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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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