Ashe and Connors poised for Wimbledon round of 16
Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors emerge as the standout men entering Wimbledon’s round of 16. Ashe, seeded sixth but rising in odds, faces Graham Stilwell while Connors, still the favorite, chases the title as others like Borg Riessen Tanner Rosewall test the field amid rising crowd pressure and prize money of 268600 dollars.
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Robert Musel
Wimbledon
England
UPI
Arthur Ashe
Jimmy Connors
Connors
Ashe
Belleville
Ill
Wim
Bledon Crown
Buster Mottram
Britain
Graham Stilwell
Sweden
Bjorn Borg
Jaime Fillol
Chile
Borg
Marty Riessen
Amelia Island
Fla
Charlie Pasarell
Puerto Rico
Roscoe Tanner
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Charlie Owens
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Ken Rosewall
Birger Andersson
Rosewall
Princess Anne storms out of media reception in Hamilton
Princess Anne, angered by a reporter's question about birthright, walked out of a news media reception in Hamilton, Mass, Friday night accompanied by her husband Capt. Mark Phillips. The couple refused to participate further.
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Hamilton
Mass
UPI
Anne
Mark Phillips
Princess Anne
England
Ledyard Farm
Ledyard
Neil Ayer
Aother
Capt
Phillips
Ayer
Generals to play four before weekend games
The Bennington Generals will meet Northway League foes in a Ralston Spa doubleheader at 1 p.m. then travel to Spinelli Field for a Sunday 1 p.m. game with Keene. Bennington holds a 4-2 league record and aims to snap a recent skid, aided by eight regulars hitting over .300 and three pitchers with sub two ERAs.
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Bennington Generals
Ralston Spa
N.Y
Spinelli
Generals
St. Johnsville
Bennington
Legion
Northway
North Adams
Mass
Bellows Falls
Kline Retires After 42 Years at Notre Dame Baseball
Jake Kline steps down as Notre Dame head coach after 42 seasons, ending with a 552-436 record for a .559 winning percentage. Tim McNeill succeeds him, praising the coach's role in sustaining Notre Dame baseball tradition. Kline plans future visits to southern Vermont.
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South Bend
Ind
Jake Kline
Bennington Generals
Notre Dame
Tim McNeill
Kline
Vermont
Graham's record leads as only three break par
Australian David Graham shot a record six-under-par 65 at Butler National to seize a three-stroke lead over Arnold Palmer in the Western Open. Only three others beat par as bumpy greens and soggy fairways left 78 players in Thursday morning action unable to break 72.
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Graham
Oak Brook, Ill
UPI
David Graham
Butler National Golf Club
Arnold Palmer
Tom Evans
Jerry Heard
Gary Wintz
Florentino Molina
Argentina
Hale Irwin
Bruce Devlin
Cleveland
America
United States
Ingratitude Threatens Billie Jean King at Wimbledon
UPI reports Billie Jean King faces collective backlash from resentful women tennis players gathered at Wimbledon. They accuse her of securing unequal deals that shortchange female athletes, despite her pivotal role in raising purses and advancing women in sport.
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Milton Richman
UPI
New York
Billie Jean King
Jimmy Connors
Chris Evert
Billie Jean
Wimbledon
Summer League Highlights In Hoosick Falls And Arlington
Hoosick Falls defeated the Celtics 71 to 41 as Ed Maleahy led with 25 points and Rick Wright added 21 for the Celtics. The Bucks beat Arlington 63 to 59 with Jerry Sennett scoring 16 and Match Burke 12 for Arlington. The piece also covers Billie Jean King's protest over WTA policy, her threats to retire, and remarks from Lesley Hunt and Patty Ann Reese, amid broad tennis salary and draw concerns.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Celtics
Bucks
Arlington
Ed Maleahy
Rick Wright
Mike Lemieux
Jerry Sennett
Scott Maguire
Match Burke
Ed Hawley
Kelly Dietrich
Women’s Tennis Association
WTA
Lesley Hunt
Australia
Billie Jean
Patty Ann Reese
St. Petersburg
Fla
Forest Hills
Muhammad Ali
Billie Jean King
Candelaria Shuts Out Cubs to Stop Pirate Skid
John Candelaria, 21, the Pirates’ lefty with a basketball past, struck out 13 Cubs in a 5-2 win to halt a four-game slide. The win followed his four-hitter against the Mets and comes as Pittsburgh solidifies its NL East lead. Stennett added a three-run ninth-inning homer as Pittsburgh moved 1.5 games ahead of Philadelphia.
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Australia
UPI
Bill Smith
Smith
Wilhelmina Smith
Cairns
Inner Hot Springs
Bill
Sam Reinecker
Hot Springs
Ken Rosenberg
John Candelaria
LaSalle Academy
New York
Lew Alcindor
Candelaria
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
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Mets
Charleston
Sam McDowell
Rennie Stennett
Cubs
Steve Stone
Ken Frailing
Philadelphia
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Phillies
Boston
Chicago
Texas
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Detroit
Baltimore
Kansas City
California
Astros
Braves
Roger Metzger
Doug Rader
Houston
Atlanta
Mike Thompson
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Expos
Ted Sizemore
Ken Reitz
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Giants
Dodgers
Ed Halicki
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Andy Messersmith
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