End of an era as Vikings veterans depart and youngsters take stage
Cliff Morlan notes the Vikings bid farewell to Bill Brown Grady Alderman Milt Sunde and Gary Larsen while Grady Alderman signs with the Chicago Bears and Sunde earns a Jets tryout. The piece previews training camp at Mankato and the 1975 edition as Bud Grant builds the roster with young players and taxi squad hopefuls.
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Bill Brown
Grady Alderman
Milt Sunde
Gary Larsen
Alderman
Vikings
Grady
Minnesota
Jim Finks
Chicago Bear
Bears
Met
New York Jets
Jets
Larsen
San Francisco
Beavers
Concordia
Cobbers
Mankato
Bud Grant
John Ward
Mike Wells
Vic Weber
Bemidji State
Phillies Top Padres 7-2 Amid Eruptive Bench Clearing
In San Diego, the Phillies defeated the Padres 7-2 as tempers flared after Bill Greif hit Dave Cash and Greif then tossed at Luzinski. Tug McGraw narrowly avoided trouble, and the benches emptied with no ejections. Mike Schmidt and Ollie Brown homered for Philadelphia.
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Howard Smith
San Diego
Bill Greif
Phillies
Greg Luzinski
Padres
Phils
Greif
Philadelphia
Dave Cash
Tug McGraw
John Grubb
Luzinski
Padre
Ted Kubiak
Doug Harvey
Mike Schmidt
Ollie Brown
Wayne Twitchell
Schmidt
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Montreal
New
Goodwin Wins Junior High Golf Tourney
Brad Goodwin captured top honors in the junior high golf tournament at Bemidji Country Club after an 84. He beat John Bressler by six strokes while Scott McLean 91 and Keith Jensen 92 followed. The event closed the junior high season.
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Brad Goodwin
Bemidji Country Club
Goodwin
John Bressler
Bressler
Scott McLean
Keith Jensen
Randy Gregg
Dan Koski
Tom Passers
Joe Malone
Todd Vonasek
Mark Fairchild
Randy Kaliher
Bill Downs
George Williams
Joe Lapp
Kyle Young
National League East Baseball Standings and Results
National League East leaders Chicago and Pittsburgh hold slim margins with New York and Philadelphia close behind. Results from Wednesday include San Francisco over Chicago 10-8 and Philadelphia over San Diego 7-2. Thursday features Mets 1, Astros 0 and Koosman’s five-hitter. upcoming games list Atlanta at New York and San Diego at Montreal among others.
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Houston
St. Louis
Atlanta
San Francisco
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Montreal
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
S.francisco
San Diego
Philadelphia
Richards
Seaver
Falcone
Bonham
Boston
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Baltimore
Oakland
Kansas City
Minnesota
Texas
California
Hunter
Medich returns to win column against Twins in Bloomington
New York pitcher George Doc Medich improved to 4-7 with eight innings of five-hit ball as the Yankees defeated Minnesota 6-3. Rod Carew continued his hot streak, lifting his average to .413 with three singles in four at bats. Thurman Munson drove in two runs with a homer and a single as New York moved back to .500 while Bert Blyleven took the loss for Minnesota.
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Pirates
Reds
Jerry Reuss
Dave Concepcion
Reuss
Dave Giusti
Ramon Hernandez
Oliver
Richie Hebner
Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Expos
Dennis Blair
Bloomington
Minn
New York
George
Medich
Minnesota
Rod Carew
Twins
Carew
Doc
Sparky
Lyle
Bill Virdon
Dick Tidrow
Virdon
Thurman Munson
Yankees
Munson
Bert Blyleven
Blyleven
Elliott Maddox
Bert
Lee Stange
Craig Kusick
Larry Hisle
Tony Oliva
Tidrow
Twins pick shortstop with top slot in draft
The Minnesota Twins selected a shortstop as their first choice in the baseball draft after narrowing a list of over 200 players. The final pick came at the Twins’ seventh option on their board as the draft entered its middle phase.
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Twins
Richard Sofield
Morristown
Morris Plains
N.J
Edd Dunn
Stephen Parrott
Camarillo
Fla
Steve Douglas
Alexandria
Israelson Top Favorite For Minnesota State Golf Crown
The 48th annual Minnesota State High School Golf Tournament opens at University Golf Course with over 100 golfers. Bemidji senior Bill Israelson is favored to win individual honors as 18 holes start at noon and a second round follows Friday morning.
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Bill Israelson
Jack Schwartz
Egersdorf
Bret Vetter
Eric Niskanen
Izzy
U of Minnesota
Don Thompson
St. Cloud Apollo
Jim Schmeckoeper
Rick McGuire
Hugo Bitzer
Tom Skaar
Mike Rowlette
John McRae
Myrna Keller
Richfield
Karen Bjerke
Ann Schwartz
Kathy Baker
Bjerke
Moorhead
Mary Grinaker
Park Rapids
Tammy McGrane
McGrane
Grinaker
Keller
Karen
Bemidji State
Pat Rosenbrock
Minnesota
University Golf
University of Minnesota
Bemidji
Israelson
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Country Club
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Bagley
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