Baseball Cards Bring Back Youth Fever and Doubled Dreams
A nostalgic tour charts how buying five-card packs for a quarter sparked childhood cheers and a quest to complete a full set. The piece recalls gum stained mouths, shouting players, and the lasting magic of baseball cards despite shrinking gum and rising prices.
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Elmer Valo
Gino Cimelli
Rocky Calovito
Don Demeter
Smokey Burgess
Ted Kluzewski
Sporting News
M.I.T
Rose decries LA boos. asks not to play Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Pete Rose, enraged by Los Angeles fans hurling objects, asks manager Sparky Anderson to sit him in Los Angeles. Anderson refuses, stating Rose must play after last week's four-game Dodgers series. Rose notes he cannot concentrate and fears hurting teammates as items rain down in left field.
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UPI
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Sparky Anderson
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Rose
Reds
Cruz Delivers Winning Hit As Dodgers Top Braves
Dodgers trim pitching staff to add rookie Henry Cruz who delivers a two out ninth inning double for a 2-1 win over Atlanta. Cruz, 23, capitalizes after Billy Buckner injury and follows praise from manager Walt Alston.
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Walt Alston
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Speed
Americans sweep Boston Marathon as wind fuels record wins
William Rodgers, 27, Boston Minuteman, won in 2 09 55 breaking the course mark amid a 25 mph tailwind. Steve Hoag of Minneapolis placed second and Tom Fleming of the NYAC third, with Canadian Tom Howard fourth. Liane Winter set a world best for women in 2 42 24, Kathy Switzer second in 2 51 50.
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Hill
Steve Hoag
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Minn
Tom Fleming
New York Athletic Club
Tom Howard
Vancouver
Rodgers
Canada
Jerome Drayton
Liane Winter
Wolfsburg
Germany
Volkswagen
Kathy Switzer
New York
New York City
Flyers offer rich contract to Parent
Philadelphia seeks a guaranteed yearly sum for life for Bernie Parent along with a Wildwood New Jersey house and debt payoff if he stays six more years. The deal could rise for each additional year, with Flyers officials calling it a lifetime payout of an extended contract.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Bernie Parent
Philadelphia Flyers
Parent
Ed Snider
Keith Allen
National Hockey League
Wildwood
N.J
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Howard Casper
Snider
Bulls face pivotal playoff test on foreign court
Chicago Bulls coach Dick Motta says a super effort is needed to end the Kansas City-Omaha Kings series on the road, despite a 1-25 road playoff mark. Houston and Golden State also seek series wins while Flyers wait in the NHL playoffs.
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Kansas City-Omaha Kings
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Motta
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Flyers
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Vacouver
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