WVU athletics face funding gap amid needs and neighborly rivalries
Brooke County sealed a 2 0 win over Princeton as WVU's R Leland Byrd outlines a 220 to 240 yearly on campus athletic scholarship figure. He notes only ten percent of the budget comes from state funds and another ten from student fees with fundraising and gate receipts covering the rest. Bowden stresses rivalry games with VPI Maryland and Kentucky to draw crowds. Moran discusses West Virginia recruiting prospects and expectations for 1974, citing Chris Erickson and three spring recruits from outside the state.
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WVU
Byrd
Mountaineer
OB Bowden
Bowden
VPI
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Pitt
Penn State
Moran
West Virginia
Chris Erickson
Jefferson
Erickson
Mountaineers
Mountaineers Hope Sugar Bowl Memory Fades After Peach Bowl Embarrassment
Sam Huff recalled that Mountaineers fans can now forget the Sugar Bowl loss to Georgia Tech after the Peach Bowl embarrassment against North Carolina State last December. Huff noted the Peach Bowl win or loss shifted public memory away from the Sugar Bowl defeat.
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N. C. State
Sam
Mountaineer
Georgia Tech
Young Dodgers Compared To 1950 Phillies Whiz Kids
Los Angeles Dodgers GM Al Campanis compares the 1973 Dodgers to the 1950 Phillies whiz kids and Brooklyn’s late forties mold with Gil Hodges Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson. May surge leaves Dodgers one half game behind in NL West as Cey Lopes Ferguson Russell and Crawford pace a .282 team average and Manny Mota calls it the best hitting club since 1962.
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Ron Cey
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Joe Ferguson
Bill Russell
Willie Crawford
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Russell
Crawford
Manny Mota
Pittsburgh
Ashe, Bertolucci Upset In French Open Fourth Round
In Paris Arthur Ashe four-set defeat by Paulo Bertolucci. Stan Smith trails Tom Okker 3-4 6-3 6-7 2-1 when rain halted play. Evert reaches women’s semifinals with Katja Ebbinghaus advancing. delays extend the tournament schedule.
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Chris Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Helga Masthoff
Court of Australia
Miss Evert
Katja Ebbinghaus
Ger
Lions Advance To Second Round In 2 0 Victory Over Princeton
Brooke County builds lead on two hits and a walk filled second inning game to beat Princeton 2 0. Meadows suffers early control issues as Scherich takes win. Griffith reinjures knee and leaves Tigers lineup. Brooke to face Buckhannon in next round after Buckhannon beats St Albans 4 0.
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Princeton
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Scherich
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Tigers
Wayne Griffith
Griffith
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Husky
Rick Kennedy
Morgan Campbell
Campbell
Mike Rule
Jim Lilly
Lilly
Brooke
Buckhannan
St. Albans
Angels Rally Past Red Sox 7-6 In Seventh Inning Trail
California Angels overcome Boston Red Sox 7-6 with a seventh inning rally led by Oliver and Grabarkewitz. Oliver slugged a three run homer after April RBI total to reach 29 for the year.
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Cowboys star Chuck Howley retires after 37 seasons
Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley, seven time all pro and Super Bowl MVP in a losing effort, retires at 37 after knee injury and long off season therapy. He leaves a legacy in Dallas with coach Tom Landry praising his key contributions and plans to replace him with D D Lewis.
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Dallas Cowboys
Howley
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Frazier Plans London Ring Return Against Bugner
Joe Frazier signs to fight European champion Joe Bugner in London at Earl's Court on July 2 in a 12 round match. The bout marks his first since losing to George Foreman in Jamaica and is meant to reset his career with a 40 percent purse on a $100000 guarantee.
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Viewpoint, Ltd
Twins Rally Past Brewers 4-2 Behind Killebrew's homer
Harmon Killebrew drove in a first inning run and hit his third homer of the season to back Dick Woodson and Ken Sanders in a six hitter. George Mitterwald Jim Holt and Danny Thompson delivered key RBI singles to break a 2-2 tie in the fifth as Minnesota defeated Milwaukee 4-2 in Milwaukee.
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