Winter Baseball Season Opens With New Faces Across MLB
Major League Baseball begins after a winter pension dispute with four new clubs five rookie managers and a new commissioner. Opening day features the Washington Senators vs New York Yankees in Washington and Cincinnati vs Los Angeles Dodgers in Cincinnati. President Nixon to toss first ball in one game. Willie Mays leads off for the Giants in Atlanta. Debuts include Billy Martin at Minnesota Pres ton Gomez at San Diego Gene Mauch at Montreal Hank Bauer at Oakland Joe Gordon at Kansas City Bow ie Kuhn named commissioner. Division play to determine World Series opponents with East and West leagues split into new divisions.
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Celtics' Age Not Showing In Playoff Power
The aging Celtics, defending champions, push toward another title as Boston defeats the Knicks 180-100 in New York to take a 1 0 lead in the division final. Havlicek and Howell scored 25 and 21 as Boston steadies late rally. New York’s Walt Frazier had 24. The Lakers moved closer by routing San Francisco 110-70 and Atlanta led 53-50 at halftime before finishing with a 95-70 win in San Diego. Caldwell 26 and Hudson 20 fueled the Hawks in their series bid.
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Robertson Shines For Pirates In Exhibition Rout
Rookie Bob Robertson starred for the Pirates in Arlington Texas as he hit a triple and a two run homer to beat the Washington Senators 5 to 2 in the final exhibition. Robertson led Pittsburgh with four homers in exhibitions and is favored to start at first base in the season opener against St. Louis.
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Pirates Hope Veterans Spark Young Core For Pennant Run
Pittsburgh manager Larry Shepard seeks consistency from veterans and spark from rookies as the Pirates open Tuesday versus St. Louis. He cites Alou Clemente Stargell Mazeroski and the rising Robertson Hebner Patek Sanguillen as keys, with hitting up to pace and solid defense from Hebner and Robertson.
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Blues Rally Behind Plante to Sweep Flyers in NHL Semis
Jacques Plante, after returning from retirement, starred as the St. Louis Blues swept the Philadelphia Flyers in a West Division semifinal, limiting the Flyers to three goals in four games. Plante, 40, shared praise for the team as a whole and eyed the West Division final against the Los Angeles Oakland Winner.
Whitewater driver captures first USAC spring win at Eldora
Tom Bige low of Whitewater Wisconsin earned his first USAC spring car victory by winning the 80 lap Eldora Speedway feature race. The event carried a first prize of $1,000. Meanwhile Dave Chauner, a 19 year old Villanova student and Olympic team member, won the 235 mile cross Florida bicycle race in nine hours 28 minutes 12 seconds.
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Clay Stripped of Title and Name by Black Muslims
Cassius Clay, now Muhammad Ali, was suspended for one year and stripped of his Islamic name by Elijah Muhammed’s group for plans to box again to clear debts. He previously said he would not return to the ring, speaking at a Georgia Tech event.
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Littler Wins Playoff At Greensboro Open
Gene Littler claimed the Greater Greensboro Open title in a four man Sudden Death playoff on the fifth extra hole. Littler finished 274, 10 under par, earning $32,000 and tying Julius Boros Tom Weiskopf and Orville Moody for the top score. Boros Moody and Weiskopf split second through fourth prize of $12,373.
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Wills Still Waiting for Managerial Chance
Milwaukee AP says Maury Wills, 36, remains open to a managing role but won’t actively pursue it. He plans to play 100 percent for the Montreal Expos and will not seek to become the first Negro MLB manager. In other news, Penn State invites two top Pennsylvania scholastic basketball players, Dann Tarr and Ed Chubb, to attend.
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Fourth Team Still Unsettled NHL Playoff Spots Clinched by Montreal Boston St Louis
Montreal Boston and St Louis clinched playoff spots after sweeps in the Stanley Cup first round while Los Angeles tied Oakland in a series. Montreal opened a 4–0 lead on the Rangers as Duff Lemaire and Courniyer scored. New York struck back but Montreal led 12 of 13 playoff games last year. Bruins defeated Toronto 2–1, Saint Louis beat Philadelphia 4–1, and Los Angeles beat Oakland 4–2 as the series resumes Wednesday in Oakland.
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Bears and Bisons Meet in AHL Calder Cup Playoffs
Hershey Bears and Buffalo Bisons, top regular season teams, push toward a best of five series. Hershey routed Providence 10 2 as Jeannot Gilbert and Randy Prior sparked late goals, while other series opened with Cleveland Baltimore and Quebec leading 2 3 in the West as Buffalo edged Baltimore and Springfield beat Baltimore in separate games.
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Bowling scores and names from a printed ledger.
Readers' bowling court list shows player names and multiple scores for each, including Mike Gluvna 177 Roseanne Caruso 183 Beckie Kane 176 167 ag2 Dan Clark 172 205 and others such as Wendy Scouten 132 111 377 and Roseanne Caruso again 180, reflecting a dated communal stat sheet.
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Unseld Named Rookie Of Year In NBA
Beatley Unseld of the Bullets won the NBA Rookie of the Year award with 58 votes, outperforming Elvin Hayes who had 25. Unseld led theBullets to the Eastern Division title and averaged 18.2 rebounds and 18.8 points per game. Hayes, of San Diego, was the league's top scorer at 23.4.
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Architect Bids For LA Rams Ownership
Los Angeles Rams ownership may shift to a noted designer of the Space Center in Houston who helped move the world champion Rams from Cleveland in 1946. The report mentions long standing front office squabbles and hints at a major era start under a single bidder.
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