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Bunny Judge. In mid-March, the W.F.L. held a draft of N.F.L. players and Toronto picked Csonka, Warfield and Kiick. Keating immediately ran a check on the Toronto franchise and learned that it was amply bankrolled by several wealthy Canadians. Bassett himself comes from a sports-minded family-his millionaire...
Neither Athletic Director Robert Watson, Stoeckel nor members of the team would comment on the matter yesterday, citing Kaufman as the sole spokesman until the Ivy League makes its ruling, and no one from the Stars or the the Portland franchise could be reached for comment.
Tired of the machinations of Charley Finely. Sick of Bob Short's ridiculous franchise hopping. Repulsed by a designated hitter rule that gives cripples Orlando "Cha Cha" Cepeda and Tony Bad Wheel Oliva a new lease at the plate. Then your only possible alternative to that sham of an American...
Other clubs weren't so lucky as the Pirates or the Mets over the winter. That old horse-trader Gene Mauch will probably wish he never picked up the phone during the off-season. The Montreal skipper dealt away his whole franchise (with the exception of super-star Ken Singleton...
Ralph Goldston, who served under Joe Restic for two years in Cambridge, will coach the Portland, Ore. franchise in the newly-formed World Football League.