Ali praises Frazier and denies retirement after epic bout
Muhammad Ali, in Manila, offers warm words for Joe Frazier and rejects retirement. He credits Frazier for making them both rich and reflects on the referee and crowd's influence. Ali explains his battle plan to wear Frazier down and stresses mutual respect between the fighters.
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Milton Richman
UPI
Manila
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Jack Dempsey
Ali
Frazier
Dempsey
Serra Hosts Cabrillo in Tight Preleague Showdown
Serra and Cabrillo bring stingy defenses to a near must-win preleague clash at Serra High in Gardena with kickoff set for 8 p.m. Serra relies on John Zabel and a power-running game while Cabrillo counters with Ron Carney and Andre McGant. The outcome hinges on ball control and minimizing turnovers as both squads seek momentum.
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Scott Ostler
Cabrillo
Serra Cavaliers
Cavs
Congs
Serra
la Puente
Inglewood
San Marcos
Dos Pueblos
Kansas City I
Zabel
Ron Carney
Andre McGant
Jarvis Redwine
Knowles
Congos
Albert Reyes
Serra High
van Ness Ave
Gardena
Ventura
San Diego
Rosecrans Blvd
Rosecrans
Stadium
Lopes Aims For 100 Steals After 77 This Season
Dodgers second baseman Davey Lopes, 29, swiped 77 bases this year and believes he can reach 100 next season. He explains the key is getting on base and taking advantage of opportunities while acknowledging the need for daily play and staying healthy.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Davey Lopes
Los Angeles Dodgers
Lopes
Max Carey
St. Louis
Lou Brock
Maury Wills
Mickey Rivers
California Angels
Rivers
Maury
Brock
Dodger
Providence
R.I
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Playoff rotations outlined by managers across leagues
Oakland manager Alvin Dark plans to use Ken Holtzman in the AL opener and possibly in game two if needed, with Vida Blue as an alternate. In Cincinnati Sparky Anderson tabs Don Gullett and Fred Norman to start NL games, while Boston's Darrell Johnson assigns Luis Tiant to the opener with Reggie Cleveland and Rick Wise in subsequent starts and James Yaz reminisces on his lineup status.
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Oakland
UPI
Ken Holtzman
Boston
Alvin Dark
Holtzman
Dark
Vida Blue
Catfish
Hunter
Joe Rudi
Gene Tenace
Gene
Cincinnati
Don Gullett
Fred Norman
Cincinnati Reds
Sparky Anderson
Gullett
Pittsburgh Pirates
Norman
Luis Tiant
A’s
Darrell Johnson
Reggie Cleveland
Rick Wise
Baseball innovator Larry MacPhail dies at 85 in Miami
Larry MacPhail, famed promoter and early night baseball pioneer, dies at 85 at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Miami. He helped bring night games to Cincinnati in 1935, used jet travel for teams, promoted spring training in the Caribbean, and aided reassembly of the Yankees postwar dynasty before earlier owning the Dodgers.
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Miami
UPI
Casey Stengel
Baseball
Larry MacPhail
MacPhail
Cincinnati
Caribbean
New York Yankees
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Teacher and student to settle jiu jitsu duel at college
Howard Gross, 26, fifth degree black belt and head instructor at Vandenberg AFB, challenges his master Sanzo Seki, sixth degree black belt and US jiu jitsu champion, to a full contact match at Los Angeles Valley College. The event includes kung fu and karate demonstrations with Southern California martial artists watching.
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Stan Tulledo
Howard Gross
Sanzo Seki
Seki
Pacific
Gross
California
the Jiu Jitsu Federation
Japan
New York
Los Angeles Valley College
Tennis warmups urged to boost match performance
Henry Hines, long jumper and former coach to Arthur Ashe and Roscoe Tanner, says vigorous warmups improve tennis performance. At a U.S. Tennis Academy session near El Toro, he advised 20 to 60 minutes of stretching, loosening, isometric work, and drills before every match.
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EL Toro
UPI
Henry Hines
U.S
Coto de Cazo
Hines
Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
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Walter Requejo
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Cormac Carney
St. Anthony’s
Nordhoff
Bill Silvey
Kennedy
Overkill Dept
Chaffey
Fontana
Usave Liquor
Liquor Emporium
Eddie Breen
Dennis Ray
U-Save In Action
Dan Duffy
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
Santa Maria
Arroyo Grande
Municipal Pool
Santa Barbara
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Carl Yastrzemski
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Johnson
Yaz
Tiant
Lompoc, Calif
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