Memoir of Tom Harmon and timeless sports ties
Tom Harmon recalls his senior year debut at California on his birthday September 28 1940 including a 94 yard kickoff return and a 72 yard TD run. He recounts a drunken incident with a spectator who was nearly jailed and notes 35 years of Christmas and birthday cards from Bud Brennan the man who tackled him in the stands. Also mentioned is Leonard Koppett Columbia Stanford Rose Bowl lore KF 79 and Otto Graham in the Shepard murder case.
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Tom Harmon
Michigan
University of California
Memorial Stadium
Berkeley
Tom
San Francisco
Leonard Koppett
Columbia University
Columbia
Rose Bowl
Stanford
al Barabas
New York Times
Koppett
Palo Alto
Stanford Univer
Sity
California
Barabas
Otto
Shepard
Sam
Grahams
New York
Beverly
Sam Shepard
Quarry
Bob Foster
Las Vegas
Nev
Orlando
Fla
Massachusetts
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Westminster
Los Angeles
Pete Ashlock
Nets castoffs haunt Spurs in playoff win
San Antonio guard Mike Gale, ex Net, led a second half surge to a 111-103 victory over New York, giving the Spurs a 2-1 series edge. Larry Kenan and Billy Paultz added scoring and rebounds as Julius Erving led the Nets with 31 points while coach Bob Bass praised a near-10,009 crowd for lifting the team.
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United Press International
San Antonio
Mike Gale
New York Nets
American Basketball Association
Gale
Elizabeth City College
Spurs
James Silas
Larry Kenan
Julius Erving
Billy Paultz
Erving
New York
Brian Taylor
Kenan
Paultz
Bob Bass
Uniondale
Bass
Lompoc Bats Dismantle Hueneme 9 7 In Opener
Lompoc wins 9 to 7 as McKeown Renfroe and Garcia drive in runs. Lompoc advances with key hits from Lomas and Shroll while Hayek secures the win.
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Lompoc
Rhe Lompoc
Hueneme
WP. Hayek
Rbi—Garcia
Lomas
Renfroe
Rodriguez McKeown Silva
MecKeown
East pm Cincinnati at Atlanta and more baseball games
Friday schedule lists New York at Pittsburgh and Los Angeles at Atlanta among night games. San Diego visits Houston and San Francisco plays Cincinnati at night while Wednesday results show Minnesota beating Chicago and Cleveland overcoming Boston. Probable pitchers include California Ryan at Kansas City Splittorff and Minnesota Goltz at New York May.
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Philadelphia
Underwood
Kant
Montreal
Fryman
New York
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Diego
Houston
San Fran
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Texas
Oakland
California
Kansas City
Ryan
Splittorff
Goltz
Detroit
Milwaukee
Kaw City
W. L. Pet
St Louis
W. L
San
la Diego
San Francisco
McGlothen
Rooker
Candelaria
Matlack
Bonham
Baltimore
Koch Plans 1978 World Championships Focus
Olympic medalist Bill Koch outlines a five year plan to remain U S elite in cross country skiing aiming for the 1978 World Championships in Finland He emphasizes developing quantity over quality and discusses his asthma condition his finances and the need for sponsorship and equipment contracts to support training and travel.
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Park City
Utah
UPI
Bill Koch
United States
Koch
Finland
Guilford. Vt
Innsbruck
Austria
Hoc
Lake Placid
John Bower
Quarry brothers clash over boxing futures in LA
In Los Angeles retired heavyweight Jerry Quarry and his younger brother Mike dispute Mike's boxing future. Mike, 25, seeks one more title shot aiming at Victor Galindez or John Conteh, while Jerry urges retirement after a long career marked by injuries and personal issues.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jerry Quarry
Mike
Jerry
Victor Galindez
Argentina
World Boxing Association
England
John Conteh
World Boxing Council
Quarry
Joe Frazier
Madison Square Garden
New York
Mike Rossman
Olympic Auditorium
Don Fraser
Forum
Inglewood
Galindez
Conteh
California Athletic Commission
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Harmon Jaked
Murray Olderman
NEA
Otto Graham
Cleveland Browns
Bay Village
Ohio
Marilyn Shepard
Marilyn
The
Coast Guard Academy
Nets
Canyon
McKeown
Candaele
McDonald
Vargas
Johnson
Ellison
Neal If
Beltran
van Allen
Villareal
Rhe
Shroll
Neal
Billingham
Niekro
Wise
Village Country Club
Dottie MacClure
Marguerete Bledsoe
Shirley Johnson
Jean Sullivan
Dorrie Lockwood
Mary Tripp
Mildred Morgan
Tanya Lind
Mary Jo Wright
Hazel Timmer
Sally Doran
Doreen Kotowski
Lenore van
Wyk
Happs
San Martin’s
San Martin
Quarry Brothers
Pete
Florida
Mickey Davies
Orange County
Ocean
H’ Street
Winston’s Valley
Ross
Schwinn
Nishiki
WVP
Ross Europa
Ross 20’’ Moto-X-Ross
Ross Moto
X-Cat
Ross Bicentennial
America
West Ocean Avenue
BankAmericard
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