TV’s dubious tennis and boxing clash praised and lampooned
A provocative column condemns TV sport spectacles like Connors vs Newcombe and Foreman versus five theatricals as tasteless promotions. It argues real athletes deserve genuine competition, not promotional stunts, noting repeated matchups, sponsor hype, and the stale TV model that values spectacle over skill.
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Las Vegas
Jimmy Connors
John Newcombe
Connors
Rod Laver
Bobby Riggs
Billie Jean King
Riggs
Margaret Court
Ali
Frazer
Newcombe
Space Pro
Gram
George Foreman
Toronto
Foreman
Muhammad Ali
Srnis named athletic director at Amherst
Amherst Ohio school board named Srnis athletic director replacing William Marley who resigned to become assistant principal at Marion L. Steele High School. Srnis a 1952 Elyria High School and 1959 Ashland College graduate coached at Ashland High School and South Amherst with a 9-18 three year varsity record from 1966 to 1968.
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Amherst
Paul Srnis
Amherst Board of Education
William Marley
Marion L. Steele High
Srnis
Elyria High School
Ashland College
Ashland High School
Lorain County
South Amherst
Simis
Steele High School
Major League results roundup with rain delays noted
Major League results show American League matchups delayed by rain between Cleveland at Baltimore and Milwaukee at New York. Notable games include St Louis at Chicago and Oakland at Texas, with pitchers Osteen Fitzmorris Hamilton Siebert Knowles and Messersmith among the listed winners and losers.
Major League baseball Friday results and slate
Chicago defeated Kansas City 5 to 2 while California beat Oakland 2 to 0 Detroit edged Boston 0 to 0 and New York lost to Montreal 3 to 1 Philadelphia hosted Pittsburgh at 2:15 pm and New York faced Montreal at 3:15 pm Several afternoon games included St Louis at Chicago Cincinnati at Houston and Atlanta at San Diego Sunday matchups feature St Louis at Chicago New York at Montreal Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and Cleveland at Baltimore Roadrunners club meeting set for Sunday at Lorain County Community College gym plus a caddie call at Elyria Country Club Milwaukee visits New York and Boston travels to Detroit along with Texas at Minnesota and Oakland at California.
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Rau
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Sanguillen Ends Swing At Bad Pitches For Pirates
Manny Sanguillen vows to wait for his pitch and walk when none appears. He stays true, landing a seventh inning homer with a man on base to spark Bruce Kison’s win over Steve Carlton. The Pirates also see National League results with Astros over Reds, Padres over Braves, Mets over Expos, Cubs over Cardinals, and Dodgers over Giants.
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Manny Sanguillen
Pittsburgh
Pirate
Bruce Kison
Steve Carlton
Sanguillen
Bill Wells Named Eagle Hockey MVP at North Olmsted Banquet
Bill Wells received the Most Valuable Player award at the North Olmsted Hockey Banquet. The sophomore center-forward set North Olmsted season records with 13 goals and 18 points this past winter and tied for most career goals with 15.
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Bill Wells
Wells
North Olmsted
Aeros deliver 4-0 playoff win over Mariners in WHA semis
Houston Aeros shut out the San Diego Mariners 4-0 in game one of the WHA semifinal series. Houston takes a 1-0 lead heading into game two in San Diego with games set for Houston Tuesday and Thursday and a potential fifth game there Saturday. The Mariners blamed mistakes for the loss as Aeros coach Harry Howell praised their play while promising improvement.
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Mariners
Houston
San Diego
Quebec
Minnesota
Fighting Saints
Saints
Nordiques
Harry Howell
Mariner
Howell
Nuggets Top Pacers In 126 109 Victory
Denver coach Larry Brown praised his team's effort after the Nuggets defeated the Indiana Pacers 126-109 to even the series at two games apiece. The Nuggets trailed 64-61 at halftime but surged in the third quarter led by Byron Beck with 23 points, while Darnell Hillman scored a career high 34 for the Pacers in front of a ABA record crowd of 17,389 in Indianapolis.
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Pat Darcy
Cesar Cedeno
Houston
Cincinnati
Cedeno
Darcy
Doug Rader
Astros
Larry Dierker
Dan Driessen
Rob Andrews
Andrews
Roger Metzger
Merv Rettenmund
Ed Vargo
Sparky Anderson
Preston Gomez
Gomez
Rettenmund
Metzger
Roger
Vargo
Brown
Nuggets
Indianapolis
Darnell Hillman
Pacers
Byron Beck
Denver
The
Area rallye set tonight
The Cooper Tire 300 European style rallye starts at 7 30 pm with 55 two man teams racing 330 miles on secondary roads and mining trails through Coshocton Muskingum and Guernsey counties in southeastern Ohio. Teams from Indiana New Jersey Illinois Michigan Vermont Ohio and Ontario Canada compete for a $1000 prize posted by Erie Shores Sports Car Club of Elyria.
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Guernsey
Ohio Tire
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Vermont
Ohio
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Erie Shores Sports Car Club
Elyria
Pro sport playoffs update with scattered results
In the conference finals no games are scheduled Saturday with CBS TV listed for the first game. Western and ABA divisions show various results including St Louis defeating Kentucky 103 and Houston overcoming San Diego 4 0, while Minnesota ties the series 1 1 and other brief entries appear with unclear team names and dates.
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Kentucky
Houston
San Diego
Houston Sands
Lorain CYO to Hold First Annual Track Meet
Amherst report: Lorain County Catholic Youth Organization sponsors its first annual track meet as a qualifying event. Nine teams compete in Class A B and C divisions including Elyria St Jude Lorain St Peter Sheffield Lake St Thomas Amherst St Joseph Nativity North Ridgeville St Peter's St Anthony and Elyria St Mary.
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Amherst
Lorain County
Marion Steele Stadium
Elyria St Jude
Lorain
St Peter
Sheffield Lake St Thomas
Amherst St. Joseph
Nativity
North Ridgeville
St Peter's
St Anthony
Avon St. Mary
Elyria St. Mary
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