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Tech Scares Vols;
Lose In Double-OT
ATLANTA (UPX) — Tennessee
takes its slim Southeastern
Conference basketball hopes
back to Knoxville Saturday for
a game with Auburn after a
thrilling 71-69 double overtime
win over Georgia Tech here
Tuesday night.
Tom Boerwinkle, Tennessee’s
7-0 center, calmly dropped in
two free throws after the buzzer
sounded In the second overtime.
Tennessee had to battle from
five points behind late in the
second half to earn a 57-57 tie
at the end of regulation play. A
three-point play by guard Bill
Justus, who finished with 23
points, pulled the Vols into a
tie.
After Tennessee jumped to a
62-57 lead in the first overtime,
Tech rallied to tie the game
67-67 on a Pete Thorne jump
shot from the corner, to send
the game Into the second extra
period.
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The two teams traded baskets
in the opening minute of the
second overtime and then Ten
nessee stalled for the last shot.
When the shot missed, Thorne
fouled Boerwinkle who was try
ing to rebound.
Boerwinkle finished with 16
points and Bobby Croft had 13
UCLA-Houston Clash
In Countdown Stage
By BILL OSTHOFF
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—
The countdown for collegiate
basketball’s "second showdown”
was at least eight games and 30
days away for Houston’s top
ranked Cougars today.
and Tom Hendrix 10 for the
Vols. Tech captain Phil Wagner
was the game’s high scorer
with 27.
The win broke a three-game
losing streak for the Vols which
knocked them out of the SEC
lead and out of the national top
ten. Tennessee is now 16-5 for
the year while Tech is 11-11.
The Cougars, a 71-69 winner
over fabulous UCLA in “the
game of the century” last
month at Houston, won’t play
the second ranked Bruins again
until March 22 in Los Angeles—
if they are to play at all.
Houston (23-0) has five
regular season games remain
ing and then would have to win
three National Collegiate Athle
tic Association (NCAA) playoff
games in the Mideast to reach
Los Angeles.
and fourth-ranked St.
Bonaventure, the nation’s only
other major college unbeaten at
19-0, landed two of nine at-large
berths Tuesday in the 1968
NCAA championships.
Other bids went to 1963
champion Loyola of Chicago
(13-6), to be Houston’s foe
March 9 at Utah in one of seven
first-round games, 13th-ranked
New Mexico State (18-4), 15th
ranked Marquette (18-3), Florl
da State (17-5), St. John’s of
New York (15-6), Boston College
and the Ivy League champion,
either sixth-ranked Columbia
(17-3) or Princeton’s (17-4)
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Martha Dawn scored several time on jump shots
similar to this one Tuesday as the Griffin girls slaugh
tered Therrell, 51-27. Griffin plays Lee Thursday
in the second round of the 3-AAA tournament.
Ohio Back On
Top In Big 10
By United Press International
The long drought for Coach
Fred Taylor and his Ohio State
Buckeyes may be over.
Ohio State won or shared the
Big Ten basketball title for five
straight years with teams
headed by Jerry Lucas and
Gary Bradds, then the Buckeyes
were strictly also-rans for the
last three years.
But Tuesday night the
Buckeyes boosted themselves
back on top of the Big Ten
standings by beating Northwes
tern 87-7 at Columbus, Ohio. If
the Bucks get by Purdue with
sophomore star Rick Mount
Saturday they will stand in a
good position for the Big Ten
crown and the NCAA playoff
bid that goes with it.
Mount’s 38 points powered
Purdue to an 8-73 homecourt
victory over lowa, dropping the
Hawkeyes out of first place in
the conference. In another Big
Ten game, Randy Crews’ clutch
free throws earned Illinois a 72-
4 victory over lowa, dropping
the Hawkeyes out of first place
in the conference. In another
Big Ten game, Randy Crews’
clutch free throws earned
Illinois a 72-4 victory over host
Michigan and Harrison Stepter
and Lee Lafayette led Michigan
State over visiting Indiana 75-70.
Ohio State tops the circuit
with a 7-3 mark, followed by
Purdue and lowa, 6-3 each, and
Northwestern, 6-4.
Bill Hosket scored 23 points
and Dave Sorenson 22 as the
Buckeyes snapped a two-game
losing streak. Ohio State blitzed
the basket for a 54.8 shooting
percentage while the Wildcats
made only 28.4.
Kansas improved its chances
to land the Big Eight title and
an NCAA berth by tripping host
Missouri 74-65 behind Jo Jo
White’s 28 points. The Jayhawks
lead the conference with a 7-2
record. i
Leschly Winner
In Macon Tennis
MACON, Ga. (UPI) — South
paw Jan Leschly of Denmark,
the top-seeded foreign player,
was pushed to three sets by
Tom Edlefsen, before pulling
out a first round victory Tues
day night in the Macon Interna
tional Indoor Tennis Champion
ships.
Leschly was finally victorious
over the Californian by scores
of 6-3, 4-6, 8-6. The second seed
ed foreigner, Tom Okker of The
Netherlands, also was extended
by Manolo Orantes of Spain,
3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The number three Unit
ed States seed, Marty Relssen,
defeated Boro Javanovic of Yu
goslavia, 7-5, 6-2.
