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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1968
Page
4
The Bulls defeated the Celtics 95 84 in a Tuesday game as Chicago pulled away in the final minutes. Bob Boozer led Chicago with 21 points while Sam Jones paced Boston with 19 as the Celtics appeared slowed by a tough NBA schedule.
Eastern Division leaders Minnesota Muskies see their lead shrink to 10 percentage points after a 112-109 loss to Dallas while Pittsburgh Pipers beat Kentucky 105-97 to extend their win streak to 14. Connie Hawkins scored 18 in the second half as Charlie Williams led Pittsburgh with 28. Dallas held off Minnesota with a balanced attack led by Beasley Hagan and McHartley. Other results: New Orleans over New Jersey, Denver over Indiana, Oakland over Anaheim.
UCLA holds the No 1 spot with an unbeaten 8-0-? season and 42 straight wins as UCLA, Oklahoma City, Columbia, and Vanderbilt surge into the top 10 after holiday tournament wins. Houston, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee hover in the upper ranks while St Johns climbs to the second ten.
Houston extended its win streak to 14 with a 91-65 victory over Michigan, led by Elvin Hayes with 31 points. The Cougars, two games from facing UCLA on Jan. 20 in the Astrodome, set a school mark with 15 straight wins dating to last season and prepare for Centenary and West Texas State before meeting the Bruins. Detroit beat Indiana 99-93 in a double figures win for all five Titans, while Vanderbilt edged Alabama 67-61 and Drake defeated Memphis State 76-75 in overtime on Will McCarter's late jumper.
Daryle Lamonica of the Oakland Raiders named United Press International AFL Player of the Year after guiding the Raiders to a 13 1 season and Western Division title. The Raiders, 40 7 champions over Houston in the AFL final, will face Green Bay in the next Super Bowl. Lamonica led a dramatic rise from reserve to starter after a trade from Buffalo.
The piece muses on how easy sports nicknames used to fit eras before the 1960s, noting teams like the Pirates and Steelers, and questions how many major pro teams exist today across many leagues, with Pittsburgh teams such as the Phantoms Pipers Penguins cited as examples.
A playful rant riffs on sports team names across leagues, swapping cities and meanings. It muses whether teams like the Penguins and Oaks can defeat rivals, and questions if famous clubs such as the Lakers Dodgers 76ers Seahawks Cardinals Bulls and more are real teams or mere wordplay.
The Arizona Sports Pacing Association plans a two day road race at the 2.0 mile Phoenix International Raceway track with International Conference of Sports Car Clubs sanctioning and Sunnyslope Chamber of Commerce sponsorship. Notable entrants include Ed Like Ken Bagnall Dick Carbaghall Doug Roe Don Roberts and a rear engined AMT Car. Tickets cost 2 in advance and 4 at the gate.
Saguaro hosts Mesa Jackrabbits at 7 p.m. Friday in Saguaro gym marking return to the mats. Arcadia and Scottsdale wrestle at home with Titans hosting Casa Grande at 5 p.m. and Scottsdale meeting McClintock at 7 p.m. Friday. Arcadia faces Coronado in a rematch after a league loss. Saguaro meets Scottsdale Beavers in a key basketball return.
Don Meredith says he is emotionally spent after Cowboys fall in NFL title bid and will decide in about two months whether to continue playing He denies a newspaper report that he plans retirement to join a Dallas brokerage firm and do sports broadcasting, stating no definite decision yet.
Ray Nitschke rejects being called an animal or madman by Dan Reeves and Tom Brookshier. Reeves recalled an incident in which Nitschke kicked a Cowboys player, yet credited the Packers captain with key defensive play that halted Dallas late in the game.
United Press International reports Lou Jankowski of Phoenix scored his 350th career goal as the Roadrunners beat an opponent to pull within one point of fourth place San Diego. Tommy McVie added an insurance tally at 16 07 of the final period and Gilles Banville earned a shutout bounce back win. Bruce Carmichael tested Banville in the first, but Banville held firm. Action resumes Friday with Phoenix at San Diego and Seattle at Vancouver.
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