Bluefield Orioles rout Bristol for first win of season
Bluefield Orioles beat Bristol 18 to 2 at Bowen Field, ending a winless stretch. Ken Dixon allowed one hit through five, Orioles batted around in third and seventh, with Bill Butler and Lonnie Ivie among the standouts as Dixon earned his first pro victory and Bluefield moved to 1-4 while Bristol fell into a first-place tie with Kingsport.
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Bob Foley
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Ken Dixon
Bristol
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Dixon
Baltimore
Amherst
Tigers
Tom Merkle
Larry Gilmore
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Nelson Harvey
Gilmore
Lonnie Ivie
Michael Camp
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Jeff Spencer
George Dummar
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Fred Conradi
Steve Gessell
Mick Jones
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Terry Schriner
Baby Birds
Lonnie
Ivie
Jeff Williams
Schriner
Dick Marshall
Dummar
Camp
Scott Vaughn
Butler
Harvey
Red
Huntington
Borg and Connors Reach Wimbledon Fourth Round
Bjorn Borg defeated Ismail El Shafei 6 3 6 4 6 4 to extend his run to 29 straight Wimbledon wins and target a fifth consecutive title. John McEnroe hammered Butch Walls 6 3 6 3 6 0, while Vitas Gerulaitis and others advanced. late match postponement due to darkness.
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Egypt
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John McEnroe
United States
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el Shafei
Service
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Richard Lewis
Britain
Trevino grinding through peak golf season this week in Memphis
Lee Trevino, 40, keeps playing 13 of 16 Tour events as majors loom, citing weather and back relief. He stresses he plays to enjoy it and to earn money in summer, skipping California events for favorable conditions. The piece notes other stars resting ahead of the British and PGA Opens and mentions Canadian Open results.
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Quebec
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U.S
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Tom Watson
Gary Player
Hale Irwin
Ben Crenshaw
David Graham
Johnny Miller
Trevino
Memphis
Bob Gilder
California
Baseball and racing notes from recent dates and events
On this date in baseball 1968 Detroit's Jim Northrup hit two grand slam homers in a 14 3 win over Cleveland. 1962 Jack Reed homered in the 22nd to give the Yankees a victory over the Tigers. Ken Reitz turns 29 today. Wytheville racer Stanley Carnett won Elk Creek Dragway defeating Buracker with a late rush. Semis were Jackson and Hull who also broke out. Groseclose moved up the Trophy Street Point Chart by beating Ross.
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Cleveland Indians
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Jack Reed
Phil Regan
New York Yankees
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St.Louis Cardinals
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Stanley Carnett
Wytheville
Elk Creek Dragway
Carnett
Charles Buracker
Camero
Narrows
Dennis Jackson
Pulaski
Bill Hull
Corvette
Yastrzemski Lifts Red Sox Past Yankees 7 2
Carl Yastrzemski hits a two run homer in Boston's decisive fifth inning as Dennis Eckersley allows seven hits in a 7-2 Boston win over New York. Guidry suffers first Boston loss since 1975. Lefebvre homer off Eckersley for Yankees.
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Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
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Red Sox
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Guidry
Tony Perez
Butch Hobson
Yastrzemski
Dwight Evans
Glenn Hoffman
Gary Allenson
Ron Davis
Eckersley
Joe Lefebvre
Dave Stapleton
Willie Randolph
Fred Lynn
waning Appalachian League attendance and league discipline noted
Attendance figures across the Appalachian League show weak opening crowds with Paintsville leading at 1,600 plus and Bluefield close behind while Johnson City Bristol and Elizabethton trail. The piece cites inflated past totals, new league proxy Paul Fyffe enforcing realism, and an incident where Chuck Hiller was ejected in Kingsport.
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Mets
Gms
George Fanning
Then
Royals
Joe
Paul Fyffe
Strock back with Dolphins? 1980 free agent talk set
Former UPI star quarterback Don Strock, a seven year Miami Dolphin veteran, may return for an eighth season as 1980 opens. He notes NFL free agency lacks baseball style compensation and that Miami would require a first draft pick for his departure. He seeks a starting role and has a written, not formal, agreement with Miami. Also mentions Rick Razzano and George Roberts exploring options.
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Blacksburg
Bob Griese
Griese
Rick Razzano
George Roberts
Roberts
Razzano
Cincinnati
Rick
Pittsburgh
Tommy Beasley
Toronto
Forest Gregg
Gregg
Cincy Bengals
Razano
Bengals
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