Athens Legion sweeps doubleheader on weekend road trip
Athens American Legion baseball team rebounded with a 5-2 win at Meigs to cap a doubleheader sweep, then rolled to a 5-3 victory in the nightcap at Meigs. Key hits came from Arnie Chenko and Scott Dailey as Athens built late leads and held on.
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South Shore
Meigs
Logan
Athens
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Arnie Chenko
Chadwell
Scott Dailey
Chenko
Dailey
Kevin Goldsberry
Brad Tucker
Greg May
Joe Brooker
Steve Lavery
May
Brooker
Jack Wagner
Harold Peppers
Brian Hawk
Tucker
Art Chenko
Mike Born
Rick Pierson
Goldsberry
Latynina vents over Comaneci 10 score in Montreal
The 15 year old Nadia Comaneci earned Olympics first perfect 10 on the uneven bars to spark a Russian protest. Latynina questioned the judging while Comaneci embraced the acclaim as the opening day produced swimming sweeps for the Americans and East Germans dominance in women’s events.
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Montreal
Larissa Latynine
Nadia Comaneci
Ludmila Toukrischeva
Olga Korbut
Marvel
Bruner leads U S in swimming world records and basketball win
Mike Bruner set a world mark in the 200-meter butterfly with 1 59.23 seconds while teammate Steve Gregg broke the old record. Long John Nabor also set a mark in the 100-meter backstroke heats. The U S basketball team beat Italy 106 86 as Adrian Dantley tallied 20 points and Coach Dean Smith praised the win amid Olympics tensions.
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Steve Gregg
Wilmington
Del
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Stanford
Gregg
Billy Forrester
Birmingham
Ala
Long John Nabor
Menlo Park
Calif
Munich
Italy
Russia
Mike Kupchak
North Carolina
Adrian Dantley
Notre Dame
Scott May
Indiana
Rico Carty Leads Tribe to 6-1 Win Over Twins
Rico Carty homered twice and added a single to power the Cleveland Indians past the Minnesota Twins 6-1. Carty, the designated hitter, also saw occasional action at first base as he raised his average to .301. Stan Thomas earned the win in relief.
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Associated Press
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Rico Carty
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Minnesota Twins
Stan Thomas
Thomas
Rangers
Yankees
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Mike Hargrove
Texas
Steve Hargan
Lenny Randle
New York
Sparky Lyle
Royals
Red Sox
George Brett
Marty Pattin
Boston
Kansas City
Tigers
Don Baylor
Sal Bando
Gene Tenace
Oakland
Paul Mitchell
Paul Lindblad
Baylor
Joe Rudi
Bando
RBI
Angels
Orioles
Dave Collins
Tony Solanta
California
Baltimore
Reggie Jackson
White Sox
Brewers
Lamar Johnson
Kevin Bell
Bill Stein
Chicago
Milwaukee
Bill Travers
Johnson
Bell
Travers
Major League Monday slate features interleague pairings
Monday games show matchups including St Louis at San Francisco with Forsch and D'Acquisto, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Houston at Montreal, Atlanta at New York, Chicago at San Diego, and Philadelphia at Los Angeles. Tuesday schedules list Chicago at San Francisco and other cross league games across venues.
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Bane
Figueroa
Forster
Expos
Larson
Reds
Pirates
Joe Morgan
Mets
Braves
Dave Kingman
Mickey Lolich
Carl Morton
Dodgers
Schmidt's Ninth Inning Run Secures Phillies Win Over Dodgers
In a tight nine inning finish, Mike Schmidt scored on a rundown play as the Phillies rallied to defeat the Dodgers 2 1. Tommy Hutton's sharp grounder set up the sequence with runners on first and third.
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Joe Ferguson
Cardinals
Chris Arnold
Mike Tyson
Phillies
Dodgers
Mike Schmidt
Philadelphia
Phils
Tommy Hutton
Steve Garvey
Garvey
Jerry Martin
Schmidt
Padres
Cubs
Jerry Turner
Bob Davis
San Diego
Rader
Ray Burris
George Mitterwald
Kendall
Swimming to Be Olympic Highlight in Montreal Telecast
John Naber and Kornelia Ender lead swimming events as ABC airs Olympic coverage from 7 30 to 11 p m EDT with a 11 30 wrap up Much of the telecast is live and features the men's 100 meter backstroke 200 meter freestyle and the women's 100 meter freestyle 200 meter butterfly Naber and teammates challenge for medals while Ender pursues gold as East Germany eyes dominance in the women events Other TV items include the U S women s basketball team versus Japan and boxing matches.
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Fountain Valley
Calif
Canada
Anne Jardin
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East Germany
Kornelia Ender
New Zealand
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Guyana
International Olympic Committee
Poland
Denmark
Alexander Voronin
Gyorgy Koszegi
Hungary
Mohammad Nassiri
Iran
Uwe Potteck
Harald Volmar
Ragmar Vollmar
Sweden
Montreal
John Naber
Abc-Tv
Naber
Menlo Park
Peter Rocca
Orinda
Roland Matthes
Bruce Furniss
Long Beach
Jim Montgomery
Madison
Wis
Miss Ender
U.S
Japan
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