Garden City Telegram from Garden City, Kansas • Page 2

Three WCKL Teams Still in Contention Heading into the final night of play, three teams are in contention for at least a share of the 1967-68 West Central Kansas League cage title. Contenders are Garden City, Hays High, and Lamed. Best that Garden City can hope for is half the title. Hays and Lamed, however, can possibly win the undisputed title. Garden and Hays have'never von even a share of the title in the past eight seasons.

That is the span of time that Garden has belonged to the WCKL. Ironic is the fact that Garden City has never won even a share of the conference for the Buffaloes have won even-greater honors in recent years. Garden has captured the Class AA regional championship the past two seasons. The Fi.no! Loop Gomes Here's the Situation Here's tihe situation on Friday's two final West Central Kansas League games. Garden City plays at Great Bend, while Hays High is at Larned.

If Great Bend defeats Garden City, the winner of the Larned-Hays game is undisputed WCKL king for the season. II' Garden City beats Great Garden shares the WCKL title with the Larned-Hays winner. Russell Dodge, and Pratt have finished their league slates. The WCKL standings for league games only, going into the final night of play: Team Vf Garden City Hays Larned Great Bend Russell Dodge City Pratt Totals Buffaloes went on to the slate crown in 1965-68. Yet, each season, the WCKL crown escaped them.

Great Bend won it each time. The WCKL formerly.was composed of six teams. Garden became the seventh member when the conference expanded. Garden's first season as a basketball member was the 1959-60 season. One new record will be set Friday night, no matter who wins the crown.

The champion will have four league defeats- first time a WCKL kingpin has ever had so many conference setbacks. Great Bend has won the title three of the past four seasons. But the Panthers lost their two most-recent league games and now have no chance at even a share of the title. Lamed, like Great Bend, has won or shared the title three times since Garden joined the league. The Indians could win a fourth crown Friday night West Central Kansas League basketball champions (and their league records) since Garden City joined the conference: with 11 conference wins and 0 losses.

Broncs did not play Garden City a second time this season because of prior schedule commitments by Garden. 11-1. and Russell tied, both at 9-3 1962-6a-Russell 10-2. Bend 9-3 10-2. Bend 11-1 Bend 11-1 Busters, Hutch To Clash Here FANFARE ByWaltDitzen BASKETBAU.

SURE HAS, -NCW THE IS THE ONE IN THE LOSS Williams, Frink Pace Colorado Past 1-State 7 4 7 4 7 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 1 11 4040 Jayhawik Loop Gooden Paces Free Throwers Garden City Junior College closes its 1967-68 regular- season basketball slate here Friday night and the Bronc- busters face a rugged chore. Garden entertains already- crowned divisional champion Hutchinson Juco. Tip-off time at the high school gymnasium is 7:30 P-m. A large turnout of Hutch fans is expected to follow the Blue Dragons here. It's the regular-season finale for Hutch, too and the potent Dragons have extra incentive, too.

They will be shooting for an all-time school record of 18 consecutive basketball victories. Hutch brings an overall 18-1 record into the game. The Garden City Juco's cagers continue to dominate free- throw accuracy honors for the "2-member Jayhawk Juco Conference. Three Broncbusters are among the top 10 free throwers in the latest statistics chart. Archie Gooden, 6-4 soph, is the league leader with an 85 per cent completion figure.

He has converted 110 of 129 at- temp'ts, missing just 19 throws. The figures are for 19 games, and do not include the latest two contests. Alfred Campbell, 6-4 frosh from Hoxie, is second in the league with 82 per cent. Ho has made 40x49 attempts in 19 games. Jim Zubeck, the Busters' 6-4 soph from Deerfield, ranks eighth at 77 per cent: 56x73 conversions in 17 games.

As a team, the Busters have completed 69 per cent (381x550 attemnts) tops among all 12 clubs. The Busters have hit just 40 cer cent (538x1339) of their field-goal tries, however. Gooden also ranks among the conference's top rebounders. He is now sixth with 215 grabs in 19 games, averaging 11.4 rebounds outing. Roy Humphrey still ranks 10th in the league in field-goal shontine accuracy.

He is now at North Texas State Univer- sitv in TVenton. In 15 games before leaving i here, the former Garden City i High ace hit 69x132 53 rvcr cent of his tries from the field. Minnesota To Falcon Coach Spot ATLANTA (AP) The National Football League's eighth all-time pass receiver is quitting his career as a player to become a coach for the Atlanta Falcons, coach Norb Hecker said. Jim "Red" Phillips of Minnesota, star flanker at Auburn hi the 1950s, will work with falcon receivers. In his 10 seasons with the NFL, Phillips caught 401 passes for 6044 yards.

