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Lattin contributed II and Artis i a total of 143 and breaking the Texas Western was good on 22 By BOB GREEN By the time the second time out was over Black was so nervous he wiped his sweaty palms on the referee's jersey then missed the shot Duke controlled the rebound and Bob Vcrga sealed the victo- old NCAA four-game tournament record of 141 held by Clyde Lovellette The five-game tourney scoring record is 177 by Princeton's Bill Bradley COLLEGE PARK Md (AP) 48 toe nd Inspired Texas Western ledmentd the performance with a by the gymnastic efforts of little: lenacu disturbing man-to-Bobby Joe Hill toppled top- defense that occasionally ranked Kentucky 72-65 Saturday (developed into a full court night and captured the National basketball champion-! That press was best demon-ship that Kentucky Coach strated in the early going when Adolph Rupp wanted to add toiwithin a 10-second span Hill his collection of four others twice swiped the ball in the Duke won the game for third Kisntueky backcourt and went in Duke ranked second in the ry with a free throw with four 15 to the Miner cause Pat Riley each had 19 for the Wildcats Haskins a one-time high shod girl basketball coach who has brought about a basketball revolution at Texas Western closed out his finest season and All-America Louie Dampier with a 28-1 record The only loss was to Seattle 74-72 Chambers an underrated 6-foot-4 senior scored 32 points in Utah's losing cause giving him seconds left Utah get off another shot Duke led most of the way nation and a heavy favorite over unranked Utah almost blew an 11-point lead and resorted to some tension-building for easy layups Hill's 20 led all scorers while psychology to fend off taking a 41-37 halftime advan- tage and spreading it to 61-50 before the Redskins came running back closing rush Chambers set the stage for the high drama when he closed THE BOXES the gap to one-point 78-77 with a short jumper with 37 seconds left Seconds later he grabbed a rebound and Utah moved down to attempt the winning field goal But Ute substitute Ben Black drew a foul and went to the line on a one-and-one situation with seven seconds to go Duke immediately called time out while Black stewed over the possibility of scoring the tying and winning points the foul line and again Duke called time out MERRY CHRISTMAS Abilene Christian's Charles Christmas races across the finish line to establish a new record of in the University mile run in the West Texas Relays at Odessa Saturday Immediately behind him is teammate Albert Van Troba who came in second in the mile with 4:152 ACC's Wildcat? wen the University Division team title (AP Wire photo) 3 FwM aut-Oukf RKdy Total Duka If Utah 14 Attend met 142SX Abilene Reporter ABILENE TEX SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 20 1966 PAGE ONE SECTION LAMAR TECH WINS COLLEGE CROWN place beating Utah 79-77 despite a tourney record scoring performance by the Jerry Chambers Hill a 5-foot-10 backcourt man scored 20 points most of them in clutch situations and many on spectacular driving lay ups that brought to mind the hey day of Bob Cousy In the end it was Texas vaunted defense and surprising poise that won the big one Kentucky on the other hand noted for its finesse and discipline under the legendary coaching of Rupp was kept off balance throughout and was guilty of a shocking number of lapses mistakes bad passes and mental errors Texas Western once a little mining school just across the border from Mexico was making its first appearance ever in the national final under young Coach Don Haskins but didn't let the pressure or the exposure before a national television audience bother it a bit The Miners calmly dropped in 28 of 34 free throws and that along with the rebounding of their strong front line was the difference Kentucky led only once and that was 1-0 A moment later big Dave Lattin jammed in a field goal and made it a three-pointer when he converted the following foul shot The Miners never trailed after that had a 34-31 lead halftime and led by as many as 11 points at 68-57 The turning point came early in the second half after Kentucky had closed to within one