Television Tonight Schedule Highlights
At 7:35 p.m. the Cincinnati Reds play the Atlanta Braves on WTBS. At 9:00 p.m. ESPN airs Stanley Cup playoff hockey.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1987
Page
6
Local Schedule Highlights Weekday Athletic Events
On Wednesday April 15 multiple games across sports are listed. North Augusta hosts South Aiken in soccer at 5 p.m. and a golf triangular includes South Aiken Barnwell and North Augusta at 4:30 p.m. Other matches include softball and baseball pairings with times from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Midland Valley Aiken and Strom Thurmond venues.
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North Augusta
South Aiken
Silver Blut
Rome
Denmark
Silver Bluff
Barnwell
Aiken
Evans
Midland Valley
Irmo
Mantle to undergo tests for heart after chest pains
Irving Texas AP Mickey Mantle, 55, in fair condition in the intermediate coronary care unit at Irving Community Hospital. He is scheduled for cardiac catheterization to examine heart chambers after chest pains on a Delta flight from New York. Doctors confirmed no heart attack.
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Irving, Texas
Mickey Mantle
Mantle
Irving Community Hospital
Sharon Peters
Peters
Dallas
Delta Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
LaGuardia
New York
Ramona Bevir
Clemson Wins 11-4 Over Virginia in ACC Baseball
Steve Williams hit a three run homer and drove in four to lift Clemson to an 11-4 victory over Virginia in Charlottesville. Clemson improves to 33-6-1 overall and 9-2 in the ACC while Virginia drops to 14-18 and 4-7. Williams his brother Ray and Mike Mitchin all homered as Clemson plated runs in the final six innings.
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Charlottesville
Steve Williams
Clemson
Virginia
Virginia Falls
Tyers
Williams
Ray
Mike Mitchin
Clemson Signs 6-4 Bruce From Branchville High
Clemson basketball coach Cliff Ellis announced the signing of 6-foot-4 senior forward Donnell Bruce from Branchville High School. Bruce averaged 31.2 points this season and made The Associated Press high school all state first team, becoming the sixth signee of Ellis’s recruiting class.
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Clemson
Donnell Bruce
Branchville High School
Tiger
Cliff Ellis
Bruce
Associated Press
Clemens Re-Signs with Red Sox in $2 Million Deal
Roger Clemens, the 1986 AL MVP and Cy Young winner, agreed to a two year contract with the Boston Red Sox reportedly worth about $2 million. He sat out the exhibition season amid a salary dispute. On opening day he lasted four innings in a 11-1 loss to Toronto after Boston trailed 4-1.
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Boston
Roger Clemens
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Clemens
Toronto
Blue Jays
USC-Aiken Pacers pound Morris College 11-1 in eight innings
No. 6 USC-Aiken beats Morris College 11 to 1 in eight innings at home. The Pacers bunched 14 hits led by Tony Casas with a leadoff homer and Malizia with two RBI double. Morris committed five errors fueling the rout as Chapman earned the win and Van Horne delivered a bases loaded triple in the eighth.
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Usc-Aiken Pacers
Morris College
Pacers
Morris
USC
Randy Warrick
Wilbur Gordon
Kerry Shaw
Vinnie Malizia
Wayne Simmons
Jeff Cain
Reggie Williams
Simmons
Gilbert Sumter
Warrick
Sumter
Erskine
Usc-A
Tony Casas
Pacer
Barry Butler
Bobby Scott
Malizia
Shortstop Ar
Nold Platt
Casas
Bill Green
Butler
Green
Mark Chapman
Chapman
Duane van Horne
Wayne Bracey
Greg Ehmig
Cain
Reds erupt past Braves 7-2 in strong start to season
Cincinnati rode three hit games by Eric Davis and Tracy Jones to a 7-2 win over Atlanta in Atlanta. Bill Gullickson allowed six hits through seven innings as Cincinnati improved to 5-1 in their past six contests and stressed the importance of a fast start after last year’s poor early stretch.
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Atlanta
Cincinnati Reds
Eric Davis
Tracy Jones
Cincinnati
Reds
Atlanta Braves
Dave Parker
Houston Astros
Parker
Davis
Bo Diaz
Jones
Dave Concepcion
Buddy Bell
Bill Gullickson
Ken Griffey
Griffey
Dale Murphy
Baseball's managerial color line still intact and broken figures
The piece notes Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier is honored in a context highlighting persistent racial bias in management. It recalls Frank Robinson and Bill Lucas as first black manager and GM, noting Robinson’s 1981 1982 Giants tenure and Lucas’s rise with the Braves, including key players drafted or acquired for 1982 division success.
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Bruce Hornsby
Jackie Robinson
Los Angeles Dodgers
al Campanis
Ted Koppel
Abc-Tv
Nightline
Frank Robinson
Bill Lucas
Robinson
Cleveland Indians
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Frank
Joe Morgan
Lucas
Atlanta Braves
Ted Turner
Braves
Dale Murphy
Bob Horner
Rick Mahler
Gene Garber
Rafael Ramirez
Glenn Hubbard
Bruce Benedict
Brook Jacoby
Brett Butler
Jeff Burroughs
Gary Matthews
Black managers scarce in major leagues amid talk of unequal hiring
Maury Wills at Seattle and Larry Doby at Cleveland reached MLB coaching roles as Black, with Latin Americans Pat Corrales and Lee Elia in similar jobs. The article notes few Black managers despite 25 percent of players being Black and calls for changes by Commissioner Ueberroth. It reflects on barriers, historic milestones from Robinson to Pumpsie Green and argues talent transcends color.
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Maury Wills
Seattle
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Pat Corrales
Lee Elia
Cubs
Campanis
Dodger
Braves
Astros
Bob Watson
Morgan
Willie Mays
Don Baylor
Boston
Baylor
Hank Aaron
Willie McCovey
San Francisco
Ernie Banks
Junior Gilliam
Manny Mota
Los Angeles
Banks
Mays
Watson
Tony Perez
Tony Taylor
Ozzie Virgil Sr
Reggie Jackson
Minnesota Twins
Reggie
Babe Ruth
Larry Bowa
San Diego Padres
Pete Rose
Cincinnati
Lou Pinella
Yankees
Reds
Marge Schott
Rose
Pinella
New York
Yankee
George Steinbrenner
Peter Ueberroth
Ueberroth
Jackie Robinson
Dodgers
Robinson
Boston Red Sox
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