Christmas cage tourneys offer few surprises
The holiday basketball slate produced few shocks with multiple regional tournaments finishing with expected victors. St Joseph’s beat Rhode Island 89-64, LaSalle prevailed 77-72, and New Mexico State edged Princeton 61-56 as Duquesne topped Georgia 71-66.
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United Press International
Philadelphia
Quaker City
St. Joseph's
Rhode Island
Pat McFarland
Mike Bantam
Jim Crawford
Bob Jones
Billy Taylor
LaSalle
Southern California
John Williamson
New Mexico State
Princeton
Jack Wodrowski
Duquesne
Georgia
New York
St. John's
Tennessee
Larry Jenkins
Manhattan
Niagara
John Hurley
Fox Hunters to Meet at Cotter Saturday Morning
Local fox hunters invite men to join the weekly hunt gathering at Cotter School at 9 30 a m this Saturday December 30. Eighteen participants hunted last week with one fox killed by Donald Guy of Brighton.
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Cotter School
Donald Guy
Brighton
Franco Harris Named AFC 1972 Rookie of the Year
Pittsburgh rookie Franco Harris surged from a reserve role to rush for 1,056 yards and tie Jim Brown with six straight 100 yard games earning 38 of 39 votes for the AFC Rookie of the Year. Otis Sistrunk received a single vote.
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Franco Harris
New York
UPI
Penn State
Harris
Lydell Mitchell
Pittsburgh Steelers
Frenchy Fuqua
Preston Pearson
Jim Brown
Green Bay
John Brockington
United Press International
Otis Sistrunk
Oakland Raiders
Sistrunk
Los Angeles
Rams
Oakland
Carlton Oats
76ers fall to Hawks on last second jumper
Philadelphia 76ers lose 121-120 to Atlanta as Don May hits a 20-foot shot with one second remaining. Fred Carter and Lou Hudson lead scoring in a game that also sees Houston Rockets defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 136-104.
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Philadelphia 76Ers
Roy Rubin
Atlanta
Don May
Hawks
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Lakers
76Ers
Fred Carter
May
Rubin
Pete Maravich
Maravich
Lou Hudson
Leroy Ellis
Carter
Don Smith
Houston
Lakers
Rockets
Jack Marin
Rudy Tomjanovich
Mike Newlin
Jimmy Walker
Gail Goodrich
Wilt Chamberlain
Drake Routs Hawks 98-80 Behind Reserves Davis Kilgore
Drake defeats intrastate rival Iowa 98-80 as reserves Craig Davis and Cleo Kilgore spark a fast break and push the Bulldogs to 6-1. Davis scores 25, Kilgore 19, while Drake forces 20 turnovers and outrebounds 50-49.
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Army
St. Louis
Alan Hornyak
Ohio State
Yale
Cincinnati
Lloyd Batts
Penn
George Frazier
Marquette
Northwestern
Craig Davis
Drake
Iowa
DES Moines
UPI
Cleo Kilgore
Davis
Kilgore
Bulldogs
Hawkeyes
Dennis Bell
David Langston
Tony Johnson
Candy LaPrince
Kevin Kunnert
Hawks
Mid Prairie Girls Lose Consolation Tilt to Vinton
Mid Prairie despite several Florida based players falls 86 to 60 to Vinton in Sigourney tournament consolation. Debbie Kos earns all tournament team with 10 rebounds and four interceptions. Diane Hesson leads Vinton with 42 points. Mid Prairie next faces Clear Creek on January 9.
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Wellman
Mid - Prairie
Florida
Sigourney
Vinton
Debbie Kos
Mid Prairie
Brenda Bush
Diane Hesson
Cindy Jacobson
Jody Anderson
Tri - County
Nancy Kos
Alice Schreck
Sue Raymond
Joan Miller
Mid - Prairie Girls
Clear Creek
Dropping Rent Controls Seen in Phase III Plan
UPI reports administration officials expect Phase III of Nixon’s program to ease rent controls next year and revise the profit margin rule. Herbert Stein and George Shultz cite supply, price and paperwork concerns while considering a one-year extension of the Stabilization Act.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Treasury
George P Shultz
Cost of Living Council
Shultz
Congress
Ice fishing yields big perch on Midwest lakes
Ice anglers report a strong perch bite at Okoboji Spirit and Spirit lakes with Roy Keller, Dave Comes, and local bait shop owners noting 32 perch and a five-pound walleye landed. Anglers praise healthy yellow perch, with guides naming Gull Point Anglers Bay and Miller’s Bay as productive spots.
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Okoboji
Spirit Lakes
Roy Keller
Dave Comes
White Oaks
Arnolds Park
Millers Bay
West Okoboji
Gull Point
Spirit Lake
Buffalo Run
Red Nose Point
Jerry Watts
Marathon
Hale’s Slough
Iowa
Great Lakes
Smith’s Bay
Miller's Bay
South Wins Blue Gray Tilt in Montgomery
The South defeated the North 27 to 15 in the 35th Blue Gray game at Cramton Bowl Montgomery. Don Strock earned MVP honors while Ken Phares and Frank Dowsing halted Blue drives with interceptions. A crowd of 20 000 watched the Lions Club charity matchup televised nationally.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Mississippi State
Ken Phares
Clinton la
Tony Adams
Utah State
Frank Dowsing
Adams
Don Strock
Virginia Tech
Strock
Jim Hodge
Arkansas
Ken Garrett
Wake Forest
Phares
Tom Forzani
Eddie Sheats
Kansas
Bill Sadler
Texas Christian
Mark Williams
Rice
Dennis Morrison
Kansas State
Doug Winslow
Drake
Martin Januszkiewicz
Syracuse
Morrison
Peter van Valkenberg
Brigham Young
Blues
Lions Club
Cramton Bowl
Prisoners seek minimum wage and union at Washington State Prison
Convicts at Washington State Prison push for a labor union and a minimum wage of 1.75 dollars per hour for work inside. A petition to organize Local 1 of the Inmates Union is sent to the governor and AFL-CIO. Letters from labor leaders arrive but leaders express little support amid a busy legislative session. The prisoners aim to support families outside.
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Monroe, Wash
UPI
Washington State Prison
Afl-Cio
Charles K. Agers
George Meany
Washington State Labor Council
Joe Davis
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