Billy's Back Oakland Pumped Up Over Winning A's
HAL BOCK notes Billy Martin returns to lead the Oakland A's after past managerial escapes with Minnesota Detroit Texas and New York. He faces a reborn organization at the Coliseum amid prior doubt toward Oakland and its beleaguered market.
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Rascal
Minnesota
Detroit
Texas
New York
Billy Martin
San Francisco
Little
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Coliseum
Charles O. Finley
Sell
Charley
Martin
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Oakland A’s
A’s buzzing with Billy Martin style as crowd grows
A’s under Billy Martin revive the club with heads up base running and daring plays including a triple steal against Detroit. Tiger catcher Lance Parrish fined $200 after a dugout water cooler incident. Attendance for 18 dates reaches 161,196, a strong rise over last year.
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A’s
Finley
Martin
Oakland
Detroit
Tiger
Lance Parrish
Billy Martin
Lions Face Elimination In West Class AAA Playoffs
Langley Bath Clearwater High baseball lost 3-2 to Riverside in nine innings forcing a loser's bracket game vs Boiling Springs at 3 pm. Riverside led 1-0, Lions tied it, but 12 runners left on base and six LBC errors doomed the comeback.
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Langley-Bath- Clearwater High
Riverside High
Lions
Boiling Springs High
Riverside
A.C. Flora
Boiling Springs
David Wright
Daryl Meyers
Robert Morris
Anthony McDaniel
Cary Cooper
Meyers
Daryl
Aaron Hicks
Ken Moody
Hornets and Jackets Seek State Golf Crown at Furman
Aiken High and North Augusta High qualified for the Class AAAA state golf tournament at Furman by finishing first and second in Region 3-AAAA. The 54-hole event runs Thursday and Friday in Greenville with 8:30 a.m. starts each day. Senior Mark Flake heads North Augusta with a 79.7 average. Aiken relies on Craig Beckwith at 77.8 to lead the Hornets in a pressure filled pursuit of the title.
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North Augusta High
Furman University
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Yellow Jackets
Greenville
Aiken
Southern Cross
Richard Phillips
Hardaway
North Augusta
Greenwood
Camden
Phillips
Mark Flake
Flake
Miller Wise
Ricky Swanson
Mark Cox
Neel Boggs
Craig Beckwith
Beckwith
Chris Sipe
Mike Wiland
Jeff Langley
David Reece
Argentina Rolls Past Italians in Nations Cup Final
Guillermo Vilas defeated Corrado Barazzutti 6-3 6-2 and Jose Luis Clerc beat Adriano Panatta 7-6 6-3 to give Argentina a 3-0 win over Italy. The doubles pair Vilas and Clerc won 6-2 6-3 over Barazzutti and Panatta. Prize money totaled $130,000 for Argentina and $80,000 for Italy.
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West Germany
Guillermo Vilas
Corrado Barazzutti
Jose Luis Clerc
Adriano Panatta
Argentina
Italy
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Clerc
Barazzutti
Panatta
CSRA Women's Tennis doubles tourney opens at Houndslake
The CSRA Women's Tennis League doubles tournament began at Houndslake Country Club with all seeds in both A and B divisions advancing through two rounds. Top seed nerves calm as teams from Augusta Tennis Club and ACC posted solid wins amid several three set battles.
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Nancy Parks
Augusta Country Club
Sharon Vandervliet
Claudette Strickland
Diane Griffin
Ann Mathews
Augusta Tennis Club
Griffin
Mathews
Shelia Taylor
Carolina Zody
Aiken Court
Linda Slaby
Merry Harper
ACC
Patty Herzog
Joanne Banford
Forest Hills
Sandy Cole
Sharon Fernstrom
North Augusta Country Club
Reagan Coker
Judy LaFauci
Jean Stewart
Henry Moore
Fermata Club
Dee Steed
Lib Wiggins
North Augusta
Brissie Challenges North Augusta Athletes At Banquet
Lou Brissie former Phillies Indians pitcher and SC Hall of Fame member spoke at the North Augusta High Sports Banquet where nine athletes earned most valuable honors across basketball baseball tennis golf volleyball and track. The softball team received no awards due to state playoffs.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians
Brissie
North Augusta High
Ware Shoals
Presbyterian College
South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame
American Legion
State Department
United Merchants
Aiken County
Ron McKie
Yellow Jackets
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Reggie Thomas
Kyle Skaggs
Franklin Kurtz
Michael Rouse
Corky Lopez
Jon Williams
Leigh Pagan
Pagan
Jodi Bowser
Tracy Burttram
Tim Thornton
Scott McDaniel
Danny Collins
Kenny Burckhalter
Mack Cobb
Andrea McDonald
Mark Flake
Denise Tudor
Patricia Colvin
Bruce Johnson
Robbie Pitts
Bowser
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Mark Johnson
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Liz
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