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Panama City News-Herald from Panama City, Florida • Page 7

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'age PANAMA CITY NEWS, r.iiwnia Oily, Wednesday Feb. 2g, 19G8 MARQUETTE STUMBLES IN CAGE POLL Houston On Top With 26-0 Record By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and wind up the campaign next "Three of the nation's ranking Monday night against West Tex- college basketball teams, State. eluding toivrated Houston, got UCLA has throe games logoff to excellent starts this week, i against Stanford Friday North Carolina, 22-1, 'accumu- and New Mexico. The Bonnies remained unbcat 7 SO HERE I AM ABOUT TO SEE SCHOOL NURSE. But Marquette stumbled just as it started to climb.

i Houston lifted its season; record to 26-0 Monday night by 1 defeating Hardin-Simmons 105-1 82. Kentucky, No. 5, clinched! the Southeastern Conference crown with an S9-57 triumph over Auburn. Louisville, the only new team in The Associated Press' poll this week, trounched Memphis State. The Cardinals had moved into ninth place.

Marquette, however, was beaten by Xavicr of Ohio SS-S3 in overtime. The Warriors hail climbed from 10th to eighth lated 258 points in tlis voting and held onto third place. There en by defeating Creighton and were no changes either in the Canisius last week for their 19th next four positions as St. Bonav-iand 20th victories, and! cnture held fourth place fol-, Louisville replaced SHE'LL PROBABLE JUSTTAKE AW TEMPERATE AND LOOK AT Mf MAVBE SHE'll TAKE A BLOOP HOPE SHE DOESN'T TAKE A IF SHE fABfmS BtfLORATOW SURSERV, I'LL SCREAM California Saturday night Southern California on March 9. i lowed by Kentucky, Columbia Vander- Move On To Discuss 3 2- Nation Boycott LONDON (APi call a special meeting of the International Olympic Committee to discuss the 32-nation boycott caused by South Africa's readmission to the games is buildin pl'ace in the latest vote based on Olympic officials said Tues- move to of Ethiopia, would be seeking his third straight marathon crown at Mexico City and Kenya has a quartet of middle distance runners, headed by Kip- choge Keino, that ranks with world's best.

games through last Saturday. Houston received 25 first- place votes and 321 points in the balloting by a national panel of 33 sports writers. UCLA, 21-1, day. Giulio Oncsti, president of the Italian Olympic has Brundagc, IOC call a special asked Avery held second place. The Bruins president, to collected eight votes for the No.

i meeting and other delegates aic bilt among the ranking teams, The Commodores, ninth last week, were beaten by Georgia 91-77 for their fifth loss of the season. Duke, eighth a week ago, slipped to 10th after losing to South Carolina. 1. Houston (25) 25-0 321 2. UCLA (8) 2M 305 3.

North Carolina 22-1 253' 4. St. Bonaventure 20-0 2201 5. Kentucky 19-4 177 6. Columbia 19-3 133 7.

New Mexico 12-2 135! 8. Marquette 20-3 68 9. Louisville 18-6 10. Duke 18-4 Others receiving votes, listed alphabetically: Army, Bowling Green, Davidson, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, AAiami, New Mexico State, Purdue, Santa Clara, So'Jth Carolina, Southern California, Tennessee, Utah, Vanderbilt, Villanova. UjUELL, TtS LUCKV flNNlE GOT IT SMQV ANYWAY! HOW, MCTCH TUftT DOORi ER-DO "WJSEEAVAULT DOOR? WE DOHT SEE DOOR? THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW! REAL LUCKY WE THAT VAULT DOOR SHUT 'FORE THEY FOUND VT SURE LUCKY WE FOUND OUT THOSE GOONS HAD BUSTED IN HERE, 'FORE THEY FOUND US) THfiT WAS A CLOSE ONE: IT STILL IS! 1 spot and 305 points.

The Cougars have only two games remaining on their regular season schedule. They face Virginia Tech Saturday night Flood Signs prepared to back up the re-i (AP) The New York Mets re- qixst, officials said. I Brundagc has said he saw no Nets Solving Weight Problem ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. league strikeout sensation, is up I ST.

LOUIS (AP) Outfielder Curt Flood signed his 1968 con- tr'act with the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals Tuesday for an estimated $75,000. A Cardinals spokesman said the centcrficlder agreed to terms in a telephone conversation with senior vice president Stan. Musial in St. Louis.

A club spokesman said Flood planned to fly from St. Louis to Redbird ti-'aining quarters at Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday. Flood's signing puts together possibility of a meeting being called, but IOC rules state that a meeting must be held if one- third of the 71-nation body requests it. Monday, 32 African nations withdrew from the games, scheduled for Oct.

12-27 in Mexico City, to protest South Africa's participation. South Africa was barred from the 1964 games because of its racial policies, but was readmitted this year after promising to send an integrated team. Trials for the team will be segregated, however. The Marquess of Exeter, an influential member of the IOC, agreed with Brundagc that no special meeting should be 20 pounds from last spring to 194 and the Mets figure the added weight will benefit his throwing. ceived a couple of happy surprises Tuesday when some early arrivals in their spring training- camp stepped on the scales.

Shortstop Bud Harrelson, perhaps the lightest player in the league, weighed in at 149 pounds and quipped, "I got fined for being one pound underweight." The Mets also completed a Pitcher Nolan Ryan, a minor deal made earlier this week that sent catcher John Sullivan to Philadelphia's San Diego farm club. New York's Jacksonville farm optioned outfielder Johnny Lewis to San Diego in return for outfielder Bill Sorrell. Another young pitcher, Les Rohr, has lost 10 excess pounds and came in at 216. Rohr was 21 for the Mets at the end of last season. Reds Minus 8 Players a Cardinal outfield valued at about $250,000 in salary terms.

