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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1976
Page
14
In the NBA semifinals, Golden State leads the best of seven after a 1-0 series edge over Phoenix. Cleveland visits Boston in the other series opener. In the ABA finals Denver beat New York 127 121 to tie the series 1-1, with Denver traveling to New York for the next game.
New York Islanders defeated Montreal 5 2 to take a 3 1 series lead over the Canadiens. Philadelphia beat Boston 4 2 to lead their series 3 1. Thursday has New York at Montreal and Boston at Philadelphia, plus WHA playoff New England at Houston in game one.
League batting leaders, runs, RBIs and fielding notes across the National and American Leagues are listed with standout names such as Rose, Schmidt, Monday, Cedeno, and Kingman. Pitching tallies include Seaver, Niekro, and Lonborg, while strikeout leaders feature Seaver, Niekro, and Tanana. A separate note announces Don Shinnick and Jim Bakken set to face Lou Russo in a Spalding Handball Challenge at the New York Athletic Club on May 11.
Standings show Philadelphia 5 Houston 0 and Pittsburgh 6 San Francisco 5 with many late results. Tuesday features Kansas City 7 Boston 5 and Chicago 3 Baltimore 1, plus multiple postponements and slated Wednesday games across the National and American Leagues including Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and New York in key East and West matchups.
The T W A A A F L C 1 0 Ladies league handicap final was won by Mrs wa Doyon of the Rockies, edging Miss Carol Petit of the Aquarius 555 to 554. Seventeen wsers competed. last year’s champion Miss Annette Montpas placed third with 543, followed by Mrs Laurette Nichols at 540 and Rita Hunia at 539 from the Happy Hookers. High single awards went to Claudette Godard and several others, with numerous rolloff scores listed for the event.
Race card listing 9 events at Cumberland Raceway with pace and trot divisions. Competitors include Jean Rod, Rock Maple Smokey, Judy B. Lee, Instant Hill, Rodney Dexter in pace races and Hat Art Bess, Shadydale Hot Rod in trot. multiple drivers noted such as Mollison Jr, Gray, Parker, Wittemore, and Cluff among others.
Hilton Head Island AP reports a shakeup as amateur Lancy Smith and LPGA Hall of Fame member Louise Suggs withdraw from the $70,000 Women’s International Golf Tournament field this week.
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