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Finley's decision to sell AsA's brings buyers NEW YORK UPUPI Charlie his attempt to restrain Jim CatCat- counts fraudof conspiracy perjury Finley f having kicked the idea fish HunterHunt r from signing with bribery and income tax evasion in around a long time finally has another ball club connection with purchase and sale of Of all the buyers deededdecided to sell the OalandOakland AsAs- Whether Hunter eventually does race track stock while he was honors Brock He has a buyer two in fact sign with another club or not has governor of from 1961 until who have approachapproach- TheTheoneone he has just about made up nothing to do with the deal between 1968 his mind to sell to however is Mrs Marge Everett and Marge Everett has told Charlie Ev- Marjorie Everett of Beverly HillsHUls That has ed Finley Marge EvEv- been made plain Finley shellshe'll meet all the conditions Calif major stockholder in the Naturally as the prospective new he has set forth and will buy the club Hollywood Park race in owner of theAsthe A's Mrs Everett would as track As Man erett comes with the providing the of Year Inglewood CalfCalif prefer that Hunter keep pitching for agrees to allow her to switch the StSt. Louis UPI the Jimmy Connors had a sensational finest credentials How close is Finley actually to Oakland franchisefrancl se to Seattle in 1976 StSt. Louis speedster who set a major year in tennis set means selling This close Marge Everett first tried to get Mrs Everett is a strong-willed league record with stolen bases in relief pitching records Johnny Miller That means she Of all the buyers who have into more than a year ago woman She might go aheadwilledand buy 1974 was named Sports Man of the seemed unbeatable on the links FootFoot- approached Finley Marge Everett when she to buy the San the AsA's anyway and then sue the Year by the Sporting News Tuesday ball had many heroes brings money She comes with the finest possible Diego Padres American League if it does not allow Although 35 Brock missed only one Still another top performer was credentials That means she brings This was before hamburger her to move them week of the season due to an injury Henry Aaron who broke Babe RuthsRuth's offered Finley mateymoney tycoon Ray You deserve a break The wheels for such a franchise and kept the Cardinals in the East mark for homers the publication SteShe has offered Finley today Krocdbought them switch were put in motion during the Division race down to the wire a added But AaronsAaron's was million for the World million for the world champion AsA'sAs- CC. Arnholt Smith was all for acac- recent baseball meetings in New Brock whose previous season theft cumulative thing a career mark and that looks pretty good at this cepting Mrs EverettsEverett's bid He was Orleans Walter made the high was 74 stole his bases in rather than a season achieveachieve- Champion AsA's and point to Charlie He started putout delighted in fact but some of proposal HedHe'd like to help his friend tries He got No the night of Sept ment the basis onefor the sports man asking 15 million but considering the National League people haphap- over in Horace 10 to eclipse Maury Wills'Wills mark of award that looks pretty the fact hellhe'll be getting more than pened to remember Marge Everett Stoneham and what set in 1962 better way was denied the National twice what he originally paid it having given evidence in1 the Judge could he do that than by the- Brock also had hits and 61 Brock getting the League Most Valuable Player Award good at this point to turns out to be a pretty good deal all OttoOUo Kerner case and they voted notnot- AsA's out of Oakland on way walks while batting in 1974 He and their but he did such honors arounddd. to let her into the fraternity to Seattle teamed with Reggie Smith and Bake receive as so being named the Sporting News Na- Charlie ItsIt's doseclose to being ffinalized that KemerKerner was aUa UU. 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Circuit Court of Charlie Finley and Marge Everett McBride to give StSt. Louis its most popo- Na just in case you haven't noticed Appeals judge who was given three both are willing tent outfield ever tional League Player of the Year said because of Charlie Finley is using Mrs years and ffined in February Now it's entirely up to the Brock led the National League in Aaron that its Brock's singular achievement Lou Everett'sEveretts lawyer in1 of 1973 after being convicted on 17 American League steals for the fourth straight year and Brocks had definite reason to gripe about not the eighth time in his He ex- career ex being selected by the tended to 10 his own record of most writers consecutive years of 50 or more stolen And Henry had a solution Let the