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%mm-s Sports r i Sports Quiz Official Entry # Cut Out & Send In I SPORTS QUIZ, BOX I MEXICO, N.Y. 1 I I I I PHOENIX DUMPS MPH The Firebirds of Phoenix rip-John Young with six points, ped their season record to a The visiting Knights managed 13-0 with a 63-44 victory over only five points and Jimmy Lee the invading Red Knights. The contributed all of these. Firebirds are 11-0 in the Os- Continuing in their 1-3-1 wego County League and with zqne the Phoenix five appeared this victory have clinched at to slow down in the second least a tie for the Champion- quarter and were outscored ship. A victory at Hannibal on 19-12. The Firebirds were not Tuesday would clinch the Cham- running very well and with pionship for the Firebirds. Jim Lee and Jim Johnson net- Once again led by All Coun- ting 10 and 7 points respec- ty candidate Ken Brann, the tively, the visitors cut a 15 Firebirds appeared to make point first quarter lead to an the game a runaway. Display- eight point half time advantage, ing their patterned running ga- Ken Brann and Scott Smith Coaches Comments: Good effort despite a week and a half layoff. Field goals me the home team raced to a 20-5 first quarter lead. The Orangemen attack was led by Tim Smiley with eight and paced the Firebirds with four points each. The third quarter proved to be a low scoring affair with Oswego County Statistics Phoenix staying on top 11-7. Both teams had trouble finding the mark and were unable to penetrate each other's defen- ses. Jim Lee continued to lead 46% 26/56. Free throws'68% Manlius with four points while H/16. Ken Brann 57% 8/14 Ken Brann had seven for Ph- from field, 80% 4/5 free throws oenix. The third quarter ended 20 points, 13 rebounds; Gordy with the Firebirds on top 43-31. Dick 9 points, 3 assists, 1 steal; George Betts 8 points, ISerTorcor^e^s* » «\**.. 4 rebounds, 2 steals, tors 20-13. Changing to a man- to-man press the Firebirds cut off the two big guns from Manlius. Johnson and Lee. Be- fore fouling out Jim Johnson contributed 12 points. Ken Br- ann with nine and Gordy Dick with five led Phoenix. Jimmy Lee took game scor- ing honors with 24 while Ken Brann had 20 for Phoenix. 1 assist. Phoenix - FG - FT - F - Dick - 3 - 3 - 4 - 9 Smith - 2 - 0 - 1 - 4 Smiley - 2 - 4 - 3 - 8 Young - 4 - 0 - 2 - 8 Mintonye - 3 - 0 - 4 Betts -4-0-1-8 Brann - 8 - 4 - 0 - 20 Total - 26 - 11 - 15 - TP i ! - 6 \ • 63 ' 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Scoring Leaders - Game Ave. 1. Jim Johnson - 24.2 ppg Jerry Cole - 23.3 ppg. Ken Brann - 17.5 ppg. Gordon Tupper - 17.5 ppg. Jim Lee-16.2 ppg. Jerry Simmons - 14.9 ppg. Barry Hurlburt - 14.9 ppg. Pat Hamer - 14.0 ppg. Jim Baker - 12.4 ppg. 10. Joe Tag. - 12.2 ppg. 10. Harold Walsh - 12.5 ppg. Field Goal Percentage Leaders Percent 1. Ken Brann - 58% 2. Barry Hurlburt - 3. Geo Betts - 49% 4. Pat Hamer - 45. Jim Lee - 44.3% Joe Comerford - 44.1% Scott Smith - 44.0% 49.1% - 79% 8*. Otto Penoyer - 43^ 9. Jerry Simmons - 42.b 70 10. Gordon Tupper - 42.1% Free Throw Percentage Lea- ders - Percent 1. Stewart McGough 2. Harold Walsh - 77% 3. Ken Brann - 72.3% 4. Elmer Edick - 72.1% 5. Otto Penoyer - 69% 6. Joe Tag - 65.4% 7. Jerry Cole - 65.1% 8. Chuck Golden - 65.0% 9. Gordy Dick - 63% 10. Biff Harter - 62.8% Rebound Leaders - Total 1. Jim Johnson - 182 2. Ed Washburn - 140 3. Jim Baker - 108 4. Bob Serley - 89 5. Howard Tiberend - 86 6. Ken Brann - 81 7. Joe Tag - 80 8. Gary Chapman - 80 9. Gordon Tupper - 79 10. Dave Fresch - 70 Assists - Total 1. Gordy Dick - 38 2. Jim Lee - 34 3. Jim Johnson - 34 4. Jim Baker - 29 5. Jim Loson - 28 6. Dave Allport - 28 7. Barry Hurlburt - 27 8. Jerry Simmons - 27 9. Jerry Cole - 27 10. Harold Walsh - 23 Team Shooting From the Field - Percent 1. Phoenix - 42% 2. MPH - 38.3% 3. Mexico - 37% 4. Hannibal - 38.2% 5. Oswego Cath. - 36.1% 6. Cent. Square - 35% 7. APW - 32.5% 8. Pulaski - Team Free Throw Shooting 1. Oswego Catholic - 59.1% 2. APW - 56.6% 3. Phoenix - 56.1% 4. Mexico - 54.2% * Cent. Sq. - 54.0 % MPH - 50% Hannibal - 49.0% Pulaski - «• BUCKING THE LINE By Bob Dahncke ....The latest New York St- ate Sportswriters Poll is out today and the Phoenix Fire- birds have jumped one notch in the state ratings, now holding the 17th spot on the list. Th- eir main worry now seems to be not letting down as they face Mexico tomorrow night and then move into the league pl- ayoffs, where four clubs def- initely have a shot. Manlius Pebble Hill is once again nam- ed to the honorable mention list. In The shocker of the week, top ranked Watkins Glen (2 PTS. EACH) 1. (True or False) Ben Ho- gan was golf's leading money winner only once. 2. Who is Ruben Olivares? 3. Snead and Nicklaus have this in common in relationship to Arnold Palmer. 4. How many Drake Relays have there been? 5. What University calls Den- ny their home field? 6. 