1973, the New York franchise announced it had adopted the name New York Sets. By September 1973, the Los Angeles franchise had been named the Los Angeles Strings. Before the start of the 1974 season, the Phoenix franchise was sold to Howard Fine, Gerald Klauber, Joseph Rivkin and Robert E. Bradley, Jr. who moved it to Baltimore. Also before the start of the 1974 season, the San Diego Swingers were sold to Don Kelleher who moved them to Honolulu. Finally, before the start of the 1974 season, the Golden Gate Otters decided to simply call the team the Golden Gaters in dealings with the public. Since it would have been absurd to call the team the Golden Gate Golden Gaters, and the league used a location to identify all its teams, WTT reverted to using San Francisco, the location for which the original charter was issued, when referring to the team. They were listed in official WTT standings as the San Francisco Golden Gaters. The remaining charter franchises adopted names before the start of the 1974 season. The team identification and naming history of the 16 charter franchises from the founding of WTT to the start of the inaugural season is as follows: Boston → Boston Lobsters Chicago → Chicago Aces Cincinnati → Cleveland → Cleveland Nets Denver → Denver Racquets Detroit → Detroit Loves Houston → Houston E-Z Riders Los Angeles → Los Angeles Strings Minnesota → Minnesota Buckskins New York → New York Sets Philadelphia → Philadelphia Freedoms Phoenix → Baltimore Banners Pittsburgh Triangles St. Louis → Miami → Florida Flamingos San Diego → San Diego Swingers → Honolulu Swingers → Hawaii Leis San Francisco → Golden Gate Otters → San Francisco Golden Gaters Buffalo → Toronto-Buffalo Royals Inaugural draft WTT conducted a lottery to determine the order of selection for its inaugural draft held on August 3, 1973. The selection order determined as a result of the lottery was used for odd-numbered rounds, and it was reversed for even-numbered rounds. Each team was entitled to select 20 players. Teams that could sign players to contracts before the draft had to identify these players as preferential choices and use their earliest picks on the players signed. The players selected in the first 10 rounds of the draft are shown in the tables below. First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Seventh round Eighth