He was drafted by the Los Angeles in 1958. He went to the Vikings in Four Africans Are Stranded on Bridge LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) Four Africans have been stranded on a bridge over the Zambezi River for five days after being deported by Zambia and refused entry to Rhodesia. One reason for the deportation was that they did not have iden- ity papers, which is the same reason Rhodesia refuses them entry. A government spokesman said hare the men claimed to be EUiodesians and it was up to them to convince the Rhodesian authorities of this. Rhodesian border officials believe the men may be connected with African nationalist groups.

The men are reported in bad shaoe due to lack of shelter and food. Richest thoroughbred races Europe are for 3-year-olds. In America the 2-year-olds have biggest purses. Dragons lost their second game of the season to rugged Burlington Iowa. Since then they have stacked up 17 wins in a row, matching their all- time win-streak record.

Dragon coach is Gene Ready, Garden Juco alumnus. He's in his second season at the Hutch helm. The Dragons rapped Pratt Juco 116-103 Saturday night at Pratt in their-most recent outing. The visitors bring a perfect 9-0 western division Jayhawk Juco Conference mark here. They will be shooting for a perfect final 10-0 division record.

Garden is now 1-8 in the division and 7-14 overall. The Broncbusters upset Pratt 87-83 here Tuesday for their first conference win of the campaign. Garden trailed all the way until the final half-minute. Hutchinson was ranked seventh nationally in the final juco coaches' poll. Hutch rapped Garden by 21 points (90-69) in their first meeting.

That was on Jan. 26 at Hutchinson. The Dragons boast one of the JJC's stellar stars in 6-4 frosh Ray Willis of Chicago. He is averaging 20.3 points per game, third among conference scorers. Of the JJC's 10 most-accurate field-goal shooters, six are from Hutchinson.

They include Willis (shooting 62 per cent from the field); Courtney Rogers, 58 per cent; Gary Woodman 56; Ken Wiens 56; Russell Clarke 55, and Lee Allen 53. As a team, Hutch has been hitting at a 56 per cent pace from the field. The Dragons are averaging 95.8 points per game, to just 80.8 points for their 19 foes. HEALTH M. A.

Petti M.D. NCRMALW IN EAPW A T0 HAVE Htalth CapsuUs givti htlpful informilten, is not to of diignottic By JIM VAN VALKENBURG Associated Press Sports Writer "If only we could get Chuck Williams and Pat Frink both scoring well the same game, we would blow somebody out," Coach Sox Walseth used to say wistfully while his team struggled in last place in Big Eight basketball. It happened Wednesday night at Boulder, Colo. Williams threw in a career high of 38 points, Frink scored 18 and Walseth's club beat Iowa State 91-76, ruining Iowa State's bid to tie Kansas State for the lead. K-State at 8-3 now is the only team with three losses, which means the Wildcats can win it all without any help from anyone, by winning the last three games.

Nebraska is 8-4, Kansas and Iowa State both 7-4. Hutch High Coach Quits HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Doyle Schick, Hutchinson high school football coach for two years, announced Wednesday night he is resigning at the end of the school year. Schick, 28, is a former University of Kansas football star. He played fullback in the 1960 backfield that featured John Hadl at quarterback, Bert Coan and Curtis McCJinton at halfbacks.

Hadl, Coan and McClinton are top-ranked backs in professional football. Schkfc played for the Washington Redskins before entering the high" school coaching ranks. He coached at Rosedale High School, Kansas City, in the 1965 season, with' a 6-3 record and an Eastern Kansas League championship. He moved to Hutchinson in 1966 and coached that school to its first Ark Valley League championship in 21 years with 7-2 record. Schick's 1967 team had a 2-7 record.

Schick said his plans are indefinite but that he is thinking about returning to school and working on his master's degree. Nebraska hasn't won or shared a league 'championship since 1950 and Iowa State hasn't taken a crown since 1945. One of them is almost certain to be eliminated when they meet Friday night in Lincoln, Neb. The 56-point salvo by Williams and Frink far surpassed anything they had done in their first ia league games. Williams hit 14 of 18 field shots and all 10 at the line.

