Full Opening Day Schedule Sets Baseball Back In Action
After a long strike pause 12 games open the season nine day games and three night games mark a full schedule. Four managers Debut including Berra Virdon Aspro Monte and Rice as Mets honor Hodges with black armbands. Night matchups include Houston San Francisco Texas California Atlanta San Diego.
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California Angels
Ken Aspromonte
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Bill Virdon
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yogi Berra
New York Mets
Berra
Gil Hodges
Florida
Met
Lakers Rally Past Bucks To Take 2 1 Lead
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 108-105 in Milwaukee as Gail Goodrich scored 30 points including a key late shift. Wilt Chamberlain dominated the middle with nine blocks and 21 rebounds, lifting LA in a tense series three of seven.
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Los Angeles Lakers
Milwaukee Bucks
National Basketball Association
Lakers
Gail Odrich
Aterthey
Goodrich
Jim McMillian
Jerry West
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Chamberlain
Abdul-Jabbar
Bucks
Lucius Allen
Oscar Robertson
Los Angeles
Larry Costello
Allen
Happy Hairston
Laker
Bill Sharman
Wilt
Costello
Celtics Look to Bounce Back In New York Finals Push
Celtics face Knicks in game two after a 116 94 playoff loss in Boston. Red Auerbach says a win in New York would give a big edge, while Heinsohn urges focus as the team studies for the decisive third game back in Boston.
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National Basketball Association
Knicks
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Christian Academy
Lexington
Tommy Heinsohn
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Auerbach
Heinsohn
Tom Sanders
Ten Teams Set to Play In Biddeford Softball League
Ten teams will compete in the Biddeford Softball League this year. Saco Tanning won last year and was runner up at the York County Invitational. The Rochambeau Club has entered since the early 1940s. Cherokee Tepee seeks players and contact Fred Jackson in Kennebunk. A league meeting is planned next Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Rochambeau Club.
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Saco Tanning
McDonald’s
Saco
Kennebunk Gulf
Colonial Village
Cherokee Teepee
Kennebunk
Rochambeau Club
Afl-Cio
New England Homes
Wood Structures Inc
Giant Store
York County
Cherokee Tepee
Fred Jackson
Rochambeau Cub
Strikes And Spares In Five-String Handicap Rolloff
Pat Tarbox of the Double P's edged Ruth Boyajian of Us Two by a pin in the annual Women's Speed League handicap rolloff at Roll-A-Way finishing 573 to 572. Other scores included L. Lessard 541 B. Cochrane 535 G. Perron 528 L. Perron 528 and P. Parsons 520.
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Ruth Boyajian
Us Two
L. Lessard
B. Cochrane
G. Perron
L. Perron
P. Parsons
Handicap Rolloff at 20th Century Lanes Tomorrow
The third of the men's weeks handicap rolloffs will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 at 20th Century Lanes. Defending champion Herve Paul failed to convert the one seven ten jackpot shot.
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Herve Paul
Opening MLB Schedule Highlights Across Leagues
The schedule lists early season matchups in both American and National Leagues. Key pitchers named include Stottlemyre Palmer Blyleven Lolich Messersmith and Sutton Seaver Carlton Jenkins Marichal Gibson Wise. matchups feature New York Baltimore Boston Detroit Minnesota Oakland Texas California Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Cleveland and more with day and night games planned.
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Boston
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Minnesota
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Milwaukee
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Stottlemyre
Peterson
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Pattin
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Wood
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Lockwood
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Sutton
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Niekro
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Wise
Marichal
Wilson
Angeles
Journal Sets Up Sports Department at Biddeford-Saco Journal
Richard W. Charles is named sports editor of the Biddeford-Saco Journal, heading a new sports department. He previously supervised sports coverage and, after serving in the Army, worked as reporter, copyreader and television editor. He and his wife Carol have six children.
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Charles
Dick Charles
Thornton Academy
Saco
Becker Junior College
Worchester
Mass
U.S. Army
France
Kimberly Ann
Karla Jan
Karyn Elizabeth
Gregory James
Carrie Lynn
Carolyn Judith
Chinese Win Five Out Of Six Matches
In Detroit at Cobo Arena the Chinese table tennis team beat the U S six times while Dell Sweeris won two of three against a Chinese opponent. The event drew 10,000 spectators amid flags and protests from Breakthrough as the U S and Chinese teams left with a campus tour planned in Ann Arbor the next day.
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Detroit
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Breakthrough
Dell Sweeris
Gra Rapids
Mich
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Williamsburg
Mexico
Pattin Set to Face Tigers in Delayed Opener
Boston manager Eddie Kasko fielded 21 players for a Fenway Park workout as the team prepared for the AL opener in Detroit delayed by a strike. Absent were Moret Aparicio Pattin and Gagliano. Pattin, 28 wins last two seasons with Milwaukee, was slated to debut for Boston against Detroit ace Mickey Lolich.
