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b Women's pro fa TVT By Howard Cornfield Oam?cock Staff Writer With the expansion c professional sports leagues durin the past decade, it should come a no great surprise that another ne1 league was born a few weeks ag< While it should also come as r great surprise that the new leagu received little or no fanfare, it i different from some of the othc ventures in the recent past becaus of the players who participate in i The new professional league is tt Women's Basketball League WBL. Some people may laugh. Othei just shake their heads and wondf how long it will be before tt women go the way of other uj successful leagues, such as th World Football League, WFL, an the American Basketba Association. THE WBL WILL play a 34-gam schedule with the regular seasc running through early Apri Kocurek followed by the playoffs ai championship series. It is an eigl team league with franchises Dayton, New York, New Jersc Milwaukee, Chicago, Housto Minnesota and Iowa. "We had many markets choose from," said league vi president David Almstead. "\ chose the ones which were m( qualified financially and were at to provide an adequate arena in t 5,000 - 7,000 seat range. We're r even dreaming that we can draw crowd of say 18,000." One of the many problems facii a new league is obtainir credibility from the press and tl fans. Others have attempted gain that credibility by signir stars from opposing leagues outrageous contracts, but such tactic is impossible for the WB1 "Around the country there ai only three name players th; people would recognize coast i Activity fair Thursdc A student activities fair will I held Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.r in the Russell House Ballroom ai lounge area. The fair is sponsored by Cor munitv Service and Learnir Programs office, a voluntei organization, at USC. According Denise Breen, graduate assistar seven agencies will have booths the fair, including the National R< Cross and the Midlands Center f< the Retarded. Breen said students who pa ticipate in the volunteer prograi can receive Continuing Educatu Units, CEU, credits. These ai nnn.nnaHflmin nrarlitc \irhir VII UVUU^/IIIIV V- * VV41 VO Tf II IV become part of a student's pe manent record at USC, accordir to Breen. The number of CE credits is determined by the houi of volunteer work. A minimum i 10 hours work is required for or credit. asketball 7 lo^niio nr ' iJv coast," according to Almstead. "Carol Blazejowski, Annie Meyers >f and Lucy Harris are the three, but g Meyers is still playing volleyball at is UCLA, Blazejowski is sitting out w for the Olympics and Harris is 3. pregnant. I think stars are made 10 by the media and the girls in the ie league now can play as well as the is name stars." ;r \e The WBL is determined not to t. get into a money war for its ie players. Research into why the s, WFL did not work proved this reasoning sound. In fact, little at *s all is known about the financial ;r aspects of the league. 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