Los Angeles Stars Replace Anaheim Amigos in ABA
The Los Angeles Stars debuts in the ABA replacing the Anaheim Amigos and will play at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Owners include James Kirst Dick Nelson and James Ackerman with Jim Hardy as general manager. ABA officials anticipate top talent as they plan a draft with NBA clubs.
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UPI
American Basketball Association
Los Angeles Stars
Anaheim Amigos
Los Angeles Lakers
National Basketball Association
Stars
Los Angeles Memorial
Lakers
Forum
Jack Kent Cooke
Inglewood
James Kirst
Dick Nelson
James Ackerman
Jim Hardy
University of Southern California
Hardy
Harry Dirnell
Amigo
Amigos
ABA
Anaheim Convention Center
Orange County
Here
Sports Arena Management
Pat Boone
Oakland Oaks
George Mikan
Mikan
Boone
Oakland
NBA
Fairfield Stags Lead After Miami Invitational Round
John McConachie shot 74 to lead Fairfield University at the University of Miami Invitational at Coral Gables Biltmore. Teammates Kamerer 75 Lawrence 76 Hamel 78 Coia 85 Tartaglia 88 helped Fairfield post 303 as Florida led with 284 among 38 teams entered.
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Miame
John McConachie
Fairfield University
Coral Gables-Biltmore
McConachie
Fairfield
Kevin Kamerer
George Lawrence
John Hamel
Ted Coia
Dan Tartaglia
Stags
University of Florida
Lincoln Race Won By Frankincense at Doncaster
Frankincense ridden by Greville Starkey won the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster over Waterloo Place by a half length in the first Irish Sweepstake of the 1968 season. The heavy 131 pound weighted favorite carried 131 pounds, the heaviest ever to win. Lady Halifax earned $15,878 from 31 runners.
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Doncaster
England
UPI
Lady Halifax
Waterloo Place
Lincoln
Greville Starkey
Norton Priory
Ben Novus
Bluerullah
LCI
Starkey
Palmer Works Hard at Jacksonville Open Title Bid
Arnold Palmer arrives in Jacksonville after missing the Citrus Open cut and last year’s event, rushing to practice. He plans to play about 20 tournaments a year, eyes improvement, and joins a star-studded field led by Sikes, Weiskopf, Boros, Nicklaus, and Player as the $100,000 Greater Jacksonville Open commences.
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Fla
UPI
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Orlando
Billy Casper
Florida
Pensacola
George Archer
Jack Nicklaus
Tom Weiskopf
Julius Boros
Dan Sikes
Gary Player
Doug Sanders
Gay Brewer
Sikes
Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Lionel Hebert
Bobby Nichols
Rockey Thompson
Don January
Tack McGowan
Tong
Brakettes and Cardinals Open Drills at Memorial Field
The Raybestos Brakettes and Cardinals start outdoor drills Saturday at Memorial Field with Brakettes from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and Cardinals from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Ralph Raymond leads the Brakettes as the fourth manager in 21 years, while Billy Wolfe takes over the Cardinals. Season tickets for all home games are available for $6.
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Memorial Field
Brakettes
Ralph Raymond
Wee’ Devitt
Braketles
Bernie Kaplan
Vin Cullen
Devitt
Billy Wolfe
Card
George Adam
East Haven
Cardinal
Wolfe
Providence
Raybestos Softball
East Main St
Stratford
Peggy Fleming Honored by President Johnson in White House
Peggy Fleming, 19, Olympic gold medalist from Colorado Springs, met with President Johnson in the White House rose garden after Grenoble win. Johnson praised her for bringing back the gold medal and thanked her mother Doris Fleming and Rep. Frank Evans. Fleming said she did not know if she would turn professional and offered no further plans.
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UPI
Johnson
Peggy Fleming
America
Miss Fleming
Colorado Springs
Cola
U.S
Grenoble
France
White House
Peggy
Doris Fleming
Frank Evans
D-Cole
Philadelphia
Scandinavian Countries
Russia
Spain Edges Britain in Olympic Soccer Elimination
Spain defeated Britain 1-0 in the first leg of the Olympic soccer elimination series. The brief report notes the Wednesday night match in Sabadell with Spain taking the lead and advancing toward the knockout rounds.
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Sabadell
Spain
UPI
Britain
Soltys to Receive New England Basketball Award
Joseph J. Soltys director of sports information at the University of Connecticut will be honored by the New England Basketball Writers Association at its annual dinner in Newton. He receives the press box service award for 1968. Soltys credits two UConn students for the smooth operation and says the dinner will draw about 300 people. Tickets are $6 and contact Baaron Pittenger at Harvard University for reservations.
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Joseph J. Soltys
University of Connecticut
New England Basketball Writers’ Association
Valle’s Steak House
Newton
New England
Soltys
Uconn
Robert Grissar
Stamford
John Strom
Storrs
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N.E. Basketball Award
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Mrs
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Lover's Lane, Fairfield
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Total Electric
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Luminating Delectric Light and Power Company
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