Willie and Andy’s cracks 107 in city league routs
Willie and Andy’s rolled to 107 points on Monday as Krazy Arthur led with 78 in a high scoring city league night. Monroeville Merchants defeated Sheller Globe 72-63 behind Tom Burrer 30 points while Wakeman Bank downed Nite Life 84-73 with Burrer again pacing his team.
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Willie
Andy
Krazy Arthur
Monroeville Merchants
Sheller Globe
Tom Burrer
Wakeman Bank
Nite Life
Wasiniak’s
Willie and
John Hinton
Joe Bilgen
Larry Richardson
John Farris
Bruce Baker
Harold Kirk
Hosang
Brown Brothers
Paul Hosang
Brother John
Ken
Mev
Jim Adcock
Olan Dials
Dave Hall
Kelvin Adcock
Don Fannin
Henry Dalton
Mays Sees Hank Aaron as Ruth Record Contender
Willie Mays heads to spring training at age 41 with the Giants amid talk of Babe Ruth’s 714 home runs. Mays says Hank Aaron has the best shot to break Ruth’s record if he stays healthy, while acknowledging he could extend the chase two to three years. He rules out a home run race with Aaron.
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Milton Richman
UPI
New York
Willie Mays
Giants
Babe Ruth
San Francisco
Hank Aaron
Roger Maris
Mays
Ruth
Aaron
Willie
Hank
Colavito Returns to Indians as Rookie Broadcaster
Rocky Colavito, 38, will join Cleveland for spring training not to swing a bat but to broadcast Indians games. Once an idol in Cleveland, he will use a tape recorder and microphone while learning the broadcasting craft and getting to know current players and staff.
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Cleveland
UPI
Rocky Colavito
Cleveland Indians
RBI
Tribe
Colavito
Indians
Norwalk and Galion Race for Northern Ohio League Title
Norwalk and Galion share the lead in the Northern Ohio League with one game left as both seek their first crown since 1962 and 1958 respectively. Galion hosts Tiffin Columbian while Norwalk faces Bellevue in upcoming games, with coach Leonard Hardman vowing to taste the title.
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Geoff Hammill
Norwalk
Truckers
Grant Walls
Galion
Tigers
Willard
Leonard Hardman
James Kirk
Tiffin Columbian
Tornadoes
Tiffin
Columbian
Hardman
Maysville
Shelby
Bucyrus
Brundage Attacks Olympic Commercialism at Sapporo
Avery Brundage president of the International Olympic Committee says none of the skiers in the 1972 Sapporo events were unqualified and calls athletes living billboards. He urges elimination of the Winter Olympics while defending action against commercialism and noting the charter requires universal participation in at least 25 nations.
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Tokyo
UPI
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Sapporo
Olympic Committee
Karl Schranz
Austria
Brundage
Denver
Colo
Pairings Set For Class A Basketball Sectional Tournaments
Norwalk St Paul earned a first round bye and will meet the winner of Western Reserve and Seneca East in Willard on Saturday March 4. Monroeville, the top seed, chose the lower-bracket bye and faces the Sandusky St Mary Danbury Lakeside winner.
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Norwalk St. Paul
Willard High School
George Gaich
Monroeville
Jerry Everhart
Eagles
Sandusky St. Mary
St. Paul
Bellevue
Western Reserve
Lakeside
Mansfield Firelands Conference basketball brackets set at Madison High
South Central and New London draw separate A brackets with six teams. South Central faces Plymouth on Feb 26 and New London plays St Peter on Feb 25. Lucas has a bye and meets the Plymouth South Central winner March 3. Buckeye Central waits for the St Peter New London winner March 4. Bracket winners advance to Bellevue March 9 and 10.
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Mansfield
Firelands
South Central
New London
Mansfield Madison High School
Plymouth
Mansfield St. Peter
Lucas
Plymouth South Central
Buckeye Central
St. Peter-New London
Bellevue
Willard
Sandusky St. Mary
Lakeside
Monroeville
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Dalton
Bob Langdon
Nite
Jim Colwell
Bob Burdge
Pleasant Street
League Street
David Ream
Pleasant
Gary Sanchez
League
Roy Crase
Calvin Sickel
Flyers
Mapleton
Jerry Didion
John Meesig
Mike Watkins
Mounties
John Chandler
Pete Guerrera
Mike
New York Yankees
Paul Temple
Paul
Betty) Temple
Tor
Ernie Palmer
Lynn Walden
Bill Palmer
Dave Sweet
Roy Adcock
Paerrre
Glenn Brooks
Seneca East
Joe Bibb
Western
Roger Holman
Benedict Ave
Repo
Larry
Norwalk Auto Body
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