Baseball Talks To Resume Today In No-Strike Fallout
Major League Baseball enters day five of a walkout as talks resume with the players association while owners committee meets with Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Federal mediator Kenneth Moffett orders a 2 p.m. session as roster and service time implications loom.
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New York
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Baseball
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Washington
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New York Yankees
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Miller
Bob Boone
Philadelphia Phillies
Don Sutton
Joe Niekro
Bob Knepper
Houston Astros
Phil Niekro
Atlanta Braves
Bill Bonham
Paul Moskau
George Foster
Cincinnati Reds
John Stearns
Rusty Staub
New York Mets
Boone
Steve Rogers
Montreal Expos
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Donald Fehr
Ray Grebey
Henry Werker
Werker
National Labor Relations Board
Howver
Baby Birds
Bluefield
Carl Nichols
George Dummar
Rose Registers Fictional Hit in Phillies Mock Game
Philadelphia papers published fictional accounts of a Phillies Braves meeting during the players strike. Gaylord Perry and Rick Mahler are cited for fictitious records while notes explain readers knew the pieces were fiction. The piece aims to entertain and fill the baseball gap, with plans for a Tuesday Carlton feature.
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Rose
Philadelphia Daily News
Pete
Stan
Philadelphia Journal
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Gaylord Perry
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Stan Musial
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Daily News
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Dodger
Fernando Valenzuela
Reagan
Cincinnati
Chris Wheeler
Jo-Anne Levy
F. Gilman Spencer
Bill Con
Lin
Spencer
Conlin
Steve Carlton
Carlton
Patricia Singer
30Th Street
Arnold Brock
Wimbledon Seeding Lists Revealed for Men and Women
The official seeding for the Wimbledon singles championships lists Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert Lloyd as top seeds in men's and women's draws respectively. Following them are John McEnroe and Hana Mandlikova in second places, with notable contenders including Connors, Lendl, Navratilova, and Jaeger among others from the United States, Argentina, and Europe.
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Bjorn Borg
Sweden
John McEnroe
U.S
Jimmy Connors
Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakia
Gene Mayer
Brian Teacher
Brian Gottfried
Roscoe Tanner
Jose-Luis Clerc
Argentina
Guillermo Vilas
Victor Pecci
Paraguay
Peter McNamara
Australia
Yannick Noah
France
Wojtek Fibak
Poland
Balasz Taroczy
Hungary
Vitas Gerulaitis
Chris Evert Lloyd
Hana Mandlikova
Tracy Austin
Martina Navratilova
Andrea Jaeger
Wendy Turnbull
Pam Shriver
Virginia Ruzici
Romania
Sylvia Hanika
Germany
Rose Breaks Record as Phillies Beat Braves
Pete Rose breaks a major hit record, passing Musial, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Atlanta Braves. The game highlights Rose's milestone with the Phillies securing the win in a tense matchup.
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Rose
Musial
Phils
Braves
Phillies Lose Real Game, Create Rose Musial Record Tale
The Philadelphia Daily News fills space with a fictional Pennsylvanian tale about Pete Rose breaking Stan Musial's NL career hit record, labeled as a mythical account of yesterday's Phillies action to avoid confusion during the players' strike.
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Philadelphia Daily News
Phillies
Pete Rose
Stan Musial
West Virginia University athletic dept under probe
Senate President Warren McGraw said subpoenas could be issued as the state Commission on Special Investigations probes WVU athletic department spending following a Morgantown Dominion Post series exposing personal expenses from the Mountaineer Illustrated account. The inquiry aims to review hotel, restaurant and bar tabs, club memberships, and relatives’ airline fares charged to the account. The commission vows an expeditious investigation to address press findings.
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W.va
Senate
Warren McGraw
State Commission On Special Investigations
West Virginia University
Morgantown Dominion Post
Mountaineer Illustrated
Commission
Dominion Post
Dick Martin
Sheets Safe At Home and Other Sports Notes
Slugger Larry Sheets, once fast tracked from Bluefield to Charlotte, is featured in Sports Illustrated with a tone suggesting his decline. Princeton High star Jimmy Miller earns Hertz No 1 Award for West Virginia. Dodgers and Reds hold tryouts as the Appalachian League tightens age rules. Tony Lotito faces surgery. Cable TBS blackout sparks chatter as baseball strike drives reruns and nostalgia.
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Larry Sheets
Charlotte
Bluefield
Sports Illustrated
Staunton
Sheets
Orioles
Baltimore
Princeton
Jimmy Miller
Hertz Corporation
West Virginia
Miller
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
New York
O.J. Simpson
New York Athletic Club
Charlottesville
Bluefield High
Tony Lotito
Bluefield Community Hospital
Tony
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