Aaron Ruth home run chase sparks season long debate
The piece weighs Aaron against Babe Ruth in career homers as Atlanta Stadium hosts the hitter’s duel. It notes Ruth’s 714 and Aaron’s 673 with a focus on home runs per at bat and lists other 500 homer hitters, warning readers to clip for argument prep.
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Braves
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Cooperstown
N.Y
Harmon Killebrew
Minnesota Twins
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Toss of coin favors Bucks in NBA playoff setup
The Bucks won the No 1 Western seed after a coin flip decision that replaced a planned preplayoff game with Milwaukee and Chicago. The Lakers begin title defense facing Chicago as Golden State and Baltimore meet other openers while ABA seeds also start. Bucks coach Costello criticized LA for avoiding a head to head playoff game.
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Los Angeles Lakers
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NBA Players Association
Golden State Warriors
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Golden State
Baltimore
New York Knicks
American Basketball Association
Carolina
New York Nets
Virginia
Kentucky
Larry Costello
Reds weigh shortstop battle as Chaney and Conception shine
Cincinnati manager Sparky Anderson faces a 25 man roster cut and a shortstop choice between Darrell Chaney and Dave Conception. Chaney bats a spring high .346 while Conception hits .315 and impresses with speed and defense. Tomlin's six strong innings against the White Sox keeps his hopes alive for a majors return.
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Sparky Anderson
Cincinnati Reds
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Chaney
Anderson
Reds
Chicago White Sox
Dave Tomlin
White Sox
Tomlin
Elder promises different ending for Masters bid
Lee Elder shot seven under par 64 to lead the Greater Greensboro Open. The 38 year old, aiming to be the first black Augusta contender, held a one stroke edge over Sanders, Rudolph and Funseth as Sam Snead and others sat at 66 in a low scoring opening round at Sedgefield Country Club.
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Greensboro
N.C
Lee Elder
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Washington, D.C
Augusta
Doug Sanders
Mason Rudolph
Rod Funseth
Sam Snead
Marvel
Sedgefield Country Club
Ed Sneed
Bobby Nichols
Bert Yancey
Butch Baird
New Zelander
John Lister
Billy Casper
Arnold Palmer
Lee Trevino
Murphy defies Rockets future may join Harlem Globetrotters
Houston guard Calvin Murphy says he will not play for the Rockets next season and may defect to the Harlem Globetrotters if no NBA team signs him. He scored 1,001 points this season but was limited by two Rockets coaches. GM Ray Patterson notes Murphy has a year left on his contract and is expected to fulfill it.
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Ray Patterson
Prep mates meet again in all star game in Dayton
Eddie Ratleff and Dwight Lamar two All Americans from Columbus East high school face off for West and East in the coaches’ college all star game at University of Dayton Arena. Adolph Rupp returns from retirement to coach the East with Stan Watts leading the West.
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Columbus East
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Columbus
Adolph Rupp
University of Kentucky
Rupp
Memphis Tams
Psycho loses in all star wrestling main event at VFW
Kabooki defeats the Psycho in the one fall main event at the VFW Social Center. Middletown’s Tank Jordan wins after Handsome Mauler Maynard Earls exits the ring. Cathy McCoy takes two of three from Linda Cline. Dan Miller over Zulu. Lou Klein wins as Dr. Jerry Graham is disqualified for refusing to break a hold.
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Swords set nets afire in 12-2 victory over Rhode Island
Cincinnati crushed Rhode Island 12 to 2 as Billy Inglis scored in a hat trick and became the first Sword to hit 40 goals in a season. Nova Scotia also won 8-2 at Springfield. Lambert led Halifax with 52nd goal. Featherstone added two goals. Cincinnati remains Western Division leader with 111 points, 18 ahead of Hershey.
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Rhode Island
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Billy Inglis
Sword
Jack Surbey
Rick Dudley
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Yvon Lambert
Kings
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Stefanin
Gil Gilbert
Sunday racing bill aims to move horses off track
Ohio House Judiciary Committee chair backs legalizing Sunday racing and off track betting to curb syndicate gambling. Beulah Park in Ohio prepares to open the 1973 season, while Hialeah Race Course experiences a fatal blaze at stables.
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Arthur Wilkowski
Toledo
Hialeah Race Course
Beulah Park
Ohio
Don DeVoe
Virginia Tech
Orange baseballs draw eye at early exhibition
Pitcher Gaylord Perry and others complain orange baseballs are slippery and hard to grip during an exhibition debut. Cleveland beats Oakland 11-5 as Hendrick homers three times. Other results include Reds over White Sox 5-2 and Orioles 3-2 over the Yankees. Rain canceled several games.
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Pirates to wear Clemente tribute patch in 1973 season
The Pittsburgh Pirates will honor Roberto Clemente by wearing a three inch black-bordered shoulder patch featuring his uniform number 21 on both home and road jerseys during the 1973 season. President Danniel M. Galbreath announced the plan.
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