BRIEFLY : NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYERS GET PENSIONS.Sam Jethroe Associations of teams of black baseball players active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s. The principal leagues were the Negro National League, originally organized by Rube Foster in 1920, and the Negro American League, organized in 1937. players will become eligible for pensions of $7,500 to $10,000 per season, baseball owners decided last week. Jethroe, the 1950 National League Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Baseball's pension plan began in 1947. Depending on when a player was active, he needed at least four years of major-league service back then to qualify. Since 1980, any player with at least one day in the majors gets a pension. After spending several seasons in the Negro Leagues, Jethroe spent 3 years, 17 days with the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates. He then played seven years in the minor leagues. Jethroe, who turns 75 today, hit .273 with 18 homers, 100 runs scored and a league-leading 35 stolen bases in 1950 for the Boston Braves. The decision by owners covers players who spent a total of four years or more in the major leagues and Negro Leagues combined. ``On Dr. King's birthday, and in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson, I think it's very good that the owners have recognized the past service and contribution that these players made,'' Player Relations Committee head Randy Levine said Sunday. TENNIS In anticipation of its 100th tournament, the Ojai Valley Tennis Club is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. historic pictures, videotapes, clippings and film. Readers who wish to donate or lend items are asked to contact Gerry Roe at (805) 646-3611 or P.O. Box 908, Ojai, Calif. 93024. (The 97th Ojai Valley Tournament will be held this year April 24-27.) WINTER SPORTS In Wengen, Switzerland, Austrian Thomas Sykora improved on his near-perfect record by winning his fifth World Cup slalom race this season to move closer to a championship in that event. Defending World Pro Ski Tour champion Hansa Hofer of Austria won a giant slalom in Avon, Colo., his third victory of the season and 21st of his pro career. In Zwiesel, Germany, Pernilla Wiberg got closer to her proclaimed goal - successfully defending her World Cup slalom title - and even more with her fifth victory in what is shaping up as a dream season. In addition to leading the slalom standings, the 26-year-old Swede swede: see turnip. is on top in the race for the giant slalom and overall titles. Russian and former Soviet skaters dominated the opening session as the European Figure Skating Championships For the 2007 competition, see . The European Figure Skating Championships ("Europeans") is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion. began in Paris with men's qualifying. Russian Alexei Urmanov, the 1994 Olympic champion, and Yevgeny Pliuta of Ukraine were first in each of their groups. MOTOR SPORTS Belgian Freddy Loix, in a Toyota Celica, held the lead after the first day of the Monte Carlo Rally The Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco and the Monaco Kart Cup. . Joe Ruttman, without a NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. truck series victory last season, opened this one by winning a thrilling last-lap shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. with Jack Sprague. Ruttman, behind the wheel of his Ford, netted $55,000 for the victory in the Chevy Trucks Challenge. |
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