The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • Page 45

Indiana Comeback Tops 'Burg The Indiana Junior High School team came back from a dne-polnt deficit to score a 30-28 victory over the Saltsburg Junior High Trojans yesterday In an Indiana County Junior High League game. Indiana had taken a 4-3 lead in the first period, then led by 13-11 at the half, but the Trojans came back to go ahead by one following the third stanza, 2M1. Tom Wingrove led the way for the winners with eight points, while Brad Putt and Bill Tocci netted seven apiece. Saltsburg was led by Bob Oa- brtelson's eight points, The Indiana eighth-grade squad scored a 5048 decision in the preliminary game, as Ed Peightal pumped in 12 points for the winners and Bob Fa- senmayer hit the hoop for eight for Saltsburg. The Indiana team is now 3-1 on the season and the eighth-grade squad is 4-0.

id ay Hoop Tourneys I ma'' By TED MEIER AP gpfrrtf Wffter Victor the Bear may be the top performer tohlghi BS the merry whirl or Christmas day tournaments in college basketball up momentum, No player he, Victor, will perform at halftlme of the Syracuse-Tennessee game at Knoxville that concludes the first round of the Volunteer Classic, one of seven major holiday affairs scheduled. Victor Is listed to wrestle with volunteers from the crowd as part of the entertainment designed to supplement the actual play on the court. Between the Holy Cross-Missouri game that opens the first round the Little Big Orange Basketeers will perform and during Saturday's final activities there will be a fashion show with "Bathing Beauties," Although drubbed by Mar- queue in their last game Hie $oto are favored the tptitlft' for Ihe seventh think our team Is ready to play good said Tennessee Coath Ray Wears, "But the thing tfiat worries me Is (hat the fist of the field is unusually strong, All three challengers have moved out to a fast start," Missouri Is perhaps the strongest challenger. The Tigers from the Big Eight are unbeaten in five games and have Jumped to 12th in the Associated Press rankings. Providence meets South Carolina and Santa Clara battles Utah in the Ute Classic at Salt Lake City while In the Jayhawk Classic at Lawrence it's San Francisco vs, Army and Texas Tech vs.

Kansas. Purdue takes on Western Kentucky and Southern Cali- fornia tsjitted against Aubtrm Injhe Trojan Classic at in the Big Fotfr ai Qreffisbwo.fiC,. ira Nartfc Cafollfia vs. Duke ami Wall Forest vs. North Carolina State, In the other major tourneys starting tonight, Oregon meets Cojoradd State ahd Nebraska fates Kentucky In the UK at Lexington, while in the Marshall Invitational at Hunt- ingtoiv W.Va., Princeton Is pitted against second-ranked Florida State and Baylor goes against Marshall, West Texas State won sixth straight as a feature of the comparatively few games played Thursday night.

The Buffaloes beat St. Peters 10081 led by Jerry Christian who scored 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds. Ev Fopma also threw in 25 points for Idaho State as the Bengals from the Big Sky Conference from the tmi State downed 78-80 HampshftV fata, land overcame Vt and Seton Mall thumped ner 93-44 in other, gtmes; Ironstone Dies SUDBUftV, Ont, Funeral services were held Thursday for Joe -Ironstdne, former National Hockey League goaltender who died Tuesday at the age of 75, Ironstone joined the Ottawa Senators of the NHL In 1024 and later moved to' the New York Americans, BOBCAT HOOPERS The Elderton Bobcats will play their third game in a row at Home tonight against St. Fidelis in only one of the eight basketball contests on tap for area fans. The John Galcik coached Cats are currently in with a 2-4 record.

They are, left to right, row 1 Tom Wingard, Rod Geafhart, Tom Spencer and Don Hankey. Row 2 Paul Rosenberger, Steve Baker and Dave Cornish. Missing when the picture was taken were Pat Dickman, John Risko; Art Bush and Barry Elgin. (Gazette photo by Peel) Steelers To Clinch Central Scribe Tabs 49ers Over Vikings For West Title SAITSIURG Adami Joint GabrldiM DtlFavtro Trybui Ctraway luil 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 INDIANA 0 luHflaugh 000 Pull MitrMt Zmmtmon Thtmai jffiltlni later lotd McCoy Wlngrovi 3 1 1 000 0 0 0 2 2 4 000 0 2 2 2 3 7 000 321 McPhtrion 000 Trials 9 I Totals 10 10 30 Solhburg 3 8 II Indiana 4 8 9-30 dorfl, liianlc By HUBERT MIZELL Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Steve Spurrier was perhaps college football's greatest all-time clutch quarterback. When the final card fell, No.

11 from Florida was almost always held the ace. It Won him the Heisman Trophy in 1966. Spurrier, in first legitimate pro opportunity after five seasons on the sideline telephone, can make the San Francisco 49ers look both happy and silly Saturday afternoon. My choice is for the 49ers to nudge Minnesota 17-14 in a somewhat-brutal Candlestick Park matchup, taking the National Conference West title and the final NFL playoff berth. A 49er triumph wipes out the hopes of Atlanta and Los Angeles, but a San Francisco loss will toss title chances down the line with the Falcons getting the next try at glory.

With a 7-and-5 frown from last week's upsetting results, we turn for the 14th and final regular season week with a .745 percentage oh 85 correct selections and 29 wrong. Here's the other 12 this week: DOLPHINS 21, COLTS 17- Miami celebrates the first 14-0 NFL season in history in Saturday's other NFL offering, but not before its hottest rival puts a scare the Orange Bowl's 80,000. STEELERS 24, CHARGERS sewing up the. NFC Central for burgh. FALCONS 17, CHIEFS 10- Just in case San Francisco stumbles, Atlanta will be hungry to step in.

RAMS 20, LIONS 10-Just in case the 49ers and Falcons stumble, the Rams will happily enter the playoff castle through the servants' entrance) BROWNS 27, JETS needs this one since, coupled with a Sari Diego upset of Pittsburgh, it could wrest the NFC Central title for the Browns. REDSKINS 28, BILLS 7- Washington marks time, tuning up against Buffalo for their playoff battle with Green Bay on Christmas Eve, RAIDERS 34, BEARS 10- Same story here, Oakland waiting to see whether it'll be playing at Pittsburgh or Cleveland in the playoffs. PACKERS 27, NEW ORLEANS 14-Ditto. COWBOYS 27, GIANTS Dallas, unlike the Red skins, Raiders and Packers, can't afford to fall asleep against the improved Giants or somebody might join Chuck Howley on the clinic list. BENGALS 20, OILERS 7- Houston already has the No.

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