Baseball publicity dominates off-season chatter in colorful column
The piece skewers how baseballdrafts buzz while off-season moves and holdouts persist. It notes Vida Blues and Charlie Finley talks, Seibert and Dean contract wrangles, local youth leagues at VAFB, Cabrillo High and UCSB volleyball events, and a Connie Hawkins biography serial set for Lompoc Record.
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McFungo
Baltimore Orioles
World of Baseball Today
Oswald ‘Gramps’ Pritchard
Kansas City
Vida Blue
Charlie Finley
Vida
Finley
Blue
Louisiana Purchase
Charlie
Heck
Lompoc
Mary Bliss
VAFB
Cabrillo High
Cong track nets triangular win over Rio Mesa and Carpinteria
Cong track team scored 61 2 3 points to beat Rio Mesa 45 and Carpinteria 38 in a non league triangular meet. relay quartet Tise Allred Young and Charles clocked 3 38. Tise set a junior mile record with 4 32 2. Cecil Gordon swept hurdles and long jump. Mullholand won two miles. Weatherby third in shot put as Cabrillo and Congs prep for next meet.
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Rio Mesa
Carpinteria
Darin Young
Terry Charles
Vic Tise
Dean Allred
Tise
Cabrillo
Cecil Gordon
Buck Crosby
Ventura
All-American honors for Cabrillo water polo stars
Walt Heidmous of Cabrillo earns fifth team All-American with role as goalie while Gary Anderson secures honorable mention. Heidmous, a prior seventh-teamer, is Northern League MVP and AA voting involved 55 coaches. Congs went 15-4, losing CIF playoff to Buena. Heidmous will attend Air Force Academy.
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Walt Heidmous
Gary Anderson
Cabrillo High
Heidmous
Anderson
Heidmans
Walt
Air Force Academy
Top college stars mull quick jump to pro hoops
UCLA sophomore Bill Walton and Illinois State's Doug Collins head a group of standout underclassmen weighing immediate ABA entry. The secret ABA draft listed several top players including Walton, Collins, David Brent, and Ed Ratleff with teams revealing only partial selections.
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NEW York
UPI
Bill Walton
UCLA
Doug Collins
Illinois State
American Basketball Association
Walton
Collins
David Brent
Jacksonville
Memphis Pros
Ed Ratleff
Long Beach State
Indiana Pacers
Dallas Chaos
Denver Rockets
Rockets
Bud Stallworth
Kansas
Paul Stovall
Arizona State
Claude Terry
Stanford
Paul Westphal
Southern California
Dallas
Larue Martin
Loyola
Ill
Mike Ratliff
Eau Claire
Bob Morse
Pennsylvania
Rodriguez Beats Moreno In Olympic Auditorium KO
Benny Rodriguez of Mexico scored an eight round knockout over Johnny Moreno of Los Angeles in a ten round main event at Olympic Auditorium on Thursday night.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Benny Rodriguez
Mexico
Johnny Moreno
Olympic Auditorium
Shue Slams NBA Refs After 118-117 OT Loss
Baltimore coach Gene Shue said it cost him $2000 to speak his mind after a 118-117 overtime defeat to Seattle. He criticized referees for not doing their best, voicing strong disapproval of the officiating.
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Jim Clesson
Cabrillo High
Tulsa A
Drake
Jim
Clesson
Memphis
New York
UPI
Baltimore
Gene Shue
Shue
National Basketball Association
Seattle
NL matmen in CIF test at Arcadia
The Northern League sent 14 qualifiers to the CIF Southern Section finals at Arcadia High School. Lompoc and Cabrillo tied with four qualifiers each as wrestlers face top Southern California opponents in finals action.
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Arcadia
Arcadia High School
West Torrance
Lutzinger High
Lompoc
Cabrillo
Benje Williams
Howard Harrison
Torrence
John Kravagna
Jeff Moreton
Mira Costa
Mike Moya
Braves
Santa Maria
Ernie del Rio
Glenn Sloop
Milikan
Tuffy Grossi
Steve Barrett
Miraleste
Tuffy
Reggie Pegaling
Righetti
Marvin Cook
Sain
Cook
CIF quarterfinals spark fevered prep for weekend matchups
CIF playoffs loom with AAAA quarterfinals at Pauley Pavilion and TV games. Teams like Covina El Modena, Huntington Beach, Marina, Blair, La Habra, Morningside, and Verbum Dei vie for semifinals and the March 8 final, with star players such as Steve Manker, Bob Losner, Rick Quinn, Lewis Brown, Dwight Slaughter, and Luther Philyaw leading the charge.
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CIF
Pauley Pavilion
Ucla
Orange County
Bruins
la Habra
Manker Brothers
Steve
Bob
Paul Hill
Huntington Beach
Steve Brooks
Marina
Big Timber
Dean Bogdan
Bob Losner
Los Alamitos
Blair
Rick Quinn
Morningside
Jackie Robinson
Monarchs
Covina
Pasadena
Murphy
Verbum Dei
Eagles
Lewis Brown
Ricky Hawthorne
Dwight Slaughter
Bob Taylor
Malcolm Kennedy
Kennedy
Larry Jackson
Wilbur Tate
George Fowler
Vikings
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Scott Ostler
Sonny Seibert
Tommy Dean
Siebert
Dean
San Diego
UCSB
California
Read USA
Connie Hawkins
Cong Spikers
Senate
Washington
House
Nixon
Hickok
Rochester
N.Y
Murray Goodman
Congs
Buena
Walt Heidmans
Moreno Ko’d
Ruth
4Th and Airport
Dan _ Gellespie
Gellespie
Mike McDowell
Dana Brenner
Hwt
Cong Expeditionary Force
San Bernardino
Santa Anita Avenue
Campus Drive
Duarte Road
Sports News
E!l
Modena
Santa Ana College
Katella
Camarillo
Covina-El Modena
Channel 4
Fullerton JC
Colts
George Schader
SMU
Tim Patterson
Alan Carlson
Jim Ertel
el Modena
Fulerton JC
la Canada
Glendora HS
el Dorado
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