European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday March 6, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 19 Roundup Frank Howard signs far $47,500 it teary in fold Pompano Beach Fla. A outfielder Frank Howard panic to terms with the Washington senators monday for an Esti in Ted $47500 which would make him the highest paid players Washington baseball history. The big left fielder who hit 38 Home runs and batted in 89runs hot year accepted general manager George Selkirk s offer after another lengthy Telephone s say that we reached a figure that was agreeable to him and one that i thought was fair Selkirk Bob Humphreys now is the Only unsigned Washington player. Miami a personnel director Harry Dalton raised the Baltimore orioles salary offer o Frank Robinson monday in a 214-hour contract talk with the slugging outfielder at the Birds Spring training , Robinson said he was standing Pat on the figure of$125,000. The american league club originally offered the 32-year-old Star $100,000, the same amount he was paid for the 1967 season. Robinson reported last Friday from his Home in los Angeles however that Dalton had upped the offer to $105,000. Up ont seventh week new York up the University of Houston stood on the Brink of a National championship tuesday As the nation s coaches named the unbeaten cougars the no. 1 team in major College Basket Ball for the seventh straight on to its slim Lead Over persistent Urcla Houston garnered 338 Points to Lead the Bruins by 12 with Only seven Days to go before United press International s Board of coaches crowns the 196768 regular season National Cham Pion. In the Campaign s 14th weekly balloting the 35-member Board gave Urcla the same 11 firs place votes and 326 Points that it received a week , which has not been Able to put together a ratings Lead of More than 17 Points Over the past five weeks again received theother 24 first place votes but in Robinson became the Only holdout monday night when the Birds said outfielder Curt ble Fary had agreed to salary terms in a Telephone conversation from Baltimore and would re port for his first workout tues Day. Blefary received what is believed to be a $5,000 raise Over his $20,000 contract of last year continued on Page Maravich Murphy two Sophs selected for up All America 2 hockey fans ask $655,000 for la. Brawl los Angeles a damages of $655,000 were asked monday by two hockey fans against the Mon Treal canadians and Losangeles Kings. Also named in the Superior court suit filed by Bernard Welsman 39, an mrs. Margaret g. Ottens 37, were coach Jector toe Blake of the Cana Dicks Claude Provost Montreal player the National hockey league an the City of los Angeles. Arising from an altercation last nov. 19 at a Ca Nai liens Kings game the suit charges assault and Battery and , of Northridge Calif obtained a criminal complaint against Blake and Provost on nov. 24,charging assault with a deadly weapon a hockey stick. In the damage suit Weis Nuin aril mrs. Ottens of win Over n. Carolina ups Duke in a list it took Duke three overtimes to Ove cume North Carolina but by the associated press i ii to Fth Nisono with a t of Chuum Inoru in Miu Mil pal is 10tree"f ?eacethrnlhde9 was All the. Bra. Devils troit s Gordie Howe. Johnny Bucyk and Fred Stanfield of bos ton share the seventh Slot with61 Points Chicago s Ken whar rain has 59 and Alex Delvecchi oof Detroit 58. Hull s 42 goals Lead the league while Ratelle and Gilbert with of Urcla. ,. Jim Mcmillan of Columbia completed the Sophomore stranglehold on this year s balloting by being elected to the third team with Neal walk of Florida Mike Warren of Urcla Mike Lewis of Duke and Jojo White of off a Brilliant fresh t Man year in which he averaged 110. 44 assists apiece Are tops in that department. The Point leaders 1. Mikulla Chi Gilbert . 3. B. Hull Clu. Kudu Lle . It. Kip Oslo bus. 0. Howe l it. 7. Bucyk bos. G a Pis. 37 3t 7o Jyh 44 73 42 29 71 27 44 11 30 39 69 30 36 6s needed to shoot from 10th to sixth monday in the associated press major College basketball the same time the loss to Duke plus a defeat by South Carolina earlier last week sea North Carolina tumbling from third to fifth in the next to last poll of the remained no. 1 As it finished its regular season schedule unbeaten in 27 games and Urcla stayed right on the cougars heels in the no. 2 St. Bonaventure 21-0, climbed to third and Kentucky 2.1-4, to fourth each moving up. One , 23-3, remained no. 7, but Columbia 20-4, dropped from sixth to eighth after losing to Princeton 6s-57. Louisville 19-6, stayed no. 9.davidson joined the Tup Len in the 10th spot. The top ten Willi first i a to Parent la st1, Icv Oul Gnu i of , Mai i 1. Us on a 10 -s-7-t to i a 1. Houston i Tell v t la 3t a 4. Kentucky to i. North l us i i o. Nuke " 7. New Nuu u 5. Oulu Iii h i a u. Louisville � 10. Davidson u j outliers Revei Nib vut.-. A. List ii i to rally army ii of Loyo a u a i. a ii. state , Maia Siulte. New a to sidle Nobili , Ohio Suilo . c . South . 176 a Al 113 i i
