Tech Joins Loop to Form Metropolitan Basketball Conference
Georgia Tech Athletic Director Bobby Dodd announced a new six team league called the Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference. Cincinnati Louisville Memphis State St. Louis Tulane and Tech will compete with schedules set for two years and a conference tournament at the end of 1975 76 season. Louisville withdrew from the Missouri Valley Conference to join.
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Georgia Tech
Bobby Dodd
Tech
Dodd
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Louisville
Memphis State
St. Louis
Tulane
Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference
Missouri Valley
John McKenna
McKenna
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
Pirates Rally to 8-3 Win Over Braves Behind Oliver
Oliver drives in five runs with a grand slam and a sacrifice fly as the Pirates use a six run fourth to topple the Atlanta Braves 8-3. Richie Zisk adds a homer and Pittsburgh beats Atlanta despite Odom giving up nine hits in 3 1 3 innings.
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al Oliver
Pittsburgh Pirates
Atlanta Braves
Oliver
Mike Beard
Pirates
John
Blue Moon‘' Odom
Braves
Cleveland
Richie Zisk
Manny Sanguillen
Frank Taveras
Sanguillen
Larvell Blanks
Jim Rooker
Richie Hebner
Beard
Ralph Garr
Rennie Stennett
Dusty Baker
Odom
St. Louis
Willie Stargell
Parker
Booker
Blanks
Pocoroba
Ed Goodson
Garr
Perez
Evans
ABA Team Sold in New York as San Diego Change Hands
Frank Goldberg, a San Diego furniture dealer and former Denver partial owner, bought the San Diego ABA franchise. Commissioner DeBusschere noted Memphis’s troubled franchise likely to be resolved in 10 days to two weeks after extensive Board of Trustees discussions.
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NEW York
San Diego
American Basketball Association
Frank Goldberg
Denver
Dave DeBusschere
DeBusschere
Memphis
League
Little League Week Celebrates Baseball and Youth Discipline
George Lassiter highlights Little League spirit during United States Little League Baseball Week June 9 15. The piece praises teamwork discipline and respect while noting parental over involvement and calls for better sportsmanship. It features Thomasville youth programs Tommy York and Coach Leon Perkins amid photos of local parks and players.
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Little League Baseball
Thomasville
Times-Enterprise
Tommy York
Leon Perkins
Thomas County Federal
the Times-Enterprise
Dobson 5-Hits Chicago As Torrid Yanks Roll
Pat Dobson pitched five efficient innings as the New York Yankees beat Chicago 2-1 sealing a third straight win and 19th in 24 games. Graig Nettles drove in both runs with a homer and a single while Nettles added two singles and Thurman Munson supplied a sacrifice.
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Tony Perez
Cesar Geronimo
Dave Concepcion
Oscar Zamora
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Foster
Rose
Joe Morgan
Cincinnati
Pedro Borbon
Ken Griffey
Doug Flynn
Bill Plummer
Perez
NEW York
Pat Dobson
Graig Nettles
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Yankees
Dobson
Nettles
Claude Osteen
Osteen
Thurman
Perry Traded to Rangers in Three-Player Package
Gaylord Perry, Cleveland’s 20 game winner, was dealt to Texas for Jim Bibby Jackie Brown and minor leaguer Rick Waits. Perry adds a 6-9 mark to a rotation joined by Ferguson Jenkins. Rangers receive about 100000 plus from Eddie Brinkman trade to Cleveland.
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Rick Waits
Perry
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Ferguson Jenkins
Ranger
Danny O’brien
Waits
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Rangers
Eddie Brinkman
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