Montreal Franchising Push Faces Million Dollar Deadline
National League president Warren Giles told Montreal backers to put up or shut up by August 15, demanding 1.2 million dollars and a written pledge for a 50 000 seat domed stadium. Mayor Drapeau and financier group led by Charles Bronfman met to push the bid amid doubts and comparisons with San Diego Atlanta Houston and Milwaukee.
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Montreal
UPI
National League
Warren Giles
Giles
San Diego
Jean Drapeau
Charles Bronfman
Buffalo
N.Y
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Houston
Bronfman
Drapeau
Lucien Saulnier
Bowie Kuhn
McHale
Break Looms Between PGA and Touring Pros
Reports say touring players may form an independent tour as talks with the PGA reach stalemate. Gardner Dickinson calls the situation grave as players seek control of the $5.6 million operation and a czar to run the tour, a demand the PGA rejects.
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New York
Professional Golfers Association
PGA
Gardner Dickinson
The
Riessen Triumphs in German Open Debut
Martin Riessen, former Davis Cup star, beat Milan Holecek 7-5 6-3 8-6 in a second round match at the West German Open in Hamburg. Amateurs also advanced with Maud, Pilic, Buding, and Okker among those who won, while Wade Tesart and Du Plooy won women’s and men’s matches for Britain and South Africa.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Marty Riessen
Milan Holecek
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
Robert Maud
Roger Taylor
England
Richard Hunt
Tony Roche
Australia
Joachim Ploetz
Cliff Drysdale
Richard Crealy
Tom Okker
Holland
France
Pierre Barthes
Nicola Pilic
Jan Kukal
Ingo Buding
Alex Kurucz
Edda Buding
Lyn Hunt
Virginia Wade
Britain
Marijke Jansen
Judy Tesart
Carol Sheriff
Annette du Ploov
Fay Moore
Phillips May Trade Prison Garb For Pros
Jesse Phillips a former Michigan inmate becomes a Bengals draft pick after parole. Coach Paul Brown and assistant Mike Brown express confidence in his football potential despite past forged-check crimes.
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Jesse Phillips
Michigan
Cincinnati Bengals
Mike Brown
Paul Brown
Michigan State
Bengals
Brown
Green Bay Packers
Jesse
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Beads Rule On Road Trips Gains Mets Be Trend Backlash
Mets manager Gil Hodges bans beads and medallions on road trips after a clash between Ron Swoboda and Don Cardwell aboard a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. Swoboda wore love beads. Cardwell objected as Hodges enforces a dress code. Mets defeat the Astros 4 1.
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UPI
New York Mets
Gil Hodges
Hodges
Ron Swoboda
Don Cardwell
Los Angeles
Swoboda
Cardwell
Phil Linz
Linz
New York Yankees
Mets
Houston Astros
South Side Tilt Rained Out and Tourney Plans Announced
The Anderson Sportsmen’s game with the South Side Saints of Indianapolis was washed out at Memorial Field. Plans were revealed for the Indiana State Stan Musial Tourney at East Chicago later this month. The Sportsmen draw Fort Wayne in round one on Friday August 23 at 8 p.m. and will play two benefit games versus Kankakee on August 17 and 18 to raise funds for the trip.
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Anderson Sportsmen
South Side Saints
Indianapolis
Memorial Field
Indiana State
East Chicago
Fort Wayne
Kankakee
Granatelli Defends Turbocar Stance in Indy Pace
Granatelli refuses to withdraw his turbocar from USAC racing citing safety and efficiency of four wheel drive. He plans to race Milwaukee with Art Pollard piloting while urging rule-makers to preserve four wheel drive despite 1969 bans. Al Unser’s success in four wheel drive cited as evidence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Andy Granatelli
United States Auto Club
Milwaukee
Granatelli
USAC
al Unser
Art Pollard
Joe Leonard
Unser
Bobby Unser
Nazareth
Indianapols
Langhorne
Sportsmen Fall To WHS in Diamond Clash
Anderson Sportsmen trailed WHS Electric 2-1 after two runs in the second and fourth innings. Tom Byers took the loss as Anderson dropped to 33-10 with Highmark earning the win. Steve Lane doubled among two hits, with Jack Taylor and Joe Snowden adding to Anderson’s four hits. The club next faces the South Side Saints at home.
