Sugar Bowl Poised as Conferences Reconsider Rose Rule
The Big Ten and Pac-8 weigh loosening their Rose Bowl exclusive pact, opening Sugar Bowl to more teams. LSU’s Carl Maddox advocates an SEC tie, while Sugar Bowl sponsors plan a meeting to discuss SEC and other conference options ahead of Nov. 15 signings.
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NEW Orleans
Big Ten
Pac-8
Joe Katz
Midwinter Sports Association
Katz
Louisiana State University
Carl Maddox
Southeastern Conference
Maddox
LSU
Sugar
SEC
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Roadrunners Triumph with Softball Dyn-O-Mite Hitters
Miss Softball Dyn-O-Mite 30 defeated Conley Schroeder and Freudenberg 10 to 6. Terra Fogg hit a grand slam for the winners while Candy Calvert and Penny Spitler added key hits for Roadrunners.
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Dyn-O-Mite
Conley
Schroeder
Freudenberg
Roadrunners
Spitler
Richard
Terra Fogg
Candy Calvert
Penny Spitler
Snake to Run At Dragway Tonight With Prudhomme
Don Prudhomme the Snake leads an Army sponsored funny car in a match race at Action Dragway to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Army. He faces Revel Gene Snow with Lt. Col. Johnson and Uncle Sam present to cut a cake at 7 30 p m. The show continues a string of notable appearances by drag racing legends at the venue.
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Don
the Snake
Prudhomme
Uncle Sam
Donald K Johnson
Indianapolis
Former NFL rookies recalls Rozelle Rule contract talks
Paul Flatley testifies in Minneapolis on cross-examination that he sought a raise after a standout season with the Minnesota Vikings but raises questions about management. He details a $14 000 second year and a $1 500 bonus after Bert Rose’s departure while noting system changes under Bud Grant and Joe Kapp. Shula and others defend Rozelle Rule as balancing talent and league competition.
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Minneapolis Minn
Paul Flatley
Rozelle
Minnesota Vikings
Vikings
Bert Rose
U.S. District Court
Earl Larson
Rose
Flatley
Northwestern University
Fran Tarkenton
Bud Grant
Joe Kapp
Grant
Kapp
Atlanta
National Football League
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Minneapolis
Minnesto
Jim Finks
Finks
Chicago Bears
Don Shula
Miami Dolphins
Shula
Thomas Finishes Eighth in Pan Am Gymnastics Trials
Indiana State sophomore Kurt Thomas placed eighth in the Southern Illinois preliminaries to earn a Pan Am Trials berth with a 100.250 score. Bart Conner won with 106.15 as other leading contenders competed minus three notable absentees. Thomas advances toward October trials with seven gymnasts to be selected for the U.S. Pan Am team. The rest of summer finds him a Camp Tsukara counselor in Wisconsin. Meanwhile the Boston Lobsters acquired Martina Navratilova’s draft rights in World Team Tennis as they seek to sign her for 1976 season.
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Kurt Thomas
Indiana State
Southern Illinois
U.S
Thomas
Marshall Avenner
Penn State
Jim Ivicek
SIU
Wayne Young
Brigham Young
Bart Conner
Niles West High School
Chicago
Sycamore
Roger Counsil
Miami
Fla
Camp Tsukara
Wisconsin
Boston
Boston Lobsters
Martina Navratilova
Lobsters
John Korff
All-Star Sammy Drummer Stirs Indiana Team Debate
All-Star Sammy Drummer failed to report for practice as the Indiana squad prepared for two-game series with Kentucky. Booster coach Bob Dille pressed for his return amid a family funeral and Gardner-Webb commitments. Other Indiana players reported on time as the games set for June 21 in Indianapolis and June 28 in Louisville.
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Indianapolis
Sammy
Boiling Springs
Bob Dille
Dille
Kentucky
Muncie North
Don Bates
N.C
Gardner-Webb
Fort Wayne Northrop
Eddie Holbrook
Muncie
Sam
Indiana
Louisville
Local Little League Scores and Highlights Across City Teams
Readable excerpts show Great Scot and UCT splits with multi hit games and shutouts. Thomas Funeral Home dominates with Hobson’s big four hit night while Coke, Olds and Coca-Cola engage in tight tilts. Sappington fuels WTHI and Irwin powers loss for Coke in a busy league rundown.
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16Th
Chase Streets
Scot
McCarty
Plascak
Mathias
United Commercial Travelers
Sulliavn
Roberts
Pat Tarwater
Steve Brewer
UCT
Billy McCarty
Jim Sulliavn
Crowthers
Frazier
McGee
Coca-Cola
Crawford
Grayless
Sanders
Brown
Leturgez
Brent Crowthers
Dan Frazier
Steve Crawford
Coke
Danny Trueblood
Thomas Funeral Home
Hayes
Dickison
Cuthbertson
Rosedale
Lengarle
Callecod
Allen
Fisher
Brackensik
Mark Hobson
Thomas
Hendrixon
Leigable
Potter Electric
Schoffstall
Smith
Upman
Higham
Bowen Olds
Potts
Bowen
Landsmiller
Miles
Decker
Burger King
Taylor
Cottrell
Barksdale
Hodges
David Decker
Trent Miles
Kammier
Bill Taylor
WTHI
Osburn
Sappington
Norris
Gorman
Irwin
Steve Sappington
RBI
Peter Gillis
Doug Irwin
Blanford Defeats Mattoon 9 2 in League Semi Pro Tilt
Blanford routed Mattoon 9 to 2 as Ron Alumbauzh and Rich Cappa slugged homers and Steve Ray and Jack Cappa each had two singles. Steve Ray, Jack Cappa led a 9 hit Blanford attack while Bobby Kyle earned the win in relief for host Blanford.
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Ron
Alumbauzh
Rich Cappa
Steve Ray
Jack Cappa
Blanford
Mattoon
Bobby Kyle
Kimbro
Murphy
Hittmeier
Kyle
Ray
Wilson
M. Cappa
Thomas
Ruth League breakfast winners claim six three one victory
Charles Huff and Mike Milian each tripled for Breakfast Optimist. Mike Lawler hit a home run for Terre Haute Savings. Todd Williams pitched Breakfast Optimist to a 13 7 win over Dorsett's in an earlier unreported game.
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Breakfast Optimist
Williams
Mills
Terre Haute Savings
White
Lawler
Charles Huffman
Mike Milian
Mike Lawler
Todd Williams
Dorsett’s
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Jim Kiick
Larry Csonka
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