w bases players pick the The players In announcing the award the sports are closest to him and know what he W rating lead weekly said The voting by the means to his club Aaron said Lou C- CCf Sporting News staff wasn't even shouldn't have been penalized because f close As usual there were plenty of his team didn't win The award went to Los i other candidates for the award won slips as Hoosiers roll by footballsfootball's 0O. JJ. Simpson in 1973 Angeles first baseman Steve Garvey r and baseballsbaseball's Charles 0O. Finley in after the Cardinals finished Ilk1 games 1972 behind 1 NEW YORK UPI Indiana inched wake of Marquette's banishment from losercloser to top-ranked North Carolina the Top 10 State todaytopin the latest college South Carolina which beat Princeton in ownoWn last week basketball ratings of the United Press and its classic yz i b As International Board of Coaches but for moved back into the Top 10 after falling fr coach Starr aims perennial powers Notre Dame and from grace two weeks ago on a surprise Marquette it was all downhill loss to Oklahoma The Hoosiers of coach BobbyB by Knight PennPerm headed the second ten followed r d YY- collected 11 placefirst-place votes from the 35 in order by Arizona Purdue Oregon to boost Packer pricepride coaches participating in this weeksweek's and Kentucky Unbeaten a 5 balloting five more than last week to Providence made its debut in the Top5020 r Y Wt GREEN BAY Wis UPI Bart Churchillll by saying When a man is doseclose to within eight points of the No 1 at No 16 and Oklahoma was t Starr the late Vince Lombardi's figuratively tapped on the shoulder North Carolina State Another team making its first apap- wa was entrusted with the what a tragedy it would be if he is unun- had 22 placefirst-place votes pearance among the top rated teams job of restoring some of the Green BayBay- prepared in his finest hour But for Notre Dame and Marquette was Rutgers which came in PackersPackers' old pride and prestige the Starr said there were some obvious who usually enjoy Top 10 status defeats behind Notre Dame17 and Marquette at kind they used to have under LombardLombardi strengths and some obvious this past week meant an embarrassing No 20 when he was named general weaknesses in the Packers We drop to the TramTeam Points 4 manager and head coach of the Pack hope to shore up the strengths anda d ridrid- second division III NotreNo Etamemee bich missed Tuesday ourselveso of the weaknesses 4 a which just P s t making 10 week plums 1 North 2160m Starr considered by LombardLombardi as his He pledged to put the entire GreenGreen- Top last 1111 2 lal a m n mostmoot valuable player although he built Bay organization on a meted from to a tie with Marquette 3 UCLA I l l UH8 1 solid for after its loss to UCLA 4 Louisville 6ID 15 45 his championship teams on defense foundation rock 5 Southern California010 2IRS pledged to build on the legend of his Starr was the chamcham- Marquette which dropped a pair of Alabama0 12 6 07 J games to Pittsburgh and Louisville fellfell- 7 Maryland 4001 fannerformer teacher to turn things around pionship quarterback in allan the way from seventh 8R North Carolina6 11H 1 71 and bring the Packers back to concon- history leading the Packers to five 9 Arizona Stale 180140 6is tention in the NFL and two titles in seven Otherwise there were few changes to10 South Carolina 334 among the elite with Louisville and 11 Penn 1601 41 a13 Everyone has to pull together from years He was the Most Valuable o 91II 12 Arizona i within he said There can be no Player of the first two Super Bowls andand- Southern California remaining fourth 13 Purdue is15 07 1 on great 1970 and fifth respectively Alabama 1OOregon14 15 is13 Sh bickering I hope to build the in he was named pro player of the of Maryland 15 Kentucky40 n11 lessons we learned from coach LomLom- deade by the Columbus Ohio TouchTouch- however jumped ahead 16 ProviProvidencedence15 iIO10o into sixth while North Carolina and 17OklahomaPro50 9 bardibardl down Club 18 Tiel Marquette 8 Cherry and A Arizona State each moved up a notch to Tie 15 3 2 Flanked by his wife painful arm injury hampered his TieTieI Notre Dame2314 8 Packers' president Dominic final years with Green Bay and he was eighth and ninninthh respectively in the 20 Rutgers I 7 Packers 17 2 at the news conference Starr admitted forced to retire after the 1971 season Ive been a little disappointed in my when a series of operations failed to w 1 travels around the country to see concorrect the problem Louddo dd accused of embezzling somewhat of a slip by the Green Bay He spent the 1972 season as an ORLANDO Fla UPI Rommie Orange County state attorney'sattorneys office Packers assistant to Devine calling the signals Loudd managinggeneral-managing partner of as