North Triumphs in Weird U S Open Golf Championship
Andy North won the 1980 U S Open after a chaotic final round in Birmingham Michigan. T C Chen briefly led before a quadruple bogey on the fifth hole opened the door for North and others to contend. North finished 1 under 279 for a one stroke victory. Chen Barr and Watson tied for second at 280 with $39 185 each.
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Andy North
T.C. Chen
Taiwan
North
Chen
Dave Barr
Canada
Dennis Watson
Watson
Barr
Chen slips from lead in U S Open final round
T C Chen led the U S Open by two, then four, before game missteps at No 5 ruined his round. He blamed a "bad head" and overtrying after a quadruple bogey eight from a double-hit, finishing tied with Andy North and second overall.
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T.C. Chen
Chen
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Oakland Hills
North
Banks Sets World Record In Triple Jump At Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS AP Willie Banks shattered the world record with a 58 feet 11 3 4 inches leap to win the USA Mobil Outdoor Championships. Andre Phillips won the 400 meter hurdles in 47.67 seconds, while Danny Harris finished second. Banks set the mark on his second attempt, first American to hold the record in 74 years, with Conley second at 58 1 4 inches.
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Willie Banks
Edwin Moses
West Germany
Harald Schmid
Phillips
Harris
Iowa State
Moses
Banks
Brazil
Joao de Oliveira
Mexico City
de Oliveira
Dan Ahearne
Los Angeles
Michael Conley
Conley
Bob Beamon
Carl Lewis
Larry Myricks
Jason Grimes
East Germany
Lutz Dombroswki
Orioles sweep Brewers as Wayne Gross shines in comeback win
Orioles beat Milwaukee 9 1 to sweep the four game set and stay unbeaten under manager Earl Weaver. Wayne Gross homered twice and Fritz Connally and Jim Dwyer added long shots as Mike Boddicker pitched six innings of three hit ball before leaving with a 9 0 lead. Jim Gantner drove in the lone Brewers run with an RBI single in the ninth.
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Earl Weaver
Wayne Gross
Gross
Mike Boddicker
Baltimore Orioles
Milwaukee Brewers
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Boddicker
RBI
Jim Gantner
Brewers
Fritz Connally
Wayne
Fritz
Connally
Orioles
Dwyer
Danny Darwin
Darwin
Lynn
Pete Ladd
Larry Sheets
Shelby
Cards execute squeeze bunt to power weekend sweep of Cubs
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 to complete a three game sweep. Ozzie Smith delivered the pivotal squeeze bunt for two runs in the fourth inning. Kurt Kepshire earned the win in a three hit shutout before Cubs rallied late.
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Ozzie Smith
Smith
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
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New York
Whitey Herzog
Cedar Rapids
Kurt Kepshire
Kepshire
Ryne Sandberg
Vince Coleman
St. Louis
Bill Campbell
Cardinals
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Coleman
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Herr
Willie McGee
Herr
Jack Clark
Andy van Slyke
Tom Lawless
McGee
Sandberg
Keith Moreland
Leon Durham
Moreland
Jody Davis
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Roy Martin
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Marsh
Gray
Earl Jones
Padilla
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