Spray Hitters Light Up Dodgers in 6-5 Victory
Cesar Tovar Rod Carew and Graig Nettles homered as Minnesota rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5. Joe Grzenda delivered the decisive ninth inning blast. Other games saw Atlanta, Houston, Montreal and several others win with notable performances by Means Edwards Alou Kranepool Melton and Bu ford.
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Harmon Killebrew
Bob Allison
Tony Oliva
Twins
Cesar Tovar
Rod Carew
Graig Nettles
Joe Grzenda
Los Angeles Dodgers
Tovar
Dodgers
Carew
Nettles
Grzenda
Houston
Mets
John Edwards
Jesus Alou
Ed Kranepool
Alcindor to Sign Pact With Milwaukee Bucks
Lew Alcindor of UCLA verbally agreed to a million-dollar contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, choosing the NBA over the rival ABA. Alcindor cited NBA prestige but said it was not the prime consideration as he eyed a move after leading UCLA to a third straight national title.
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Los Angeles
National Basketball Association
American Basketball Association
Lew Alcindor
UCLA
Milwaukee Bucks
Alcindor
Associated Press
NBA
Bucks
New York Nets
ABA
Lew
Milwaukee
Phoenix
New York
Lew Alcindor Chooses NBA Bucks Over Rival ABA
The 7 foot 1 inch star rejected a rival ABA bid and signed with Milwaukee after negotiations that included pressure from both leagues. ABA officials sued in San Francisco claiming the NBA monopolizes pro basketball to curb competition.
KU Still Blank In NCAA Swims
Kansas entered the final day of the NCAA Swimming and Diving championships in Bloomington still without a point after two days. Coach Dick Beamon expressed uncertainty as Jayhawks failed to reach finals in all Friday events, with key swimmers listed and hopes pinned on the 400 freestyle relay and individual races. Indiana led USC 274-182 after Friday finals as Stanford’s Fred Haywood won the 100 backstroke and John Farris claimed the 200 butterfly. Spitz skipped the butterfly and set a new U S mark in the 200 free.
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Bloomington
Ind
Kansas
Dick Beamon
Jayhawk
Roy O’connor
Steve Trombold
Bob Wright
Jim Kent
Tom Ellis
Kim Bolton
O’connor
Trombold
Wright
Beamon
Bob Hines
Bo Darrah
Hines
O'Connor
Bobby Wright
Indiana
Southern California
Stanford
Fred Haywood
Charlie Hickcox
Haywood
John Farris
Lap Record Breaks at Martinsville Dogwood 500 Pole
Carl Stevens of Rehobeth Massachusetts set a new lap record at 82.493 mph at Martinsville in his Chevrolet and won the pole for Sunday's Dogwood 500 modified race.
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Martinsville, Va
Carl Stevens
Rehobeth
Mass
Maxwell Fires LHS to Fourth
Lawrence High led by Korb Maxwell fired a 349 to place fourth in the Manhattan Invitational at Manhattan Country Club. Rick Hewitt 87 Chris Kennedy 88 Bob Beauchamp 92 anchored the four-man score while John Emerson 92 and Bill Kepp 93 led the two-man total of 185.
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Manhattan
Korb Maxwell
Lawrence High
Manhattan Country Club
Lion
Rick Hewitt
Chris Kennedy
Bob Beauchamp
John Emerson
Bill Kepp
Texas and Tennessee Share Cotton Bowl Payout Record
Texas and the University of Tennessee each collected 340000 given 150.60 dollars as payment for their 1969 Cotton Bowl participation.
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Dallas
Texas
University of Tennessee
Lions Send 6 to Finals in State Indoor Meet
Lawrence High added two finalists in the 880 and the mile relay at the State High School Indoor track meet opening day. Bill Newmark clocked 2:04.3 and Rex Tedrow 2:04.6 to reach the 880 and half mile finals. Ed Lanning, Mike Cerne, Dave Doud, and Kyle Stevens qualified the mile relay in 3:33.6, while Doud and Bill Kelly fell short in the open quarter. Shawnee Mission West backed two half finalists. Wyandotte and Washington earned 440 finals spots.
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Manhattan
Lawrence High
Bill Newmark
Rex Tedrow
Ed Lanning
Mike Cerne
Dave Doud
Kyle Stevens
Shawnee Mission West
Wyandotte
Washington
Exhibitions List Mixes Cities Across U S and Canada
A fragmented entry lists exhibitions with scores and locations including Baltimore New York uA Nehtegie Washington Tiotieton and others. Mixed city names appear with scores such as Minnesota 6 Los Angeles 5 Montreal and Kansas City 2 alongside Pittsburgh Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago San Francisco Cleveland Oakland California and Seattle.
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Atlanta
Washington
Houston
New York Mets
Montreal
Detroit
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco
California
San Diego
Cleveland
Oakland
Seattle
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Baltimiore
New York
Nehtegie
Tiotieton
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Chicago
Senators Farm Three Pitchers to Plant City
The Washington Senators sent pitchers Jan Dukes Bill Gogolewski and Dick Such to their minor league base at Plant City for reassignment.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Washington Senators
Jan Dukes
Bill Gogolewski
Dick Such
Plant City
Swaim to Ref Prep Division at 44th Kansas Relays
Francis Swaim of Kansas City Wyandotte will referee the prep division of the 44th Kansas Relays April 17–19, completing the officiating panel. He is in his 29th season as a Kansas high school track coach, with Wyandotte teams winning seven state titles and runner up 14 times. he once set a 30 year old long jump record.
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Francis Swaim
Kansas City Wyandotte
Kansas
Swaim
Wyandotte
Bulldogs
Dwight
Oxford
Minneapolis
Kan
Arkansas City Junior College
Emporia State
Indiana Names Sam Bell Head Track Coach
Sam Bell of California was named head track coach at Indiana University on Friday. The announcement comes as the Hoosiers seek leadership in their track program.
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Bloomington
Ind
Sam Bell
California
Indiana University
Celtics and Warriors Take 2 0 Leads In NBA Semis
The Boston Celtics and San Francisco Warriors each moved to 2 0 in their best of seven series, routing Philadelphia 134 108 at Boston and shocking Los Angeles 107 101 at Oakland. The East semi resumes with New York at Baltimore and Atlanta at San Diego while ABA scoring highlights Kentucky over Miami 113 112 and Dallas 134 123 at Denver.
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Grant Jackson
Philadelphia
Reds
John Callison
Don Money
Phillie
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Cubs
San Francisco
Ken Hen
Derson
Giants
Rick Reichardt
California
San Diego
Jim McGlothlin
Angels
Jimmie Hall
Indians
Oakland
Athletics
Baltimore
Yankees
Don Buford
Boston Celtics
San Francisco Warriors
Celtics
Warriors
Los Angeles
Celts
76Ers
Nw York Knicks
Atlanta
American Basketball Association
Kentucky
Miami
New Orleans
Minnesota
Dallas
Denver
Houston
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