he stepped off a plane from New ropenope to restore some of the from the sidelines as yearsecond-year the World Football League Florida York prestigeI that was so much a part of this quarterback Scott Hunter led the teamteam- Blazers was arrested on embezzlement The late Green Bay coach Vince LombardLombardi us-useded to call kart organization for many years on the field charges Monday and then released on Loudd was indicted Friday by an Starr his coach Tuesday Starr shown here in the Starr replaces Dan Devine who quit He quit after that one season and has CountyCo nty He isio 5 bail Orange grand jury 1967 SuperfieldBowl against Kansas City became the eight days ago to become head coach at been in business here and in Alabama the charged with embezzling state tax the Notre Dame It is his first head since He maintained his home Loudd who refused to discuss field coach as the Packers named him to replace Dan offtheDevine then has 1 moniesonies from the sale of football game charges untiltil he talked to hiss attorney as their coach and general manager UPI telephoto coaching job though he has turned here while his partner Tom Acheson was arrested by investigators of the tickets onn Oct 24 down several extremely lucrative ofof- looked after the Alabama portion of his fers to join other NFL teams affairs The Packers had interviewed only two men Starr and Green Bay Officials attackattach test decision Dave BannerHanner for the trade detector coaching vacancy Starr met with the committee in two By Gordon S. White Southwest Conference said if an are we coming to That's my unun- up and up Penn State meets Baylor Packers'Packers executive S Jr prolonged sessions Monday to work out NN. Y Times Service athlete refused to take a test he could qualified opinion the Southwest Conference champion injured Porter be forbidden to compete in the Cotton Bowl Jan 1 final details of the contract David Nelson athletic director at for three said NEW YORK Many college The pact is years Starr Delaware and president of the he would have been satisfied to work onon- coaches and athletic directors do not Wiles Hallock commissioner of the Collegiate Conference said Then Nelson said That league the for draft pick Eastern it- a year-to-year basis myray wife trust opponents as far as they can Pacific 8 Conference said was assume that if you have to take Southwest Conference sounds like it year but surprised theyliedid this Our groupI is You is based on mutual mistrust instead of would have had a heart attack that NEW YORK UPUPI The New York throw a football stadium This a lie-detector test someone is not tell- The based on mutual tell way traded Howard Porter a became obvious when the nine trust and although ing the truth or someone has to prove mutual trust like all human relations there's not Starr who will be 41 on Jan 8 said no reserve forward who has seen only universities of the Southwest ConCon- theres helieis telling the I dontdon't think on truth Paterno who has an opinion decision been made on his coaching brief and ineffectual action this season unanimously 14 perfection we operate that way had ference voted Dec the purpose of intercollegiate athletics most things said a terrible but he has asked HarmerBanner to stay to Detroit today for the Pistons'Pistons No 1 for inves- Its staff to use lie-detector tests Hallock said am rrelieved that I is to accuse someone of lying WereWe're situation that people in our profession hope to surround ourselves selection in next springsspring's National of violations and on We tigations recruiting dontdon't have the Iauthority to call on completely and totally in professional are so suspicious that they have to with people with diverse backgrounds Basketball Association draft lie of conference in- other infractions such a device Maybe they'll use it asas- athletics if this is the case use a lieli It can be an inin- people who enjoy representing pro Porter hobbled by injuries scored regulations a threat deterrent sort of like the Nelson said r can just see the vasion of privacy also can'tcant it football only 33 points in 171 games while playing atom televisionI show the Cotton Other college athletic leagues might Start said he realized the job ahead isis- minutes for New York university of- bomb at Coaches athletes of Delaney Kiphuth athletic director Bowl with one of those sideline TV call for polygraph tests to see if their The have had only The obtained the two-meter will be a challenge Packers ficials and financial backers of Yale in the Ivy League said guys giving a lie-detector test to Joe coaches are cheating in recruiting two winning seasons since LombardLombardi Porter last spring by givingtwotheir if felt they Its asked to take the tests it is sorry commentary on how little Paterno State