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Prediction:
Basketball
Scores
Wednesday’s College Basketball
Tournaments
National Junior Collge
At Hutchinson, Kan.
Winner’s Bracket
LADY COP ELECTED
mother of five, has been elected Order of Police, the first wom;
CHALLENGERS—Coach of the Year Guv Lewis (upper
left) sends his Cougars against the Bruins in rematch of
the two top-ranked clubs. Two seniors he's counting
heavily on are 6-5 guard Don Chaney (right) and 6-8 All-
American forward Elvin Hayes (lower left). Chaney and
Hayes, who can score from anywhere on the court, led
Houston to an undefeated season.
OU Lands
Roy Bell
CLINTON tAPi-One of Okla-
liomas top college football
prospects-halfback Roy Bell of
Clinton's Class A state cham-
pions—signed with the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma Wednesday
under the gaze of OU football
Coach Chuck Fairbanks.
Fairbanks drove through
Baseball Scores
Exhibition Baseball
Wednesday's Results
Pittsburgh 2. Chicago, A. 1
Houston 2. Detroit 1
New York, N, 5. Baltimore 1
St Louis 9, Los .Angeles 8, 10
innings
Oakland 6, Cincinnati 2
Atlanta 8. Minnesota 6
Chicago, N. 10, San Fran. 4
California 9, Cleveland 7
Wednesday's snowstorm to sign
the six-foot, 195-pound star per-
sonally.
Bell led the state's high
school players the past two
years in scoring, picking up 276
points as he ground out 1,842 Tampa. Fla
yards for Coach Jim Frazier’s , Los Angeles vs St Louis at
state champs. In three years at St. Petersburg Fla
Clinton, Bell gained more than
5,000 yards. I Clearwater, Fla.
He is the son of Mr and Mrs
Manley Bell of Clinton.
"The Restless Ones"
ARE COMING
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UCLA to Turn
Table on Houston?
er terr | San Jacinto, Pasadena, Tex.,
By TED MEIER | lege basketball season gets un- 89, Iowa Central, Fort Dodge
Associated Press Sports Writer der way. 73
Dayton will beat Notre Dame That is the opinion of the Mercer County CC, Trenton,
and Kansas will defeat St. Pe- writer who has followed the N.J., 82, Northeastern Colorado
tromain IMitatlonir Touriele fortunes of the Flyers, the Sterling. 1 I
mactic inar weekend or the col and the Peacocks all season. son 82
What about the return match Loser’s Bracket
of UCLA and Houston in Los An- | Robert Morris, Carthage, III.,
geles Friday night in the semifi-82, Gardner-Webb, Boiling
nals of the NCAA tournament Springs, N.C., 80
Sports
P. 6, Perry Daily Journal
Thurs., March 21, 1968
Twins
Shooting
For Flag
(Tenth in a series.)
PITTSBURGH (AP) Po- „ convention delegate of the representative in the group
licewoman Mary W. Monroe, Fort Pitt Lodge of the Fraternal 53-year history.
AN OPEN LETTER
Dear Voter:
I seek re-election as a member of the Perry School Board.
During the last five years I have honestly and genuinely attempted
to act in the best interest of all who are concerned with our educa-
for the national collegiate title0 Christian College, Dallas, 73
Our pick is UCLA to turn the Broome Tech, Binghamten,
tables on the unbeaten Cougars, N.Y., 72
tional system. I have always followed the dictates of my own con-
who ended the Bruins’ 47-game
winning streak in their Game of
the Century last Jan. 20 in Hous-
' i ton.
In the other NCAA semifinals
1 riday, the selection is North
Carolina over Ohio State.
This is the breakdown
NIT semifinals tonight. Day-
ton over Notre Dame—The play
of Don May for Dayton is ex-
By JACK HAND
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -
When Minnesota acquired John
Roseboro, Ron Perranoski and
Bob Miller from the Los An-
geles Dodgers, it was obvious
New York, A. 9, Mexico City that the Twins were shooting
Reds 1 the works for the 1968 pennant.
