[News Script: Sports at six] Page: 2 of 8
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A COUPLE OF LOCAL PRODUCTS SIGNED CONTRACTS IN PRO FOOTBALL TODAY. S.M.U. t
RECEIVER SAM HOLDEN SIGNED WITH THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS AS A FREE AGENT WHILE
TACKLE ED BRANTLEY OF NORTH TEXAS STATE JOINED MONTREAL OF THE CANADIAN LEAGUE.
IN ADDITION, MUCH-TRAVELED QUARTERBACK DON TRULL ALSO SIGNED WITH THE CANADIAN
LEAGUE AS HE WENT TO EDMONTON.
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THE LAST AMERICAN WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE MEN'S SINGLES IN THE FRENCH OPEN
TENNIS TOURNAMENT TODAY IN PARIS. FORMER DALLASITE CLIFF RICHEY WAS BEATEN IN
5 SETS BY ZELJKO FRANULOVIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.
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FORMER WORLD WELTERWEIGHT AND MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION EMILE GRIFFITH C NTIUED)
HIS COMEBACK TOWARD A TITLE FIGHT BY WINNING AN IMPORTANT BOUT TQDAY IN
COPENHAGEN. HE SCORED A DECISION OVER PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN TOM BOGS OF DENMARK.
GRIFFITH FLOORED BOGS TWICE AND WON GOING AWAY.-0-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Sports at six], script, June 4, 1970, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1265400/m1/2/?q=%221970-06-04%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.