Villaflor to defend world title in Japan bout
World junior lightweight champion Ben Villaflor will defend his title against Japanese challenger Kuniaki Shibata in Japan on October 16. The contract calls the winner to face Samuel Serrano of Puerto Rico within 60 days. Serrano is the WBA's No. 1 Challenger for Villaflor's title.
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Japan
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Arashida
Kyodo Tokyo, Inc
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Puerto Rico
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Eagles outlook: McCormick upbeat on youth and camp
Murray Olderman profiles coach Mike McCormick and the Philadelphia Eagles as they rebuild after a player strike. He highlights youth, camp readiness, offensive line issues, and key players like Young, Carmichael, Smith, McAllister, Malone, Sullivan, Boryla, and Gabriel. Defensively, Bergey, LeMaster, Bun ting, and the secondary are noted as improving.
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Oakland
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Falcon
Roman Gabriel
Eagle
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Mitch Sutton
Will Wynn
Carter Campbell
WFL
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Steve Zabel
Frank LeMaster
John Bunting
Bill Bradley
Randy Logan
Wild Bill
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Lavender
Outlaw
Horst Muhlmann
Bengals
Merritt Kersey
Eagles Poised to Peak as NFC East Surprise in 1975
In 1973 the Eagles showed a potent scoring attack while tightening defense. They also improved in untapped categories and appear set as a surprise contender for 1975. Early NFC East favorite billing hinges on their offensive punch and growth.
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Hope High Band Prepares for Ashdown Game Halftime Show
The Hope High School Band, about 100 members, practices Monday and Thursday nights in the school parking lot for this year's halftime shows. Their first performance is scheduled during the September 5 game against Ashdown.
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Bonds and Holtzman Duel Highlights Baseball Night
AP Sports recounts a night of dramatic baseball as Rollie Fingers and Ken Holtzman duel with Bonds. Bonds hits a 2 run homer on a change up after a near miss fastball sequence, powering the Yankees to a 3-2 win amid other AL and NL results across Baltimore Cincinnati Philadelphia and Montreal games.
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Standings and Friday's MLB Schedule
Standings show Montreal 10 and San Diego 8 leads, with New York 4 and Los Angeles 1. teams set to play Friday including Atlanta at Chicago and St Louis at Cincinnati. Saturday feature matches include Philadelphia at San Francisco and Houston at Pittsburgh. Sunday slate lists Houston at Pittsburgh and St Louis at Cincinnati plus California at Detroit.
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Neville remains as coach of Canadian volleyball team
AP reports Bill Neville will stay on as coach of the Canadian men's volleyball team despite three Montreal players resigning. CVA executive director Ian Stoddart said the association reviewed Neville's tenure and chose to keep him. Letendre Roy and Belanger quit citing slow team progress under his leadership.
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Jean Letendre
Michel Roy
Pierre Belanger
Montreal
Neville
Open features the return of Richie Karl at B C Open
Endicott N Y Richie Karl returns to the En Joie Golf Course for the B C Open aiming to repeat last year s surprise victory over a field led by Hubert Green and Dave Stockton The 30 year old carded an 11 under par 273 to win after a 35 foot putt on the first playoff hole and seeks to remind the tour who he is this year
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En-Joie
Jefferson Downs faces legal troubles
SHREVEPORT La AP Pending a hearing next month the Louisiana Racing Commission has tabled a request that it disapprove Jefferson Downs application for a 1976 racing schedule. The attorney general s office will present its case against the track and its concessionaire Louisiana Sportsystems Inc at a Sept 26 hearing in New Orleans. Louisiana Sportsystems is the former Emprise Corp which recently failed to win a reversal of its felony conviction of violating federal racketeering statutes by concealing its ownership in a Las Vegas gambling casino. The 9th U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 1972 conviction. In addition to being the track s concessionaire Louisiana Sportsystems also owns 40 per cent of the Jefferson Downs stock.
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Louisiana Sportsystems
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