Pro athletes and cigarette ads loom in sports history
New York based analysis notes 1962 ad featuring Gil Hodges sparked early tobacco sponsorship in sports. It outlines how players avoided smoking in uniform yet publicized brands at games, the shift after new broadcast rules, and industry leaders like Philip Morris promote tennis and other sports while debating ads’ impact on youth and performance.
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New York
Gil Hodges
Hodges
Tobacco Reporter
Joseph F. Cullman 3d
Philip Morris
The
Tobacco Institute
Ryun Returns to Track in All American Games Comeback
Jim Ryun, 23, world mile record holder, launches comeback at the eighth annual indoor All-American Games in San Francisco. He joins a star field as he targets a four minute mile pace, with rivals including Quarrie Hart and Evans. Ryun hasn’t raced since June 1969 while photographer for the Topeka Capital-Journal, awaiting full readiness.
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San Francisco
UPI
Jim Ryun
Cow Palace
Ryun
Randy Matson
Bob Seagren
Lee Evans
Mark Winzenried
Don Quarrie
Ryan
Meet
Jim Terrill
Capital-Journal
Miami
Quarrie
USC
Jamaica
Eddie Hart
California
Willie Turner
Oregon State
Ronnie Ray Smith
San Jose State
Pocatello
Idaho
Matson
Neal Steinhauer
al Feuerbach
Feuerbach
Maison
Evans
San Jose
Celtics Rally Past Rockets in High-Scoring Win
Boston coach Tom Heinsohn hailed the 142-112 victory over San Diego as a "super solid game" while Boston eyed a rematch with the Baltimore Bullets, who lead the Central Division and swept two prior meetings. Satch Sanders’ knee showed progress in practice, with officials predicting a February return. Willie Williams of the Bullets faced uncertain roster implications as Boston kept momentum.
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Boston
UPI
Tom Heinsohn
Boston Celtics
San Diego
Baltimore Bullets
Celtics
Green
Bullets
Celts
Philadelphia 76Ers
New York
Tom
Satch) Sanders
NCAA tightens college football rules for next season
NCAA rules committee announced tighter blocking rules to curb blindside clips and spear blocks plus tighter game flow changes. Time outs per half drop from four to three and clock starts sooner after penalties. Kicks landing in end zone dead automatically and end-zone return rules clarified.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
UPI
NCAA
John Waldorf
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Robert Lipsyte
N.Y
Times News Service
Cullman
Forest Hills
Arthur Ashe
Roy Emerson
Manuel Santana
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo
United States
Rod Laver
Rockets
Joe DeLauri
Heinsohn
Sanders
Willie Williams
Florida State
Williams
Ming
Steve Canyon
Bitsy Beekman
Brondie
By Charles Schulz
Woodstock
Worm School
Milton Caniff
Krackle
BAR OF Justice
Lawyers’club
By Chk Young
Heart of
Juliet Jo
Chadwick
MR. Carrington
Jones
By Hart
By Stan Drake
Mayflower Warehouse
Mullen
Triple
Grand Union
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Leo
Jeep Universal
Leo’s
Jeep
Manchester Ctr
Save-Way Supermarket
Bennington
Mammoth Mart
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
N. Bennington
Manchester
DIC
W.F.W. North Street
Vermont
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