Centralia Meet Tops Holiday Basketball Tournaments
Centralia hosts a three day mid winter classic drawing top Illinois teams including New Trier Winnetka Belleville Benton Rockford Auburn Champaign Glenn Danville and Pinckneyville with 23 games. The 19th annual event runs Tuesday through Friday with scheduled matchups and late December action at Centralia and nearby sites.
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Anna Jonesbhoro
Pontiac
Sparta
Paris
Seh
Centralia
New
Winnetka
Belleville
Benton
Rockford
Auburn
Champaign
Herrin
Marion
Carbondale
Decar “Eisenhower
Edwardsville
Wood River
Salem
Shelbyville
Peoria
Manual
Pinckneyville
Bryan, Williams
Danville
Schlarman
Murphysboro
Johnston City
du Quoin
Attucks
McLeansboro
Carrier Mills
East St. Louis
Madison
Quincy
Collins-ville
Breese Mater Dei
Freeburg
Basketball Tournament Schedule Across Illinois Cities
Detailed daily game lineup for Bree se Mater Dei East St Louis Centralia McLeansboro and surrounding towns. Includes matchups such as Marion of Chicago Heights vs Waterloo St Peter and Paul and Mater Dei vs Mt Pulaski with semifinals and finals dates. Tournament notes mention consolation brackets and blind draw in Sesser Royallon Zeigler and Christopher.
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Warrensburg - Latham
Nighland St. Paul
Marion
Chicago Heights
Waterloo St. Peter and Paul
Decatuir Sb
Teresa
Wisi
St. Louis Assumption
Mater Dei
Mt Pulaski
Rangers Dominate Black Hawks 7 3 With Henry Hat Trick
New York Rangers routed Chicago 7 3 as Camille Henry, the smallest Ranger at 140 pounds, delivered a hat trick and two assists. Andy Bathgate added four assists, boosting New York to a solid fourth place lead in the league. The win followed a 6 1 Detroit victory and a 5 point margin over Chicago, with Henry reaching 17 goals this season.
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New York
New York Rangers
Camille Henry
Chicago Black Hawks
Rangers
Detroit
Montreal
Black Hawks
Henry
Andy Bathgate
Pat Hannigan
Pum
Chargers and Oilers face AFL title clash in Houston
San Diego and Houston prepare for the AFL championship with Houston led by George Blanda and Billy Cannon while San Diego relies on Sid Gillman’s offense. Kickoff at 3 30 CST, expected 34 500 crowd, national TV audience. Blanda, the league passer, heads a high scoring unit as both teams seek the second AFL crown.
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San Diego
Calif
Young
American’ Football League
Houston
Oilers
Chargers
George Blanda
Billy Common Iand
Happy Lowe
WTVP
Wally Lemm
Griffith Beats Logart In Television Welterweight Bout
In New York on December 23 Emile Griffith defeated Cuba's Tsaae Logart in a 10 round television welterweight bout. Griffith, former lightweight champion, needed a strong finish in the final round to secure a split decision and defend his March 24 title light with Pavet.
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New York
Neil-York
Emile Griffith
Forso
Benny Parethy
Cuba
Tsaae’ Logart
Griffith
Pavet
College Basketball Scores From Various Matches
Cornell 72 tilingis 66 Ohio State 92 Penn State 49 Northwestern 93 Brown 74 Michigan State 77 Buller 72 Marquette 69 Minnesota 83 Town St 83 Indiana 70 Bradley 105 W Michigan 83 Louisville 86 Kentucky Wes Santa Clara 1 Tulsa 47 Wittenboro 91 U of Wisco Milwaukee Branch 43 Oklahoma St 74 Abilene Colorado St 52 Oklahoma 41 St Francis Pa 102 Tex Southern 7 Illinois Normal 64 Indiana Vanderbilt 77 Missouri 65 Houston 4 Auburn 4g Utah 9a St Mary's Cal 66 Southern Cal 74 Utah Sti Wisconsin St Teachers 72 cage Mini 60 UCLA 6 Texas A&M 71.
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Cornell
Tilingis
Ohio State
Penn State
Northwestern
Brown
Michigan State
Buller
Marquette
Minnesota
Town St
Indiana
Bradley
W. Michigan
Louisville
Kentucky
Wes
Santa Clara
Tulsa
Wittenbero
U. of Wisco
Milwaukee Branch
Oklahoma St
Abilene
Colorado St
Oklahoma
St. Francis
Tex Southern
Illinois Normal
Vanderbilt
Missouri
Houston
Kentucky Tops Kansas State In Title Game
Lexington Kentucky December 23 AP sharpshooting Larry Parsifal sparked Kentucky to an 80 67 upset victory over Kansas State for the championship of the University of Kentucky Invitational basketball tournament Parsifal set a tournament field peal record and Kentucky used strong free throw shooting to pull away 35 26 at halftime and 44 30 start to the second half Kansas State star Mike Wroblewski had 22 points as the Wildcats improve to 6 1 while Kansas State suffers its first loss in eight tries Parsifal and Carroll Burchett led Kentucky in scoring as they outpaced Kansas State 16 2 for the halftime edge and Parsifal's two game total reached 52 points breaking the tournament record old mark 56 set by Ron Johnson of Minnesota in 1956
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Lexington
Parsifal
Kentucky
Kansas State
University of Kentucky
Tennessee
Kavier
Ohio
al Beecy
Kansas
State
Mike Wroblewski
Carroll’ Burchett
Wildcats
Ron Johnson
Minnesota
Danville
Lincoln
Maroni
Decatur
Peoria
Craley
Jackson
Httle
Newlson
Peking
Eisenhofer
Joe Russell
Springfield
Collinsville
Chub
Centralia
Rockford
Auburn
Alonzo Levis
Dick Johnson
Rodger Alberts
Dolph Stanley
Jasper Robinson
Stanton
Ulrich
McLeansboro
Herb Williams
Herrin
Marion
Harrisburg
Mt. Vernon
Eisenhower
Wood River
Walloping
Carbondale
Tigers
Mitchell
John Tidwell
Richard Box
Ken Doughty
Manion
Benton Rangers
Ted’ Osman
Jayvee
Chester
Murphyshare
du Quoin
John Cherry
Centratia
Bob Horton Oilers
Aston
Edwardsville
Granite “City
Effingham
Michigan State Pulls Away To Beat Butler 77 72
Michigan State Spartans break a six six tie in the final four minutes to defeat Butler 77 72 in Indianapolis. Lonnie Sanders with 17 and Art Schwarm 16 pace MSU as Stan Chandler key fast break bucket. MSU shoots 43.8 percent 32 of 73 to Butler 54.7 percent 29 of 53. Rebounds MSU 48 Butler 41. Also note Cleveland 132 Pittsburgh 117 in the American Basketball League.