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Boston Red Sox
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Detroit Tigers
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Moret
Marty Pattin
Luis Aparicio
Phil Gagliano
Jack Roigers
Puerto Rico
Aparicio
Venezuela
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Midwest
Milwaukee Brewers
Tigers
Brewers
Mickey Lolich
Bout Planned Between Ali And Quarry in Las Vegas
The Nevada Athletic Commission denied promoters licenses after approving a June 26 boxing card featuring heavyweight Muhammad Ali against Jerry Quarry and a tentative light heavyweight title bout Bob Foster versus Mike Quarry. Licenses were issued to Bill Miller Promotions and another promoter, for events at the Las Vegas Convention Center or Las Vegas Stadium.
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Nevada Athletic Commission
Mu‘hammed Ali
Jerry Quarry
Bob Foster
Mike Quarry
Bill Miller
Ali to face Quarry in 12 round rematch for pay guarantees
Ali, former heavyweight champion and top contender, will receive a $500000 guarantee for a 12 round rematch with Quarry. Quarry is guaranteed $175000. No contracts yet, but Ali and Jerry Gemres reportedly have agreed in writing to meet.
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Quarry
Jerry Gemres
Five World Records Are Demolished at Weightlifting Meet
In Tallinn Estonia Soviet weightlifters set five world records at the National Weightlifting Championships. David Rigert dominated the middle heavyweight division with a 407 pound standard press 412 pound jerk and 363 pound snatch both records and a 462 pound jerk surpassing Yevgeny Penkovsky. Yuri Kozin pressed 457 pounds and Pavel Pervushin snatched 385 pounds in the heavyweight class.
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Tallin
Estonia
David Rigert
Yevgeny Penkovsky
Yuri Kozin
Pavel Pervushin
Grant to Defend Twin City Title at Roll-A-Way Lanes
Dick Grant the current Twin City champion defends his title against Ronnie Lacasse of Saco in a 20 string match at Roll-A-Way Lanes slated for tomorrow at 6 p.m. The match will be telescored.
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Twin City
Ronnie Lacasse
Saco
UNC Has 243 Acre Campus in Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado maintains a 243 acre campus spanning multiple facilities. Located near Greeley in Colorado the campus hosts undergraduate programs graduate studies and athletic venues.
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The
University of Northern Colorado
Bruins Prep With 20 Minute Scrimmage Before Semifinals
Boston Bruins coach Tom Johnson ran a 20 minute scrimmage as the team sharpened ahead of the Stanley Cup playoff semifinals. Defenseman Bobby Orr and center Derek Sanderson were slated to rejoin practice while Orr averaged 35 minutes in the Toronto series and Sanderson recovers from colitis.
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Tom Johnson
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Bruins
Boston Garden
Bobby Orr
Derek Sanderson
Orr
Toronto
Sanderson
Hill Keeps Slipping in Monsanto Open Contention
Pensacola Florida AP Dave Hill clings to a four stroke lead at the Monsanto Open as he laments poor play and jokes about finishing only to lose. He shot 68 for 132 and sits one behind the best 36 holes on tour while rivals chase at Pensacola Country Club.
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Jerry Heard
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Charles Coody
Ray Floyd
al Geberger
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Harry Toscano
PGA
Hockey Playoff Start Tops Friday NHL Schedule
The Associated Press reports no Friday games. Sunday features New York at Chicago in the first game of a best of seven. quarter final St Louis at Minnesota in a best of nine tied at minus three. Scientists say Jupiter’s atmosphere of hydrogen helium methane and ammonia aided solar system formation.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Minnesota
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Evert, King Clash in Virginia Slims Masters Semifinals
Teen star Chris Evert faces Billie Jean King in the semifinal of the Virginia Slims Masters in St. Petersburg. King halted by Francoise Durr to reach the semis, while Evert defeated Karen Krantzcke to advance and seeks a fifth career meeting with King. Nancy Gunter meets Judy Dalton in the other semifinal.
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Chris Evert
Billie Jean King
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Mrs. King
Palm Aire
Francoise Durr
France
Nancy Gunter
San Angelo
Tex
Judy Dalton
Judy Walden Is Out As Scorekeeper At BC Baseball
Judy Walden served as unofficial unpaid scorer for Boston College baseball for three games. She traveled with the team to Brandeis in Waltham, then BC officials learned it violated student travel rules. A spokesman said she wasn’t fired, she simply became an unofficial self styled scorekeeper.
Los Angeles Beats Milwaukee 108 to 105 in West Semi
The Lakers defeated the Bucks 108 105 to take a 2 1 lead in the Western Conference best of seven series. No other games played today. Eastern Conference matchups include Boston at New York with New York leading 1 0 in their series. ABA playoff actions list East New York versus Virginia and West Indiana at Utah with lingering series plays.
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Goodrich
Milwaukee
Bucks
Los Angeles
Lakers
Arenna
Associated Press
Boston
New York
Virginia
Norfolk
Indiana
Utah
Pacific Ocean Basin Holds Vast Water Share
A historical note states that at least 46 percent of the earths water is contained within the Pacific Ocean basin, covering about 64,186,300 square miles.
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