Smith Begins Wimbledon Bid As Favorite
Stan Smith opened his Wimbledon title bid in London as the strongest favorite in years. Bookmakers listed Smith at 10-1 against Ilie Nastase and 12-1 against Clark Graebner, with a wide 14-1 against Tom Gorman, as Australia’s John Newcombe was not present.
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Stan Smith
Pasadena
Calif
John Newcombe
Australia
Smith
U.S
Romania
Ilie
Clark Graeb
New York City
Tom Gorman
Championship Tennis Group
Seattle
Texas teammates split 1972 NCAA golf title
Cape Coral reports Texas stars Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw share the NCAA championship after Crenshaw sinks a 25‑foot birdie on the final hole. Kite, musing on the tie, jokes about the result while Crenshaw calls it like kissing his brother.
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NCAA
Lady Umpire Is Out In Geneva
Bernice Gera a New York housewife who spent six years breaking baseball’s sex barrier resigned in tears after umpiring a New York Pennsylvania League game between the Auburn Phillies and Geneva Rangers. Her six years of effort and legal wrangling ended with her dropping from public view.
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N.Y
Bernice Gera
New York
Gera
Auburn Phillies
Geneva Rangers
Quarry Favored But Jones Sees Ali Advantage
Eddie Jones doubts Jerry Quarry can beat Muhammad Ali in Tuesday night bout. Jones trained with Ali and Quarry at one time and now studies both heavyweights noting Ali's speed makes his punches hard to block.
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Jones
Jerry Quarry
Muhammad Ali
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Ali
Beating Expos to 1-0 Carlton Becomes Pinch Hit Buzz
In a Sunday Expos Phillies tilt Steve Carlton delivered a four hitter aided by John Bateman s fifth inning homer for a 1 0 Phillies win. A bench clearing brawl ensued as Foli pursued Carlton after a beaning attempt leading to ejections. In NL action St Louis swept NY Mets Pittsburgh defeated Chicago and Cincinnati beat Houston in 10 innings.
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Tim Foli
Steve Carlton
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Carlton
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Expos
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Cincinnati
Houston
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Rick Wise
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Mets
Wise
Scipio Spinks
Ted Simmons
Orioles top Tigers 2 1 to pull even in AL East
Orioles beat Tigers 2 1 as Jim Palmer allows a first inning homer then shuts them out for seven innings. Gates Brown hits the lone Detroit homer while Palmer earns his eighth straight win in a weekend sweep that ties Detroit atop the AL East. The Athletics roll with Catfish Hunter and Odom Knowles combining for a shutout, Tenace homers, and Bando drives in five hits as Oakland leads the AL West by four games.
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California
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Darold Knowles
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Odom
Gene Tenace
Bando
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Howard Page
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Ed Barefield
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Vic Moody
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Mark Mahoney
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Ted Stokes
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