Blue plans exit from baseball to join steel firm
Vida Blue, 22, announces retirement from baseball to become a vice president at Dura Steel Products in Los Angeles. He cites stalled contract talks with Charlie Finley, with Finley offering 50 000 while Blue seeks about 92 000.
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Charlie Finley
Robert Gerst
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Blue
Dura-Steel Products
Finley
Chicago
The
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Vida
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Inn
Gerst
Sounds of spring spark mixed sports chatter
A brisk look at how fans rate national sports amid polls and schedules. Local teams Cabrillo and Lompoc show a strong 10-2 combined mark while national talk shifts among pro football baseball and basketball.
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Lou Harris
Bowie Kuhn
Vida Blue
Finley
Orient
Kuhn
Hank Aaron
Harmon Killebrew
Elgin Baylor
Wilt Chamberlain
Jim Chones
New York Yankees
New Jersey
New York
Bruins Seek Sixth Straight NCAA Title In Regional Finals
In NCAA Western regionals UCLA and Long Beach State advance as UCLA routs Weber State 90 58 and Long Beach State tops San Francisco 75 55. In Morgantown North Carolina crushes South Carolina 92 69 and Penn over Villanova 78 67. Kentucky upsets Marquette 85 69 and Florida State beats Minnesota 70 56. Traynor former Pirates star dies at 72.
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San Francisco
Weber State
Provo
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Bruins
Morgantown
W. Va
North Carolina
South Carolina
Penn
Villanova
Dayton
Ohio
Kentucky
Marquette
Florida State
Minnesota
Louisville
Southwestern Louisiana
Kansas State
Texas
Ames
Iowa
Los Angeles
Ed Ratleff
Chuck Terry
Long Beach
Ratleff
Ratliff
Cabrillo dominates SLO in Northern League opener win
Cabrillo track and field rolled to a 75 1 3 to 36 2 43 victory over San Luis Obispo led by Doug Wardrip and Mike Martin. Wardrip set a school long jump record at 21 1 12 and won the high jump while Martin and Stingley swept the 880. Cecil Gordon claimed the 180 low hurdles and strong showings from Florrow and others boosted the Congs. Cabrillo heads to the Buena Ventura Relays with Tise Manus Mulholland Drouin Teichman set to compete.
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Mike Martin
Kevin Stingley
Cabrillo
San Luis Obispo
Congs
Wardrip
Buck Crosby
San Luis
John Pickard
Lloyd Florrow
Cecil Gordon
Buena Ventura
Ventura
Victor Tise
Gary Manus
Mulholland
Mike Drouin
Bill Teichman
Crosby
Tise
Saints sweep Braves in Northern League track opener
Santa Maria Saints defeated the Braves 66 to 52 at Boyd Field in Santa Maria. Norris led Santa Maria with wins in the 100 and 220, while Alvin Gilmore of Lompoc excelled in the 440 and 880 and Terry Jackson won the 120 yard high hurdles for Lompoc. Santa Maria dominated field events as Kring won pole vault and high jump, and Saints won the 440 yard relay.
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Alvin Gilmore
Terry Williams
Santa Maria
Gilmore
Tribe
Saints
Steve LaRue
Santa Maria Saints
Braves
Boyd Field
Manning
Lompoc
Terry Jackson
Jim Warrick
Tony Nunez
Steve Galbraith
Roger Hansen
Jim Schankel
Mario Cruz
Norris
Buddy Kring
Dick Johnson
Jones
Gonzalez Scores TKO In Los Angeles Bout
Rodolfo Gonzalez of Long Beach stops Chung Kyo Shin of South Korea at 2:34 of the seventh round in a scheduled ten rounder at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Rodolfo Gonzales
Long Beach
Calif
Chung Kyo Shin
South Korea
Olympic Auditorium
Cabrillo and Lompoc Relays Highlight Weekend Track
Schedule shows Cabrillo and Lompoc competing at Buena Ventura Relays, SBCL girls relays at Lompoc High, and Santa Monica Pentathlon featuring Lompoc and Cabrillo. Sunday lists no activities. Onday also shows no activities.
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Cabrillo
Lompoc
Buena Ventura
Lompoc High
Santa Monica
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