Morlan's Sports Review Highlights Local News
Two hospitalized friends recover at home while Tom Tibbetts battles after a stroke and boxer Tom Morlan recalls a bout with Billy Petrolle the Fargo Express. The column also notes civic sports events including a Ping Pong tournament registrations and golf at Castles, plus stock car racing updates and a memory of local figures and Twins era ties.
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Tom Tibbetts
Tommy
Tom
Billy Petrolle
Fargo Express
Billy
Paul
Babe
Em Hannah
Palace Meat and Grocery
Elks Club
Fritz Coyle
Tony Wold
Cass Lake Chippewa Club
Cass Lake Legion Club
Chippewa Golf Club
del Gangelhoff
Jamie Eisdmoe
Castles
Beavers Tennis Ends Season With Solid 7 7 Record
Bemidji Beavers tennis finishes 7-7 duals under coach Dan O Connell marking a solid rebound from a 1-11 season. Veterans built around six returnees with four seniors, early losses followed by a three match win streak and a second place at the Northern State Invitational.
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OSU
Bemidji
Bemidji Beavers
Jim Carrington
Dan O'Connell
O'Connell
Beavers
NDSU
Augstana
Duluth
St. Scholastica
Munson powers Yankees past Twins after four hit game
Thurman Munson collected four straight hits including a game tying homer and a go ahead shot as the Yankees beat the slumping Twins 4 2 in Bloomington. He raised his average to .324 and drove in two runs as New York added two pitchers Vida Blue and Ken Holtzman in big deals.
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Big Winn
Cass Lake
Bemidji
Red Lake
Hank Rupp
Billy Martin
New York Yankees
Twins
Pete Redfern
Bill Singer
Charlie Finley
Oakland A
Rollie Fingers
Joe Rudi
Boston
Vida Blue
Yankees
Yanks
Cal Griffith
Rudi
Brent Kallestad
Bloomington
Munson
Tom Burgmeier
Thurman
Yankee
Rod Carew
Mike Cubbage
Roy White
Dock Ellis
Redfern
Oscar Gamble
Jim Mason
Burgmeier
Ellis
Minnesota
Gene Mauch
Sparky Lyle
Cleveland
Ken Holtzman
Martin
Foreman defeats Frazier to end career in fifth round
George Foreman battered Joe Frazier at Nassau Coliseum, winning by knockout in the fifth round to end Frazier's ring career. Foreman, 27, earned a million dollars. Frazier, bloodied over the right eye, announced retirement. Foreman now seeks Muhammad Ali as his next opponent after reclaiming prominence.
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George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Foreman
Muhammad Ali
Ali
Ken Norton
Duluth Arena
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale
N.Y
Pacific
Antonio Anoki
Houston
Joe
Frazier
Eddie Futch
Harold Valan
Kingston
Jamaica
Eddie
Long Island Arena
Kinshasha
Zaire
Inoki
Tokyo
Yankee Stadium
Lions and Braves clash in No Lakes league tilt
Bemidji Lions face the Brav es in a Northern Lakes League game at BSU diamond at 6 30 p m. Lions beat Laporte 3 2 and Braves defeated Akeley 33 1 in openers with Chad Boyer on mound against John Noga in tonight's matchup.
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Bemidji Lions
Braves
BSU
Lions
Laporte
Akeley
Chad Boyer
The
John Noga
Boyer
Noga
Brainerd
Blackduck
Leech Lake
Cass Lake
Redlake
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Cliff Morlan
Sports Review
City Rec
Dan Haluptzok
Haluptzok
Castle Highlands
Larry Perkins
Walker
Jim Haskell
Bemidji Country Club
Bill James
al Bye
Bill Matsdorf
Grand Rapids
International Falls
Falls
Simon Stately
Howard Gill
Gramps Masterson
Pete Caulfield
Met
Beaver
Mark Zabilka
Bill Choviere
Kevin Lind
Pat Shanahan
Zabilka
Lind
Jon Erickson
Michigan Tech
St. Cloud
Winona
Moorhead
Morris
Choiiere
Joel Groebner
Erickson
Chomnere
John Dunn
Bill
Sommers
Shanahan
Dunnn
Groebner
St. Johns
St. Marys
St. Thomas
Concordia
Northland
J.C . Duluth
Northern State
S. Dakota Tech
Augustana
NNC
Bil Choinere
Bill Sommers
Zabilka-Choinere
Zabilka-Groebner
Lind-Erickson
Zabilka-Dunn
Sommers-Shanahan
Groebner -Choinere
Nesota
Detroit
Blue
Oakland
Holtzman
Griffith
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Will Grimsley
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