Pate Favored for VIP Open Win Amid Golf Zoo Talk
The column mulls Pate as likely to win Iowa Amana VIP at Finkbine Course June 28, while noting golf stars Nicklaus and Stadler as animal nicknames and David Graham’s pick of Pate in the 1982 Open. It also crowds in Beano Cook moves, athlete shifts, and university sport cautions about commercialization.
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Golden Bear
Jack Nicklaus
Craig Stadler
David Graham
Golf Digest
Jerry Pate
Pebble Beach
Nicklaus
Graham
Pate
Amana
13Th Green
Finkbine
Cubs
Beano Cook
CBS Sports
CBS
ABC
Beano
Pitt
Don Hennon
Jonas Salk
Wilander Becomes Youngest French Open Champion
Sweden’s 17 year old Mats Wilander defeats Guillermo Vilas 1-6 7-6 6-0 6-4 in a four hour final to win the French Open men’s singles title and lift the silver trophy with a $66,285 prize. Navratilova also secures her second championship by teaming with Anne Smith to win the women’s doubles 6-3 6-4 over Turnbull and Casals.
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Paris
UPI
Sweden
Mats Wilander
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Wilander
Bjorn Borg
Wily Vilas
Ivan Lend
Vilas Gerulaitis
Jose-Luis Clerc
Borg
Vilas
Brian Gottfried
Love
Martina Navratilova
Anne Smith
Wendy Turnbull
Rosie Casals
Dawkins Outplays Jabbar as 76ers Rally Past Lakers
Darryl Dawkins scored 20 points with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in 28 minutes as the 76ers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 135-102 in Game 5 to stay alive in the NBA Finals. Julius Erving added 23 and Andrew Toney led with 31, while Magic Johnson hobbled the Lakers with a sore hand and 24 turnovers. Dawkins used a 12-2 third-quarter run to seize control and tie the series 3-2 ahead of Game 6 in Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Darryl Dawkins
Philadelphia 76Ers
Los Angeles Lakers
Kent Benson
Milwaukee
Abdul- Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Lakers
76Ers
Los Angeles
Dawkins
Abdul-Jabbar
Darryl
Johnson
Julius
Erving
Andrew Toney
Pat Riley
Toney
Ali Extravaganza Delights Small Cedar Rapids Crowd
Muhammad Ali, three time world heavyweight champion, headlined a 90 minute fund raising event at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids. Ali sparred two rounds with Steve Eden, praised Eden's skill, and then performed magic for about 500 fans before a banquet where a trophy was presented by the Advisory Committee for Economic Growth.
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Ali
Advisory Committee For Economic Growth
Steve Eden
Cedar Rapids
Dan Murphy
KGAN
Steve Jackson
Yours Truly
Murphy
Eden
AAA
Steve
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Center Hotel
Rockets offer record contract to Moses Malone
Gavin Maloof said the Houston Rockets have offered the free agent center Moses Malone the richest contract in professional sports history. He declined to disclose the figures but stated the team is determined to keep Malone, expressing optimism that Malone wants to return to Houston.
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New York
Gavin Maloof
Houston Rockets
NBA
Moses Malone
Maloof
Rockets
Malone
Houston
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al McGuire
Afghanistan
Bjorn
Mats
Rene Lacoste
Jean Borotta
Jabbar
Bob McAdoo
Muhammad Ali
Vatican City
John Paul II
Gazette
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Rapids
Mike Chapman
Moses
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