Baker Is First NFL Draft Choice
Heisman winner Terry Baker of Oregon State was selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the NFL draft. The Rams also held Chicago Bears’ first round choice from a trade. The draft order followed coin tosses among eight teams to set inverse standings and ensure fair first selections. Green Bay led with 27 choices, while Pittsburgh had 13 players in 20 rounds.
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Chicago
UPI
Terry Baker
Oregon State
Los Angeles Rams
Baker
Beavers
Los Angeles
Rams
Chicago Bears
Joe Marconi
St. Louis Cardinals
Jerry Stovall
Louisiana State
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Minnesota
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
New York
Green Bay
Cham
Pion
Riverside Tops Iowa City In Tight Saturday Showdown
Riverside defeated University High of Iowa City 47 to 43 on the road. Dean Yordy led Riverside with 16 points, John Weber added 10, Ron Rath 8, while Gingerich scored 16 for Iowa City. Riverside reserves lost 51 to 36 to Iowa City underclassmen. next Riverside varsity game at Oxford Tuesday.
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Dean Yordy
University High
Iowa City
Yordy
John Weber
Ron Rath
Ron Robertson
Koser
Oxford
Owen Leads Demon Cage Scoring in Early Season
Demon forward-center Brian Owen leads the scoring with 49 points through three non-conference games. Jerry Stalder and Bob McClure trail with 43 and 42 points respectively, as Washington prepares to start conference play on Friday December 7 against Fairfield.
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Owen
McClure
Stalder
Brian Owen
Demons
Jerry Stalder
Bob McClure
Joe Jones
Waco
Mike Steele
John Mulcahy
Roger Flory
Allan Hunsaker
Wacc Warriors
Washington
Fairfield
Men's Bowling Thursday Niners League Standings
Ful O Pep edged by 23 13 as Phillips Drug and Martin Cleaners trail with 21 15 and 18 18 respectively. Falk Clothiers posted high team series 2612 and team game 892. Montgomery led with 575 in series and Paul topped games with 223.
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Ful-O-Pep
Phillips Drug
Martin Cleaners
Carpenters Union
Evening Journal
Ross Bulldozers
Falk Clothiers
Old Pioneers
Falk
Journal
Falks
Montgomery
Howsare
Paul
J Waxgenknecht
Ten Years Ago Today Raymond Rich Secures Plate Number One
Ten years ago Raymond W Rich of Crawfordsville waited since 9 o’clock Sunday evening to buy number one license plates from the county treasurer. He obtained the 1952 plate at 8 o’clock this morning after a vigil at the courthouse begun at 9 o’clock on Sunday night with a friend.
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Raymond W Rich
Crawfordsville
Rich
Court House
Mid-Prairie Girls Fall to Cardinal in Selma Showdown
Mid-Prairie girls lost 62 to 45 to Cardinal at Selma Saturday night. Cardinal led 33 to 20 at halftime and 52 to 29 after three periods. Marty Kaprich scored 42 for Cardinal while Judy Slemmons had 26 and Julia Hobbs 16 for Mid-Prairie. Reserve result was 48 to 40 with Barbara Slake scoring 33. Mid-Prairie faces Durant on December 14.
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Wellman
Mid - Prairie
Cardinal District
Selma
Marty Kaprich
Cardinal
Judy Slemmons
Julia Hobbs
Mid-Prairie
Barbara Slake
Diana Statler
Rhonda Fhrenfelt
Durant
Mixed Bowling Jokers Top B and H 2-1
Jokers 1892 beats B and H 1646 plus 3. Nuggets beat Untouchables 2-1 Nuggets 1649 plus 15 Untouchables 1696. Wall Outs beat R and L 2-1 1891. M n Ts beat Head Pins 2-1 Ts 2016 plus 81 Pins 1861. Team Series T s 2016 Jokers 1892. Team Game Pins 726 T s 717. Individual Series Buck Murphy 583 Helen Potter 504. Individual Game Lowell Carroll 236 Helen Potter 181.
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Wall Outs
M'n T's
T's
Jokers
Pins
T’s
Buck Murphy
Helen Potter
Lowell Carroll
Bowling Scores From Evening League Standings
Four-Niners total 1668 plus 180 for 1848, Pin Busters 1778, Nite Bawks 1774, Sleepers 1711 plus 117, Splitters 1913, Odd Balls 1672 plus 204, Bleach Combers 1770 plus 57, Hits and Mrs 1855. Team series Splitters 1913 and Hits and Mrs 1855. Team game Hits and Mrs 686 Splitters 661. Tod Crone top in series 579 and game 219. Marge Sorrell and Maxine Zieglowsky each 182 in games. Zieglowsky 500 in series.
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Splitters
Tod Crone
Maxine Zieglowsky
Marge Sorrell
Marengo Bowlers Lead in Tall Corn Tourney Weekend
Marengo bowlers dominated the opening weekend of the Tall Corn Bowling Tourney at Melody Lanes. Haddy led all events with 2009, including a 1931 scratch total and a 735 scratch doubles mark. Unofficial leaders list teams Lucky Six Lanes Marengo 3075 Pearl Lanes Muscatine 3031 Falk Clothing Washington 2947.
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Marengo
Melody Lanes
Haddy
Wayne Marston
Pearl
Musca
Tine
Falk Clothing
Washington
Bohstedt
Danskin
Black
Powlak
van Wartz
Jensen
Muscatine
Krotz
Anderson
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