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II TAH TEAM DEFEAT ED66ers, Wingfoots AdvanceindritinonastorFo AAU Semifinals TodayDENVER (BfflThf Philmyomky.'msn*eptirylips 66ers and the GoodyearWingfoots. the first and second seeded teams, along with Federal Old Line Insurance and Tennessee State University, advanced to the semi-final rounds today In the National AAU basketball tournament in Denver.fret $ressThe 66ers humbled Sav-On Stores of Ogden. Utah, 106* 65; Federal Old Line dumped A1 Maroone Ford. 84-78: Ten nessee upset the seeded Service Jets. 86-84. and the Goodyear Wingfoots eked out a 68-64 win over Denver Federal Savings in quarterfinal games Monday night.THE DEFENDING champion 66ers stretched a 48-41 halftime lead into 10 points at the start of the second half and continued to pour in the points, Sav-on outre-bounded the Bartlesville. Okla., team 50-45, but couldnot keen up with Phillip’storrid 50 1 per cent from thafieldSTuesday, March 24, 1964Kovals Meetowarri SaidiA trainCeltics TonightBv U. P. InternationalA. DodirersThe Cincinnati Royals bring! the National Basketball-Assn,’s most valuable player! and rookie of the year plus a 1-0 playoff record into Philadelphia’s Comvention Hall tonight. where they hope to take one more step toward anEastern Division showdownThe Wingfoots were out-shot and out rebounded by thescrappy Denver club, but made up the difference on charity lane. Denver took 45 rebounds to Akron’s 33. made 28 of 90 shots from the field to Akron's 26 of 57, but managed only 8 free throws to Goodyear s 16.TENNESSEE came ungluedin the second half afterbuilding a 50-38 halftime bulge and beat the Jets w th two charity shots after Larry Nixon was fouled by LeRoy Jackson in the final two seconds.Federal Old Line withstood a second-half surge after a48-34 lead at the intermissionto knock off A1 Maroone Fordof Williamsville, N. Y , 84-78. THE TOURNAMENT endsWednesday with the Cham-pionship playoff between the winners of tonight s gamesand the playoff for third place.
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