ABA Meetings Begin Next Week Seeks to Trim League
The American Basketball Association plans a two day meeting to consider reducing teams or dissolving the league to bolster finances. Memphis Pittsburgh and Florida are named as possible cuts with Florida and Pittsburgh primary targets due to weak attendance. Dissolution could enable an NBA merger or absorb top ABA teams.
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Mets Fall Behind Early in Loss to Reds and Phillies
Cincinnati jumped on Tom Seaver for four first inning runs on singles by Rose and Morgan, Bench sacrifice fly, Perez single, Hague's two run homer. Perez added a homer in the eighth. Bowa drove in three, Hutton hit a two run shot as Phillies beat Astros. Champion and Hoerner hold Astros to one hit through six. Watson homered for Houston in the ninth. Millan provided a key fifth inning double and scored.
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Larry Bowa
Tommy Hutton
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Astros
Billy Champion
Houston
Joe Hoerner
Bob Watson
Felix Millan
Braves Edge Expos On Evans Sac Fly In N L Thriller
Darrell Evans drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly as Atlanta beat Montreal. Rico Carty hit the Braves first run and Jim Hardin earned his first NL win. Sam McDowell held St Louis to a 41 lead before the Cardinals erupted with five runs in the eighth behind Ted Simmons.
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Atlanta
Jim Hardin
San Francisco
Sam McDowell
St. Louis
Cardinals
Ted Simmons
NHL approves two new franchises for 1974
NHL executives wrapped up summer meetings after granting expansion rights to Kansas City Kansas and Washington D C. The Board of Governors approved the bids on the fourth ballot and then the 16 teams divided up the junior players as top prospects were drafted.
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D.C
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New York
NHL Draft Picks Highlight Top Amateurs and Franchise Bids
DC Get NHL Franchises Islanders pick Billy Harris No. 1 followed by Jacques Richard No. 2 for Atlanta. Harris and Dave Gardner tied for the OHA scoring crown with 129 points. Richard had 160 points and 71 goals in the Quebec junior league. Montreal drafted four first rounders including Steve Schutt, Michel Larocque, and John Van Boxmeer, as other clubs failed to land any picks. Bidders for two new clubs set $6 million each. Abe Pollin lands Washington and Edwin G. Thompson leads Kansas City. Harris indicated potential WHA bidding. In other notes, Donn Clendenon and Dick Billings homers highlighted a Texas win over the Yankees and Otis homered for Kansas City in a split doubleheader.
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East West split in Ohio high school All Star baseball series
The Ohio High School All Star Baseball series opened in Columbus with West star Len Matuszek of Cincinnati Moeller facing East star Jim Payne of King Ironton. Coaches include Ironton’s Tom Plato for the East and Woody Curliss for the West with a slate of 20 plus players listed for each side.
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Woody Curliss
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Toledo St. Francis
Bob Lehman
Columbus Wehrle
Bob Chapman
Kettering Fairmont East
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Parma
Danny Smith
Cincinnati
Reading
Dave Krauss
Hamlet Henry
Larry Jones
Continental
Jim Raszka
Sylvania
Chuck Rogers
Dan Valasek
Toledo Starr
Bo McLaughlin
Amelia
Paul Estes
Dayton Meadowdale
Herb Krul
Kettering Alter
Tom Rickard
Ohio City Liberty
Rick Brandenburg
Casstown
New Miami
Keith Blevins
Centerville
Ed Grime
Archbold
Gary Metzger
Columbus Wehrle; Jeff Seever
Liberty Union
Kim Girkins
Granville
Kelly Russell
Triad
Rick Conrad
Fairborn Baker
Randy Yabrough
Taft
Steve DeVault
Whetstone
Ronnie Schwieterman
Coldwater
Randy Shade
Reynoldsburg
Greg Sewell
Princeton
Jim Chellis
Hartley
Jeff Howard
Newark Catholic
Brewer and Jamieson Lead Philadelphia Golf Classic After Round One
Gay Brewer and Jim Jamieson each shot five under par 67 at Whitemarsh Valley to share the early lead in the IVB Philadelphia Golf Classic. Bob Murphy Hubie Green and Don Iverson were four under 68 while Lee Trevino Gary Player and Tom Weiskopf posted subpar rounds.
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Lee Trevino
Pebble Beach
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Gary Player
Tom Weiskopf
Baseball Standings and Friday Results Highlight Tight NL East Race
In the National League East standings New York Philadelphia and Montreal chase the top, with Pittsburgh and St. Louis close behind. Friday's results show Cincinnati 5 New York 3 and St. Louis 6 San Francisco 4, while Atlanta Montreal and Houston each face upcoming matchups. Dave Hill shot a two under par 70 in a related golf note.
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