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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1985
Page
9
The schedule lists a Dodgers versus Braves pro baseball game at 7 35 p m on TBS with a World Games telecast on CBN at 8 p m. The listing emphasizes prime time sports programming and broadcast channels.
Atlanta Braves rally past the San Francisco Giants 5-4 as Terry Harper hits a winning solo home run in the 10th. Rafael Ramirez tied it with a two out double in the ninth, Ramirez driving in three RBI and Harper driving in his 14th homer of the season.
Jim White of North Augusta shot 73 74 76 and 73 to finish tied for fifth in the 54th SCGA Amateur Championship at Columbia Country Club. David DuPre of Columbia won with a one under par 287.
Saints practice begins today at 8 a.m. at St Angela Academy gym. Jim Buist invites interested players to report with shorts cleats and birth certificates. South Aiken High School Athletic Boosters meet tonight at 8 in the school commons. Midland Valley Athletic Booster Club to hold meeting at 2:00.
Tom Seaver earned his 300th victory and Rod Carew collected his 3,000th hit on a day marked by the baseball labor dispute. Seaver, 40, outlasted the Yankees in a 6 1 victory, while Carew powered his milestone with timely hits for the Minnesota Twins.
In New York on Sunday both players and owners offered proposals to avert a Tuesday strike but kept the key issue of salary arbitration in dispute. Don Fehr, MLB Players Association chief negotiator, proposed reducing the pension fund demand while offering to curb arbitration demands if management backs off its system changes. Lee MacPhail, owners’ chief negotiator, pressed for modifications including longer wait for arbitration and a cap on increases, while denying any immediate layoffs of arbitration.
Jim Thorpe wins 90000 first prize as top pro at the Western Open but loses the title in a playoff to amateur Scott Verplank who holed a six foot par saving putt on the second extra hole. Verplank becomes the first amateur in 29 years to win a professional event.
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