Sports Roundup highlights from major leagues and boxing circuits
The roundup notes Bob MacKinnon hired as director of player personnel for the Buffalo Braves. Don Luce earns the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance and sportsmanship with the Buffalo Sabres. John Vukovich sent to Reds AAA farm at Indianapolis. Detroit track fiasco follows a miscalled winner prompting a costly refund. Major moves include John Wilson linked to Cleveland Crusaders coaching. Espada and Gray set for WBA welterweight title bout in San Juan on June 28. NFL signings include Buggs, Giblin, Townsend with the Giants. Wisconsin Milwaukee widely expected to name Rob Gottlieb as coach. Ron Jessie exits Lions amid dispute with GM Thomas. Tim Gray signs with the Cardinals. Joe Bugner set for Muhammad Ali tuneup in New York. Grand jury indicts jockeys and others over Valentine’s Day race fixing.
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Buffalo Braves
National Basketball Association
Bob MacKinnon
Bill Masterson
National Hockey League
NHL
Don Luce
Buffalo Sabres
John Vukovich
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Indianapolis
John Wilson
Baltimore Blades
World Hockey Association
Cleveland Crusaders
Angel Espada
Clyde Gray
World Boxing Association
San Juan
WBA
Jose Napoles
Danny Buggs
West Virginia
Robert Giblin
Houston
Ricky Townsend
Tennesee
NFL
New York Giants
U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Rob Gottlieb
Jacksonville
Ron Jessie
Detroit Lions
Russ Thomas
ST. Louis Cardinals
Tim Gray
Joe Bugner
Muhammad Ali
New York City
Baltimore
Howie Race Course
Eric Walsh
Luigi Gino
Ben Feliciano
Jesse Davidson
Bench's Pleas Pay Off for Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Bench backed teammate Tony Perez in a bid to block a trade and Perez rewarded him with four RBIs including a homer as the Reds beat the Mets 11 4 Perez led with six homers and 28 RBIs on the season while San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, San Diego, and Los Angeles posted wins in other NL games. Perez, Concepcion and Flynn drove in three runs apiece as Cincinnati matched its season high scoring output. Dodgers beat Cubs behind Andy Messersmith seven innings, Garvey and Yeager adding multiple RBIs. Cardinals edged by Padres on Hob Gibson error in seventh.
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Perez
Bench
Reds
New York Mets
RBI
Cincinnati
Sparky Anderson
Seaver
Anderson
Tom Seaver
San Francisco Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Atlanta Braves
Montreal Expos
Houston Astros
Philadelphia Phillies
San Diego Padres
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Big Night
Dave Concepcion
Doug Flynn
Dodgers
Cubs
Andy Messersmith
Ginger Von Lackum Earns Gazette Prep of the Week
Ginger Von Lackum, Wash senior, after back-to-back fourth-place finishes, trains year round with coach John Whitney and dominates prep tennis. She wins district and Mississippi Valley titles, reaches state final where Cheri Mixdorf prevails 6-4, 6-0, and earns prep of the week.
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Ginger von Lackum
Ginger
Washington High
Avis
University of Iowa
John Whinney
Mississippi Valley
Tom van Deest
Sioux City
Gazette
Cheri Mixdorf
Waterloo
Columbus
Mixdorf
von Lackum
Sue Quirk
Iowa
Nancy Caldwell
Sioux City North
Caldwell
von Lackant
Quirk
Mixdort
van Deest
Wash
Whitney
Benton Community Clinches 8-5 Victory At Kennedy
Bentons 8-5 win over Kennedy snaps seven game skid as Rocky Dales leads with two hits including a double. Becker Wilson and Brunssen each collect three hits and Brunssen drives the lone home run in a 14 hit effort by Benton. Kennedy rallies for four in the final inning but falls short.
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Benton
Kennedy
Rocky Dales
Becker
Wilson
Brunssen
Women’s Golf Championship Set for Tucson in June
The 1975 AIAW golf championship will be at Oro Valley Country Club in Tucson June 18–21. A 72-hole event on a 6,250-yard par 73 course, with 60 schools entered. Defending team champ is Rollins College and defending individual is Mary Budke of Oregon State.
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Tucson
Ariz
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics For Women
Oro Valley Country Club
University of Arizona
Rollins College of
Winter Park
Fla
Mary Budke
Oregon State
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Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Raares
Cardinals
Joe McIntosh
San Diego
Hob Gibson
St. Louis
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Cheri
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Florida
Wake Forest
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Ginger von Lackant
Prairie
Dave Wilson
Greg Mick
Mississippi
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Bob Zimmerman
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Lee Kunzman
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Roger Bear
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Tony Dean
Tamancon
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