Winter meetings cards boost brisk trading in baseball
In five hectic days 55 players changed hands and San Diego moved to Washington D C. Major trades involved pitchers with 24 deals and two five player exchanges. The Padres swap shocked observers as NL owners allowed the team to relocate to the nation’s capital.
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Houston
San Diego
Washington, D.C
Arget
Mike Marshall
Willie Davis
Claude Osteen
Reggie Cleveland
Ross Grimsely
Merv Jettenmund
Jimmy Wynn
Jelson Briles
New York Mets
San Francisco
Padres
Washington
Ace Track
Marjorie Everett
West Coast
Joseph Danzansky
Bob Short
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Ed Kirkpatrick
Kurt Bevacqua
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Rettenmund
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Montreal
Ace Marshall
Los Angeles
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Wynn
Osteen
Dav Culpepper
Tommie Agee
St. Louis
Pete Richert
Boston
Cleveland
Gaylor Perry
John Curtis
Lynn Mcglothen
Mike Garman
Cardinals
Diego Segui
Terry Hughes
Chicago Cubs
Ron Santo
Santo
California
Hicks Wins Outland Trophy as Top Lineman
Ohio State tackle John Hicks, a 6 foot 3 inch, 258 pound senior from Cleveland, was named the Outland Trophy winner for 1973. He edged Oklahoma’s Lucious Selmon in a vote by the FWAA eight member committee after preliminary voting by 1,100 FWAA members. Hicks powered the Buckeyes’ line that opened holes for Archie Griffin and helped the 9 0 1 team reach a strong season.
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Oklahoma City
Ohio State
Can Hicks
Winer
Hicks
Enior
Lucious Selmon
University of Oklahoma
Football Writers Association of America
Cleveland
Archie Griffin
Buckeyes
Penn State
John Cappelletti
FWAA
Rich Glover
Nebraska
Selmon
Oklahoma
Leroy
Dewey Selmon
Sooner
Barry Switzer
Lucious
Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky reach Camellia Bowl showdown
Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky earned spots in the Camellia Bowl for the NCAA Division II title with narrow playoff wins. Denny Duran tossed two TD passes for Tech in a 38-34 win over Boise State, while Dennis Tomek threw two TDs for Western Kentucky in a 28-20 victory over Grambling.
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Associated Press
Louisiana Tech
Western Kentucky
Sacramento
Calif
Denny Duran
Boise State
Wichita Falls
Tex
Dennis Tomek
Hilltoppers
Duran
Roger Carr
Tech
Charles McDaniels
McDaniels
Logan Colts Take Title In Independent Tourney
Logan Colts won their home tournament by beating Benton 93 to 83. Royalton took third with a 108 102 win over Du Quoin. Individual leaders for third included Wyatt 31 and Anderson 22 for Royalton, while Dunn Bros. led Du Quoin with Brown 38 and Ramsey 17. In the final Mocaby 19 and Thomas 19 paced Logan over Benton 83 with Yunkus 35 and D Smith 16 for Benton. Jonesboro meets Dongola in the Southern Six seventh grade tourney at Cairo with Metropolis Meridian Egyptian Century and Cairo also entered. NHL notes: the league will have 18 teams for 1974-75.
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Logan Colts
Logan
Downing Benton
Royalton
du Quoin
Jim’s
Wyatt
Anderson
Odum
Case
Orlandini
Lodge
Mitchell
McCauley
Dunn Bros
Brown
Ramsey
Carson
Crews
Eisenhauer
Karnes
Norris
Jonesboro
Dongola
Cairo
Metropolis
Meridian
Egyptian
Century
Indiana Expected To Repeat As Big Ten Champs In Poll
Indiana received 36 of 46 votes to top the Big Ten basketball poll by sportswriters and broadcasters. Purdue finished second in votes, Wisconsin earned a first place nod, Minnesota shared a first place vote and was placed sixth, with Ohio State fourth and Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State and Northwestern trailing. Mike Robinson of Michigan State led for MVP consideration and Kent Benson of Indiana was a strong rookie of the year candidate.
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Chicago
Indiana
Hoosiers
Purdue
Wisonsin
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan State
Northwestern
Mike Robinson
Kent Benson
Trojans rally to defeat Illinois 71 60 on comeback
USC erased a 15 point Illinois lead in the second half with a full court press and a late run. Marv Safford provided six quick points off the bench as Gus Williams led USC with 22 and Illinois’ Jeff Dawson scored 26 while Rick Schmidt added 20 in the loss.
