Riggs Still Hustling Big Time After Sex-Bias Hustle
Bobby Riggs, 59, boasts of $1.5 million from the 1973 women’s lib tennis publicity and says he still accepts challenges. He proposes bizarre stunts and ground rules, plans a July 10 London Ontario match with Renee Richards, and recalls his 1973 Astrodome showdown with Billie Jean King that made him a TV star. He remains eager for one more big hustle.
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Will Grimsley
Wimbledon
England
Bobby Riggs
Wee Bobby
Renee Richards
London
Ontario
Bobby
Riggs
Don Budge
Gardner Mulloy
Pancho Gonzales
Forest Hills
Johnny Fonce
Maria Bueno
Los Angeles
Billie Jean King
Margaret Court
Ramona
Calif
Billie Jean
Houston
Astrodome
Time
Scoreboard specialist Adamie marks 4000th major league game
ST LOUIS AP Lou Adamie in Busch Stadium glass booth marks his 4000th major league game as scoreboard switcher. The St Louis native recalls a 1941 audition for a 50 000 score console now replaced by a 2 million system and aims for 5000 games and an eighth World Series. He also recounts early World Series duties and Dizzy Dean collaborations. Inducted into Cooperstown in 1968.
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Adamie
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
Barstow
Okla
St. Louis Browns
Bill DeWitt
Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
Stan Musial
Dizzy Dean
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
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Rhoades Construction CO
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Montgomery Ward & CO
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Southeastern Mobile Home, Inc
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Richard
Eastgate
BUD & Steve Auto Service
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Unruh Service, Inc
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America
Corinthians
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Keister Advertising Service
Strasburg, Virginia
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Champlin
Eddie, Mike and
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Jim Davenport & Staff
Reber’s
Railroad Savings & Loan Association
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Jeanine
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United Office Supply
Orlando Goertzen
Tracey McCreary
Alumbaugh Real Estate
Dick Alumbaugh & Staff
Sears Roebuck & CO
Rory Kuhn & Staff
Gibson Discount
Full Vision, Inc
Elmer Stuckey
Midland National Bank
John Suderman
Alco Discount Store
OT. Setzkorn
Miller Oil CO
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First National Bank
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