USAC Texas Twin 220s ignite USAC title bids at College Station
The Racing SCENE reports Joe Leonard of San Jose and Butch Hartman of South Zanesville aim for their third straight USAC national crowns in Texas World Speedway events. Leonard drives a Samsonite Parnelli-Offy in the 200 mile National Championship, starting 1 p.m. Texas time, while Hartman pilots a 1973 Dodge in the 200 mile Late Model Stock race at 3:30 p.m. Also noted: Texas World Speedway set speed records, track economics, and upcoming qualifications, with ABC carrying a 5 p.m. ET taped broadcast of the championship portion.
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Joe Leonard
Butch Hartman
College Station
Texas
Leonard
San Jose
Calif
Hartman
South Zanesville
Ohio
Richard Hartman
Texas World Speedway
Mario Andretti
A. J. Foyt
Texas International Speedway
Daniel Holloway
Michigan
Nascar
Bobby Isaac
Larry Moore
American Speed Association
Winchester
Greenville
Luther McDonald
ABC
Wide World of Sports
Rangers Take 2-0 Lead In Stanley Cup Series
New York defeated Boston 4 2 to take a 2 0 series lead as Walt Tkaczuk scored his third goal in the third period. Ted Irvine and Pete Stemkowski put New York ahead in the second period while Phil Esposito suffered a knee injury late in the final frame.
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Boston
New York
Walt Tkaczuk
Rangers
Boston Bruins
Bostons
Phil Esposito
Car
Ried
Ted Irvine
Pete Stemkowski
Jacques Plante
Stemkowski
Irvine
Plante
Keller's Three Pointer Lifts Pacers In Comeback Win
Billy Keller hit a three with 14 seconds left and Fred Lewis drew a late foul to add a free throw as the Indiana Pacers edged the Denver Rockets 97-95 to take a 3 1 lead in the ABA Western Division series. Ralph Simpson scored 41 for Denver as Roger Brown and Mel Daniels paced Indiana with 25 and 11 points respectively. The decisive sequence featured Keller banking home the go ahead triple after a Mitchell-like late clock scramble and Lewis drawing a critical foul in the scramble.
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Denver
Billy Keller
Freddie Lewis
Secord
Indiana Pacers
Denver Rockets
Indianapolis
Pacers
Indiana
Pacer
Ralph Simpson
Keller
Billy
George
McGinnis
Bobby Leonard
Simpson
Dave Robisch
Roger Brown
Donnie Freeman
Byron Beck
Lewis
Nets
American Basketball Association
Greensboro
N.C
Cunningham
Cougars
Caldwell
Calvin
New York
George Carter
Billy Paultz
Carter
Paultz
Dennis Wuycik
Gene Littles
Carolina
Steve Jones
Owens
Taylor
Jones
Metchni
Maning
Bruns
Littles
Chones
McClan
Lackey
Wuycik
Widgin
Jones, Carter
Melchionni Onge
Cougars Take 3 1 Lead in Close Frame
In Uniondale New York the Carolina Cougars led 3 1 at the halfway point as Billy Cunningham Mack Calvin and Joe Caldwell sparked a 74 point trio to power a victory over the New York Knicks in a high scoring affair.
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Uniondale
N.Y
Billy Cunningham
Mack Calvin
Joe Caldwell
Carolina Cougars
New York
Black Hawks edge Blues in Cup quarterfinal thriller
Chicago defenseman Pat Stapleton and Angelo Angotti scored on a deflection as the Black Hawks beat the St. Louis Blues 1-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. Tony Esposito made key saves while St Louis contested a broken stick penalty late in the game.
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Chicago
Lou Angotti
Tony Esposito
Chicago Black Hawks
St. Louis Blues
Hawks
St. Louis
Phil Roberto
Blues
Jim Pappin
Pappin
Roberto
Chico Maki
Pat Stapleton
Hawk
Angotti
Caron
Flyers Tie Series With 4-1 Win Over North Stars
Barry Ashbee tied a playoff record with three assists in the second period as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4-1 to even the Stanley Cup quarterfinal series at one game apiece. Don Saleski, Bill Flett, Bill Barber and Terry Crisp scored for Philadelphia. Minnesota got a late third-period goal. The teams move to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4 in a best-of-seven.
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Philadelphia
Barry Ashbee
Philadelphia Flyers
Minnesota North Stars
Ashebee
Flyers
Don Saleski
Bill Flett
Bill
Minnesota
Doug Favell
Exhibition Standings Across American and National Leagues
Exhibitions show standings for the American League with teams such as Cleveland New York Oakland Chicago Baltimore Boston Detroit Minnesota Kansas City Milwaukee California and Texas plus the National League leaders Cincinnati Montreal San Francisco Chicago Los Angeles St Louis Pittsburgh Houston New York Philadelphia San Diego Atlanta and others with win loss and percent figures indicating current form. Team names appear with varying spellings and abbreviations reflecting the period shorthand used in the source.
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Cleveland
New York
Oakland
Chicago Ib
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Minnesota
Kansas City
Milwaukee
California
Texas
Cincinnati
Montreal
San Francisco
Chicago
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Houston Il
Philadelphia
San Diego
Atlanta
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Lee Kunzman
Johnny Parsons
Don Nordhorn
Bruce Walkup
Duane Carter
Larry Cannon
Greg Weld
Joe Saldena
Ssc
Moore
Mattingly
Waghi Couroen
Imaey
Herald Sports Report
Rockets
Mel Daniels
Darnell Hillman
Daniels
Hillman
Black Hawks
Edge Blues
Esposito
St.Llouis
Jacques Caron
Rick Macleish
Bill Goldsworthy
Don Salseki
Danny Grant
Dennnis O’brien
UPI
Stars
Barber
Terry Crisp
New York Rangers
Central Tire
Seiberling
Whitewall
Seiberlin
White Rai
cenTrat
11Th & Central
Anderson
Seiberling Commercial
County Rd
Yorktown
5Th & St. Madison
Muncie
C&g
AS Motor Homes
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Viking Fold
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