Ohio State Opens Fast Start In Early Basketball Run
Ohio State tops Wake Forest 84 62 as three Big Ten rivals Purdue Illinois and Michigan State also win Purdue beat Detroit 91 66 Illinois defeated Oklahoma 72 60 Michigan State routed Tulsa 90 70 Other Big Ten teams win and lose with Indiana Kansas State 89 78 Northwestern Missouri 84 69 Wisconsin Cincinnati 86 67 Buckeyes rely on Lucas Nowell Havlicek in the win Garland leads Purdue with 26 against Detroit Deschinger 23 Illinois 7 28 1 point effort Mort loses for Oklahoma partycrashers in track and field results.
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Ilinois
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Ficene
Gurney Retains Nassau Trophy With Fast Race
Dan Gurney of Montebello California drives the Lotus XTX to a record 90.796 mph to win the Nassau Trophy race for the second straight year. He finishes 87 seconds ahead of Roger Penske of Villanova, Pennsylvania, earning $5,000 in prize money.
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Mexico City
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Tex
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London
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Southbridge
Mass
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Buck) Fulp
Anderson
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Stirling Moss
Pete Lovely
Seattle
Wash
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Bellingham
Cooper
Nassau
Bahamas
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1962 PGA Tour to Award Nearly $2 Million in Prizes
PGA president Lou Strong announced the 1962 schedule with nearly $2 million in prize money for spring and summer events. The Thunderbird Classic in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, leads a roster including the Oklahoma City Open and Motor City Open returning after a year off. Five events increase purses, boosting totals for Greensboro Open, Tournament of Champions, Western Open, Houston Classic, and Memphis Invitational. Additional $600,000 on the winter tour and $350,000 for the fall tour bring total purses higher than ever.
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Professional Golfer's Association
PGA
Upper Montclair
N.J
Packers Sign No 2 Draft Choice Blaine
The Green Bay Packers have signed their No 2 collegiate draft pick Ed Blaine a 6 foot 2 inch 230 pound tackle from Missouri He will be tried at offensive guard by the Packers.
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San Francisco
Green Bay Packers
Ed Blaine
University of Missouri
Blaine
Packers
Prep Schedule for Tuesday and Friday and Saturday games
The schedule lists basketball games for Tuesday December 12 Friday December 15 and Saturday December 16. Teams include Red Bud at Ashley Mound City at Mounds Okairville at Steeleville Tamaroa at Vergennes Ridgway at Rosiclare and more across numerous venues. Notable matchups feature Cobden at Trico and Carterville at Shawnee on Tuesday and Mt Vernon at West Frankfort on Saturday among others.
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Trico
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Christopher
Zeigler
Elkville
U. School
Perryville
Chester
Benton
Marion
Centralia
Herrin
West Frankfort
Harrisburg
Coulterville
Knudson Caps Florida Golf
Shirley Knudson watches husband George win the Coral Gables open, defeating Gay Brewer by one stroke to finish 11 under par at 273. Brewer had the low round of the day, 65, for 274, earning second money of 1,900 dollars.
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Crystal River
Camellia Bowl repeat promised after 1862 game
Pittsburg State of Kansas defeated Linfield of Oregon 12 to 7 in the Camellia Bowl before 10 006 spectators. Officials promise a repeat of the college football championship in Carbondale Sacramento amid poor attendance. Don McKenney named Boston Bruins captain replacing Fern Flaman with Providence Reds.
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Knicks Buy Al Butler From Celtics
New York clinched a deal to acquire Al Butler a 6 2 rookie from Boston with the Knicks placing Doug Kistler a 9 rookie from Duke on waivers to clear the roster space.
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New York Knickerbockers
National Basketball Association
Niagara
Doug Kistler
Duke
Schulz of Notre Dame Signs with Rams in NFL
Clay Schulz, a 190 pound Notre Dame quarterback who played mostly on defense, signed with the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL. The 6-2 back from Schofield Wisconsin earned letters in his sophomore and junior years but played only three Irish games this season due to injuries. Schulz, 21, is the fourth Notre Dame player to sign a pro contract in the past week, all with NFL teams.
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Schofield
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Weekend Fights Las Vegas title bouts noted
In Las Vegas Nevada Gene Fullmer from West Jordan Utah knocked out Benny Kid Paret in a middleweight title bout. In Tokyo Kaitsuzo Nakamura outpointed Antonio Corea and Rodolfo Marshall from Panama outpointed Bunny Grant in lightweight action.
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West Jordan
Utah
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Kid) Paret
Cu Iba
Tokyo
Kaitsuzo Nakamura
Antonio Corea
Mexico
Panama
Rodolfo Marshall
Bunny Grant
Jamaica
Southern Illini Race Is Close in Conference Play
The Southern Illini race tightens as Eldorado visits Metropolis and McLeansboro travels to Johnston City, with three league games decided by 62-61, 72-70 and 56-55. Standings show Metropolis and McLeansboro near top amid a tight race. The report notes Jack Evans, 33, scored his first goal for Chicago in Detroit last October after 195 NHL games.
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Eldorado
Metropolis
McLeansboro
Johnston City
Norris City
Jack
Tex) Evans
Chicago
Detroit
Unclear High School Scores Across Illinois Iowa District
Fragmentary OCR listing multiple high school basketball scores and matchups across Champaign Quincy Davenport Central Rock Island Galesburg Batavia East Moline Decatur Pekin and other locales with partial results including two overtimes and varied team totals.
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Ville
Red Bud
Tri
Marissa
Dupo
Bethalto
Davenport Central
Moline
Clinton
Iowa
East
Cedar: Rapids Jefferson
Rock Island
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