1942-45 are significant ye- ars for the golf tour. Why? 7. Washington & Jefferson College has an obvious nick- name. 8. These scrambled letters will give you first and last na- mes of a famous golfer: NNY- RSLBOENO 9. How many pennants did Connie Mack win with the A's? 10. How many basesdidBob- by Murcer steal last season? 11. Complete this sports line \First in war, first in peace and \. BOX 305, CENTRAL SQUARE 14. A Vandal or robber Way out west Not many do they clobber But, their state's best I the impression if one of Os- car's wild swings had connect- ed, Floyd would have been 12. Willie Pastrano's claim to fame. 13-20 Riddles - All answers 15. This mountain popper Quite a pro On defense, a stopper Offense, does go. 16. A captain needs one Timely pokes No big gun Cheered by midwest folks 17. New York boy Extremely good mood West coast joy If natural, shouldn't look glued. 18. To leaf or call Defensive terror Attacks man with the ball His draft no error 19. Curtain or gun Never with leader Has New York fun Needs frequent feeder 20. To serve you need one 1950's fame On grass a big gun Never played pro game BONUS (10 PTS.) NO PENALTY He was known as \Sarge\ and was an outstanding American League reliever before slip- ping and winding up his career with Pittsburg and St. Louis. Vintage 40's & 50's he pitched in 3 World Series games. A are proper nouns relating to World Of sports. (2 ptS. each) he P la ^ ed £or flve American *S r !5 gs ^ cadem . v wa s u Pset by be ddy-bye. He never was kn- #3 Mt. Vernon in a shakeup of the large schools poll. Watk- ins Glen lost 95-80 to the de- fending state champions, who now move into the number one rating. Watkins Glen Springs falls to number five. own for his chin. We had it 5-4-1, much closer than the officials, one of whom had it 7-2. He must have missed the early rounds, when Oscar landed his four punches for the 13. A ticket or award Think of three His owners could afford Backers much glee League and three National Lea- gue teams. Did you see the fight last ^^Vou say you're upset be- t 5. 6. 7. 8. Friday night. Bonevena looked like the bum he's always been, and Patterson looked amazing for a 37 year old man. Thought he won the fight on his comb- inations and gameness, but had i i O \We're Cutting Prices !\ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Games For m I • • t • • JIM WEATHERUP ASKS \WHAT BETTER OR ECONOMICAL WAY TO CEtfBRATE A BIRTHDAY IS THERE?\ cause you don't belong to a sports quiz team, but you like to do the quizzes? Well, you ^ can enter them, you know, and if you have a better score than any of our teams for a parti- cular week, you'll win some ni- ce prizes. To date, this is S_ our priz.e list: $10 from the M Oswego County Weeklies....An _ „ —. _ _ W evening of bowling for two at •^••feM HH Mt A. \ ^«a MBM^ A MM^^t V Green Acres Lanes in Central BIRTHDAY CELEBRATERS # Square.. Dinner for two at ^Sackett's Restaurant Lunch for two at LeFever's Pharmacy in Central Square....A free ha- ircut at Village Barber Shop in Constantia.... A one year sub- scription to this newspaper.... and this week, hold on to your 7-iron we're adding two passes good for 18 holes of golf, to the Greenview Co- untry Club in West Monroe. Ev- eryone but employees of this newspaper and their families, as well as member of the spo- rts quiz teams and their fami- lies are eligible Just for- ward your answers to me, c/o Bucking the Line, Box 1, Me- xico, i\.\. ...Next week, I'll announ- ce my first annual \Bucking the Line\ all stars in basket- ball. We'll pick what we thi- nk are the league's ten best all-stars, according to our vi- ews of those we talk with ar- ound the league. News item JimMc- Daniels of the Carolina Coug- ars of the ABA leaves team and reports interest in the Seattle club of the NBA. The rookie has a $3 million cont ract with the former. We're bucking this entire \Greener pastures\ concept being upheld by far too many wishy-washy judges, courts etc. Whatever happened to legal contracts in the world of sports? We rec- all that even after he'd played out his option, Rick Barry had to sit out another year before jumping to the NBA. When he desired jumping back to the NBA Warriors, he was told TEAM J Special Report On Northern Spies SEE CLIFF'S COLUMN ON NEXT PAGE Open Bowling Only-Noon-6 PM & 9 PM On • RT. 49 GREEN ACRES LANES 668-7715 CENTRAL SQUARE - Sports Quiz League Standings- FIRST FOUR TEAMS IN EACH DIVISION QUALIFY FOR PLAYOFFS IN APRIL NORTHERN CONFERENCE ^NTRAJTCONFERENCE 276 Dalton's Raiders 2IL2 256 Room 222 21+8 The Law Firm 222 Catcher & Co. 17I1 Kent Streeters ikk Nugent's Nummies Xij2 The Wynn'ers Northern Spies SECOB JFK Faculty Moss's Mob AH Stars Dynasty Smasher 3um Runners 221* 210 176 13i|. 26 22 Phillips 66'ers 96 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE he couldn't. How come then Hayward, Hawkins, and now big JIM??????? Harriet's Raiders 272Endwell Whip lakers 130 Orlando's Marines 250 Phoenix Polacks 112 SU Sport Freaks 211 Brewerton Vikings 92 C.S- Redmen * 158 Angry Mob 20