Swoboda Sees Baseball As Juvenile After Viet Trip
Mets outfielder Ron Swoboda recalls a close brush with death in An Khe Vietnam and says his baseball career feels juvenile beside soldiers’ sacrifices. He traveled with Milt Pappas and Mudcat Grant to boost morale and reflects on fear, purpose, and entertainment’s role in society.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
NEA
Ron Swoboda
An An Khe
South Vietnam
Swoboda
New York
Vietnam
Milt Pappas
Mudcat Grant
Mets
Payson Field
R. Swoboda
Birds
Gil Hodges
Earth
SAN Francisco
UPI
Juan Marichal
San Francisco Giants
St. Luke’s Hospital
Giants
Clyde King
Marichal
King
Juan
Driesell era at Maryland proposed as national program
The piece argues Maryland under Lefty Driesell aims to become the UCLA of the East with big business style recruiting. It details Driesell's power, campus changes, recruiting push, athletic fee, and calls for major program overhauls including independent status and enhanced facilities.
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Maryland
UCLA
Lefty Driesell
Lefty
Safety Patrol
ACC
Bowie Kuhn Faces Heat As Baseball Commissioner
The article recalls Bowie Kuhn’s early days at Griffith Stadium and notes his evolving stance on league decisions. It cites Denny McLain and Curt Flood cases as tests of his fairness and suggests he must balance player rights with owners’ influence while continuing to assert his independence.
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Lompoc
San Marcos Royals
Cabrillo
Cabrilo
Doug Sedton
Greg Thorson
Rick Horne
Steve Bonneau
Dos Pueblos
Scroggins
van Wie
Gingold
Weeks
Morez
Beaudry
Erb
Moore
Alexander
Hobart
Sexton - Thorson
Laver- Oakley
Horne
New York
UPI
Bowie Kuhn
Old Griffith Stadium
Washington
Senators
Giants
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Sam Rice
Kuhn
Denny McLain
McLain
Disraeli
Marvin Miller
Hancock Relays to honor Ed Zuchelli at Hancock Relays
Santa Maria hosts the sixth annual Hancock Relays dedicated to Ed Zuchelli a Cal Poly professor and longtime Santa Maria booster. The meet features entries from Santa Monica University Nevada Fresno Redlands Santa Barbara Moorpark Hartnell Merced and Santa Maria High with elite athletes aiming for top marks in pole vault high jump and sprints.
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Santa Maria
Ed Zuchelli
Ray Kring
Zuchelli
Cal Poly College
University of the Pacific
Santa Monica Athletic Association
Mihaly Igloi
Igloi
Santa Monica
Peter Mundle
Jack Cook
University of Nevada
Cook
Wolfpack
Claremont
Fresno
Jim Farmer
Redlands
Jerry Pyle
Pyle
Cal Poly
Santa Barbara Athletic Association
Chuck Rogers
Tony Sanford
Steve Cooper
Cooper
Reynoldo Brown
Hancock
Moorpark College
Glendale Hartnell
Allan Hancock
Glendale
Frank Rock
Moorpark
Hartnell
Sam Albanese
Laura Diaz
Albanese
Diaz
Merced College
Central California
Huelon Hewitt
Lompoc
Saints
Kenny Kring
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San Marcos
Houston
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Rich Robertson
Ron Bryant
Will Hetzel
University of Maryland
NHL
Superior Court OF the
State OF California
County OF
Santa Barbara
E. A. Machado
Emidio A. Machado
Maria P, Machado
E. A, Machado
Emidio A, Machado
Department No. SM
E. Cook Street
California
J. E. Lewis
Helen J. West
Vandenberg Afb
Rancho Maria
Bob Tallman
FEC
John Baneman
Martin Co
Ed Burns
Aerospace Contractors
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TRW Systems Group
Philco- Ford Corp
General Electric
Lockheed
Boeing
McDonnell Douglas
Convair - General Dynamics
Western Electric
United Technology Center
United Press International
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Datsun
Pius
Bob Nolan
Central Coast
North Broadway
Tony Azcarate
Johns-Manville
S. Blosser
Spike Buff
Hugh Davies
Lompoc RE
Poloni's
Lompoc Municipal Pool
Naui — Ymca
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