Smith and Woods set world marks at AAU indoor meet
Tracy Smith, a Los Angeles officer, broke the world indoor three mile record with 13 minutes 7.2 seconds at Madison Square Garden. George Woods set a world mark in the 16-pound shot with 69 feet 9 1/4 inches at the Columbia Air Dome, after a disputed weigh-in. Marty Liquori won the mile in 4:03.5, Rod Milburn captured the 60-yard hurdles in 7.0, and Ludmila Bragina led women in 4:40.0 meet record.
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Los Angeles
Madison Square Garden
George Young
George
Woods
Southern Ilinois University
Bruce Wilhelm
New York Athletic Club
Columbia Airdome
al Feuerbach
Wilhelm
Charles Blanford
Russia
Ludmila Bragina
Valery Borzov
Soviet Union
United States
Miss Bragina
Borzov
Ivory Crockett
Trinida-Tobago
Herb Washington
Crockett
Washington
Light Switch Puzzle And Namable Pranks In Sports Gossip
In a column of notes and quotes a mix of sports rumor and trivia spans Cipriano’s Oklahoma moment to Rams quarterback Hadlock pronunciation jokes. It recalls NCAA charges, grade forging defenses, and a Bullets relocation tease naming Capital Bullets amid light sarcasm about personal failings and a junior high bully named George Foreman.
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Tom Cox
NCAA
Southwestern Louisiana
Houston U
Jerry Bonney
A Bonney
George Foreman
College Big Help
Rice coach Al Conover portrays himself as a scholar with a masters degree and a thesis on What College Done for Me. Kansas spring football starts March 26 and ends April 28 with a spring game at Allen Fieldhouse hosts pro baseball workouts with former Jayhawks and others in town. JFK upsets Marymount 78 75 at Wahoo Nebraska as Bob Cerv drew sharp rebukes from Ken Cochran over coaching at the scorer’s table.
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al Conover
Conover
Kansas
Marymount
Salina
Wahoo
Neb
John F. Kennedy
Bob Cerv
JFK
Spartans
Ken Cochran
Cochran
UCLA
John Wooden
Cerv
Bush
American Royal Seeks New Financing Plan for Arena
The American Royal board voted to study a new financing approach to build a Kansas City arena and avoid a lawsuit blocking current plans. A Sonnenblick-Goldman loan would cover 18 million dollars over five years at a floating rate about ten percent with a one percent placement fee, aiming for NHL readiness by October 1974.
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Kansas City
The
American Royal
Kansas
John C. Gage
Royal President
Sonnenblick- Goldman
New York
Lewis Stuns 49ers in Double OT at Los Angeles
Raymond Lewis poured in 53 points as Los Angeles State upset third-ranked Long Beach State 107-104 in double overtime. Long Beach led by 11 at halftime but saw LA State rally, forcing a second overtime where Lewis carried the Diablos to the win.
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Long Beach State
49Ers
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Los Angeles State
Long Beach
San Jose State
Raymond Lewis
Diablos
Brigham Young
Penn
Princeton
Arizona State
New Mexico
Wyoming
BYU
Arizona
Utah
College basketball results roundup with upsets and high scores
A long list of college games across regions reports numerous scorelines. Notable results include Columbia over Harvard 86 68 and Madison over York 107 62, with strong showings from Florida State Southern and Wyoming in other matchups.
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South Florida St
S. Alabama
Wash. & Lee
S. Western
Tenn
Madison
York
Simpson
Luther
Charleston Baptist
Wofford
Florence St
New Orleans
Xavier
Southern U
Fezler Leads at Inverrary in Gleason Classic
Forrest Fezler, 23, from California, holds a two stroke lead at 136 after two rounds of the Jackie Gleason golf classic at Inverrary Golf Club. Lee Trevino is two back after a 69 while Gibby Gilbert and Jack Nicklaus chase at 139 and 142 respectively. Arnold Palmer sits at 145 in a crowded field including defending champion Tom Weiskopf and veteran Gay Brewer.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Forrest Fezler
Ferler
Inverrary Golf Club
Trevino
Gibby Gilbert
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Gay Brewer
Fezler
Brewer
Bruce Devlin
Tom Kite
al Geiberger
Devlin
Geiberger
Kite
Arnold Palmer
Tom Weiskopf
Six Dodgers unsigned after Lacy inks pact
LOS ANGELES AP Lee Lacy signed his 1973 Dodger contract Friday leaving six Dodgers unsigned including pitchers Claude Osteen Don Sutton Tommy John infielders Bill Buckner Steve Garvey and outfielder Willie Crawford.
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Lee Lacy
Los Angeles Dodger
Dodgers
Claude Osteen
Don Sutton
Tommy John
Bill Buckner
Steve Garvey
Willie Crawford
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Reggie McAfee
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Fezler In Charge
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