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Champaign
Ill
Southern California
Marv Safford
Illinois
Trojans
USC
Gus Williams
Bob Trowbridge
Safford
Williams
Jeff Dawson
Rick Schmidt
Badgers breeze past North Dakota State 88 60 to stay undefeated
Wisconsin powered to a 28-14 start and led 46-24 at halftime en route to an 88-60 victory. Kim Hughes 18 and Kerry Hughes 14 led the Badgers, with Marcus McCoy 16 and Dale Koehler 12 also contributing as Wisconsin improved to 3-0 while North Dakota State fell to 2-1.
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Madison
Wis
Kim
Kerry Hughes
Wisconsin
North Dakota State
Wisonsin
Badger
John Powless
Kim Hughes
Kerry
Marcus McCoy
Dale Koehler
Badgers
Bisons
Steve Saladino
Koehler
Hughes Twins
Mark Gibbons
Saladino
Mark Emerson
Mount Horeb
Bison
Williams Sparks Northwestern Past DePaul in 76 65 Win
Evanston Illinois AP Wille Williams turned in a hot start to the second half lifting Northwestern to a 76 65 victory over DePaul. Williams and Ashbaugh each scored 17 for the Wildcats who improved to 3 1. DePaul saw Jim Bocinsky lead with 19 points as Greg Boyd and Matt Hicks added 12 each.
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Evanston
Ill
Wille Williams
Northwestern
DePaul
Williams
Wildcats
Bill McKinney
Brian Asbaugh
Ashbaugh
Jim Bocinsky
Greg Boyd
Matt Hicks
Blue Demons
South Carolina defeats Michigan State 74 63 in East Lansing
South Carolina outscored Michigan State 8-1 in 3 1 2 minutes of the second half to pull away for a 74 63 win in East Lansing. Mike Dunleavy led with 20 points while Alex English added 18 and Mike Rovinson had 21 for the Spartans.
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S. Carolina
Michigan State
East Lansing
Mich
South Carolina
Spartans
Thomas McGill
Mike Dunleavy
Gamecocks
Dunleavy
Alex English
Spartan
Mike Rovinson
Shawnee Equality host age tourneys with first round pairings
Pairings released for high school basketball tournaments at Equality and Shawnee Wolf Lake. Equality Monday to Thursday features Goreville Ross Clare at 7 p.m. Shawneetown Crossville Cave In Rock Crab Orchard at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tuesday Pope County Gorham at 6 30 p.m Egyptian Cobden Wednesday Brookport Dolngola 6 30 p.m Shawnee Carterville. Consolation bracket games at Shawnee Thursday night with winners advancing to Friday. Saturday night features three games including consolation championship at 5 and title game around 8 to 8 15 p.m.
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Equality
Shawnee
Wolf Lake
Goreville - Rossclare
Shawneetown- Crossville
Cave-In-Rock-Crab Orchard
Pope County-Gorham
Egyptian- Cobden
Brookport-Dongola
Shawnee Carterville
New Big Ten Coaches Announced for 1964 Season
The Big Ten introduces three new coaches this season: Dennis Stolz at Michigan State, Alex Agase at Purdue, and John Pont at Northwestern, signaling changes across storied programs.
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The
Big Ten
Dennis Stolz
Michigan State
Alex Agase
Purdue
John Pont
Northwestern
Prep cage schedule and tournament listings including Shawnee finals
This week Prep cage schedule lists boys basketball games for Tuesday December 11 and Friday December 14 including Sparta Chester Okanville Nashville Elverado Christopher Tamaroa Norris City McLeansboro Metropolis Century Waltonville Bluford Galatia Carrier Mills Grayville Ridgway Carlyle Sandoval Charleston Meridian Steeleville Trico Shawnee tournament and dates for Saturday December 15 Carbondale Herrin Centralia West Frankfort Mt Vernon Steeleville Chester Pinckneyville Du Quoin Cairo Murphysboro Eldorado Metropolis Johnston City and a Shawnee tournament finals. Brooks Robinson played six third base games for Baltimore Orioles at age 18 in 1955.
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Sparta
Chester
Okanville
Nashville
Elverado
Christopher
Meridian
Benton
Marion
Centralia
Herrin
Harrisburg
Breese Mater Dei
Mt. Vernon
West
Frankfort
Metropolis
Anna-Jonesboro
du Quon
Murphysboro
Belleville
Althoff
Century
Christopher Elvorado
Johnston City
Vienna
Cave-in-Rock
Carbondale
West Frankford
Fairfield
Steeleville
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Cairo
McLeansboro
Eldorado
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
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Cadillac
LN Baker
Rt. 13
Equality Hostage
Edwards County
Norris City
Cave
Murray, Ky
Odin
Carlyle
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Waterloo Gibault
Trico
New Athens
Denhams
South Illinois
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Zambezi
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Porsche
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Dennis Carter
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Mike Harrell
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