The first and second United
States seeds, Clif Rickey and
Clark Graebner, drew opening
round byes and play their first
matches tonight at the Wesleyan
College gymnasium.
Twenty-four of the world’s top
amateur players are on hand
for this first Macon Interna
tional tournament.
Other first round winners
were Jim Osborn of the U. S„
who defeated Ingo Buding of
Germany, 6-4, 6-4; Liz Arilla of
Spain defeated Bailey Brown of
the United States 6-4, 6-4, and
Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia
defeated Bobby Wilson of Eng
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Pitchers Fouling
Off GIVI’s Pitches
.By United Press International
The most important pitches in
major league spring training
camps are still being made by
general managers who hope the
hurlers with whom they are
dickering will prove as effective
in the summer as they are
stubborn in the spring.
Personnel director Harry
Dalton of the Baltimore Orioles
and general manager Lee
MacPhall of the New York
Yankees are among the front
office executives having their
troubles throwing strikes.
Deadwoods Win
Tourney Crown
Wilt Nears
25,000 Points
By United Press International
Nine more points and Wilt
Chamberlain of the Philadelphia
76ers will reacn the Incredible
total of 25,000 points for his
nine-year career in tht National
Basketball Association.
The 7-foot, 1-inch super star
moved his career total up to
24,992 points when he scored 20
Tuesday night in the 76ers’ 140-
108 victory over the Seattle
Supersonics. Chamberlain also
contributed 20 rebounds and
seven assists and led a 23-2
burst in the fourth period which
enabled the 76ers to put the
game beyond the Sonics’ reach.
Chamberlain started the sea
son with 23,442 points and a 37.6
per game average. Bob Pettit
ranks second on the NBA's all
time list with 20,880 points and
Dolph Schayes is third with
19,249.
The victory enabled the 76ers
to retain their four-game first
place lead in the Western
Division over the Boston Cel
tics, who beat the Cincinnati
Royals (126 - 110) Bailey
Howell led the Celtics with 25
points and Adrian Smith had 23
for the Royals.
Dick Barnett’s 32 points
raised his career point total to
10,005 as the New York Knicks
beat the San Francisco War
riors 115-112 in overtime, Bob
Boozer’s seven overtime points
paced the Chicago Bulls to a
124-121 triumph over the Detroit
Pistons and Earl Monroe’s 35
points led the Baltimore Bullets
past the St. Louis Hawks 127-115
in other games.
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Dalton reached an agreement
with relief pitcher Moe Drabow
sky Tuesday but still is
dickering with Tom Phoebus,
who led the Orioles’ staff with
14 victories in 1967, and Stu
Miller, a veteran star reliever.
In the meantime, manager
Hank Bauer is fretting over
getting on with the No. 1 job in
the Orioles' spring camp
reorganizing his pitching staff.
MacPhail announced the sign
ing of 18-year-old high school
star Bob Elliott, who had a 35-5
record at Massapequa, N.Y.,
The Deadwoods won the team
division in the Griffin Women’s
Bowling Tournament held here
last weekend.
The Deadwoods bowled a 2,899
to take first place. Members of
the team are Betty Parkinson,
Hat Waldrop, Bemie Zuberer,
Shirley Bottoms and Ruby Tr
ammell.
Ike Hill’s took second place
and WHIE was third.
Penny Owen and Annette Tay
lor won the doubles with a 1,228.
Dot Bevil and Martha Goodrum
were second, Frances McCar
ley and Rosa Callaway were
third, Nellie Pitts and Jean
Reeves won fourth and Hazel
Hilton and Mary Blanton were
fifth.
Nellie Pitts won the singles
with a 647. Dot Bevil was se
cond with a 639. Shirley Bottoms
had a 629„ Jerry Vaughn a 628,
Martha Goodrum had a 626
and Frances McCarley a 622.
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high school but failed to reach
agreements with A1 Downing
and Dooley Womack. Downing
had a 14-10 record and 2.63
earned run average last season
while Womack was the star of
the Yankees’ bullpen with a 2.41
era and 65 appearances.
MacPhail indicated that he is
close to an agreement with
Womack but that he and
Downing are pretty far apart.
The New York Mets signed A1
Jackson, reacquired during the
winter from the World Cham
pion St. Louis Cardinals, for an
estimated $30,000. Jackson, who
pitched for the Mets from 1962
through 1965, had a 9-4 record
and 3.95 era for the Cardinals
last season.
Dick Hughes, Larry Jaster,
Jim Cosman and Mike Torrez
all signed with the Cardinals;
the Chicago White Sox on
nounced contract agreements
with Gary Peters, Pete Ward,
Tom McGraw, Wayne Causey,
Gerry McNertney and Bob
Priddy; George Culver signed
with the Cincinnati Reds;
Denny LeMaster suddenly came
to terms with the Houston
Astros after indicating he might
engage in a lengthy holdout and
the Oakland Athletics an
nounced the signing of George
Lauzerique and Reggie Jackson.
BOSWELL IN FOLD
MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL
(UPl)—Dave Boswell, a right
hander with a 14-12 record last
season, has signed his 1968
contract with the Minnesota
Twins.
Also returning signed con
tracts were pitcher Jim Roland,
0-1 with the Twins last season,
and outfielder Herman Hill, who
batted .292 for Orlando of the
Class A Florida State League.