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Deny Reportg!01 Milwaukeeto1cJoining Leaguetch.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 1 newly organized World Profes- b ; sional Hockey Association, a spokesman said Friday, £Dennis Murphy of Miami, jj Fla., a promoter of the Associ- “ .ation. was quoted by the Mil- v 'jwaukee Sentinel as saying Los 11 ;!Angeles. Miami, New York andi{: 'Honolulu have been awarded * ■ franchises. ,v|' Not Big Enough | * i As for Milwaukee, Murphyy s . said, “we’ve been in contact g j with a couple people up there, r s But we are still in the talking,, ” stage. No franchise has been ? {'granted./ Milwaukee doesn’t have a i1 rink big enough to meet NHL. . I requirements. Private investors j. ; 1 are trying to build a sports fa- j cilxty to house an NHL fran- ^ , chise as well as win the Bucks s of the National Basketball As-s sociation away from the Mil- f e waukee Arena. ^e The World Hockey Associ-iation evidently has no rink'] n | specifications yet. ,e! The Sentinel quoted Murphy * 'as saying organizers of the lt;o.group, hoping for a 14-dub th . league in time for a 1972-73 sea- lt;I'son, “haven’t decided whether ( r 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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