Oscar Night for Athletes Feature Nominees in NBC Special
Hollywood awaits as NBC airs Bob Hope Presents the Gillette Cavalcade of Champions an awards style program honoring top athletes. Nominees span basketball football golf baseball and other sports with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Wilt Chamberlain Jerry West Jack Nicklaus Gary Player Lee Trevino Dick Allen Johnny Bench Steve Carlton and more listed.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
NBC
Mark Spitz
Hope
Jack Nicklauses
Miami Dolphins
Gillette
Kareem Abdul—Jabbar
Milwaukee Bucks
Wilt Chamberlain
Jerry West
Los Angeles Lakers
Larry Brown
Washington Redskins
Franco Harris
Pittsburgh Steelers
Earl Morrall
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Lee Trevino
Dick Allen
Chicago White Sox
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati Reds
Steve Carlton
Oscar
Barnes Injury Affects Memphis State Semifinal Win
Memphis State defeated Providence 98 85 in the NCAA semifinal as Marvin Barnes suffered a knee dislocation early in the game. Robinson and Finch led the Tigers with 24 and 21 points, while Barnes returned but was limited. Providence complained of fatigue on boards without Barnes.
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ST. Louis
Memphis State
Tigers
Marvin Barnes
Gene Bartow
Providence
Barnes
Ronnie Robinson
Larry Finch
Robinson
Marvin
Gavitt
Bartow
Friars
Dave Gavitt
City Tennis Registration Deadline Approaches
Registration closes Saturday for the Decatur Tennis Association season. The $5 entry fee should be sent to Barrett Shelton Jr., DTA Treasurer, Decatur Daily, Box 1527, Decatur Alabama 35601.
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Decatur Tennis Association
Barrett Shelton, Jr
DTA
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Final men’s 19723 ene Cup Alpine standings
Final standings list Gustave Theoni of Italy with 166 points and David Zwilling of Austria with 151. Roland Collombia of Switzerland is third with 13. A four person tie for fourth includes Christian Neureuther of West Germany and Hans Hinterseer of Austria with 6. Bernard Russi of Switzerland has 106, Jean-Noel Augert of France 104, Bobby Cochran of the USA and Franz Krammer of Austria tied for ninth with 93, Piero Gros of Italy has 91.
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Calif
Mt T
Gustave Theoni
Italy
David Zwilling
Austria
Roland Collombia
Switzerland
Christian Neureuther
West Latenby
Hans Hinterseer
Bernard Russi
Jean-Noel Augert
France
Bobby Cochran
USA
Franz Krammer
Piero Gros
Giants Angels brawl erupts in spring training game
San Francisco Giants beat the California Angels 14-4 after a benches clearing brawl in the third and fourth innings. Gi ant pitcher Jim Willoughby hit Sandy Alomar and Clyde Wright hit Tito Fuentes triggering the flare up with Fuentes later ejected along with Fox Hiatt and Wright.
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California Angels
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Angels
San Francisco
Giant
Jim Willoughby
California
Sandy Alomar
Clyde Wright
Tito Fuentes
Fuentes
Wright
Charlie Fox
Angel
Jack Hiatt
Fox
Hiatt
San Diego
Nate Colbert
John Grubb
Padres
Milwaukee
Colbert
Fred Norman
Kansas City
Monty Montgomery
Mike Jackson
Gene Garber
Royals
Chicago White Sox
al Santorini
Mike Nagy
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cardinal
Wayne Garland
Ralph Scott
Grant Jackson
Baltimore
Atlanta
Dave Roberts
Jim Ray
Jim York
Houston
UCLA defeats Indiana in NCAA semifinal despite Downing fouls
UCLA topples Indiana 70 59 in a semifinal as Coach Wooden and Coach Knight dispute the impact of Steve Downing's fouls. Downing sparked a late Indiana run before Tommy Curtis sealed UCLA's win with key late baskets and free throws.
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ST. Louis
UCLA
Indiana
Hoosier
Steve Downing
John Wooden
Bob Knight
Wooden
Downing
Knight
Hoosiers
Bruin
Tommy Curtis
Decatur Represented At Mobile Bowling Tournament
The Alabama Women's Bowling Association hosts its 15th annual event in Mobile with 413 teams 720 doubles and 1440 singles entered. AWBA President Evelyn Latham of Decatur announced opening ceremonies at Skyline Lanes and Decatur women field 21 teams across three weekends including Ashburn & Gray Myr Bowling Shoney's of Decatur Pearl Reid Perrylanes No 2 Freda Perry Sherrill's Shell Station Bonnie Terry State National Bank of Ala Brenda Close Carrie's Five Carrie Clark Holland & Woodard Betty Holman Bryson's Spur captained by Anne Geloneck.
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Alabama Women’s Bowling Association
Mobile
AWBA
Evelyn Latham
Decatur
Skyline Lanes
Decatur Women’s Bowling Association
Ashburn & Gray, Inc
Myr Bowling
Shoney's of
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