point at 46-45 The Miners replied with six straight points four of them on free throws for a 52-45 lead that never was seriously challenged Willie Worsley a 5-foot-6 sophomore substitute who was a surprise starter and proved to be a perfect running mate for Hill hit on three of three foul shots in the important streak The closest Kentucky got after that was 54-51 but a set shot by Orstin Artis a steal and jump by Hill and a Lattin tip in made it 60-51 with 6:40 left and the Miners had it in the bag Kentucky simply could do no right Rupp who has won 747 games in his 36 years at Kentucky has called this his finest shooting team ever But it wasn't when It counted The Wildcats whose only other loss in 29 games was a meaningless 69412 upset by Tennessee was able to hit on only 27 of 70 field goal attempts a dismal 386 per cent Westi Texas Re GOING DOWN HILL Bobby Joe Hill (14) of Texas Western slips and falls with the ball during second half action in Saturday NCAA championship game at the University of Maryland Kentucky players standing by are Thad Jaracz (55) and Tommy Kron (30) Texas Western won 72-65 (AP Wirephoto) BUT RICE BEATS second place behind SMU's record pace They were third in foe sprint and sprint medley relays with 411 and 3:235 timings While Christmas was the only ndividual winner the Wildcats did gamer enough points from lower places to finish with the championship totaL Jerry Burke was second in foe high jump (6-2) Gary Hobson and Dave Taykir were 2-3 the pole vault 113-6V JtemprdlSmith got a' blue ribbon for Erickson fourth in the shot put 'javelin throw of 171-5 'While I i i r9 i tiiM! (50-1) and Chad Woolcry was fifth in the javelin (187-1) As expected in the college division ACC conference foe Lamar Tech ran away with the championship with 70 points but Howard Payne provided a surprise by edging East Texas State 43-42 for runner-up honors The Yellow Jackets raced to a 10:149 for a record -setting lance medley victory By JAMES McAFEE Reporter-News Sports Editor ODESSA Abilene Christian College repeated as university champions in the 23rd running of the West Texas Relays here Saturday afternoon thanks to an unexpected present" Charles Christmas the versatile senior co captain who had been slowed of late with painful leg nerve injury turned in a remarkable double to provide the Wildcats with the necessary points to outscore the University of Texas 61-54 The Tennessee running horse who had worked out only three days in the last two weeks sped to fantastic 2:584 foree-quar- Randy Matson Double Winner their Key City counter d'parts foe Cowboys Tribe Wins Placet McMurry placed second in the sprint medley third In the distance medley fourth In foe 440 and fifth in the 880 and mile relays Thomas 468 quarter-mile leg was the main reason for the second place finish although Larry Thom who was clocked in 1:564 did pass one runner only to see Lamar's John Richardson catch and pass him on the final turn Kenneth Deck-ard and Danny Valenzuela had 226 and 232 220 legs respec- SUMMARIES Il4 teat inchei 2 Cory Hobioti AW Mm ChrMlian 114 David Tiylor 15 4 (oMcvi drcid-d on trw-r riiim-i) Woynr Fltnim-id North Trial SUM Southern Vrthodlt 11 5 Victor Lopei Houiton (no limrl Sprint medley relay (MO 271-440 1 Trial (Tommy Krmr Slrphrn longhorn Robrrt Prmton Davul 1:11 1 Inrw old rren-d 2:715 Boylor 165) 2 T-xoo Chrwlan 3 21 7 5 Abl-Mne Chrlillan 735 4 Houiton 1:24 2 5 North Trxoi Slot 1:25 0 finish for nine points as compared to three the Longhorns got for Richard third place finish 4:138 clocking bettered the record of 4:147 set by Pat Clohessy of Houston in 1960 Van Troba had a 4:152 Trailing 53-44 Texas' only chance a very slim one was for it to win the final event foe mile relay and for ACC to be disqualified like it had been at foe Border Olympia last week or finish out of foe money v- The Austin lads did accomplish the win in a record-setting fashion with a 3:111 clocking despite a gallant anchor lap by foe Riley Dunn The iron-hearted Coleman lad took foe final handoff 12 yards back and almost caught the Tommy Keene with a 462 clocking finishing just two steps back in 3:113 Craig Fox had led off with a 491 while Gale Harrison had a 483 and Thompson