Roger JMaris in right field is in 1hc S75.00C category and Lou Brock in the $65,000 area. The 30-ye'ar-old veteran of 10 years in the majors batted .335 for the Cardinals last season, second-best to Brock. Flood was on the disabled list part of last year because of arm troubles, but he said today he is in good shape. "My throwing arm feels great --100 per cent, just the way it did in the world series," Flood said. Flood described the contract as a "happy medium" between his wishes and those of the Cardinals.

"The price was some place in the middle of what we both put up at first, he said. had exhaustive debates on the re-entry of South Africa," he said. "We took a postal vote on the issue and the vote was substantially in favor of South Africa's re-entry. "The world would think it very strange if two weeks later we had another meeting to dis- yet our cuss the whole business again after making up minds--not just the minds of the members present in Grenoble for the Winter Olympics, but by all members of the committee. 'Those who were not present in Grenoble had a copy ot the TAMPA, Fla.

(AP) The Cincinnati Reds still are minus eight unsigned players as infielders and outfielders joined pitchers and catchers Tuesday for spring training. The eight who haven't agreed to terms arc pitchers Jim Malo- n.ey, Mel Queen and Jay Ritchie; infielders Hal McCrac, Chico Ruiz and Tommy Helms and outfielders Vada Pinson and Pete Rose. Assistant general manager Phil Seghi who handles the contract negotiations, said he does not plan to talk with any of the recalcitrants for another two or three days and added, "This is a period of meditation for them." Manager Dave Bristol sent the rest of the squad through a vigorous three-hour workout and started hatting practice immediately. He split the squad into two groups, half working out at Al Lopez Field and the IOC commission snort in South Africa before vot- rcport on other half at the Reds' nearby Monday Signs 1968 Contract OAKLAND (AP)' The Oakland Athletics announced Tuesday that center fielder Rick Monday has signed his 19G8 contract providing a 110 per cent boost in salary. The dollar figure was not disclosed.

Monday, a 1967 rookie from Santa Monica, led the A's in home runs, 14, and runs batted in 5S, last year. A 1965 All-American from Arizona State, he was the No. 1 draft choice of the A's in base ball's first free agent draft. Signing of Monday leaves out fielder Mike Hershberger as the only player not announced as signed. mg." The big question still hanging over the controversy is: Will Russia join the Africa boycott? There have been indications that the Soviets might pull out in sympathy with the Africans, but no official decision has yet been made.

The 32 African nations that will withdraw, because of a decision by the Supreme Council for African Sports, are: Dahomey, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Upper Volta, Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo Brazzaville, Algeria, Sudan, Gambia, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali. Senegal. Chad, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Cameroon, Guinea, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Liberia, Ethiopia and Niger. None is considered an Olympic power although Abebe Bikila Hawkins Boosts ABA Lead MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Pitts-1 percent age. Mel Daniels of burghs Connie Hawkins boosted Minnesota leads in rebounding his American Basketball Association scoring lead last week, statistics released by the league Tuesday showed.

Hawkins is averaging 25.2 points per game while Levern Tart of New Jersey has a 24.7 average. Doug Moe of New Orleans is third with 24.6 points per game. Hawkins is also making a bid for two-point field-goal percentage with a 51.9 mark to team- rnaie Tom Washington's 52.4 minor league complex. Aside from the unsigned players, the only one missing was infielder Jim Williams, obtained in a trade which sent catcher Johnny Edwards to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Williams was ill. Red Devil Here Thursday Night Another masked man, the Red Devil, will make his first wrestling appearence in Panama City Thursday night when he teams up with Eduardo Perez of Argen- tina in a tag match against Bobby Fields and Ramon Perez at the Rainbow Roller Rink. Ken Lucas will wrestle Chin Lee in a grudge, and Dennis Hall oppose Puncho Villa in the opening match at 8:15. ERADENTON CELEBRATES BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -As soon as Edd Roush, who compiled a major league career batting average of .323 for 1,967 games between 1913 and 1931, was voted into baseball's Hall of Fame, the Chamber of Commerce here got busy.

The popular Roush, who resides here, will be a co-chairman along with contractor C. M. Rowlett, for the fifth annual Hall of Fame Day on Tuesday, March 5. Joe DiMaggio, vice president oi the Oakland Athletics who will train here, will also take part in the celebration. ANP SO HONEST GONEST IS REAL GONE XSAY PING'EM.

WHATWENEEP ISMOEEOFTHE NEW LlkETHEMAVOB YVE'EE LOSING IS OH STUFF MUCH? NOTHING'S WE CAN'T MISSING I HAVEN HAP A CHANCETOTALKTD TWE AGE OF AUTOMATION THE WALK REALLY HERE OPERATED ONLY DIME QUARTER with 15.5 per game, and Larry Brown of New Orleans is tops in assists with G.5 per game. The leaders: FG FT Pts. Avg. 57 493 -MS 1,437 2 5 2 5-15 388 M81 24.7 65 570 J49 1,598 24.6 64 458 1,465 22.9 a D06 M07 y.7 a 563 337 1X76 22.0 332 411 1,309 21.1 Hou. 48 333 270 1,005 209 frS 452 402 1,351 20.8 t-s -(77 1,321 20.3 Throe-poinI aoals--Hawkins, 1: Tart, Moc, Jones, Ccrrisr, Daniels.

Jackson 78; Somerset, 53; Lewis, 15; Williams, 49. 1. Hawkins, 2. Tart, N.J 3. Moc, N.O.

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