When Williams hit 27 "against Missouri, Frink had only 7. Frink had 32 against Kansas, but Williams only 9. Another big factor was the solid pivot play of 6-6 Kermit McMurry. He scored 11, on the heels of a 19-point job in a 75-73 upset of'Nebraska last Saturday. That's 30 points in two games, compared to a 4.9 season average prior to that.

Iowa State wasn't an easy victim. The Cyclones hit 15 of their first 17 field shots and finished with 50 per cent to 46.3 for the Buffs, who went in front to stay 56-55 with 16:19 left. College Scores Also vital was Colorado's 4136 rebound edge against a taller Iowa State front line. Don Smith and Bill Cam. Iowa State's big 1-2 punch, was held to 30 points, 14.2 under their league average.

The 6-9 Smith had 17, but seems certain to win the Big Eight scoring crown. He has a 24.4 average, Nebraska's Stu Lantz 20.2, with defending champ Don Sidle of Oklahoma third with 19.5. Other scoring leaders are Tom Baack of Nebraska at 18.6, Cain 18.5, Williams 18.0. Frink 17.3, Gene Jones of Missouri 17.1, Don Tomlinson of Missou ri 16.8. Jo Jo White of Kansas 16.3, Rodger Bobnenstiehl Kansas 15.4, Tom Johnson of Missouri 15.3 and Steve Honey cutt of K-State 14.8.

1 Saturday's schedule shows Colorado, 3-9, at K-State in the weakly afternoon TV game; Kansas at Oklahoma State, 3-8 and Missouri, 3-8, at Oklahoma, 6-5. Larks Face Heights in Tourney Test SUBLETTE Sublette and arch-rival Southwestern Heights High mix again here tonight in basketball. If past records mean anything, another close thriller is on The two are opening-round rivals in the annual Class district meet. Four teams are taking part tonight and Friday night. Sublette and the Mustangs play at 8:90 p.m.

in the nightcap of a twin bill. Meeting in the other opener at 7 p.m. are Elkhart and St. Mary High of Dodge City. Because only four teams are entered here, the tourney openers are also semi-final games.

Tonight's winners are assured of tourney berths in next week's annual Class regional and that will be in Southwestern's fine gym. midway between Plains and Kismet. Tonight's winners play at 8:30 p.m. Friday for the trict title. Both will go on to the regional, however, regardless of tho outcome of the district-title game.

Tonight's losers play at 7 the district meet. That ends p.m. Friday for third place in the 1967-68 case season for both those clubs. Sublette takes an overall 7- PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED East Boston Col. 104, Duquesne 88 Temple 88, Lafayette 59 St.

Joseph's, Pa. 85, Wake Forest 69 Syracuse 50, Niagara 49, OT St. Peter's, N.J., 70, LIU 59 Fairfield 74, Providence LaSalle 81,, Morehead St. 73 Colby 75, Maine 64 Tufts 77, Amherst 66 St. Anselm's 106, New Hampshire 73 South Duke 71, No.

Caro. St. 61 Virginia 70, Maryland 68 So. Carolina 87, No. Caro.

8G Ga. Tech 80, Ciemson 51 Va. Tech 77, Bowling Green, Ohio, 71 Miami, Ohio, 84, East Kentucky 82, 3 overtimes Guilford 82, Lenoir Ryne 61 Midwest CM. Loyola 85, W. Mich.

73 Okla. City 114, Centenary 95 Dayton 99, St. Ind. 66 Ky. Wesleyan 59, So.

111. 56 Illinois St. 84, East. JJ1. 80 St.

Louis 74, N. Tex. St. 71 Far West Colorado 91, Iowa State 78 Scott's 269 Is High for Season 11 record into the contest. It will be meeting Heights a third for the second in less than a week.

The two have met three times of the past two seasons, and the series hag been fantastically close. Two of the five games have been decided by two points, on by a single point. Another was a six- pointer, and a fifth was decided by eight points. Last season, Sublette had an overall 11-10 record. The Larks lost at home in regular season to Heights by two points: 4442.

Then they lost at Heights by eight points: 5446. The two rivals also played in the finals of the Class district tourney at Sublette. Heights won by one point: 4847. Heights then went on to win the regional title on Ha own court and represented Southwest Kansas in 'the Class meet at Emporia. The close trend continued this season.

