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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1975

Page

11

Weekend Scoreboard Preview for MLB Pairings

Saturday matchups feature Cleveland at Oakland Chicago at Detroit Kansas City at Milwaukee Boston at Minnesota New York at Texas Baltimore at California Also Saturday pair Los Angeles at Chicago Atlanta at Pittsburgh Houston at Philadelphia Cincinnati at St Louis San Francisco at Montreal San Diego at New York Sunday games include Houston at Philadelphia Atlanta at Pittsburgh San Diego at New York San Francisco at Montreal Cincinnati at St Louis

Cleveland Oakland Chicago Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee Boston Minnesota New York Texas Baltimore California Los Angeles Atlanta Pittsburgh Houston Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis San Francisco Montreal San Diego Osteen Lolich Broberg Tiant Goltz Newar Medich Bibby Palmer Verea Heveland Kern Holtzman Los Ans Stone Sutton San Dees Barr Rogers Koosman Houston Coe Lonborg Come Reuss Kirby Curtis New Orleans Fred Stokes Barber Scotia Dave Schlesser Morningside Phoenix Owen Brown Maryland Larry Haralson Drake Portland Quentin Braxton University of Portland Eric Hays Montana Terry Thomas U. of Detroit Skip Howard Bowling Green Tim van Blommsesteyn Princeton Steve Strother Providence Seattle Rich Haws Utah State Gary Tomaszewski St. Mary’s Golden State Scott Trobbe Standford Buffalo George Rautins Niagara Robert Rhodes Albany Washington Doug Brookins Creighton Aleksander Belov Leningrad Russia Vic Kelly Hawaii Mike Moon Arizona State Rick Reed Azusa Pacific Romy Thomas Eau Claire Tyree Foster Eric Anderson McAlister Mo Rivers North Carolina State Mickey Fox N.S Jerry Bellotti Santa Clara Maurice Harper Calif Art Allen Pepperdine Mike Fahey Brandeis Bill Endicott University of Massachusetts

Baseball league leaders list for American and National Leagues

American League leaders include Carew batting .371 with 90 at bats and McRae 56 hits. Horton and Bonds lead home runs with 10 and 9 respectively. Rivers 28 steals and Kaat 2.46 ERA. National League leaders feature Smith .359 and Garvey 68 hits. Bench and Wynn tied with 10 homers. Morgan and Cedeno both 21 steals.

Carew Min Munson R.white Bonds Otis McRae Horton Del Chalk Cal Remy Rivers Orta

Local Softball Church League Scores From Twin City League Night

Readable rosters note First Baptist Flint Fairview Wesley Memorial Central Methodist and St Ann's teams with players listed and multiple home runs by Stutts Hopper and Drake. Baseball style stats show positions scores and fielding for industrial and mutual savings leagues across several churches and colleges.

Baseball Scores and Player Lines From Ongoing Early Games

The recap lists multiple teams including White Sox Dodgers Mets Braves and Tigers with box score details. Players Hinkle Tidwell Hammond Garland Runager Hastings Mooney Knight Moore Diseker Davidson Spiver and McLemore are named along with pitchers Freemans Estis Devine Humphries and Thompson.

T. Smith M. Nelson Poes White Sox G. Garland Tigers K. Runager K.hastings B. Mooney A. Knight National League Lion's Club Mets Central Bank Braves GT Mets Braves B. Devine R. Humphries Tea Mets Frank Moore Alan Diseker Greg Davidson Mark Spiver

Ali and Bugner appear at Garden for talk not fight

Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner posed at Madison Square Garden to promote their clash set for Kuala Lumpur. The Triple Crown Spectacular will feature Monzon Licata and Galindez Ahumada bouts shown on theater TV with top purses and promoter Don King predicting a major boxing reform.