a 477 Lose By a Nose The Wildcats lost by a nose in the 880 relay settling for WEST TEXAS Rice set two new records while and LSU each bnke one Rice was tied 60-60 with UxtvonHy DWbMa Stood lump 1 Ricky Smith Buy-! jar 2) tut 1 1 MHit Madigan Louthern4 going into the three mile run and: one mile relay the last two events but the Owls came out winner- distanCe med a ley Melhodlit 12-1 1 Bill Strang texai 11-11V 4 Tom Hutton Turn Tech ll-lt'k 5 Chariot Smith Baylor 11-5 Shot I Ed Mamy Trxai Trch 54 toot 2 Inchei 2 Toby Bril Trial 51-10 1 Harekl Magrrt Soultirrn Method! SO-5 a Barnard Erickion Abtlme Chnv Ion 50-IV Bandy Hicfcl Trial Trch 47-4U 1 Ed Mooney Trial Tach 175 frit 1-lt Inchei 2 Delbert Rot Tnat 1554' Toby Bril Trial i 4 David Brook i North Trial Stair 1544 5 Charlet Norman North Trial SUM 1540 High 1 John Morrill Houiton 4 frit 4 Inchn 2 Jtrry Burk AbiMno -NO 1 Soulhrrn Method (Chuck I tivel From Strv Clayton Jim Bankhead! ManhaH Edwarrti) 1:242 (now MCSDWiUlC old rrcord 1:741 Snuttirrn Mrffiodist Cowboys Chrntlan 4-2 Ron Cowart North Tra-iiiMI 2 Abllmr" Chrlilitn" 1:74 lCSt relay finish W8S in the diS- medley where their 10: Miir-i ctiorin otrittmat ANMnc457 placed fourth They were Nr brtwrm Tim Wrighl Houiton and HOUSTON Tex (AP)-Texas strongman Randy Matson won both the shot put and discus throw in triangular meet with Rice and Louisiana State but the favored Aggies still fell into second place behind Rice University Matson the world's shotput champion won his specialty with a heave of 62 feet 44 inches He took the discus with 181-8 main thing is getting my strength Matson said afterward not nearly as strong as I was I weighed 239 at the end of basketball but I lost four or five pounds when I had the virus last week a lot farther behind than I thought I'd be I thought I could come out of basketball weighing 245" Matson weighed 260 when he induced his record throw of 70-7 in the Southwest Conference meet last May Rice scored 15 points in the ast two events for a winning total of 75 won 65 points and LSU was last with 30 Ira Danirli North Trim 40 IN high hurdMp-1 Louii Smith North Trial Stair 140 2 Jrrry Utrcht South- aws-nUK HSJ-srsiiwik out CAGE SCORES on top in both to win George Strop with 15:366 ran away with the three miler and Rice's one-mile relay team was clocked at 3:147 to win that contest The first Owl record came in the 440 relay when the team of Fred Cloud Ronny Conner Jimmy Ellington and Jimmy Epps broke the old Rice record of 413 set in 1959 with a 409 Jimmy Ellington set a new record of 475 in the 440 dash Previous record was 476 by Joe Baker of in 1953 The high jump was LSU's spot for a new record Randy Geyer jumped 6-7 to beat the old record of 6-5 set by John Collins of in 1963 Gilbert Smith zoomed through the 220 yard dash for 211 beating the 223 set by Glenn Darby of Rice in 1964 This coupled with a 48 flat by Doug Thompson a 1:526 by Albert Van Troba and a 4:178 anchor mile by Wayne Badgley gave the Wildcats a record of 9:568 which was the fourth best in history for a Lone Star outfit Christmas Feels Good Although Coach Bill McClure hadn't intended using Christmas in the mile the ACC ace felt so good after his earlier run that he was added to the event Going into this mile run the next to last event the Cats enjoyed only a slim 44-41 edge over the Longhorns However Van Troba set foe early pace and Christmas stayed right on his heels before passing him on the final curve to provide the Wildcats with a 1-2 By TIM AwacliMd Frau NatMari lavltrtMa Taumomont ChampMniMp Brigham Young 17 Now York 14 TMrd Moco Vlllmovt 7X Army 5 NCAA Toomomont Local Women Take Lead In Slate Meet Tous Wcrttm 7J Kentucky TMrS Flacg Duko 71 Utoh 77 AKirrt Van Troba AWIrna ChrMtlanjof foe money in foe 830 and mile x'V'DTrSrrwiM JiiLjJevents and were disqualified for Tnun OUt Of Zone in foe Sprint Marihail Edwardi) 407 racSS -old Frmlnn DayM SMvt Lonqham Tommy I medley record 40X Soulhrrn Maltiadiit 1141 old rrcord individual events the Indians got stuck on No 4 as AMIrnr Clirutiin (Dough TMmpjHoutlon) they had four SUCh finishes ion Albert Von Troba Chorin ChritF Univcrilly point toioU: ACC 41 Tnrai unpl Mnnrp in thp hmarl itimn mot