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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1975
Page
5
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Kansas City AP report outlines NCAA plans to cut athletic costs via constitutional and by law changes. Proposals limit football and basketball coaching staffs, restrict scouting and off campus contacts, tighten signing dates, and reduce grants and total scholarships. Football travel squads and basketball practice dates also face changes.
At University of Oregon 357 athletes compete for U S team spots amid questions on the U S USSR dual meet. Leading contenders include Steve Williams Ivory Crockett and Reggie Jones for sprint slots while Houston McTear misses due to travel funding shortfalls.
Laddonia hosts qualifying rounds for the July 4 horseshoe tournament on June 28 and 29 with three classes of competition led by chairman Jack Williams. Time for pitching qualifying is 1 to 6 pm. Americans may advance via a rule allowing foreigners in, with Quarrie from Jamaica Crawford from Trinidad Gilies from Guiana.
Jacksonville AP Two of the World Football League offensive stars from last year join the Jacksonville Express for the new season. Tommy Reamon, leading rusher and one of 1974’s three MVPs, signs with the Express while George Mira, most valuable in the World Bowl, had been secured earlier by the Express. The Blazers based in Orlando are defunct. Beamon stays in the WFL after talks with NFL champion Steelers and CFL’s Argonauts.
Long Beach witnesses rapid national marks as Bruce Furniss and Tim Shaw push world records in 200 and 400 meter freestyle events. Shaw sails to 3:54.69, besting his own previous time, while Babashoff breaks her own world record in the 200 meter freestyle though an American mark. The meet serves as U S qualification for the World Championships in Cali, Colombia, with finals and more records anticipated through the weekend.
Brian Oldfield, world class shot putter, set a British professional all comers mark of 73 ft 1 in at Meadowbank Stadium. He finished second in the caber toss behind Brian Anderson as the ITA professional meet mixed track and Scottish Highland events. Raditch set a pro high jump record of 7.25 ft, while Stones held the amateur world mark.
Los Angeles AP. Rick Barry says he is not paid commensurate with his abilities and seeks television work to secure his finances for five years ahead. The 1-year star, a Golden State Warriors forward, notes the move could pressure the team while he begins a CBS summer contract and works at the National AAU track championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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