Salukis capture Las Vegas Invitational title in rout
Southern Illinois University’s Salukis swept Nevada 85 82 and Montana 88 66 to claim the Las Vegas Invitational crown. Dick Garrett Chuck Benson and Bruce Butchko starred with 28 20 and 18 points respectively as Willie Griffin and Rex Barker backed the win with strong boards and scoring.
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Carbondale
Las Vegas
Nevada City
Montana
Nevada Southern
Dick Garrett
Chuck Benson
Bruce Butchko
Chuck
Bruce
Jim Smelser
Jack Hartman
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas City
Kansas State
SIU
Benson
Butchko
Garrett
Southern
Willie Griffin
Roger Westbrook
Griffin
Liu
Nevada
Smelser
Oklahoma
Northern Michigan
Loyola
Texas Christian University
Abilene Christian
Salukis
Southwest Missouri State
St. Peter’s
Rex Barker
Southern Barker
Westbrook
Garett
Watson
Watkins
Riley
Chapman
Lyons
Findlay
Shuttered scores recall odd basketball shutouts
In a reader filled reminiscence, 1958 59 St Charles and Batavia in the Little Seven share a 3 0 shutout win by Batavia as St Charles misses all five shots. Ted Loveless recalls 1933 Coatsburg Urs a 54 0 loss with no personal fouls.
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St. Charles
Batavia
Little Seven
Upstate
Keith McNeil
Carbondale
George
Babe
Baptist
Jack Brens
Wisconsin
New York
Ted Loveless
Murphysboro
Coatsburg
Ursa
Quincy
Loveless
Jets win AFL title as Namath to Maynard seals comeback
In a dramatic AFL championship at Shea Stadium the New York Jets erased a 23-20 deficit with a late scoring drive led by Joe Namath. Namath connected a 52 yard strike to Don Maynard and a six yard TD pass to Maynard after George Atkinson had an interception. Maynard starred with key receptions and a late touchdown as New York defeated Oakland 27-23 to reach the Super Bowl.
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George Atkinson
Oakland
Don Maynard
Shea Stadium
New York
Atkinson
Joe Namath
May‘nard
Jets
Weeb Ewbank
Namath
George Sauer
Maynard
George Blanda
Wno
Ben Davidson
Ike Lassiter
Former area stars visit Carbondale tourney
Two former area athletes visited the Carbondale tournament on Saturday. Bill Norwood of Centralia, now a Chicago airline pilot, was a Saluki quarterback a decade ago, a notable black player in that role. Garri son Newsome, Shawneetown’s star guard in 1954, later played at SIU and STU and is now a Chicago-area teacher.
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SIU
Carbondale
Bill Norwood
Centralia
Chicago
Saluki
Norwood
Garrison Newsome
Shawneetown
Indians
Princeton
Joe Ruklick
Herrin
Anna
Ron Gray
Itchy’ Jones
Newsome
Gray
Tigers
Stu
Matte powers Colts past Browns with three TDs
Tom Matte ran 17 times for 88 yards and scored three touchdowns to lift the Baltimore Colts 34 0 over Cleveland. He left with a back injury after a tackle but his performance cemented his reputation as a strong ground gainer despite ulcers and past doubts.
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Tom Matte
Baltimore
Cleveland
Colts
Matte
Johnny Unitas
Gary Cuozzo
Green Bay
Browns
Dick Spasoff
Tom
Bruce
New York Jets
Morrall
Jerry Hill
Colts Reach Super Bowl as Morrall Leads Stifling Win Over Browns
Baltimore’s Earl Morrall capped a long career with an NFL title after the Colts cruised past Cleveland 34 0 to advance to a Super Bowl date with the New York Jets in Miami on January 12. Morrall’s defense held Leroy Kelly and the Browns to 28 rushing yards as the Colts gained 184 on the ground and held Nelson to two interceptions.
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Baltimore
Colts
Cleveland
New York Jets
Miami
Morrall
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Detroit
New York
Jets
Namath
Mike Curtis
Bill Nelson
Bubba Smith
Doncockroft
Don Shula
Wood
Weeb Ewbank
Shula
Ewbank
Browns
Leroy Kelly
Kelly
Rick Volk
Curtis
Don Shinnick
Ordell Braase
Nelsen
Ryan
Fred Miller
Blanton Collier
Nelson
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Meridian
Aston
Fletcher
Kahok
Northwestern
Mush Bassey
Columbia
Basketball Hall of Fame
Massachusetts
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Granite City
Champaign
Dike
A.F.L
Joe
the Raiders
Hal Back
Pete Banaszak
Sauer
Raiders
Bill Mathis
Gus Otto
Lakland
Oakland Raiders Sun
Mike Ratcher
The
Associated Press
Pontiac Bonneville
Chrysler New Yorker
Jim Pearl, Inc
North Illinois
Sykes
Mary
W. Cherry Herrin
Uniroyal Tire
Jake’s Tire and Recap, Inc
E. Main O’dale
N. Court
Marien
E. Madison
Cbs-Tv
Charles Pautier
C.l.wake
Murphysbore
Don Smith
Dwight
Busch Carbondale
Robert Bahr
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