New York Madison Square Garden Madison Square 50Th Street Eighth Ave Muhammad Ali Louisville Joe Bugner St. Ives England Ali Bugner Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The Garden Carlos Monzon Santa Fe Argentina World Boxing Association Tony Licata New Orleans Victor Galindez W.B.A Jorge Ahumada World Boxing Council Rodrigo Valdes Cartagena Colombia John Conteh Don King Teddy Brenner Michael Burke Madison Square Garden Center Monzon Licata Ahumada Galindez Carlos United States Las Vegas Joe Frazier Foreman King Joe Wepner Lyle

Stallings Named Baseball Coach at Georgia Southern

Stallings 44 succeeds Ron Polk as Georgia Southern base ball coach after Polk's resignation at end of 1975 season. He led Florida State to a 1970 NCAA World Series runner-up finish and coached at Wake Forest 1960 to 1968. He was ACC coach of the year in 1962 and 1963.

Statesboro, Ga Jack Stallings Florida State Georgia Southern Stallings Ron Polk Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference

Giants and Pirates Battle in Central Minor A Match

Giants and Pirates collided in a Central Minor A game with Pirates notching a 1 to 0 score. Key players included Goodwin for the Pirates and Ragsdale for the Giants with Busbey earning the loss and Kent the win.

Giants Pirates IF Giants Kevein Busbey Kent Goodwin

Thunder Sign Two WFL Veterans From Storm

Portland Thunder added two offensive tackles from the former Portland Storm including Mike Askea, a 6-4 265 pound Stanford graduate, and Buzz Brazeau, 6-4 260 pounds from Washington State, strengthening the WFL roster in Portland.

Portland Ore Portland Thunder Portland Storm Mike Askea Stanford Buzz Brazeau Washington State

Spirit golf invitational draws strongest Alabama field

The Feather column notes a top collegian driven invitational in Alabama likely the Southeast. Spirit brings the strongest field among Alabama amateur events with Kincaid enabling Southeast collegiate players yearly. The SEC decision tipped in BCC's favor after college interest and voter support.

Alabama Southeast Kincaid SEC BCC

NBA draft notes reveal high school stars as top picks

State Division Player of the Year known as "The Human Era" was Hawks’ second first round pick, 3rd overall. Willoughby, 6-8 from Dwight Morrow NJ, went in round two as first pick of that round. Dawkins, Darryle 6-10, first HS player drafted ever by NBA, went 5th overall to Philadelphia.

Ser Hawks Willoughby Dwight Morrow High School Englewood N.J NBA Darryle Dawkins Maynard Evans High Orlando Fla Philadelphia 76Ers Dawkins Philadelphia 76Ers New Orleans Aleksander Belov Soviet Union Simon Gourdine Kansas City Ron Behagen Jazz Bill Robinzine DePaul Golden State Cleveland Dwight Davis Warriors

Carr Recuperating For Cavs Training Camp

Cleveland guard Austin Carr is expected to recuperate from knee surgery in time for the Cavaliers training camp in mid September. Carr had cartilage removed this week after a knee operation last December 30 and previously injured the knee last season.

Cleveland Austin Carr Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association Carr

Draft Roundtable Picks Across Cities and Colleges

A sprawling draft list details numerous players by city, college, and position across multiple rounds. Names span Augustana to Brandeis with guards and forwards linked to New Orleans Chicago Seattle and other destinations.

Derrek Dickey Jeff Mullins Norm van Lier Chicago van Lier Portland Geoff Petrie David Meyers UCLA Junior Bridgeman Louisville Los Angeles Alvan Adams Oklahoma Phoenix Lionel Hollins Arizona State Rich Kelley Stanford New Orleans Luther “‘Tickey Burden Utah Larry Fogle New York Kevin Grevey Kentucky Washington Joe Meriweather Southern Illinois Houston

Hall of Fame to Display Ford Gift From Harlem Globetrotters

A basketball given to President Ford by the Harlem Globetrotters in December will join a special exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts.

Springfield Mass Ford Harlem Globetrotters Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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