Woyno BadpMy) 1:541 Inrw racnrd'54 Boylor 7 SMU IX Homlon Tow North Trxo sum (21-9) Dick Sigler in foe pole Hwntom 10:111 1112 1 4 tcu i7 vauU (12-6) Deckard in the 109 conrgo civilian (98 and Jimmy Rogers in the Shot 1 Rumell Fokwmut Eait'milo (4:346) 2 Hardin Simmons Bill Offdl TO just missed a blue ribbon in the Thurman Wllliamion Herdifi-Mmmom -444-4 1 Carroll Hair Lamar Trch 641 High I ChriiHm Errokurii Trim W-itrrn 4 Mot 4 inchn 2 William Ofliil Hardin SImmoni 44 (Wocra on frw-r miucii John Fuller Lamar Iren 4-2 4 Santi4qo Bairn Tnai Wntrrn 4-2 David Cougbran Howl'd Fayno 44 Broad I Garold WiHiomi I mar lech 24 l-M rona ionn high jump when he cleared 6-4 the same as Christian Erranzu-riz of TWCy but had more misses Charles Williams was third in foe javelin (165-2) and Thurman sSImAmm Wi Tsiwmiamson wa fuUrth Fourih PMco Chlpolo Marlonna Flo Tylor Tex I Fifth Floco Wilson Chicago Burlington Iowa PLACE 2ND 4TH IN KIMBALL RELAYS Rogvr 4- imuran Bin own and Norm woirividual points for the Cowboys Arlington SUM 21-4 4 Foil I Joan FulMr Lamar TacN 14 Mot l' bxlm (now rocord-ald racord 141 David Sum Enr Tcvai SiaM and Dub Smith Sul Ron 1141 2 Norm Wti Arlington StaM 12-4 3 David SMdga Howard Pavnt 114 (Wvir Permian cracked marks in the high jump before Wiiemon zeroed in dash 440 yard relay 440 yard For his sterling dren John Harrison Kenny Stephens and Martin combined for a record-breaking 3:280 Then foe varsity crew of De McCamey Win Titles ODESSA Odessa Permian discus 175-2 and the shot 58-5 The discus throw was a AUSTIN (RNS) Two Abilene women took first place in the open division doubles of the Texas Women's Bowling Association state championship Saturday They are Mrs Fran Summers the Abilene city champion in 1965 and the current city champ Mrs Doris French Their combined total was 1192 Mrs Summers who entered the tourney with a 181 average had a 196-191-237 624 Mrs French had a 206-160-202 568 The Abilene duo unseated Virginia Massey and Liz Barnett of Longview who had posted a 1148 Other women's doubles teams will shoot at the mark posted by the Abilene pair on weekends until the tourney ends April 17th The two women did not unseat the leader in singles competition The Sands Bowling team of Abilene will take a crack at the team title Sunday Mrs Summers is a member of the Sands lineup Mrs French is a member of the Cox's Trucking team To enter the women's division the contestants had to post averages of 170 or above McMurry 12-4 (only our coin- meet mark Uvihd The pole vault proved to be Vries David Caffey Cato and great crowd pleaser Galena'll I'MowM KJl 4 Fry hwered their No 1 ranked Parks Dickie Phillips the top am non state i- sieve vaulter in the state cleared 15-Lmr'' for still another mark Larry Smith held the arimniM iiata Ip-mu)' I FnMr Nimmo Lamar Tach 1 Inch I RuimiI PoM-mut Tanas Half 1444 1 Waynn docking with a 3:192 for the fifth and last Cooper record Their previous top time was I FraU Snunv Howard Payat 171 Met Hi inv 2 Wayne Ramie C4Mrsttjtitle 'M By MIKE DAVIS Reporter-News Sports Writer DALLAS Spraque Field was left in total ruins late Saturday afternoon When 12 records are shattered and still another tied the record books have taken a beating And so the seventh running of the Kimball Relays was hit right in the mouth and the kayo will remain for at least one year Cooper's rambling Cougars hitting a perfect five for five in the record department had to settle for second place behind host Kimball which recorded 147 sophomore mile relay and mile relay Abilene contributed to the record breaking festival with a mighty charge in the sprint medley which broke still another mark David Wright who seen 6-2 this season cleared that height in foe high jump for a first place and the first of 12 records to be set for foe day He almost make the finals finishing sixth in the prelims Wright's feat must have set the i WOn foe High School DlVlSldn I and McCamey captured the i157- vision II crown in the West Te'iLe'KlSrAri18 ton sum U7 Buony Lute Texa Permian scored 47 points to off with fine performances for Monahans McCamey crew of Joe Wishcamper tkb cw! amassed 65 points while run- ard Williams Bill Catlett and 'wiiiums Thome! waverly Henry