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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
8
Illinois fans celebrate a sixth consecutive win as they crush Tulane 105-71 in Champaign led by Dave Scholz with 24 points. Iowa, Northwestern, Drake and others also posted solid showings in a busy pre Christmas schedule.
New York quarterback Joe Namath led the AFL All Stars for 1968 after guiding the Jets to the Eastern Division title. Oakland placed seven players on the 22 man squad, with three on offense and four on defense, led by Jim Otto Gene Upshaw Hewritt Dixon and Dan Birdwell. Chiefs and other teams followed with multiple selections as Miami and Buffalo failed to place a first team pick.
The Soul Brothers won their second straight high school age basketball league game at the YMCA, improving to 2-0 while defeating Doc and the Seniors 53 to 50. Gravier scored 30, Myers 17 for the winners. Porter 23, Morrison 18 for the losers. Oaks 57 Boilermakers 54.
Readable scores show teams Slow Rollers Merry Mixers Four Spares and Gutter Snipes racing in Thursday league. High team series Slow Rollers 1986 and Mixers 1926 with Rollers also taking team game 712 versus 686 for the Mixers. Individual leaders Ama Russell 495 and Betty Ward 474 in series while Anna Munson 196 and Ama Russell 187 headline games.
Thursday results show Watson, Journal, Coast, Worley each winning twice while C and J, Boyd, and McCleery win two games. top team series Worley 2607 and Farm Service 2793 lead. Individual standout Jake Sojka posts 625 series and 225 game, with Vern Geyer 221. Also note transportation share: trucks and buses accounted for 15 percent urban and 24 percent rural travel in 1967 per the National Automobile Club.
Iowa led 30 11 early and shot 60 percent for the night. John Johnson 18 led scoring with 18 points while Ben McGilmer added 17 and Dick Jensen 16. North Dakota shot 30 percent and trailed by 19 at halftime. Miller missed the game recovering from flu. Schultz filled in as interim coach.
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