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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1966
Page
8
The Big Eight will not allow its runner-up to accept an NIT bid this season. It sets two-way and three-way basketball playoff concepts with a neutral-site March 9 fallback for ties, moving to a 1967 end date and adopting new NCAA transfer rules.
Dodgers general manager Buzzy Bavasi remains silent as star pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale push for three year contracts totaling about 1 million dollars. Other clubs and executives also negotiate with pitchers including Ralph Terry Jim Mahoney Deron Johnson and Tony Cloninger amid mounting holdouts.
The Atlanta Braves will debut their new park with a three game exhibition series against the New York Yankees starting in April. The opening slate includes two night games under lights.
The Wisconsin antitrust case against the Braves and the National League starts in Milwaukee as prosecutors seek to halt a monopoly and keep Milwaukee in major league baseball. A judge’s federal order backs Atlanta’s season and schedules, with trial potentially stretching to March.
The Soviet team pulled out of the AAU national indoor track and field meet in Albuquerque after dominating the All-Eastern Games in Baltimore. Coach Gabriel Korobkov cited fatigue and prep for the USSR championships. Also missing were Jim Ryun and Ron Clarke as several Eastern schools joined IC4A in New York.
Mickey Vernon former American League batting champion will manage the Vancouver British Columbia Mounties in the Pacific Coast League. Last season he played for the St Louis Cardinals.
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