Wimbledon Boycott Upheld By ATP Leaders
Fifty five or sixty five ATP members walked out in a London boycott, leaving Wimbledon a ghost tournament as the draw was delayed. Nastase emerged as a favorite amid the absence of defending champion Stan Smith and Romanian plans to run the event.
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Association of Tennis Professionals
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Russia
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Belleville
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ATE
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Yugoslavia
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Laye Yennis
Roger Taylor
Britain
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Mets Revert To Days Of Yore In 2 1 Defeat
The Mets lost 2 1 at Pittsburgh as a late misplay and wild throw helped the Pirates pull ahead. Rusty Staub rescued a botched relay while Dyer’s tag mishap allowed a go-ahead run to score. St. Louis, San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles won other NL games. The piece also notes Wimbledon boycotts and tennis drama and cites Jim Beauchamp and Manny Sanguillen with historical Mets antics.
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Fragmented sports snippet lists players and teams with missing letters and jumbled words. It ends with an unrelated sales pitch urging readers to place a low cost want ad by calling 398-8294.
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Californians Lead in NCAA Fight Results
California teams dominate the National Collegiate Athletic Association tennis semifinals as Stanford and other state schools place multiple players in the top four. Stanford leads with 28 points, USC 26, and UCLA 25, while doubles contenders from Houston and South Methodist trail locally.
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Miami
Dake Takes Point Lead At Hawkeye Downs Stock Cars
Duke of Cedar Hopius earned the Mid-Honsan championship and now commands the late-model stock car points at Hawkeye Downs. He drives a 1972 Nova and holds 2,210 points, ahead of Be Stinger and Verlin Baker who rebounded after engine trouble. The venue’s sportsman class was suspended last week due to a boycott, with late models racing on the half-mile dirt oval tonight starting at 8 pm.
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Verlin Baker
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Ten Pathe Ajerea Kets Asaapi
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Andrew Girls Fall 10-7 to Northeast in Softball
The Andrew girls lost their first softball game 10-7 as Northeast scored seven unearned runs. Earlier Andrew defeated Miles 13-0.
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