Bears to Meet Chiefs in Gibron Debut at Notre Dame
Preseason clash at Notre Dame Stadium marks Abe Gibron’s Chicago Bears coaching debut against Hank Stram and the Kansas City Chiefs. Bobby Douglas starts at QB with Jim Seymour and Kent Nix among targets. Butkus Bufone Holman defend for Chicago.
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South Bend
Ind
Abe Gibron
Chicago Bears
Bears
Kansas City Chiefs
Notre Dame Stadium
Gibron
Chiefs
Hank Stram
Michigan City
Stram
Gary
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Bobby Douglas
Douglas
St. Louis
Notre Dame
Jim Seymour
Kent Nix
Jim Fassel
Long Beach State
Dick Butkus
Doug Buffone
Willie Holman
Steve DeLong
Thirsk and Allin Lead PGA After First Round
Stan Thirsk and Bud Allin share the lead at two under par after opening 68s at the PGA National Championship on the Oakland Hills Course. Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player tread into the mix, while Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen posted 70 and 79 respectively amid damp conditions and brisk winds.
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Birmingham
Mich
Stan Thirsk
Shawnee Mission
Kan
Oakland Hills Country Club
Bud Allin
Allin
Thirsk
Arnold Palmer
Lee Trevino
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Palmer
PGA
Trevino
Sam Snead
Richard Crawford
Rod Funseth
John Miller
Dan Sikes
Jim Wiechers
Gene Sarazen
Sanderson Signs 2.6 Million WHA Deal With Blazers
Philadephia AP De rek Sanderson left the Boston Bruins for the WHA Philadelphia Blazers in a multi year contract worth about 2.6 million dollars. The move shifts him from the NHL to an emerging league seeking a marquee star.
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Philadelphia
Derek Sanderson
World Hockey Association
National Hockey League
Sanderson
Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Blazers
Independence Mall
Erty Bell
Betsy Ross
Beacon Hill
Old North Church
Boston Commons
Boston
Harold
Blazers
Bobby Orr
Phil
Bob Woolf
Boston, Mass
World Hockey Assn
America
Hull blasts WHA linked Canada team exclusion as silly blackballing
Bobby Hull, new Winnipeg Jets coach, defends WHA signings and calls Canada’s bar on WHA-linked players silly blackballing. He thanks Trudeau and others for opposing initial eight game series against Russia and notes players like Gerry Cheevers J C Tremblay and Derek Sanderson moved to WHA clubs. Sanderson expects tougher, more aggressive play and higher stakes in the upstart league.
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Bobby Hull
Team Canada
World Hockey Association
Globe and Mail
Chicago
Winnipeg Jets
WHA
Trudeau
Rus
Sia
Hull
Chicago Black Hawks
National Hockey League
Jets
Gerry Cheevers
J.C. Tremblay
Derek Sanderson
Esposito Sanderson
Sanderson
Hall Sets World Mark At U S Olympic Trials
Gary Hall lowered his 400 meter individual medley world record to 4:30.81 at Portage Park as the second day of the U S Olympic Swimming trials concluded. Mark Spitz broke his own 200 meter freestyle record earlier and 15 year old Keena Roth hammer won the women's 400 free.
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Chicago
Gary Hall
Hall
U.S
Munich
Portage Park
Mark Spitz
Keena Rothhammer
Santa Clara
Calif
Shane Gould
Australia
Spitz
Steve Genter
Fred Tyler
Jacksonville
Fla
John Kinsella
Kinsella
Wynn Williams dream five decade pro baseball clash hoped
Early Wynn 52 requests one inning for 1970s five decade span in a Met Stadium game with Ted Williams. Minnesota Twins president Calvin Griffith weighs approval while Williams manages the Texas Rangers. Series set between Twins and Rangers could feature a historic one game attraction.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Calvin Griffith
Metropolitan Stadium
Early Wynn
Minnesota Twins
Reer
Griffith
Ted Williams
Wynn
Hall of Fame
Twins
Orlando
Fla
Williams
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Met Stadium
Bob Short
Minnesota
Texas
Batavia Crushers Moose B Team 12 0 in NI Moose Softball
Batavia broke a tight game with 11 runs across three innings to defeat Morris Moose B Team 12 to 0. Lefty Weirich allowed two singles with six strikeouts and three walks to earn the win. Turk led Batavia with three hits and three RBIs as Batavia moved ahead 1-0 and added runs in the fourth fifth and sixth. Dick Lohan took the loss for Morris. Denny Fox and Jon Melby had the B Team’s two hits. Sunday the Moose B Team hosts Aurora White while the Moose A Team plays Naperville.
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Batavia
Morris Moose
Northern Illinois Moose
Lefty Weirich
Turk
Weber
Dick Lohan
Denny Fox
Jon Melby
CarpeTile Dolls Fall 8-5 To Wilmington Redhatters
The CarpeTile Dolls lost to the Wilmington Redhatters 8-5 on Thursday night dropping to 1-1 on the year. Bonnie Farber posted three hits and Cheryl Garling added two. Willie Burns earned the win while Ginger Ferguson took the loss. The Dolls schedule a Sunday practice at Goodwill Park and a Monday 6:30 p.m. game at Morris Moose Field against Bozo's Liquors.
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Wilmington Redhatters
CarpeTile Dolls
Wilmington
Dolls
Bonnie Farber
Cheryl Garling
Willie Burns
Ginger Ferguson
CarpeTite Dolls
Goodwill Park
Bozo's
Morris Moose Field
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Larry Gilbert
Fayetteville, Tenn
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Ray Floyd
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Naperville
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