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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1962

Page

8

Haystack Calhoun Earns His $150 000 Yearly Scufflin

Arkansas giant Haystack Calhoun, billed as The Gentle Giant, draws huge crowds in wrestling, earning over $150 000 a year. He weighs about 600 pounds, keeps up a heavy diet, and wrestles three to four nights weekly with partner Ray Willmer, facing the von Brauner duo in Chicago and Miami Beach events.

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Buckeyes Lead UPI Poll Atop Major College Rankings

New York United Press International ranking places Ohio State first with 13-0 mark and 34 first place votes. Cincinnati 13-2 sits second, Kentucky 13-1 third, with Southern Cal and Kansas State rounding the top five as second 10 and others follow among notable programs.

NEW York UPI United Press International Ohio State Cincinnati Kentucky Southern Cal Kansas State Duquesne Bradley Villanova Duke Oregon State Wichita Bowling Green Mississippi State West Virginia Utah Stanford Colorado St. John’s N.Y Arizona State Santa Clara Houston Utah State Colorado State Texas Tech Loyola Calif

Lucas Powers Ohio Past Boilermakers

Ohio State guard Terry Dischinger’s knee and finger issue couldn’t stop the Buckeyes from a 91-65 win over Purdue in Columbus. Jerry Lucas scored 32 to Dischinger’s 9 with 25 rebounds as Ohio State remains undefeated atop the Big Ten. Havlicek added 16 and Purdue’s Tim McGinley led with 19.

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Ford Wins Playoff For Crosby Title

Dashing Doug Ford captured the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur title at Pebble Beach to win $5,300 and a $1,000 pro-am prize, moving to the top of postwar earnings with $283,338. Joe Campbell earned $3,400 for second as 16 professionals finished under par. Phil Rodgers finished third at even par with $2,200.

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Mid-Prairie Girls Rout North Mahaska 90 69 in Key Showdown

Mid-Prairie upsets North Mahaska 90 to 69 as Shirley Niffenegger scores 40 and Judy Slemmons adds 32 to pace the 8 5 team. Sara Sheehy leads North Mahaska with 45. Reserve game 39 36 for Mid Prairie. Next up Grandview Friday.

Westchester Mid- Prairie Girls North Mahaska Bill Kephart Shirley Niffenegger Judy Slemmons Mid-Prairie Sara Sheehy Mid-Prairie Girls Julia Hobbs Mid- Prairie Marilyn Grove North Mahaska Reserves Grandview

Wrestling Squad In Action Here Tonight

Washington High School wrestlers will face Muscatine matmen in a home meet starting at 6 30 p m The B team opens the evening followed by the A squad in action. local fans urged to attend.

Wrestling Squad Washington High School Muscatine

Demons Split With Fairfield Teams In Doubleheader

Washington hosted Fairfield Trojans with the freshmen losing 21 to 43 while the varsity junior squad won 57 to 54. Demons led early and trailed 25 to 11 at halftime, and Scranton and Novak each had five points.

Washington Fairfield Trojans Junter Scranton Novak Demons Holden Brown Trojan Jayvees Bob McClure Hugh Dougall Doug Shalla Don Kos Tom Brown Bob Bonar Joe Redlinger Bob Krotz Bob Koehler Dale Eatinger Joe Jones Wayne Kauffman Haas Dunbar Trojans

Junior Bowling League Results and Standings

Laundry beat Randall 3 0 and Carson beat Sportshop 2 1. Twink's Radiator defeated Melody Lanes 2 1 while Davis Paints edged Tack ers 2 1. Melody Lanes posted team series 1657 and team game 576 with Sportshop 566. Individual leaders Tom Lowe 508 series and 176 game. Larry Dittrich 480 series and 19 percent game.

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