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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1981
Page
14
The Aiken Tennis Association Spring Closed Tournament began today at Virginia Acres with 75 plus players competing through May 17. Adults and juniors follow weekday and weekend schedules with a new three division adult format and multiple event categories. Betsy O Connor notes the change aims to boost participation.
The Wagener-Salley Booster Club will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the high school to discuss wagons to Wagener and the spring athletics banquet and activities.
Aiken High schedules its Spring Sports Banquet for Thursday May 21 in the East Aiken Elementary School cafeteria. Tickets cost 4 dollars and are available at the high school main office.
The South Aiken All Sports Banquet is set for Monday May 25 in East Aiken Elementary School cafeteria. Tickets cost 4 and are available at the Schofield campus main office.
In the $592,000 Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills on Har-Tru courts, clay specialists advance to the quarterfinals after Johan Kriek’s exit. Quarterfinal matchups include Carlos Kirmayr vs Balazs Taroczy, Victor Pecci vs Mel Purcell, Eddie Dibbs vs Jose-Luis Clerc, and Eliot Teltscher vs Wojtek Fibak.
Tom Watson shot 4 under par 66 at Preston Trail to share the lead with 24 year old rookie Tim Norris in the Byron Nelson Classic. A five player group two back includes Ray Floyd Mark McCumber Lennie Clements Beau Baugh and Bruce Lietzke as the field opens. Watson eyes a historic fourth straight Nelson title, chasing Hagen’s record.
New York AP reports Ken Norton plans to fight Gerry Cooney on HBO Monday night. Norton reflects he lost interest after the 1976 Ali bout and says he retrained at 35 to give his best in the ring, ending a retirement after mixed results including a 1978 loss to Holmes.
Kathy Whitworth, 41, returns to tour with aim of becoming golf's first $1 million earner in 1981. She trails Mickey Wright's 82 LPGA titles by two and seeks victory in the $125,000 Lady Michelob at Brookfield West. Whitworth has 11 events this year with two seconds and four other top tens. she earned $48,972 this season.
The scoreboard lists multiple games with teams including San Diego Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta Los Angeles New York Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Cleveland Baltimore Milwaukee Detroit Boston Toronto Oakland Texas Kansas City Seattle and California. Scheduled games include Friday and Saturday matchups with pitchers and records noted for several clubs.
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