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WHS Electric
Memorial Stadium
Tom Byers
Highmark
Steve Lane
Jack Taylor
Joe Snowden
Lane
South Side Saints
Anderson Field
WHS Passwater
Strafford
Newt
Hallenbeck
Dacdnile
Songer
Ballinger
Lacey
Bradford
Taylor
Watkins
Teague
Hovermale
RITE
Snowden
Tee
Aaa
Arrendale
Duttanell
Tigers Complete Suspended Win Over Indians
Detroit guards the late run to secure a 5-2 victory over Cleveland in the completion of a suspended game. John Wyatt earned the win in relief, preserving Detroit’s lead as the Tigers outscored the Indians 5 to 2 after a long delay.
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Detroit
UPI
John Wyatt
Cleveland
Detroit Tiger
Indians
Doom
Snyder
McAullife
Maye
Stanley
Johnson
Northrup
Sims
G. Brown
T. Harri
Wyatt
Klimcick
Fisher
Wert
Price
Harris
Sparma
L. Brown
Lolich
Hall
Williams
Salmon
E—Salmon
Cash
Tracewski
Iphrer
Fear
T. Horton
BACKSWING TECHNIQUE FOR BOWLING
Instruction on starting the backswing with a waist high ball and no force. Mentions planning timing and correcting delivery and promotes a 34 tip booklet by Don Carter and Marion Ladewig available from National Newspaper Syndicate in Chicago with 20 cents.
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Don Carter
Marion Ladewig
National Newspaper Syndicate
North Wacker Drive
Chicago
McCovey hits two homers to lift Giants over Phillies
Willie McCovey belted his 28th homer of the season, adding a second long ball to fuel a 4-3 San Francisco win over Philadelphia. He homered in the sixth off Jeff James and again in the eighth against Dick Hall after the Phillies tied it with Roberto Pena on base and Don Lock, Ricardo Joseph, and Cookie Rojas driving in runs.
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Willie McCovey
San Francisco Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
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Dick Hall
Phillies
Jeff James
Giants
Philadelphia
Roberto Pena
Don Lock
Ricardo Joseph
Cookie Rojas
Taylor
Pena
Hunt
Callison
Cline
Gonzalez
Rou
Allen
Dartaorth
Joseph
Dietze
Rojas
Alou
Ryan
Mays
White
Lanier
Sadecki
James
Linzy
Sutherind
Wagner
Sullivan
Olx
E—Gonzalez
Sb— Bonds
Dietz
Brer
Hall
Iowa State to Seek Negro Assistant Coach
Iowa State University football coach Johnny Majors announced the hiring of white backfield coach Ollie Keller from Memphis and pledged to seek a Negro coach next year after pressure from the Black Students Organization. The group demanded a Black football coach by August 1, a condition the Athletic Council rejected. Two Black players, Willie Muldrew and Don Graves, left the school afterward. Arizona State plans seven night games this fall, six at home.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Johnny Majors
Majors
Ollie Keller
Memphis
Tenn
Iowa State
Iowa State Athletic Council
Athletic Council
Willie Muldrew
Don Graves
Arizona State University
Pacers Announce 78 Game Schedule Start October
The Indiana Pacers unveiled their 78 game ABA schedule with a home opener October 18 against Oakland at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum. The road trip begins October 26 at Kentucky and runs through March before finishing in late March with games against Minnesota and New York among others.
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UPI
Indiana Pacers
American Basketball Association
Oakland
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Kentucky
Denver
Houston
Minnesota
Los Angeles
New York
Dallas
New Orleans
Miami
Yanks and Athletics Split Twin Bill in New York
In the second game Reggie Jackson delivered a 10th inning RBI single to cap an Oakland comeback, giving the A's a 4 3 win after New York won the rain delayed opener 3 0. Joe Keough brown a pinch home run in his major league debut for Oakland.
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NEW York
Reggie Jackson
Mike Hershberger
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
Yankees
Mel Stottlemyre
Hershberger
Bert Campaneris
Jackson
A’s
Joe Keough
Keough
Jim Pagliaroni
Athletics
Oakland
Kubiak
Cox
Pepitone
Campanens
Clarke
S-Nash
New York Players Featured In Uneven Box Score
The record lists players Odom Aker Krausse Soreye Pagliaroni Duncan Peterson McDaniel Hamilton Fernandez and Gibbs with Krausse 8 8 left on base and Hamilton handling the pitching duties. Pagliaroni hit a homer in the third and Keough added a highlight.
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Odom
Aker
Krausse
Soreye Ue
Pagliaroni
Duncan
Peterson
McDaniel
Hamilton
Fernandez
Gibbs
Hamilton i
Keough
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