The Havre Daily News from Havre, Montana • Page 2

8-Havre Daily News, Tuesday Evening, March 3, 1970 Appreciation Expressed by The following letter was received by Vern Mclntyre, sports editor for the HavreDailyNews, from Steve Huston, head basketball coach at Northern Montana College at the close of the 1969- TO college basketball season. "The closing of the Northern Montana College basketball season leaves me with varied emotions. Even though we probably lost a couple of games that we shouldn't have, the coaches and the team feel that the season was successful. "I feel very strongly about the Importance of the role you have played In making the season successful. Your active participation In keeping statistics for our games and the publicizing of upcoming games are very Instrumental In promoting a feeling of community interest among the players.

This community Interest Is tremendously important in helping to get players 'up 1 for a particular game. Also, I have much praise for your reports on the games, In that you do not over-emphasize individual scoring. Defense and rebounding are hard phases of the game to emphasize If the publicity all goes tothe scorers. "My sincere thanks for all your help." Steve Huston, basketball coach, NMC. Tourney Joined By Army NEW YORK (AP) Six more berths remain to be filled for the 16-team National Invitation Basketball Tournament which lets under way March 13 at Madison Square Garden.

Army, the nation's leadingde- fensive team which has allowed an average of 52 points in posting a 19-5 record this season, was among the six teams that joined the field Monday. Also named were Manhattan, 16-7; Duquesne, 17-6 winner of 11 of its last 12 games; Utah, 17-9 and runnerup in the Western Athletic Conference; George. town, 18-7, its best record since 1946, and Miami of Ohio, 15-7. Previously named were Loui- HAVRE DAILY NEWS SPOBTS Swarthout, Tilleman to Be Heard at All-Sports Dinner Sacramento, Liquori Angered NEW YORK Marty Laguna and Ramos In a Big Bout Tonight HARSHMAN LAYS ONE IN Greg Harshman (52) senior 6-2 center with the Chinook Sugarbeeters puts up a layln for two points for the Sugarbeeters during semifinal action Friday night with the Chester Coyotes at the Havre High School gym in District 4B tournament play. At the left is Chinook's Jim Lind (40) and just behind Harshman Is Chester's Don Hull, one of the finest players in the tournament.

Chester won the game over Chinook 54-50 towinlheirwaylntothe championship game. (Helmbrecht Studio photo) Evans Conoco Is Tops in League Regular season basketball 12. Chuck Harvey was top replay In the Men's City League bounder for Evans Conoco and concluded Sunday wtih three Jim Clark worked the boards slana State, Georgia Tech, Mar- games being played and theflnal well for the Shulund team. The quette and St. John's of New standings being determined for league champion Evans team York.

tournament play. sizzled the nets throughout the For Coach Tales Locke ofMi- Evans Conoco finished the game. ami this will be his third NIT, season In first place in the league The second game Sunday saw but the first in his four years standings with a 10-1 record, the big Owl Drug team blow coaching the Redskins, In a tie for second with 8-3 down the Air Base 80-45 as records were state Farm In- the Druggists showed just too surance and GUdford. Owl Drug much power for the Airmen was fourth with 7-4, Gusto Dls- to cope with. BobLanningswish- tributors fifth with 5-6, Air ed 21 points for Owl Drug and Base sixth at 3-8, and Shulund Larry Former contributed 18.

Construction ended the season For the Airmen Hubbard hit 15 with a 1-10 record. points and John Canal racked Tournament play gets under- up 13. Lannlng and Bob Parsley way tonight in the City League raked the boards well for the at the Junior High School gym. Druggists, while Larry Brum- In the first game last Sunday Held did some good rebounding Break basketball league which Evans Conoco mowed down Shu- Jor the Airmen. Is part of the city recreation lund Construction 100-48 with The third and final game ai league concluded Sunday with Greg Stengem harvesting 28 the day and the final league two games being played.

points to pace the Conoco team game of the season was close Tickets for the Havre High Conference winning nine straight he Is being counted on to give School all-sports banquet Tues- games. The only loss of the 1969 the saints good strength In the day, March 24 are now on sale season came at the hands of according to B. F. Underwood, North Dakota State In the Ca- chatrman of the big event at mellla Bowl in which Jack Swarthoul, coach of Calif, the University of Montana foot- Swarthout himself Is a Pros- ball team and Mike Tilleman, ser, product and grad- offenslvc tackle of the New uated from the University of Orleans Saints professional Montana where he was a foot- football team, will be guest ball star, speakers. Tilleman Is also a graduate ltlc Uttcrowned of Ducats for the dinner which of the University of Montana lndoor track sea will be served at 6:30 p.m.

