Billie Jean King Criticizes Sports Scholarships In NY Talk
Billie Jean King, returning from knee surgery, denounced athletic scholarships as discriminatory and hypocritical. Speaking to 200 New York high school editors, she urged athletes to seek outside paid experience, arguing scholarships undermine pro prospects and reward schools. She called the Olympics a joke for failing to be truly amateur.
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Will Grimsley
New York
Billie Jean King
King
Virginia Slims
Norman Thomas High School
New York Apples
Billie Jeans
Orioles pound Rangers 11 7 in Fla exhibition
Baltimore pounded out 14 hits led by Ken Singleton and Larry Harlow to beat Texas 11 to 7 in Pompano Beach. Doc Medich allowed 11 hits and nine runs as Rangers manager Bill Hunter called the outing a learning experience for his starter. Sundberg hit a three run homer for Texas while Claudell Washington returned from a sprained ankle with a hit in four trips.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Baltimore Orioles
Doc Medich
Texas Rangers
Bill Hunter
Medich
Doc
Hunter
Orioles
Texas
Baltimore
Ken Singleton
Larry
Harlow
Rangers
Jim Sundberg
Singleton
Doug DeCinces
Carlos Lopez
Rick Dempsey
Mark Belanger
Claudell Washington
Washington
Pennsylvania Fails To Brace For Golden Gloves Team Title
The Pennsylvania team led by Frank Cariello opens the 51st Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Albuquerque as 350 boxers compete over four days. PA faces a tough field with two champions missing and top threats including Rick Jester and Charles Singleton, while heavyweights like Marvis Frazier are sidelined.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Frank Cariello
Pennsylvania
James Clark
Cuba
King Curtis Parker
University of New Mexico
Cariello
Marvis Frazier
Joe Frazier
Charles Singleton
Rick Jester
Detroit
Mich
Jester
Knoxville
Tenn
Fort Worth
Texas
Miami
Fla
Pecos Golf Team Wins Snyder Invitational
The Pecos High School golf team captured the Snyder Invitational with a 631 as Richard White led medalists with 75 and 72 for 147. Team scores placed Pecos first ahead of Sweetwater No 1 and Snyder No 1, with Pecos set to play district tournament in Monahans on April 1.
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Pecos High School
Richard White
Pecos
Sweetwater
Synder
Fort Stockton
Seminole
Andrews
Lamesa
Gerald Wafer
Eugene Morales
Mike Daniels
Robert Abilea
Monahans
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Lake Hopatcong
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Nancy
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Cincinnati Reds
Wayne Lynum
Chicago
Davey Armstrong
Tacoma
Wash
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Syracuse
N.Y
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Las Vegas
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Lynan
Bernard Taylor
Greg Page
Louisville
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Ronnie Shields
Johnny Bumpus
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World Boxing Association
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Spinks
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WBA
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Ole Frank
Edd Robinson
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