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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1986
Page
9
At 5 p.m. Wimbledon tennis on HBO followed by San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves on WTBS at 5 35. ESPN airs the Southern California Open bowling at 9 p.m. and a 10 round boxing match Wilfred Benitez versus Paul Whittaker in New Orleans.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will proceed with its investigation into Tommy Harper's racial discrimination complaint against the Boston Red Sox filed on January 30. Harper, a black former special assistant, says he was fired for speaking out about the team's ties to the Elks Club in Winter Haven Florida, during spring training.
Two ex South Carolina Gamecocks players, linebacker Gleen Peacock and defensive end Sam Wesley, will not return to the team after May arrests for theft. Coach Jo Morrison dismissed them the day of the arrest, and university spokesman Sid Wilson said they are gone forever though they joined a pre-trial intervention program.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will take on responsibility for the Peach Bowl after the board voted unanimously. Gerald Bartels, new Peach Bowl president, said the move signals a new approach while Dick Bestwick praised greater business involvement as essential to the bowl's success after years of funding and weather problems.
Pacific Coast League umpire Pam Postema explains she ejected Las Vegas manager Larry Bowa after he used repeated insults. She says she ignored the first insult but ordered him removed when the language continued.
On Centre Court in 110 degree heat Chris Evert Lloyd, the No. 2 seed and three time champion, survived a stern test from seventh seed Helena Sukova 7 6 4 6 4 to advance to the semifinals against Hana Mandlikova. Navratilova meets Gabriela Sabatini in the other semi.
Candy Maldonado hit a pinch hit two run single in the 10th after a ninth inning homer to lift the San Francisco Giants past the Atlanta Braves 9-6 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The win put San Francisco atop the NL West by a half game over Houston as Chili Davis and manager Roger Craig discussed Maldonado's role.
Dogwood Farm Inc plans a limited partnership venture in steeplechase racing with high class prospects in the U S and Europe as part of a broader expansion. The firm aims to form a small elite division while continuing its grass roots flat racing operations. Greenhills Farm reports a U S E T selection to represent the United States in dressage at the World Championships in Toronto. Lester Tigget, a Churchill? bred horse, trained by Robert Dover, travels from California to New Jersey for U S team training before competing in Toronto and later East Coast shows including a Ramblewood event in Aiken on Oct 24 25.
The Goodwill Games begin in Moscow with an Olympic style opening in Lenin Stadium. Competition starts in women's basketball and marathon plus modern pentathlon and swimming as 17 sports are staged in Moscow Yurmala and Tallinn. Ted Turner arrives and notes the event amid a 7 billion television studio setup by Turner Broadcasting Systems.
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