Five exhibitions hear Play Ball cry amid umpire dispute
Umpires threaten not to work without individual contracts as five exhibition games go ahead with replacement officials. Only one major league pairing features the Angels hosting the Padres in Palm Springs while Yankees meet Grambling State in Louisiana and Cardinals face Missouri in Florida. Pirates and Mariners play Seibu Lions and Yakult Swallows in separate Florida and Arizona venues.
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Herschel Nissenson
Umps
Chicago Cubs
Ho Ho Kam Park
Mesa
Ariz
Seattle Mariners
Bob Kennedy
Richie Phillips
Major League Umpires Association
Union
Baseball
Phillips
Philadelphia
California Angels
San Diego Padres
Palm Springs
Calif
New York Yankees
Grambling State University
Grambling
St. Louis Cardinals
University of Missouri
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Pirates
Seibu Lions
Bradenton
Mariners
Yakult Swallows
Tempe, Ariz
Umpire Contract Dispute Clouds Spring Training Schedule
Umpires at major league spring training threaten a boycott over contracts, offering 40 dollars per day plus carfare for three hours of work. Ex-minor and college umpires may fill in as replacements while 51 regular umpires seek higher pay to match other sports.
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Sun
Dick Butler
Richie Phillips
Phillips
Lee Mac
Phail
Chub Feeney
National Basketball Association
Philips
Philadelphia
Butler
Sarasota
Fla
Kentucky players charged with rape and sodomy freed without bond
Eight University of Kentucky football players were released without bond pending a March 29 preliminary hearing in Fayette District Court. Defense attorney Tom Miller said all entered innocent pleas. two complainants listed, one not a student, and a recording error showed two similar names. Players remained free after leaving Fayette County Detention Center.
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University of Kentucky
Fayette District Court
Tom Miller
Michael Roney
Venus Meaux
Henry Parks
McCrimmon
Miller
Fayette County
Inverrary Classic: Nicklaus Defends Title Amid Schedule Debate
Jack Nicklaus arrives as defending Inverrary champion facing a strong field led by six 1979 titleholders. He questions a lighter schedule while preparing for the 72‑hole test at Inverrary Country Club and has added the Tournament of Champions after the Masters.
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Nicklaus
Inverrary Country Club
Ben Crenshaw
Lon Hinkle
Bruce Lietzke
Bob Byman
Lanny Wadkins
Fuzzy Zoeller
San Antonio boxers win five of six in Texas Gloves opener
San Antonio fighters won five of six first round bouts as the 43rd Texas Golden Gloves opened in Fort Worth. Tony Ayala led the charge with a first round KO. Dallas and Fort Worth also won strong bouts including Robert Garcia’s unanimous decision, Darrell Wolf’s knockout, and Gary Williams dramatic KO. A crowd of 7,563 watched at Will Rogers Coliseum as the tournament began.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tony Ayala
Tyler
Mark Scott
Dallas
Robert Garcia
Terry Pennington
Wichita Falls
Rudolph Gonzales
Brownsville
Noel Hernandez
Darrell Wolf
Jimmy Buzbee
Odessa
Gordon Cox
Gary Williams
Jesus Ruiz
el Paso
Ment
Houston
Alvin Phillips
Wolf
Will Rogers Coliseum
VMI Counts Rhodes Scholars Lee Badgett Josiah Bunting and Bob Randolph
The Virginia Military Institute reports three Rhodes Scholar selections with athletes Lee Badgett Josiah Bunting and Bob Randolph among the recipients preserving VMI's scholastic athletic tradition.
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Virginia Military Institute
Lee Badgett
Josiah Bunting
Bob Randolph
Pecos Tennis Teams Take Second in Odessa Invite
Seeded second in both girls and boys doubles, Angie and Connie Shoemaker and Randy Peters and Mark Hathorn finished runner up at the Odessa Invitational. The Shoemakers beat El Paso Irving and Lubbock Dunbar and Monterey before losing to the top Dunbar girls doubles in a 6 3 3 6 7 6 finals. Peters and Hathorn defeated Big Spring Odessa High and Lubbock Monterey en route to 6 3 6 4 finals.
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Connie Shoemaker
Randy Peters
Mark Hathorn
Odessa
Shoemakers
el Paso Irving
Lubbock Dunbar
Lubbock Monterey
Peters
Hathorn
Big Spring
Odessa High
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