Wire-To-Wire Harness Driving Champion Clinched
Austria's Adolph Ableis clinched the world driving championship in harness racing at Philadelphia after leading by 101 points before the final race. He moved to a 42 point margin over Bill Haughton of the United States, with Ableis finishing fourth and Haughton fifth in the late trot.
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Mountaineers win district final to reach NAIA playoffs
Appalachian State defeats Western Carolina 4 1 to capture District 6 title in Wilmington North Carolina. Rocky Pittman pitches three hit ball and drives in two runs in the fourth inning earning tournament MVP honors.
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Palmer eagle seals Sealy LPGA win in Las Vegas
Sandra Palmer draped the Sealy LPGA Classic with an eagle from a bunker on the par five 18th, closing the Desert Inn course in a two under par 71 for a 289 total and a $10,000 first prize. Wind gusts reached as high as 80 mph during the final round. Palmer jumps from 10th to fourth in the circuit standings.
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Fatal crash ends Targa Florio race for Fulvio Tandoi
Italian driver Fulvio Tandoi, 33, dies after Alpine Renault crashes into a tree on the first of 11 laps of the 55th Targa Florio in Palermo Sicily. He dies en route to hospital as calls grow to drop the hazardous road race under international rules.
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Terps Edge Gamecocks To Win ACC Outdoor Title
Maryland used its field events to edge South Carolina 71 to 66 and claim its 16th consecutive ACC outdoor track and field crown. Rain slowed all times, but the Terps piled up 16 points in pole vault and added strong javelin, high jump, and shot put efforts to surge ahead late.
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Showdown Meeting Aims to Decide Citadel Furman Baseball Playoff
Southern Conference officials plan a meeting early this week to set the time and site for a best two of three playoff after Furman and The Citadel split a doubleheader. Furman won 14 2 in game one and The Citadel took game two 5 2 leaving the teams tied for the league lead.
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Rookie Green Wins Houston Champion Invitational In Sudden Death
Houston AP reports rookie Hubert Green edged veteran Don January in a sudden death playoff to capture a $25 000 prize. Green sunk a 9 iron to 13 feet and made the putt after January missed the green, finishing the 72 holes at 280 four under par with final round 71. Green, from Birmingham Alabama and a Florida State graduate, rose to $59 300 for the year.
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Canadiens Triumph: Final Game Tuesday
Montreal rallies from 3 1 down to beat Chicago 4 3 in a nationally televised Stanley Cup clash. Frank Mahovlich nets a playoff record 14th goal with Pete adding two including the deciding tally, sending the series to a seventh game in Chicago Tuesday.
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Tar Heels Clinch ACC Tennis Title With Record Points
North Carolina dominated the 18th annual ACC Tennis Championship sweeping eight of nine final matches to win the tournament. The Tar Heels scored 71 of 72 points, beating Clemson 58 and Virginia 45 in the standings, with standout doubles and singles finishes. Clemson’s Sarfraz Rahim defeated Rich Hardaway in the fifth flight to deny a clean Tar Heel sweep.
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We Need a raise and the reasons why
The speaker compares asking for a raise to employees asking their boss. They describe higher costs since 1950, doubled customers served, quadrupled electricity use, and interest rate rises. They argue efficiency improved but costs still require higher rates to avoid harming service, noting workers cannot easily leave.
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