Atlanta Hawks Vs. Chicago Bulls Basketball Fans in Middle Ten- Coach of the Year
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6=ST6#U &wm N.B.A. Professional Basketball: Atlanta Hawks Vs. Chicago Bulls Basketball fans in Middle Ten- Coach of the Year. Gym with some players who aren't nessee will have an opportunity The Hawks are not known as a strangers to basketball fans in to see top flight professional bas- team with "superstars," but have this area. One of these players ketball in Memorial Gym tonight a well balanced attack led by is seven foot Tom Boerw inkle as the Atlanta Hawks take on the 6-9 center Zelmo Beaty, 6-6 for- Chicago Bulls in an exhibition ward Bill Bridges, and 6-1 guard who played an important part in game at 7:30 p.m. Lenny Wilkins. Beaty, the smal- the University of Tennessee's lest center in the league last year drive to the Southeastern Con- Atlanta, formerly the St. Louis ference basketball championship Hawks, are beginning their first led the Hawks in scoring with a last year. Boerw inkle was the year under their new banner. The 21.0 average. Wilkens had a 20.0 Hawks won the N.B.A. Western average last season in ranking Bulls' first round draft choice second only to Wilt Chamberlain last year in an effort to strengthen Division championship in their the middle of their front line. 1967-68 campaign under Coach in the balloting for the Most Val- Another familiar face on the Richie Guerin. uable Player Award of the league. hardwood tonight will be that of Last year was Guerin's first Don Ohl, an acquisition of the Clem "the Gem" Haskins former- year as full time Hawk mentor Hawks in a trade last season, as he retired from active player will join Wilkens in the back- ly of Western Kentucky. The form- er Ail-American led Western Ken- status in 1967. He as a player- court. Paul Silas, Joe CaldwcU, tucky to conference championships coach for the Hawks four years or possibly Lou Hudson will round and NCAA berths in his last two previous to his retirement as a out the front line with Bridges years at Western. player. In his initial year as head and Beaty. Besides these fine rookies, the coach, Guerin was elected NBA Chicago will come to Memorial Bulls will have 6-6 Bill Boozer who averaged 21.5 points per game last season, Flynn Robinson, Jim Washington, and Jerry Sloan just MALE HELP WANTED to name a few. The Bulls finished fourth in the Western Division Need man with some sales experience for work in last season. Clothing Store. Must be neat in appearance and be The basketball team from the University of Tennessee will come able to meet the public. to Murfreesboro for this game and will be introduced possibly at half-time. This basketball game is being held in conjunction with PURNELL CLOTHING CO. a basketball clinic being held on 121 No. Maple Apply, MR. GRACE campus and the proceeds from the game will go into the athletic fund. Beasley's Announces YOUR COMPLETE STORE FOR COLLEGE NEEDS AND Graduate Fellowships Inquiries about the Danforth HALLMARK SUPPLIES Graduate Fellowships, to be awarded in March, 1969, are in- vited, according to William M. Beasley of the MTSU English de- partment, the local campus rep- resentative. Dr. Beasley's office is in Room 323 of the New Class- DATA-MATE room Building. The Fellowships, offered by the BUSINESS MACHINES- Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri, are open to men and women who are seniors or recent EQUIPMENT graduates of accredited colleges in the United States, who have Jackson Heights Plaza serious interest in college teach- OPEN 8 A.M. - 8 P.M. DAILY ing as a career, and who plan to 893-1192 study for a Ph.D. in a field common to the undergraduate college. Car Buffs do It! /' ADAMS SPEED AND SPORTS BILL BARNS r|iHIE "Everything Automotive" mm CABOOSE 4 Miles North On 231 Inglish leather. For men who wan! to be where the Traditional Clothes For Men action is. Very racy. Very mascu- line. ALL-PURPOSE LOTION. 114 North Baird Lane 893-3583 $2.50, $4.00, $6.50. From the com- plete array of ENGLISH LEATHER men's toiletries. .