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Indianapolis
Michigan State
Spartans
Butler University
Buller
Tom Bowma
Pave Jeime
Intrmiss Bowman
Lonnié Sanders
Art Schwarm
Spartan
Stan Chandler
Butler
The
Bulldogs
Rutgers Center Kroll Marries After Weather Delays
Rutgers University center Alex Kroll and Miss Phyllis Benford 21 were wed in a civil ceremony by Mayor Kenneth Oka at a Shelbourne hotel in Miami Beach. Rain forced indoors. a veil was misplaced and the marriage certificate unsigned until after delays. The couple, from Leechburg Pennsylvania and Smith College, appeared in disarray but married as planned between football goal posts.
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Alex’ Kroll
Rutgers
Phyllis Benford
Smith College
Miami Beach
Alex. Kroll
Rutgers University Center
Phyllis ‘Benford
Kenneth, Oka
Shelbourne
Ple
John Bateman
Botti Kroll
Leechburg
Blanda Ready To Sign For 2 More Years
Houston Oilers quarterback George Blanda is reported to have agreed to a new two year contract, with owner K I Adams and personnel director John Breen saying signing is likely after the AFL title game against the San Diego Chargers. Breen noted terms were not disclosed and coach Wally Lemin said he was unaware of the agreement.
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San Diego
Calif
George. Blanda
Houston Oilers
John Breen
Oilers
Breen
K. I
Adams
Blanda
San Diego Chargers
Wally Lemin
Home Run Baker Hospitalized in Haston Maryland
Hall of Fame slugger Home Run Baker has been hospitalized at Easton Memorial Hospital in Haston Maryland with a serious condition. The Philadelphia Athletics legend, famed for his 1911 World Series heroics against the New York Giants, faced a critical moment after a Thursday rush and remains under observation.
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Haston
Brank
Baker
Easton Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Jone
Bradley
Homer
Torsi
Manny
Newsome
Western Michigan
Christy Mathewson
Gary
Ind
Chet Walker
AY. A
America
Ohio State Defeats Penn State 99 to 49 in Columbus
Ohio State led 52 to 27 at halftime and rolled to a 99 49 victory over Penn State. Starters Lucas and Havlicek sat long in the second half as reserves built the lead, Havlicek scoring 20 and Lucas 13. Gene Harris topped PSU with 14 points.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio’ State
Stringer
Penn State
Cagers
Buckeyes
Ohio State
Jerry Lucas
John Havlicek
Havylicek
Lucas
Gene Harris
Cavalanche Turf Victorious in Miami Beach Handicap
Cavalanche, ridden by Manuel Gomez, won the first division of the Miami Beach Handicap at Tropical Park by eight lengths in 1 40 1/5. Rough Note finished second with Grey lengths behind Princegret, and Subtle edged Good Fight in the intriguing second division.
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Miami
Fla
William Patteen
Cavalanche
Miami Beach
Tropical Park
Su Ka Wa
Bacte
Manuel Gomez
J Princegret
Bradley Easy Winner 105 83 in Chicago indoor meet
Bradley led the Saluki track team to a 105 83 victory at the University of Chicago indoor meet on Friday night. Jared Nourse of Duke set a meet record 9 00.9 in the two mile, while Juana Thomas finished second at 9 07. Other times noted included Hyke VanDerval 1 53 3 in the two mile, and Tom O Hara of Loyola close behind in 4 12 6. The Salukis will skip the Sugar Bowl week and resume indoors January 13 at the Chicagoland arms Open.
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University
University of Chicago
Juana Thomas Naced
Jared Nourse
Duke
Thomas
Bill Cornell
Jim Dupree
Hiad
Hyke VanDerval
Nebraska
Mike Brazier
Peoria
Bradley
Sadukis
Western Michigan
Chicagoland
Centralia tourney field includes Auburn Benton Belleville
A rundown of the 16 teams entered at Centralia shows Auburn Benton Belleville and Herrin as upper bracket favorites while Pinckneyville Centralia and New Trier anchor the lower bracket. Champaign and Marion fight for relevance as New Trier struggles and others lag.
NBA Scores Mix On Night Of Higher Scoring Games
The National Basketball Association saw the Boston Celtics fall to the New York Knicks 12 to 111 while the Los Angeles Lakers posted 128 and the St Louis Hawks 128 beat Detroit 134 and Cincinnati 125 in a high scoring slate.
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Boston
New York
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York Beats Chicago and Detroit. Boston Triumphs
In NHL action the New York team defeated Chicago 7 to 3 and Detroit 7 to 4, while Boston posted a 7 to 4 victory in another game. Strong scoring shows dominant offense across three matchups.
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Royallon
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Treeburg
Dupo
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Bobby Crawford
Lee Cabutti
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