Hir-inOf up Odessa Blackshear tout 'riun Clurlei Buteeudi 411 Sul Ron I MiMurry 42 Eleven records were set in (444s-ij the two divisions rewLCraL? L't5 t46' Big Spring's Joe Juare wisneamper ran a 5ZS to lead Tnomau ii-u im ow record1 was the too Individual scorer 11:151 Hnwerd Payiw l5 2 Lamarl Tech 1Qj77 McMurry A With 12 pOUltS UI the upper dlvt-Ha-din-Simmoni 114 Arimglon' sun iu-4ki sion UO-I Jacno Henry Sul Ithl 1X2 Boi I- tenpinff flll blit OI10 of bte Jackpm fceit ttn Srare 17 Jann In SCOnn5 ijcenneo Ta weitrrn it er team's points the Big Spring foe Eagle soph mile team Cooper hauled in other points with Cato's sixth in foe broad jump Mitch fifth in foe Jacfeia Cox performance Wiiemon was awarded the meet's outstanding athlete by unanimous choice of foe sports writers But others were nearly in his category For instance dandy quartermiler Mark Fry flew home in a record 483 clipping a 13 seconds off the old mark And Robert Monteith ripped off a sizzling 1:536 on the final leg (880 yards) on the winning sprint medley team The Eagle foursome of Frank Simonini Mark Breeding Bobby Caliison and Monteith was clocked in 3:297 which was Abilene's only first place but it established a new standard The Cougars made mincemeat of nearly three relay marks The 440 unit of Johnny De Vries George Cato Randall Martin and Fry ran a blazing 419 which is the fastest time run this sea- 3:194 at the Comanche Relays The splits found De Vries in 519 Caffey in 516 Cato in 478 and Fry 479 A broken handoff on exchange at the third leg in the sprint medley by Cooper turned into a near unbelievable feat Martin and Cato muffled the baton and by the time Cato had picked it up and gotten back on foe track the field was some 40 yards ahead Cato turned on all his burners and caught five opponents to put the Cougars all foe way up to third place when Caffey took foe stick for the final leg- shot put and Mike third in the high hurdles I uic uigii Iiuiuica aurmf meoiry stage for greater things because they happened Undoubtedly the most sensational performance on this perfect day for a track meet was the flight of Arlington Jack Wiiemon over the 180 yard low hurdles Wiiemon not rally upset Curt Noel of Grand Prairie but burned the conders in a record 186 This points for the team crown The Cougars had 107 points followed by Arlington Heights with 105 and foe Abilene Eagles with 62 The was left in a cloud of dust stirred by a hungry group of thinly dads with a desire for records The turning point in the battle for the team trophy came of the field i fei I i i i ilad raced to a record setting 188 rtuy 1 ii Abilene managed other noints lmf TesB c- fri feuidryin the low hurdles and placed ADiiene managea oiner points vec-om iv Riiroraioni 275 in the 100 with a fine 9 6 nth a fourth In the 880-yard re-iJ- McMurry JHJ 4t Eft Teut 3JID India Takes Lead BOMBAY India (AP) India gained a 24) lead over Iran Saturday in their first roum Eastern Zone Davis Cup encounter Premjit Lall the Indian captain defeated Nemat Nemati 2 6-3 6-3 and Misra defeated Toghi Akbari 6-2 3-6 6-3 Cato was clocked in a blazing lay a third in the miteran by jHoaard ian (no time) lAripgtcn A P'l a JJ 47 0 hut Mnntpith'o tramanrlnuc Ceorpp Hall and a third in HaromiiTMnoiii bom OisgaiiMa tor LOlOTaCO Uty Biluea IWO 1111(1 470 out Momeitns tremendous ieorge nan ana a tmra in thein ot when Kimball picked up 15ties the top mark set by Johnny points in the shot put and Coop- Hughes former Big Spring star mile relay The splits for the Eagles in the mile relay were medley 'pjaci to the fourth place they son on the Texas schoolboy and Waco's Mike Robins for the scene 1965 season The mile relays were strict- Noel had an 188 for first in'ly for the Cougars The sopho- surge fought off Caffey in the final 220 yards John Walker of Arlington Heights was foe tone er elected to scratch from foe 880 yard relay to save breath for foe other relays Coach Don Smith's Cougars get one of them and Rusty Stak-ley finished foe same in the jeentury Danny Jones 515 Bill Taylor 516 Caliison 501 and Monteith 479 See WT SUMMARIES Pg Col 1-2 foe top times across the state more baton team of Jack Mil- double winner He burled the iJb6( 61 i.