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Show n y, 4LWWnfaii npi "1- r ""If Vajfri'iHBjfru' "W tnr g- y y - f , iy y i sport scene MONDAY, FEBRUARY i 1974 B Recording company seeks Tams 9 Juice gets Hickok belt the g ev er Riggs Finley, who assumed in debts and posted a bond to take over the Memphis AB fianthise two years ago. is repoitedlv asking a million dollars for t e team Stax was said io have offered 0.000 8100 000 . Another source, according to the newspaper, said there was a definite chance of an announcement made being today. "It's mostly up to Finley now." a league source was quoted assaying Finley, meanwhile, was in Florida on personal business and officials of Stax Records superlative, running back of the Buffalo Bills, ran away with the Hickok award voting to outdistance runnerup Henry aron bv 50t4 points to 213 It was the biggest winning margin in the history of the aw ard and Simpson's total of 149 first place votes was the most record-breakin- rees The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that a source dose to the negotiations had said the sale is 39 percent completed and will be announced m a day or two O J. Simplon finally receives a bell worthy of all the notches he carved out on the football field last season w hen he is honored todav as the Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year " Ximpson. would nol comment on the reports AF.A sources, however, were quoted as saying the league has already investigated Stax and has given approval for the ownership transfer Finley has been told by doctors to divest himself of his venous sports holdings because of a heart condition. (AP)-SouTenn in the American Basketball Association said during the weekend that completion of the sale by Charles 0 Finley of the Memphis Tams to Stax Record Co. is near, with developments expected within the next day or so MEMPHIS. the winner! Elvis Presley was also reportedly asked if he would like to own the Tams The newspaper said Sfax first became interested m the luuicluse after one of its r stars, Isaac Black Moses" Hayes, was approached about purchasing the club Memphis entertainer smger-tompose- 1 Sky standings Conference Overall W L Idaho i. iM-rt- nl 9 i' f i toot-ba- ll i 77 l 77' , II 7 I American Airlines Golf Classic in Puerto Rico. Jeff Burroughs and Bob Anderson won the classic Namath and with a Murcer had a ' I b I ( I , 7 7 I I I I I 77 Sails to victory 7 m II Bill Moore, irom Sewanhaka acht to Old Blue Club, sailed his boat World of sixth the heat the in victory Soling Class Yacht Championships. Y 50 MILLION Jt I SOLO TO DATE 7 I I The CUSTOM POWER CUSHION senes race, the second of the seven-racfor the world title, was sailed m a southeast bree with lumpy sea e I) I WHITEWALLS 0 7 ft sport hotline SAVE NOW1 Bear Bryant grooming to take over as head football coach at Ala1. Who is Art Loomis, Atlanta. A. The Bear might not ever retire He is exempted from mandatory retirement at Alabama. Bryant wants to pass mos Alonzo Stagg ine win total by Bryant has 231 to Staggs 314. At his average of eight wins a season over 29 vears, Bryant toald catch Stagg by age 70. Theres one catch." the Bear says I'm an alum, too and if I have a season Ill fire my soil " bama? Sun's lose Scott Charlie Scott, the Phoenix Sun's guard, underwent an operation Saturday m which a metal plate was Scott inserted into his let! forearm fractured his arm Fnday m a game against the Lakers Doctors said the double break would take about Is months to heal high-seonn- g I 7 Sue A78-1- plus $1.80 Fed TERRIFIC TRACTION Ex. 0 Tax and tre 7 off your I car. I 7 7 I SIZES 7 00 13, B78 14, C78 14 078 14 nd tire oft your car !o-u- ig SPnrt questions o HOTUNF, rare CoDvnaht, Universal Press Syndicate Hot V cold Weber loses to Boise St The Wildcats opened toiriCith 11 0 It's all a matter of style, great Joe Namath seems to he saying. Joe and partner Bobby IMurcer finished seventh in the Charlie Finley is on a collision course with his world champion Oakland As Unless he sells the club in the next few days, which seems unlikely The As won't be holding spnng training this year. As of the moment, Finley doesn't have a manager nor a radio-Tcontract, and most of his players, who helped lead the team to the second straight world title, are unsigned. The players will submit the salary bids to an arbitration panel The panel's decisions will be final and binding, but off the record, you'd have to figure Finley won't lake that view weekend action in avenging a loss by surprising Idaho State at IVjtello with a mlorv on Friday But the Utahns couldnt retain the magic on Saturday in a second a loss at Boise State krlnf I lb prWn Jmkt A4ufj 40,000 Mil OtariHtM in No Oakland A's? Weber States basketball team knows it can win by two and lo'-by two KkI frMllirivMi Stott oonrag i Wetter S'oto Montana laaho Montana Stall N Ari:ona Botse i proved to be no Billie the National League's Roses two wins came cluttered his court with donned a dress, a and chairs, folding heavy fur coat, and a baseball catcher's inask. chest prolei tor and shin gu irds When crease sharply 0 for two months, Jean King, a MVP lost r after Riggs had - m ,n Roi;, who has been playing steadily BOISE Idaho (AF) the Memphis club until September, a fact that was said to have removed some pressure from its desire for a quick sale. Observers said without the three players, value of thp Memphis franchise would de- i Bobby Riggs came back to the fold Saturday in Dayton, Ohio, playing a tellow male, baseball star Pete Rose, in a special exhibition match it comes to point spreads in Conference, the Big Sky lS4i'2fi35f. oi Finley earlier had predicted the team would be sold bv Word that Stax, Feb through executive John Burwith ton, was negotiating Fmley emerged L.--t vuxk Finley reportedly wanted to si'll the club by Feb 1 because o' the AR trading deadline Three Memphis players George Thompson, Mil Jones and Lee Davis are playing out thou options Finley then found out that tlie three will remain property 8X00.030 iVUWi plus $2 05 to $2.25 Fed tire, depending on size Ex. ' 7 plus $2.53 to $2.58 Fed. tire, depending on size Tax per Ex. (I. Tax per 7 17 Bringhurst wins I I - our car Vegas Marathon plus $? 67 to $2 97 Fed. tire, depending on size Deseiet News Special Ex. 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Idaho was npped. by Montana on Fnday, but followed with a victory over Montana Stale the next evening night 75-6- 89-5- 93-6- 77-6- 7 A 17 BLACKBALLS OR WHITEWALLS 3 01 11 for now Conference action continues with Weber tins weekend 'State. in league, traveling on north to Montana State, on Fnday and Montana Saturdav bv 1.8C coach Bus Connor The defending Sky Big Ins team's Saturday tidied found Wildcats champion night victory over Weber, from lliemsclves jumping which was the first ever for standsecond spot in league Boise State, a great team ings alter the 1XC victory to effort." at 24 hours later Inurth place At one point, there was a Bose St 'te live minute lap.-- e without eiNorthern Arwona was ther team sconng a point. But unable to overcome its winless the game proved a battle of blues in league competition at nerves in the final minute oil her Boise or Pocatello. 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