Diamond Jubilee Marks Basketball’s Rise From U S Origins
A Chicago era celebration notes basketball’s half century plus growth from its 1891 origin in Springfield Massachusetts. Early pioneers Kallenberg and Stagg helped spread the game locally then nationally while intercollegiate play and tournaments expanded. High schools now host millions in attendance.
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YMCA
James Naismith
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Mass
Encyclopedia Britannica
H.F. Kallenberg
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Kallenberg
University of Iowa
Stagg
University of Chicago
Iowa City
Bench Named Player of the Year at Winter Meetings
Johnny Bench, 22, Reds slugger and home run champ, wins the new Player of the Year award at the baseball winter meetings in Los Angeles. Boog Powell is runner up as Orioles star Frank Robinson heads trade talks with the Yankees over a Robinson deal while Swoboda and others seek moves before the joint meeting ends. An umpiring staff consolidation under Commissioner Bowie Kuhn looms as a key item.
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Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Danny Murtaugh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Willie Mays
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Brooks Robinson
Orioles
Harry Dalton
Frank Robinson
Robinson
New York Yankees
Baltimore
Ron Swoboda
New York Mets
Milwaukee Brewers
Swoboda
Bowie Kuhn
Canadiens Grip on Division Stays Tight After Win
Al MacNeil handles Montreal Canadiens with poise as they defeat an expansion filled night. The victory lifts Montreal to third place, five points ahead of idle Vancouver, four behind the Rangers, and five back of the leading Boston Bruins. Pete Mahovlich scored twice.
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Pete Mahovlich
Canadiens edge Blues as rookie coach wins first NHL game
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the St Louis Blues 6 3 to gain two crucial points in the East Division as rookie coach MacNeil collects a lifetime souvenir puck. Marc Tardif Mickey Redmond Guy Lapointe and Leon Rochefort netted for Montreal while Gary Crips Jim Lorentz and Frank St Marseilles scored for St Louis. Bruins and Red Wings tied 4 4 with Sabres and Kings also settling for draws. Ken Hodge scored late to force Boston’s 4 4 tie after trailing 4 2 in the third.
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Leon Rochefort
Canadiens
Gary Crips
Jim Lorentz
Frank St. Marseilles
Blues
Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings
Ken Hodge
Gerry Neeman
Gil Perreault
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