football coach But the National Collegiate Athletic as coach after the 1967 season top 1975 draft pick to the Bulls useful information a Penn retired 68 could supply trust people can have When people and Grant lieBaylor coach at Association the overseer of college But he said he feels up to the for whom he had averaged 71 points a probably game in Neils Thompson president of the cantcan't trust each other what the hell midfield to prove the game is on the sports wont challenge and paraphrased Winston three seasons Pro sports battle goes on after Kapp decision Wendell ruled baseball By WILL GRIMSLEY management relations losing him must receive adequate tract expires-atexpires at no cut in the foundation of sports would colcol- Holmes that expires free- involved state AP Special Correspondent OnlyO ly baseball which in the past has compensation for the loss If an salary after which the player is free lapse purely affairs salary would to before Supreme NEW YORK AP Former been found virtually sacrosanct and agreement cannot be reached between afterto go where he chooses Compensation Rich owners be able corral The issue came the anti- com- in 1972 when Arthur Goldberg arguing the untouchable is exempt from antianti- the two clubs involved then the co-comcom- is not demanded all the top players and lopsided com Court again Curt Flood Justice a Hockey League would be a an all-star brought Curt Flood case before the Supreme trust laws Only baseball has aa. missioner-inmmissioner in this case The National has petition would result It star outfielder a 31 binds missioner pro- one-year option rule as do the they say of the rich getting million damage suit against baseball Court in 1972 called baseball players reserve clause which in effect arbitrarilyRozelle-arbitrarilyRozelle arbitrarily decides the pro the year case a com- poorer by St. high priced slaves a player to one team for life unless per compensation NFL and but holds to com richer and the poor getting after he had been traded the St Kapp an unemployed traded or sold This is a bone in the throat of the pensation arrangement similarbut BaseballsBaseball's reserve clause has beenbeen- Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Joe stag- of for years quarterback sued the National FootFoot- But the other major pro sports NFL Players Association which stagstag- not exactly likelike- that of thebutNFL a source contention Phillies accusing of an illegal while technically bound by antitrust ed astrikea strike prior to the 1974 season The two clubs affected by a player Players and legal experts hahavee Again the court ruled in favor of ball League it to conspiracy to keep himbim out of work restraints operate under option but failed to negotiate a contract The shift try to work out proper comcom- argued that it reduces players baseball by a vote but Chief Kapp old they fail to agree the peonage Warren 53Burger voting af- A federal judge in San Francisco last clauses which playerssuch as season was played under the If virtual Justice af onon- to weekend ruled in his favor argue are inhibitingsuchand unfair terms issue is put to a binding arbitrator Efforts eradicate the clause have firmatively expressed grave There are rumblings again among The National Football League has Judge William TT. ruling a high low basis In other words each failed because the Supreme Court has reservations and insisted that A to meddle with the Congress and not the courts should the affluent working classes of pro what is called the Rozelle Rule in the Kapp case called the Rozelle club submitsubmits what it considers fair been disinclined Congress to and the picks been linked with the be the forum for such ancourtsshould baseball football basketball and player wishing to shift another rule unreasonable and illegal compensation arbitrator pastime that has and issue hockey It may fall upon CongressCongress-asas team may so advise his employer The National Basketball Association one or the other American flag mother and apple pie Justice William OO. Douglas dissendissen- oror- sanctity in- suggested by the Supreme Court to play another year at 90 per cent of his has the most liberal option clause A Club owners fear that if Congress The tradition of baseballsbaseball's ting called the decision Ua derelict in Court the CourtCourt- of law a find an answer to this complicated salary then move dubclub retains the rights to the servicesservices' the courts should wrest from them was established by the Supreme the stream which we its toplayer- But there is one catch The team of a player for one year after his concon- power to hang on to player property in 1922 when Chief Justice Oliver creator should remove and inconsistent maze of player

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