In where he was a mainstay on llms a lotticonsecutlve the high school cafeteria may Grizzly football teams He Is trlumph liere Safurdav "teM at be purchased for $2.50 each at well known In this area beine the IC4A cham bul The Oxford, Don's Medical i graduate of Chinook' High tor 5 rN 9 was stm onlheOlym- Pharmacy and 4 Book School where he was outstand- pian mlndl Store or from Underwood, ing in all sports. Liquori, the Vlllanova junior, The program promises to be Big Mike Is a member of a swept to lh mlle tille Frlday one of the most Interesting ever New Orleans team which is fie- nlgilt al le AAU cnan! lt)n staged by the Blue Pony Booster ured to be one of the finest in whl PP In Poland's Hen- Club. the reorganized professional ryk Vkowskl In an elbow Coach Swarthout's Grizzlies football setup, A rugged player swlnglng match and av a are champions of the Big Sky possessed with agility and drive 105S to tlle Pole 3t Iasl event. Bul the announced until one-half hour after the Llquorf somewhat bitter. "That was the fifth time he's done it," Liquori said Monday over the phone from his Vlllano- In a third bout, Ortiz won ra campus.

After the race Llq- agaln to keep the title, losing pointed an accusing finger It subsequently In June, 1968, a SzordykowsJd. "I told him to Teo Cruz. 'that's the last time you'll do Lagu has never been "He did it at last year's AAU months In 1S65. He wants it knocked out onl once fn one and to other runners. In Toronto back.

he been floored and he John Lawson He gets the chance tonight likes lnl out that a11 off the track. It's a lucky thing when as the No. 1 challenger OI Ms malcnes 1 0rtlz Szyordykowskl didn't fall after he faces young Mando Ramos 1 ent ful1 ur sl E- Lawson and John of Long Beach, in his second defense of the 135-pound division title. The fight, scheduled for 15 rounds, will be held in the downtown Sports Arena, with 13,000 fans and gate receipts of $150,000 anticipated by the promoter, Mrs. Aileen Eaton.

Observers predicted the betting would be about 6-5 and take your pick. Ramos boxes for a $100,000 guarantee, Laguna for $10,000. Ramos at 20 was the youngest boxer to win the light-weight title when on Feb. 18, 1969, he knocked out the late Carlos "Teo" Cruz of the Dominican Republic In this arna. By BOB MYERS Associated Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP Veteran boxer Ismael Laguna of Panama held the world lightweight championship for eight Mason, (both of the Pacific Ramos has never been flat- ast Clul) and frailing ltle two tened, either, but he has been leader have run right cut up a few times, which could ver be a tipoff of his chances against the slashing combinations Laguna lets fly.

Ramos has had 31 fights, won 28, last three he reversed pass two of them in rematches The humping occurred on the first turn of the final lap with Liquori leading and STordy- kowski on the outside trying to LONG CASCADE REACH Dana Darko (40), big 6-3 center with the Cascade Badgers, puts on Ihe long stretch in an effort to block a shot by the Harlem Wildcats' Harry Neumann (i5) at right. At the left Is Harlem's JolinCowell (41), one of the belter players In the tourney. This action came during a loser out game Friday night at the Havre High School gym. Cascade won the game 74-54 to eliminate the Wildcats. (Helmbrecht studio photo) National Rankings Headed by the Bruins By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Davidson, which won the The Bruins of UCLA are back Southern Conference tourney In their accustomed positions of and a berth In the NCAA Tour(1) winning basketball games naroenl, was the only newcomer and (2) heading the national In Ihe Top Ten.

