Seattle Nine-Day Extension To Secure Financing
American League owners gave Seattle nine more days to raise funds to keep the Pilots in Seattle. The league recessed to Feb 6 while groups from Dallas-Fort Worth and Milwaukee sought to persuade. Edward Carlson leads the Seattle bid, with $5.5 million needed immediately and $9 million total consideration discussed.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
Seattle
Pilots
Joe Cronin
Dallas-Fort Worth
Milwaukee
Cronin
Eller Denies Gambling Link
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Carl Eller denied linking him to professional gambling after a Twin Cities TV report tied a North Carolina leased car to a gambling probe. Eller, with attorney, called the charges false and said his business partnership with Jim Marshall involved a legitimate Twin Cities franchise. Vikings General Manager Jim Finks defended Eller as completely innocent and a fine citizen.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
UPI
Carl Eller
Minnesota Vikings
Twin Cities
Eller
Minnesota Viking
North Carolina
Minneppolis
U.S. Justice Department
Jim Marshall
Viking
Vikings
Jim Finks
Wilhem At one 46 Signs 1970 Contract
Hoyt Wilhelm, 46, signed his 1970 contract with the Atlanta Braves as he nears 1000 games. The Braves also added Pat Jarvis and Stan Bell to the roster. Wilhelm, a knuckleball specialist, has 989 career appearances and a 2.45 ERA through 1969.
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Atlanta
UPI
Hoyt Wilhelm
Atlanta Braves
Wilhelm
Braves
Pat Jarvis
Stan Bell
Shreveport
Huntersville
N.C
Columbus
Ashe Denied Visa for South Africa Open
Arthur Ashe, American tennis star, was refused a visa to enter South Africa to play in the South African Open, prompting international backlash and fears of Davis Cup expulsion. The decision, announced by Sports Minister Frank Waring, cited Ashe’s anti apartheid stance and could harden global opinion ahead of a March Davis Cup meeting in London.
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Associated Press
Cape Town
South Africa
Arthur Ashe
Ashe
U.S. Lawn Tennis Association
New York
United States
U.S. State Department
William Rogers
England
New Zealand
Frank Waring
Waring
London
Basil Beary
Phipps and Bennett Win 1969 Exemplary Player Awards
Purdue quarterback Mike Phipps and Abilene Christian linebacker Chip Bennett are named Football Roundup’s Exemplary Players for 1969. Awards will be presented February 13, 1970 at the New York Athletic Club with Bill Gallo to appear. Snoring Double fetched $250,000 at Belmont Park sales, along with Fitan Fair and Count Challenger at $100 each.
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Mike Phipps
Purdue
Chip Bennett
Abilene Christian College
Texas
Football Roundup
Phipps
Bennett
Adrian B. Lopez
New York
Big Ten
Associated Press
Football Coaches Association
Abilene Christian
Snoring Double
Sonny Werblin
Belmont Park
Fitan Fair
Count Challenger
South Side Warriors hold off Pendleton in eighth grade clash
South Side defeated Pendleton 39 31 in an eighth grade game as Robinson scored 15 and Ray 11 for the Warriors while Arnold led Pendleton with 10. Pendleton’s seventh grade team won in overtime 30 28. Both teams improve to 7 2 records.
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Bill Holzach
Washington
Michigan City
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Rymour
Itago Washington
Lee Shortridge
Kokomo Haworth
Pendleton
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Robinson
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Bledsoe
Beebe
Swackhamer
Norris
Griffith
Stewart
Loser
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Indels Shortridge
Richmond & Muncie Central
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Ekhar
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Evansville Memorial
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Edward Carlson
Carlson
Western International Hotels
Cleveland
William Daley
Daley
Wilhelm Atone
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By Justin Paine
Don Carter
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