Bellflower Star Chooses Alaska Adventure
Phil Weinberg, former Bellflower High and Cerritos College basketball standout, enrolled at the University of Alaska. He cites adventure and frequent team travel, calling Alaska beautiful and noting winter temperatures around minus 40 to minus 60. Weinberg averaged 6.8 points per game and was named team captain before winding up his college career.
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University of Alaska
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Randy Small
Mayfair High
Alaska
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Randy
Phil
Nanooks
Central Washington
Hawaii
Fairbanks
Southern California
Third Ishimatsu bout sought after Pineda loss
Tory Pineda manager demands a third World Boxing Council lightweight title fight after Ishimatsu retained the crown with a unanimous decision in Osaka. Kabakoff claims Pineda clearly won and notes official irregularities, with talks of a Tijuana bout and interest in staging a rematch.
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World Boxing Council
Mexico
Tory Pineda
Monday
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Japan
Guts Ishimatsu
Pineda
Osaka
Harry Kabakoff
Kabak
Yomirai
Ishimatsu
Jimmy Scarmonsy
San Antonio
Tex
Pedro Mendoza
Nobumitsu Inokai
Dime novel plots and the Angels spring camp
A humorous look at how dime novels promise easy World Series triumphs and owners daughters, applying the trope to the California Angels. The piece notes manager Dick Williams and players like Jerry Remy, Tommy Harper, Joe Lahoud, and Lee Stanton, concluding a comeback romance is unlikely with current personnel.
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Angels
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Anaheim
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Remy
Gene Autry
Tommy Harper
Joe Lahoud
Lee Stanton
Chuck Dobson
NFL Signs Three Ex Sun Players
The NFL recruited three former Sun players from the World Football League. Kermit Johnson joined the San Francisco 49ers as their seventh round pick in 1974 after signing with the Sun. James McAlister was set to terms with the Oakland Raiders. Booker Brown signed with the San Diego Chargers after a prior trade from Houston.
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Booker Brown
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Houston
Cowboys sign draft picks and Wind signing adds players
Cowboys NFL and WIND League signings add Burton Lachess Mitch Hoopes Pete Clark Reggie Sanderson Charlie Reamon Damato Walter Rhone to bolster roster with centers and receivers in a wave of early signings.
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Burton Lachess
Mitch Hoopes
Pete Clark
E Wind
Reggie Sanderson
Charlie Reamon
Oe Damato
Walter Rhone
Olivares protest over weigh-in time for title bout
Ruben Olivares of Mexico City objects to the 10 a.m weigh-in time requested by World Boxing Council for the June 20 featherweight title fight with challenger Chacon who struggles to make 126 pounds. Olivares filed the protest with the California Athletic Commission which will issue the final ruling.
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Mexico City
World Boxing Council
Chacon
Olivares
California Athletic Commission
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