The Wildcats rankings. sneaked into 10th place, while After dropping from first to Florida State dropped from 10th second a week ago following lo lllh. their only loss of the season, the Bruins climbed back on top by The rest of the Top Ten teams 10 points over Kentucky In the remained the same, although Associated Press there was a bit of shuffling, and knocked out 19 opponents. SPORT SHORTS He started most of his victims By THE ASSOCLATED PRESS on the road to ruin with smash- BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The es to the body.

Buffalo Bills have obtained cen- Mando at 5-10 Is tall for a ter Frank Marchlewski from the next-to-last lightweight. But so is Laguna New Orleans Saints In exchange poll released today. at 5-9. for a future pick In the pro foot- UCLA ran Its record to 23-1 Physically, Laguna appears to ball draft. with weekend victories over be more rugged, matured.

But About a month ago, the Na- Stanford 120-90 and California vnort ihh Mando's slender physique is de- tional Conference Saints ob- 109-95. Kentucky whipped Ala- up from fourth lo third while St. V.TOZ, MUM in a LarlDBean He'has shown he can tained him from Los Angeles for bama 98-89, struggled 7 past Van- Bonaventure went the reverse air crash last month, went out nnnrhps ami mptp an undisclosed future draft derbllt 90-86 and then beat Au- route despite convincing wins burn. over Canlsius and Niagara. even though all came through unscathed last week.

South Carolina, 23-2, Inched Greenwood Rules No Fast Break Final games of the regular season in the Men's No Fast in 11 rounds. Ramos, now 21, stopped Yoshlakl Numata of Tokyo in six rounds, also here, in his first title defense Oct. 4, 1969. Laguna, 26, a boxer of the classic type, outpointed Carlos Ortiz In April, 1965, to win the championship but lost It back to Ortiz the following November. Lead by Orr Less NEW YORK (AP) Boston's Bobby Orr Is scoring and absorb punches and mete out an undisclosed fearsome punishment.

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Leading Shulund all the way as State Farm In- res lhe Onal Ckey Greenwood team finished with a scoring were Frank Peterson surance nipped Gusto Dis- League stop point makers are 9-1 record to take the league with 13 and Errol Shulund with trlbutors 60-54. Roger Larson more championship. Following are the final standings for the season: Greenwood 9-1, Havre Nix 1-3, AI's Standard 5-5, First National Bank Chargers 4-6, Rocky Boy 3-7, Old Timers 2-8. In last Sunday's first game the Havre Nix clipped Al'sStan- dard 48-28 with Ron Hofferber pacing the Nix scoring with 13 points. Don Milam put In 10 Houston Slugger Holdout hit 14 points to be lop scorer for State Farm, while Tom Baker chalked up game honors by swishing 22 points for Gusto.

Junior Aafedt was toprebounder for State Farm and Archie Warwick did the best board work for Gusto. Orr came up with just one point last his 25th and had his lead dwindle over runnerup Phil Esposito, also of Boston. Orr's 94 points Esposito's 82 and Ihe third place figure of Stan Mikita of Chicago, who had 77. by KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer Jiin Wynn who breaks points to be high for AI's Stan- fences during the baseball sea- dard. Gaylen Gordy was top re- son, is still trying to crack the bounder for the winning Nix and Houston Astros' strong box- Dick Bohn cleared the boards and running into a stone wall, consistently for AI's.

"a a man has a good year, The other game Sunday was pay Mm for it," the "Toy Cana runaway as the champion non' rumed Monday while con- Greenwood team crushed Rocky tinuing his determined holdout Boy 78-38. Merv Gc-tten burned for more money, the strings for 36 points for the The Astros' Jim Dandy, who winning Greenwood team and hit 22 horrers last year, report- Dave Greenwood added 18 mark- ediy wants a 514,300 raise- to ers. Gary Colfrane put In 20 551,000. points lo pace Rocky Boy scor- Wynn is among three Astros Ing. Greenwood was top rebound- regulars yet unenrolled.

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