NCAA finals captivate San Diego
San Diego reels from the NCAA basketball finals as UCLA faces Louisville and Syracuse meets Kentucky. Tickets sold out fast with scalpers asking high prices as locals anticipate huge crowds at the Sports Arena.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1975
Page
3
San Diego reels from the NCAA basketball finals as UCLA faces Louisville and Syracuse meets Kentucky. Tickets sold out fast with scalpers asking high prices as locals anticipate huge crowds at the Sports Arena.
UCLA and coach John Wooden count on Marques Johnson as a key contributor in the NCAA tournament. The sophomore forward, slowed by a hepatitis illness last fall, has delivered 60 to 90 percent of full effort and a .553 shooting mark, while teammates like Meyers and Washington provide support as UCLA advances toward semifinal play against Louisville and potential upcoming opponents.
Bob Feller recounts a meeting at a celebrity golf tournament with Jackie Robinson. He says their feud ended after discovering mutual faults and that they became friends before Robinson’s 1972 death. The two former stars had clashed publicly since the 1969 All-Star game.
Jack Nicklaus shoots a five under par 66 at Harbour Town to grab early lead in the Heritage Golf Classic. Several big names follow, including Don January and Hale Irwin, as weather and a lingering earache affect other players.
Syracuse with a 23-7 record travels to San Diego for a Saturday NCAA semifinal against Kentucky. UCLA faces Louisville as the other semifinal, with NBC to televise at 3 p.m. EDT.
More than 200 people sent the NCAA bound Syracuse University basketball team off at an airport. Coach Roy Danforth lauded the squad's progress, noting upsets over North Carolina LaSalle and Kansas State and predicting a potential win if Syracuse controls tempo and rebounds Kentucky.
In Clearwater Florida Al Bumbry collected four hits and scored three times as Baltimore built a 4 0 first inning lead en route to a 10 1 win over Philadelphia The Orioles totaled 13 hits with Bumbry driving in two and May Blair contributing early runs Lonborg allowed four runs by the fourth inning and two more in the sixth for the Phils
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