Aiken Legion Clinches Game To Edge Mauldin In Series
Aiken Post 26 wins 5-3 at Citizens Field to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five opening round. Pitching matchups feature Brian Strother for Mauldin and Jerry Poole for Aiken as Warrick’s squad survives a 3-0 deficit with Kenny Chriswell’s 375-foot homer and key hits from Ronnell Kitchings and Rodney Rutland.
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Post 26
Citizens Field
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Golden Strip
Lancaster
Tommy Warrick
Brian Strother
Post
Jerry Poole
Warrick
Lexington
Ronnie Cox
Derrick White
Kenny Chriswell
Rodney Rutland
Ronnell Kitchings
Chriswell Doubl
Aiken American Legion
Randy Warrick
Greg Pitts
Mauldin Post
Buddy Brooks
Scott Freeman
James Harlan
Mel Brown
Randall Owens
Adam Woods
Scott Siefert
Greg Bender
Aiken Post
Roger Abney
Thomas Gifford
Robert Morris
Darryl Meyer
Mark Johnson
Gerald Wilson
Gifford Dominates As Aiken Tops Mauldin 5 3
Mauldin errors and two balks help Post 26 score its lone run in the early innings. Aiken seals the win with an insurance tally in the eighth as Mark Johnson singles and scores on Roger Abney's base hit. Gifford pitches a complete game, scattering eight hits and improving to 1-1 as Aiken, short-handed with 10 in uniform, earns the decision.
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Mauldin
Scott Siefert
Aiken
Mark Johnson
Roger Abney
Thomas Gifford
Gifford
American Viewers Lose Interest as Moscow Olympics Loom
The author argues American television will not carry the 1980 Moscow Games without U S viewers for Olympic drama. NBC planned extensive coverage but Carter’s boycott reduces audience interest. broadcasts will be selective with interviews and updates on Today Show and Nightly News depending on warrants.
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United States
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Afghanistan
U.S
Sports Journal
Watson
IOC Faces Task Of Saving Olympics
The IOC gathers at Moscow’s Hall of Unions where 80 members of the International Olympic Committee arrive as a mix of nobles, princes, and leaders. Juan Antonio Samaranch, as president, must stabilize a movement plagued by national rivalries, commercialism, and rapid growth.
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Kremlin
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Spain
Ussr
Lord Killanin
Ireland
Watson Prefers Leader's Pressure in Open Championship
Tom Watson, co favorite with Jack Nicklaus, says leading early in the 109th British Open at Muirfield shows the best path to victory. He rejects the tactic of biding behind leaders and notes pressure speeds him yet he can control it. The field includes Ballesteros Trevino Player Crenshaw Graham Weiskopf Miller Kite and others.
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Scotland
Tom Watson
U.S
Watson
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Muirfield
Firth of Forth
Nicklaus
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Spain
Lee Trevino
South Africa
Tom Kite
John Mahaffey
Larry Nelson
Jerry Pate
George Burns
Trevino
Gregg Park Stars Face Elimination If They Fall
Unbeaten Gregg Park meets Langley-Bath-Clearwater at Howard Field for the Dixie Youth Minor League title game tonight at 7:30. A Gregg Park win clinches the title. L B C needs a victory to force a deciding game tomorrow.
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Dixie
Howard Field
Langley-Bath-Clearwater
L-B-C
North Augusta Americans
Ashley Smith
Happy Greenway
North Augusta
Chris Western
Michael Burr
Tommy Wells
Jamie Franklin
North Augusta Nationals
Lance Weaver
Stevie Farrel
Heath Williams
Former Auburn Coach Shug Jordan Dies at 69
Auburn Alabama longtime football coach Ralph Shug Jordan died after a long illness. He suffered a heart attack last spring and had a pacemaker installed. Jordan led the Tigers 25 seasons with a 175 83 7 record and retired after the 1975 season guiding Auburn to a 1957 national title.
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Ala
Ralph “Shug
Jordan
Birmingham
Tigers
Falcons open camp as rookies measured and sorted
Dozens of Falcons rookies reported for pre season drills in Suwanee Georgia while two top picks were absent at the 6 p.m. deadline including No 1 choice Junior Miller of Nebraska.
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Atlanta Falcons
Junior Miller
Nebraska
Charlie Dayton
National Football League
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