Jim Hershberger
Recently chosen to be honored at the Kansas Relays, April 16-18, Jim Hershberger will also compete in the "Master's Mile," a new event open to those 35 and older. The Wichita oilman, sportsman and philanthropist is 38.
Miami is 'Super' site
HONOLULU (UPI)—Just call Miami, Fla. "Super City, U.S.A."
Football's grand classic—the Super Bowl—will be played in Miami for the third time in five years next Jan. 17.
Miami had been considered an underdog in the bidding for the National Football League title game mainly because it had already been played there in 1968 and 1969.
But NFL club owners meeting here voted almost unanimously Tuesday for the Florida city after hearing its sales pitch for the 1971 Super Bowl game.
"Im elated. I couldn't be more pleased," said Miami Mayor Stephen C. Clark, who led his city's Super Bowl delegation. He said the Orange Bowl, site of the game, will be expanded by 4,000 seats to a capacity of 80,000 and that for
the first time the SuperBowl will be played on artificial turf.
In addition, the mayor announced Miami will put on a major parade the night before the Super Bowl. Clark said the parade will follow the route of the annual Orange Bowl parade and will feature floats representing the 26 NFL teams.
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Other league action taken so far included decisions to:—use the NFL ball rather than the "pointier" ball the American Football League used before the two leagues merged—Keep the NFL one-point conversion rather than adopt the AFL two-point option.—Make the scoreboard clock the official timepiece on the field, an AFL policy—Put the name of each player on the back of his jersey, also AFL style.
William Howard Taft is the only president to become chief justice of the United States.
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NEW YORK (UPI)—Chris Gilbert, who played football for the University of Texas 1966-68, is the only major college player to gain 1,000 years rushing for three seasons. He finished his college career with 3,231 yards.
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NEW YORK (UPI)—Army's Glen Davis set a record in 1945 that probably will never come close to being matched when he averaged 11.51 yards per carry during the season. He ran with the ball 82 times.
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NEW YORK (UPI)—Y.A. Tittle pased for nearly 29,000 yards during his pro football career that began in 1950 with Baltimore and ended with his retirement from the New York Football Giants after the 1964 season.
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NEW YORK (UPI)—The shortest touchdown pass in the National Football League record books is two inches. The toss came from Dallas' Eddie LeBaron to Dick Bielski over Washington in 1960.
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Wooden is top coach as Bruins vie for title
NEW YORK (UPI)—Davey O'Brien attempted 60 passes for the Philadelphia Eagles against the Washington Redskins in 1940. O'Brien completed 33, three short of Charlie Conerley's record made for the Giants against Pittsburgh in 1948.
Wooden, called the "Wizard of Westwood," for his ability to produce winning teams on the UCLA campus in Westwood section of Los Angeles, received 145 votes in the balloting among sports-writers and sports-casters across the nation while Rupp got 143 votes.
Frank McGuire, of South Carolina, was third in the balloting followed by Ralph Miller, whose Iowa team was unbeaten in Big 10 conference play; Dick Harter, whose Pennsylvania team gained a similar feat in capturing the Ivy League Crown; Larry Weise of St. Bonaventure and Joe Williams of Jacksonville.
NEW YORK (UPI)—The Alcindor era may have ended at UCLA but the John Wooden dynasty continues.
moved into post-season play seeking an unprecedented sixth national NCAA title.
Wooden, the man who built UCLA into a perennial national power, reached another milestone in his illustrious 24-year career as a college coach when he was voted the college basketball Coach of the Year Tuesday by United Press International.
Coach John Wooden appraised the chances of his defending champion UCLA team in these words today as the four finalists for the NCAA basketball championship gathered for the pressure-pit collegiate title playoff at the University of Maryland.
It marked the fourth time the 59-year-old Hoosier has won the奖. Wooden was Coach of the Year in 1969 while the Lew Alcindor-led Bruins marched to their third consecutive NCAA championship. He had won similar accolades in 1967 and 1964.
The 59-year-old Wooden, a native of Martinsville, Ind., beat out another well-known colleague for the 1970 honor, Kentucky's Adolph Rump.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (UPI) — "We're in good shape physically, mentally and emotionally. We're a realistic, honest team. But my players feel that every team left can win it."
The winner of that battle goes into Saturday's finals against the victor of the Jacksonville-St. Bonaventure contest. The Dolphins are favored against the Bonnies because of the loss of All-America Bob Lanier through a knee injury.
Wooden's Bruins compiled a 22-2 regular season record and
The Bruins come to the finals bidding for an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA title with the semifinal Thursday against a strong New Mexico State aggregation their first test.
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Coach Joe Williams said at a round-robin telephone news conference that his Jacksonville Dolphins weren't taking their semifinal foe, St. Bonaventure, lightly even though the Bonnies lack the service of Lanier.
St. Bonaventure Coach Larry Weise suggested the only way his team could cope with the height of the Dolphins was "bring more stepladders."
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