs to Cloudcroft’s one.
Series facts from the Associated Press cover multiple games between Minnesota and Los Angeles. Highlights include game results, box scores, home runs by Fairly Killebrew Oliva Parker and Johnson, attendance figures, and distribution of receipts among clubs and leagues.
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