Soviet Teams Favored In World Basketball Festival
The Soviet Union’s men beat Peru 82-56 and women toppled Cuba 90-56 in Lima at the World Basketball Festival. Both squads stayed undefeated, eyeing the round robin titles as the U.S. women beat Brazil 77-53 and Yugoslavia edged Argentina 83-50 in Monday action.
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Lima
Soviet Union
Peru
Cuba
Peruvian Basketball Federation
Amanta Colliseum
Ses Aessarlly Ask
France
U.S
Brazil
Yugoslavia
Argentina
Panama
Chile
Uruguay
United States
Bulgaria
Youth Hockey Mothers Club Meets Tonight for Fund Drive
The Youth Hockey Mothers Club gathers at 7 30 tonight at Rotary Park to raise funds for next season ice time. The Biddeford Youth Hockey Assoc. also hosts summer league registration at Riverside Arena with age divisions and a hockey clinic led by Bob Provencher and Dick Gunn.
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Riverside Ice Arena
St. Joseph’s Federal Credit Union
Rick Charrette
al Nolette
Rusty Gagne
Billy Dickson
Steve Simpson
Rusty Lashua
Robert Provencher
St. Andre's Federal Credit Union Bantam
Marc Cote
Jim Provencher
Ray Patnaude
Don Roy
Jim Gunn
St. Louis
Dan Farrington
Mike Grenier
Dominic Boudreau
Don McCloud
Mike Kambess
Steve
Rotary Park
Biddeford Youth Hockey Assoc
Riverside
Portland
The
Hockey Association
Riverside Arena
Cardiacs
Bob Provencher
Dick Gunn
Harold Gray
Association
Black Managers Break Color Barrier In Midwest League
Grover Deacon Jones and Bernie Smith become the first Black managers in the Class A Midwest League as Jones leads the Appleton Foxes against Smith’s Danville Brewers. Both express pride and caution noting baseball’s slow progress yet remaining a lifelong passion and goal.
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Appleton
Wis
Grover “Deacon” Jones
Bernie Smith
Jackie Robinson
Jones
Smith
Danville Brewers
Appleton Foxes
Gene Baker
Hector Lopez
Danville Larlier
Bernie
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Danville
Milwaukee Browlers
Patriots Consider Moving Summer Camp for 13th Year
The New England Patriots weigh shifting summer training camp from Massachusetts after three years at a local college due to dormitory shortages. Lake Forest Illinois and options in New York and Connecticut are explored as coach Chuck Fairbanks seeks near perfect conditions. The move would end a Massachusetts training run dating to the franchise’s 1960 inception.
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Foxboro
Mass
New England Patriots
Massachusetts
Lake Forest
Ill
Patriots
Peter Haddady
New York
Connecticut
Pats
Chuck Fairbanks
Chicago
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Twelve Named To Football Hall Of Fame Pioneer Players
New York AP Twelve football players who began before 1920 were named to the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in the Pioneer Player category. Honorees include Earl Abell Colgate Harold Ballin Princeton Aubrey De vine Iowa Robert Fisher Harvard Forest Geyer Oklahoma Arthur Howe Yale John Mau Ibetsch Michigan Murray Shelton Cornell Gaylord Stinchcomb Ohio State Henry Seibels Sewanee Clarence Swanson Nebraska and Dr Hube Wagner Pittsburgh. Awards Chairman Kazmaier said the Pioneer Player and Coach category will be eliminated next year to unify judging.
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New York
National Football Foundation
Earl Abell
Colgate
Harold Ballin
Princeton
Aubrey Devine
Iowa
Robert Fisher
Harvard
Forest Geyer
Oklahoma
Arthur ‘Howe
Yale
John Mau- Ibetsch
Michigan
Murray Shelton
Cornell
Gaylord Stin
Beep Ball Demonstration Set by Georgia Students
Blind students from the Georgia Rehabilitation Center in Warm Springs will showcase beep ball next month. They will perform at Golden Park in Columbus before a Southern League charity game between the Savannah Braves and the Columbus Astros. The team uses a Western Bell Laboratories system with tone emitting balls and bases to aid visually impaired players.
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Warm Springs
Georgia Rehabilitation Center
Golden Park
Columbus
Savannah Braves
Columbus Astros
Western Bell Laboratories
Sunday Rollers Mixed League Banquet Honors Guppies Champs
The Sunday Rollers Mixed Couples bowling league held its annual banquet at the Colonial Hut. Champion Guppies honored. members listed as Mrs. Virginia Bergeron, Mrs. Eleanor Methot, Maurice Methot, and Maurice Bergeron. High averages went to Virginia Bergeron and Herve Paul.
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Colonial Hut
Virginia Bergeron
Eleanor Methot
Maurice Methot
Maurice Bergeron
Herve Paul
Theresa Clark
Jackie Glaude
Nick Gillis
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Jerome Boucher
Scott Dakers
Don Bard
Mike Buchanan
Tom Houle
Steve Fleurent
Dan Provenche
Glen Murphy
Don Gaudette
Lee
Sistant
Dick Goulet
David Plante
David Normand
Mike Nolette
Jim Black
John Hennedy
Ben Dallaire
Dan Gagne
Dick Fredetie
Mike Schmurkech
David Gagne
Tom Vaughn
John Robida
Rick Cote
Don Gunn
Dan Provencher
Kesslen Shoe Company
Kennebunk, Maine
Football Hall of Fame
Dexter
Cascade Rd
Saco
Reddy
Underwriters Laboratories
Ine
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