Friday's Games In the trade. Minnesota dealt
Atlanta vs. New York, N at off shortstop Zoilo Versalles and
West Palm Beach Fla pitcher Mudcat Grant, both in-
Cincinnati vs. Minnesota at strumental when the Twins won
the American League pennant
in 1966.
A hitting catcher and bullpen
Rhelp for 34-year-old Al Worth-
Philadelphia, vs. Oakland at ington had been high on the
shopping list of owner Calvin
Pittsburgh vs Washington at
Fort Myers, Fla.
Chicago, N, vs. California at
Palm Springs, Calif
San Francisco vs. Cleveland
at Phoenix, Ariz
New York, A, vs Baltimore
at Miami. Fla . night
Boston vs. Detroit at Lake-
land. Fla.
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Phila’phia
Boston
New York
Detroit
Cincinnati
Pro Basketball
NBA
Final Standings
Eastern Division
W. L. Pct. G.B.
have no personal ax to grind. I am not backed by any spec-
pected to be the difference. He
has been the vital factor in Day-
ton's 12-game winning streak,
much as last year when he led
Baltimore
62 20 . 756 —
54 28 . 659 8
43 39 .524 19
40 42 488 22
39 43 .476 23
36 46 439 26
Western Division
W. L. Pet. G.B.
St Louis 56 26
the Flyers to the championship
final of the NCAA tournament. 1 San Fran,
Los Angeles 52 30
ific group, cligue or clan. I feel I have proponents in all walks of life
and not just by small pressure groups who might expect certain fa-
vors or privileges.
Do not be taken in by last minute rumors. Often times rumors
Kansas over St. Peter's—the
coolness and floor generalship
of the slick passing Jo Jo White
figures to overcome the fast-
breaking Peacocks, who
astounded everyone with a run-
away 100-71 victory over Duke
last Monday
NCAA semifinals Friday
North Carolina over Ohio State
— The Tar Heels are out to re-
deem themselves for their de-
feat by Dayton in last year’s
1 semis and they don’t intend to
get sidetracked by the Buck-
eyes Larry Miller. Rusty Clark
and Charley Scott are too tough
a trio for the Big Ten champs
UCLA over Houston-Lew AI-
cindor isn’t bothered any more
by the eye trouble which ham
pered him in January when'
Houston won by two points El-
vin Hayes, Houston’s Big E
may again outscore Alcindor
but UCLA's better balance and
the so-called home advantage
should end the Cougars' 32
game winning streak
A word of caution No guaran-
tee goes with these selections.
Chicago
Seattle
San Diego
43 39
29 53
23 59
15 67
683 -
.634 4
.524 13
.354 27
280 33
183 41
fake on massive proportions, especially during an election for pub-
lic office. I have conducted a clean, above the board campaign. 1
Griffith after the Twins blew a
one-game lead with two to go at
Fenway Park last October.
We feel we strengthened two
positions," said Cal Ermer, the
manager who replaced Sam
Mele last June 9. I feel that
Versalles will come back and
have a good year with the Dodg-
ers but we helped ourself with a
regular catcher to play every
day and two good experienced
hands in the bullpen,
"I am very optimistic about
our chances We had a fantastic
race last year but it might be
even better this time I can't see
any one club breaking it wide
open. We might go into late Au-
gust or September with six or
seven clubs still in it."
Before you rush out to order
World Series tickets for Metro-
politan Stadium, heed the cau-
tion flag The Twins do not have
a regular shortstop. Third base
is a question mark. Jim Kaat’s
tender left elbow still is causing
concern.
