The Best Grade Guesser

Jerry Valenti (age 18), the winner of the APBA Journal Grade Guessing Contest, at the 1975 APBA Convention. The baseball diamond is the APBA Basic Game playing board and the cards are Jerry's ABA players from his 1975 Deer Park Brewers.

The Shirt is still Yellow

Jerry Valenti and Bruce Jones on Saturday afternoon at the APBA Convention. At dinner that evening, Jerry managed to spill ketchup on Bruce's yellow shirt.

ABA Managers at the APBA Convention

From left: Bob Oberlin (Massillon Tigers), Royce Sleighter (Frontage Firemen), Art Hubbard (New York Oilers), Bruce Jones (Morristown Minutemen), Jerry Valenti (Deer Park Brewers) and Paul Gutgesell (Idlewild Chiefs).