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Deny ReportglOf MilwaukeetolcJoining Leaguetfh.Believe Promoter Eyeing Franchise In Hockey CircuitnMILWAUKEE (AP) - In- s eligible for the National Hockey n League, Milwaukee is negotiat* o ing for a franchise with the b newly organized World Profes- b sional Hockey Association, a spokesman said Friday. EDennis Murphy of Miami, jj Fla., a promoter of the Associ- “ ation. was quoted by the Mil- ynwaukee Sentinel as saying Los, Angeles. Miami. New York andi{: Honolulu have been awarded franchises. ,vNot Big EnoughIAs for Milwaukee, Murphyy:g said, “we’ve been in contact g with a couple people up there.But we are still in the talking11stage. No franchise has been « granted.”Milwaukee doesn’t have a rink big enough to meet NHL, requirements. Private investors j. are trying to build a sports fa* j cility to house an NHL fran- ^ chise as well as win the Bucks of the National Basketball As* sociation away from the Mil- f waukee Arena. ^The World Hockey Associ-. iation evidently has no rink'] | specifications yet. ,1 The Sentinel quoted Murphy * 'as saying organizers of the lt;group, hoping for a 14-club t .league in time for a 1972-73 sea- lt;■son, “haven’t decided whether ( i to have a two-or three-division . setup. It all depends on where ; ! the other franchises will be.”
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jun 26, 1971
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