Gripe File on sports style and personalities
A collage of reader complaints about sports fashion and culture. It mocks uniform trends, criticizes loud media personalities, notes surly stars and forgetful readers, and ends with a trivia quiz and local achievement mentions including Lompoc baseball and Milt Kahn’s underground press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland A’s
A’s
New York Knicks
Robert Hall
Charlie Finley
Abner Doubleday
Doubleday
Vida Blue
Steel Company
Bill Walton
UCLA
USC
Don Quarrie
Archie Bunker
Lompoc
Jim Bouton
Milt Kahn
Milt
Los Angeles
Wrigley Field
Hank Aaron
RBI
Dodger Stadium
Harmon Killebrew
Dick Stuart
Brooks Robinson
Rocky Calavito
Reds sweep Astros as McRae grand slam sparks 10-3 win
Hal McRae belted a first-pitch grand slam off Jerry Reuss after Bench and Perez sparked a 10-3 Reds victory over the Astros. Johnny Bench went 10-for-18 in the four-game set, and the Reds move into a second-place tie in the NL West behind the Dodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Houston Astros
Hal McRae
Jerry Reuss
Johnny Bench
Houston
Tony Perez
Foster
Bench
Dave Concepcion
George Foster
Cesar Cedeno
Astros
Pedro Borbon
Borbon
Cedeno
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Steve Stone
Dodgers
Bill Singer
Gaylord Perry
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Perry
Samm McDowell
Tigers
Ray Fosse
Fosse
Ray
Cleveland
Joe Coleman
Eddie Leon
Tom McCraw
Boston
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Minnesota
Rico Petrocelli
Carlton Fisk
Dave McNally
Sonny Siebert
Jim Roland
Great Race rivals clash at California high school track finals
At Oroville California the state track and field championships begin with a two mile duel between Lompoc’s Terry Williams and Curtis Beck. Other top runners include Gordon Innes, Marc Genet and Alvin Gilmore in the mile field. The meet also features the nation’s best junior sprinters and a team trophy history from Lompoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Alvin Gilmore
Terry Williams
Oroville
California
Curtis Beck
Gordon Innes
Marc Genet
Beck
Williams
William
Genet
Santa Ana
Innes
Upland
Craig Virgin
Illinois
Barrie Williams
North Torrance
Mark Schilling
Garden Grove
Ed Ariola
Gahr
Gilmore
Terry Cotton
el Cajon
Dick Johnson
Charlie Jackson
Johnson
Terry
LA Coliseum
Suspended golfer Blalock sues LPGA for 5 million dollars
Jane Blalock, suspended for a year for alleged unethical conduct, files an anti trust suit in Atlanta claiming the LPGA as the sole women’s golf group deprived her of a living. She seeks 5 million dollars plus 3 million in damages and alleges restraint of trade and loss of goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Jane Blalock
Ladies Golf Tour
LPGA
Miss Blalock
Louisville
Miss Palmer
Pinehurst
N.C
Pine Ridge
Richard Blalock
Portsmouth
N.H
Plantiff
Blalock
U.S. District Court
Riessen and Leonard Lead Santa Barbara Tennis Exhibition
World Championship peers Marty Kiessen Tom Leonard join Riessen and Harvey Bottelsen for Sunday’s Santa Barbara Tennis Club exhibition. USC junior Paul Ramirez meets Kiessen with Riessen and Bottelsen pairing Ramirez and Leonard. Proceeds aid the Santa Barbara Junior Tennis Association. tickets $3.50 adults $2 juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Tennis Club of
Harvey Bettelsen
Marty Kiessen
Tom Leonard
Kiessen
Ramirez
Riessen
Bottelsen
Leonard
Brigham Young University
Santa Barbara Junior Tennis Association
Foothill Rd
Correction on Santa Barbara County League MVP
Correction notes that Roy Thomas was last year’s Most Valuable Player in Santa Barbara County League baseball selections, not Roy Howell as reported yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Thomas
Santa Barbara
Roy Howell
State Track and Field meets across California
Today and tomorrow several championships unfold across the state. Oroville hosts a Decathlon and a State Junior College track meet at Hancock, while the State championships conclude with the last day of events. Lompoc Valley and Irvine entries compete in girls track at AAU events in SoCal and at Irvine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Hancock
Lompoc Valley
Irvine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bruin
Bruins
Richie Scheinblum
Palmer
Towson
Sandra Palmer
BY Dick Praul
Paul Ramirez
University of Southern California
Koury
Knowlwood
la Cumbre Golf and Country Club
U.S
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