Every time Ermer talks about
ne of the questionable spots on
the Twins he says, Well. Tovar
can play it.’ The versatility of
Cesar Tovar who drew the only
vote for Most Valuable Player
honor that Carl Yastrzemski
didn't get, is all-important to
The Twins, Rockettes and Burbank tied
A the moment it appears that for the conference girls cham-
Tovar may have to play shorts- pionship Leon Wright is coach
top because Jacck Hernandez, at Red Rock
the fine fielding shorstop from Berry, a four-year letterman
the California Angels' organiza- is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
tior hitting Rick Renick, Raymond Berry.
another prospect has been hand-
Berry Honorable
Mention For
All-State Team
Ricky Berry, senior guard
for the Red Rock Rockets, is
an honorable mention selec-
tion for a Tulsa newspaper's
all-state high school class C
basketball team
Berry is the only Santa Fe
conference player on the all-
state roster. Berry, who is 5
feet 11 inches and weighs 160
pounds, averaged 13 5 points
per game during the past sea-
son
The Rockets were cham-
pions of the Santa Fe confer-
ence with a 21-4 record. The
Wednesday’s Results
Phila’phia 137. Baltimore 119
Detroit 125, Boston 116
New York 108. Cincinnati 106
Chicago 121. San Diego 112
Today's Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
Playoffs
Western Division
San Francisco at St. Louis, 1st
game of best-of-7 series
Eastern Division
New York at Philadelphia, 1st
game of best-of-7 series.
ABA
Wednesday’s Results
Dallas 109, New Jersey 97
Houston 128. Oakland 111
Today's Games
New Orleans at Anaheim
Oakland at Dallas
Kentucky at Pittsburgh
Friday's Games
Dallas at Denver
Houston at New Orleans
Indiana at Kentucky
hope I receive the same courtesy.
I welcome and seek your support for re-election.
Sincerely,
Norman Boone
Norman Boone Believes in Keeping Abreast of Times:
Norman Boone Believes in Extension Math and Science Courses:
Norman Boone Believes in Industrial Education:
Norman Boone Believes in a Well Rounded Athletic Program:
Norman Boone Believes in a Well Rounded Music Program:
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icapped by minor injuries.
If Hernandez finally wins the
job, vacated by Versalles, To-
var may wind up at third base
where weak-hitting Ron Clark is
holding forth until Rich Rollins
completely recovers from sur-
gery on his right knee Rollins
finally made his first appear-
ance Sunday as a pinch hitter.
Another potential job for
handyman Tovar is center field
The incumbent Ted Uhlaender
normally gets off slowly and
then comes on like gangbustess.
Harmon Killebrew has settled
down comfortably at first base
Rod Carew, the Rookie of the
Year in 1967, is set at second
Bob Allison's fine comeback
as a home run hitter and RBI
man was a comforting develop-
ment last year Ermer has Rick
Reese as a platoon man in left
field for Allison Uhlaender fig-
ures to be the center fielder al-
though speedy Pat Kelly, broth-
er of Leroy Kelly of football's
Cleveland Browns, swings a
good bat.
Tony Oliva, of course, is the
right fielder. Oliva, coming off
his first sub 300 year, under
went surgery on his right knee
during the off season. The bat
ing champ of 1964 and 1965 is
anxious to get back in the thick
lot the light.
Roseboro, veteran of many
Dodger championship teams, is
due to do the heavy work as No
I catcher The veteran Jerry,
Zimmerman did most of the
work in 1967 with the help of
Russ Nixon.
Kaat remains a question
m rk because he still is taking
'il easy with that tender elbow I
Wednesday’s Fights
By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS Nev Adolph
Pruitt, 139, Los Angeles,
knocked out Johnny DePeiza,
137, Trinidad BWI, 1.
TENNIS MEET SET
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Lt.
Arthur Ashe and other Ameri-
cans are slated to join players
from at least nine other coun-
tries for the 1501 annual interna-
tional tennis tournament open-
ing here Tuesday.
TOBIN TO COACH
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP)
- Bill Tobin, who made a 77-
yard touchdown run for Mis-
souri in the 1962 Bluebonnel
bowl, was named assistant foot-
ball coach at Central Connecti
cut State College Wednesday.
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his own time, confident he will
be readv to start bearing down
by opening day
With Kaat and Jim Merritt for
left-handers and Dean Chance,
Dave Boswell and Jim Perry for
right-handers, the Twins have a
formidable staff Perranoski, i
the southpaw master of the
Dodgers pennant teams and
Miller, his right handed partner,
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Watson, Milo W. Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 75, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1968, newspaper, March 21, 1968; Perry, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2246829/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.