French Open: Courier and Seles Advance Amid Upsets
The 18 year old Courier beat Agassi in four sets to reach the fourth round while 15 year old Seles, an unseeded entrant, advances to the women's quarterfinals. Fernandez defeats Sabatini and Becker mounts late comeback as tennis drama continues at Roland Garros.
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Seles
Bollettieri
Courier
Dade City
Fla
Agassi
Sergio Cruz
Bollettieri’s
Andrei Chesnokov
Soviet Union
Fernandez
Sabatini
Graf
Argentina
Gabriela Sabatini
United States
Mary-Joe Fernandez
Paris
CFA fails to vote on playoff idea at annual meeting
The College Football Association wrapped up its meeting without backing a 16 team playoff. It formed a committee to study postseason bowl structure and praised bowls for their role in college football. It voted to push legislation to restore 30 football scholarships per year, 95 total, while rejecting a two year recovery plan.
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Dallas
College Football Association
CFA
Wetrich Dominates Ottumwa Amateur with Four-Stroke Edge
Ottumwa dentist Wetrich captured the Ottumwa Amateur at Ottumwa Country Club by four strokes after rounds of 67 and 75 for a 210 total. Dave Holmes of Moline finished second at 214, with Tom Loudon and Joe Jaspers tied for third at 215 and Jeff Collett fifth at even par 216.
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Ottumwa
Steve Wetrich
Wetrich
Dave Holmes
Moline
Ill
Tom Louden
Fairfield
Joe Jaspers
Waverly
Loudon
Jeff Collett
Byrum wins Kemper Open in record 268
Tom Byrum captured his first PGA Tour title in four years at the Kemper Open in Potomac Maryland finishing 16 under after a 68. He built a five stroke lead with three straight birdies on the front and sealed it with a 12-foot birdie at 16. Tommy Armour III Jim Thorpe and Billy Ray Brown tied for second. Gil Morgan was fifth at 9-under. The win earns Byrum 162000 and lifts season earnings to 233401.
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Potomac
Tom Byrum
Byrum
Tommy Armour III
Armour
Jim Thorpe
Billy Ray Brown
Thorpe
Brown
Avenel
Kemper
Bob Menne
Tom Kite
Gil Morgan
Earnhardt Wins Bud 500 at Dover Narrowly Over Martin
Dale Earnhardt held off Mark Martin by 0.5 seconds to win the Budweiser 500 at Dover Downs International Speedway. He led 454 of 500 laps, earned 59350 dollars from a 506000 purse, and moved within two points of Darrell Waltrip in the Winston Cup standings. Ken Schrader finished third with Terry Labonte fourth and Rusty Wallace fifth.
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Dover
Del
Dale Earnhardt
Mark Martin
Dover Downs International Speedway
Darrell Waltrip
Earnhardt
Martin
Ken Schrader
Terry Labonte
Michael Waltrip
Schrader
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Budweiser North wins third straight Dale Lee Distributing Classic
Bud North edged Home town Touch of Chicago 6-5 in the seventh to claim the championship in the Kirkwood Softball Complex tournament. J-Birds finished third, Whips were fourth, and Taggers fifth as Iowa clubs posted mixed results among 22 teams.
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Mount Prospect
Ill
Kirkwood
Budweiser
Rolling Meadows
Touch
Chicago
J-Birds
Whips
Iowa
H&j Hitmen
Des Moines
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Andre
Nick
Sanchez
Amand Coetzer
South Africa
Jo-Anne Faull
Australia
Becker
Perez-Roldan
Florida State
C.W. “Hootie” Ingram
Iowa State
Jim Walden
Texas Christian
Jim Wacker
Kansas State
Bill Snyder
New Mexico
Mike Sheppard
Cedar Rapids
Sam Rossey
Dave Bernacki
Rossey
Joe Kramer
Cedar Rapids City
Chris Kramer
Iowa City
Shane Boston
Elk Run Heights
Scott Chipokas
Sean McCarty
West Branch
Lucky Foot Shoe Sale
TAU
NAVY
Clancy
Roosevelt Hotel
Wallace
Geoff Bodine
Ford
Bill Elliott
Richard Petty
Bud North
ASA
North
Bill Finnegan
RBI
Glenn Miller
Pat Moran
Rick Mahoney
Don Bianchi
Mike O’neil
Miller
Bill Dvorak
Mahoney
Eddie Zolna
ARTGO
Butch Miller
Joe Shear
Gata Childean
Fleck Sales Co
Howe
Downs
CR. Corambe
Dubuave
Aymidas
Eer
Midas
First Avenue
N.E
Williams Blvd
S.W
Sturgis
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