Cleveland Indians owner weighs selling amid attendance and stock slump
Vernon Stouffer, owner since 1966, faces a financial bind as low attendance and a falling stock price from 105 to 2 erode his holdings. He may sell to a Cleveland group while aiming to keep control, noting higher operating costs and debt repayment from expansion funds. He insists moves rumors are wishful and vows to build a winner despite losses.
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UPT
Vernon Stouffer
Cleveland Indians
Stouffer
Indians
Resturant and Tool Company
Litton Industries
Hall Club
Trot Ace Facing Retirement
Lindy’s Pride, 1969 sport champion three year old trotter, is retired due to a recurring painful hoof ailment. Lindy Farms owners and trainer-driver Howard Beissinger discuss retirement timing and possible stallion prospects amid syndication interest for top stud status. The colt earned $323,997 last year with 11 wins including the Hambletonian and Kentucky Futurity.
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Chicago
Lindy Farms
Lindenhurst
Howard Beissinger
Lindy
Lomangino
Antonacci
Yonkers
Why Did He Turn Scribe By Milton Richman
Jim Bouton faces fierce reaction over Look Magazine excerpts from his forthcoming Ball Four book. teammates, other clubs, fans weigh motives money publicity and honesty. Bouton defends aim to share baseball’s fun and offers reflections on Mantle Gibson and clubhouse culture amid booing at Shea Stadium.
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Bowie Kuhn
Denny McLain
Bouton
Houston
Jim Bouton
Gibson
Shea Stadium
Recheck Adds 95 Wins for Driving Star John Chapman
The United States Trotting Association recount shows 95 unrecorded victories for driver John Chapman from 1949 to 1952, boosting his career total to 2,318 wins and elevating him from eighth to seventh all time. Earlier claims of 148 Canadian-track wins from 1948 to 1952 were also noted.
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UPI
United States Trotting Association
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USTA
Chapman
Barrier and Thompson lead Kiwanis Peninsula Open after 36 holes
Jerry Barrier and Rocky Thompson tied for first at 138 after two rounds in Newport News Virginia. Barrier shot 70 and Thompson 68 to hold a two stroke edge over Jack Rule Jr. amid 53 players remaining to contest next week's Western Open in Chicago.
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Newport News
UPI
Jerry Barrier
Rocky Thompson
Barrier
Thompson
Jack Rule Jr
Rule
Chicago
At Your Service, Inc Ushers Debut in Las Vegas
Gilbert Flores leads a new Las Vegas ushering group, At Your Service, Inc., formed from the former Andy Frain-Las Vegas operation. The staff includes trained ushers and usherettes from UNLV and local schools, plus crowd engineering and convention support for events at the Riviera and other venues.
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Gil) Flores
Flores
Andy Frain
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Inc
Frain
Nevada
At Your Service, Inc
RCA
Your Service, Inc
UNLV
Inc
State Farm
Baseball Adds 2 Ace QBs
NEW YORK UPIs report notes James Street and Archie Manning, known for football, among the few recognizable names in baseball draft day two. Street went 712th to the Cleveland Indians for Reno farm, while Manning was taken by the Chicago White Sox for Mobile in the secondary phase. The draft topped 1 058 players over two days as teams filled rosters with players from major league backgrounds and baseball families.
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Kansas City
Jim Rocker
New York
Horace Clarke
Clarke
Hall of Fame
Yanks
Boston
Royals
Red Sox
UPI
James Street
Archie Manning
Street
University of Texas Io
Cleveland Indians
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California
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University of Mississippi
Chicago White Sox
William Grant Crowley
Boston Red Sox
Bill Crowley
Detroit
Batavia
John Paul McLish
Cal McLish
Montreal
West Palm Beach
William Thomas Capps Jr
Chicago Cubs
Billy Capps
Cubs
Huron
Rick T. Dierker
Larry
Houston
Davenport
Sam Hairston
Sheriff Blake
Roy Sievers
Decatur
Mike Ivie
San Diego Padres
Suns Hire Kan. State Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons as Suns Boss
Cotton Fitzsimmons named head coach of the Phoenix Suns after nine years at Moberly JC and two at Kansas State where he won the Big Eight title. He will move to Phoenix with wife Nancee and son Gary and begin guiding the rookie camp June 15.
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UPI
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Kansas State
Phoenix Suns
National Basketball Association
MIT
Fitzsimmons
Moberly
Missouri
Jerry Colangelo
Suns
Johnny Kerr
Los Angeles Lakers
Colangelo
Hannibal Junior College
Midwestern University
Texas
Nancee
Gary
Pancho Gonzalez and his son Pancho Gonzales visit New York
Right handed Pancho Gonzalez dazzles in Madison Square Garden while his left handed son Pancho Gonzales learns from him. The elder, 42, meets Rod Laver in a Garden clash as the younger Pancho prefers coaching and ranch life over a pro circuit.
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UPI
Pancho Gonzalez
Madison Square Garden
Pancho Gonzales
Pancho
Gonzalez
California
Forest Hills
Malibu
Pancho Sr
Rod Laver
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Pam Chamberlain
Charlotte Beich
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Recheck
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Gil Flores
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