Sublette lost on Jan. 9 at Hieghts by six points, 69-63. The Larks lost at Sublette last Friday in the return game of two points: 53-51. Thus Southwestern Heights has won all five in the past two seasons. won both games between tfoe two rivals in 1965-66, the first year of existence for Heights.

Heights is a consolidation of what used to be high schools at Kismet and Plains. A new season-record high game in sanctioned play for the 1967-68 season to date was recorded at Garden Bowl here Monday night. Rolling a big 269 was Charlie Scott, competing as a member of the Pepsi-Cola team during 24th-week play in the Sportsman League. He was en route to a 667 series. Previous high individual game this winter had been 268 by Don Bremer, two weeks ago in the annual city men's tourney.

Scott's 667 ranks fourth on the season list of men's series. Tops was a 675 by Louis Sassa- rnan some weeks ago. Tom's Peanuts rolled both high team game of 1,030 and top team series of 3,006 for the Sportsman League Monday. Mickey Evans grabbed top individual honors Monday as the Housewives League finished its 21st week. She is a member of Merrill Implement team.

Mick- Scores By THE ey had both high game of 232 and best series of 551. Garden Bowl posted best team game of 774. High team series was 2,162 by Apco Seed. Ed Biernacki had high individual game of 226 as the American League finished its 24th week of play. He competes for the Knights of Columbus team.

Leonard Roth of the Collins Implement squad had hig individual series of 579. Knights of Columbus posted high team game of 1,062. Top team series was 2,968 was by Conoco Service. Alyce Nakamoto of the Johnson Construction team bad high individual game of 213 as the Prairie Belles League finished its 24th week" of play. Boston Patriots' She also shared top honors ant coach.

ASSOCIATED PRESS NBA Wednesday's Rtsulls New York 126, Baltimore 122 Boston 135, San Francisco 110 ABA Wednesday's Results Indiana 122, Oakland 116, two overtimes 'Hoot' Gibson Takes Patriot Coach Post BOSTON (AP) "Hoot" Gibson, a defensive back and punt return specialist in the American Football League for five years, is newest assis for individual series, getting a 497 along with Carol Katz of the Dial Tones team. Johnson Construction had both best team game of 922 andj top team series of 2,587. Close Wins Spice Satanta Record SATANTA If you have heart trouble, you better stay away from the gym on those nights when the 1967-68 Satanta High Indians play basketball. The Haskell Countians be- ieve in playing them close. They have a remarkable record for thrillers this season.

Satanta is currently 1-7 overall, and won the undisputed High Plains Conference Crown last Friday in a two- pointer. Satanta's 19 games this winter, 10 have been decided by margins of five or fewer points. The Indians have won eight of those 10 "closies." There hasn't been an overtime in the bunch, either. Satanta is coached far the fourth season by Dick (Red) McGuire, who sips water from a jug during Indian games. It's the 20th season of coach- liiig basketball for the amiable i veteran.

He coached at Sharon end Attica before coming here. The Indians have played three one-point games, and four two pointers. Two other games were decided by four- point spreads, and another by five. The last five games in a row have been decided by five or fewer points. Satanta lost to Hugoton by one point (49-48), tat won two others by that narrowest of spreads: 45-44 over Elkhart and 49-48 over Moscow.

The Moscow win was Tuesday of this week: in the opening round of the annual Class BB Five Enter Games MEXICO CITY fAP) Five more countries New Zealand, Denmark, Bulgaria and Rumania signified Wednesday their intention to participate in the Olympic Games here in October. BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT UUL March 1st Garden City Juco BRONCBUSTERS vs. HUTCHINSON Junior College Game Time: Admission: Adults $1.00 7:30 P.M. Students 50c HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM district meet at Moscow. McGuire's charges barely missed a mammoth upset there.

The High Plains League champs were almost beaten by the last-place club in the small- school Santa Fe Trail League. Moscow had won just one of its 17 games this winter. All four two-pointers for Saj tonta this winter have been In- idian victories: 46-44 and 39-37 over hated arch-rival Sublette, 159-57 over Elkhart, and 58-56 'last Friday at Lakin the that won the HPC title. One four-point game was a Satanta loss: 69-65 at Rolla. The other was an Indian victory: 63-59 at Syracuse.

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If Satanta can win tonight, It is assured of a berth in next week's Class BB regional tourney at St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City. The Haskell Countians are competing in Class BB for the first time this winter. In other seasons they have been in a higher division: Class B. The former North Carolina Stale star was named by Coach Mike Holovak Wednesday to handle the defensive backfield.

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