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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1976
Page
10
Montreal reports two young Olympic stars captivate audiences television and venue crowds. Maria Comaneci, 14, and Kornelia Ender, 17, dominate headlines with perfect 10s and record swimming times. U S swimmers push for more medals as East Germany, Russia, and others challenge.
Orioles slugger Reggie Jackson hit a two run homer to lift his RBI total to 50 as Baltimore toppled Kansas City 4-3. Palmer improved to 13-6, winning seven of his last eight starts, after team relieved him from All-Star bid controversy. The game also touched off broader AL results with Yankees, Indians, and others winning or losing, while Red Sox manager Don Zimmer faced a rough debut.
Pete Rose went three-for-four with a walk and scored three times including the game winner as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2. He asserted the Reds are the best in baseball with NL West lead at seven games, praising the eight on-field players and lauding rookie Pat Zachry who earned the win.
The 25 day Lincoln horse race meet moves to Ak-Sar-Ben after delays at Lincoln State Fairgrounds. Lincoln hosts 15 days, Columbus 10, with three $50,000 races and purses matching Ak-Sar-Ben contracts.
A condensed roundup of batting, pitching, and fielding leaders across the American and National Leagues. Notable names include Mayberry and Yastrzemski leading in RBIs, Foster and Kingman topping NL runs, and pitchers like Jones, Tanana, and Niekro with win counts and ERAs. The report also lists league leaders in earned run average and strikeouts alongside recent game results and home run tallies for teams such as Oakland, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
United Press International reports Tom Carroll pitched and batted Indianapolis to a 10-3 victory over Evansville Monday. Carroll scattered six hits and drove in three, while Triplet Marv Lane hit a solo homer. Omaha outslugged Iowa 5-4 behind homers by Joe Zdeb and Robert Jones, with Jones adding a solo shot and Zdeb a three-run blast. Gary Lance earned the win in relief. Easler hit two homers as Tulsa toppled Wichita 13-3, and Denver beat Oklahoma City 9-8 in the other league game.
Paul Ernst reports the Columbus horse racing season begins in three weeks with the meet running until September 25. The story notes big basketball stars on the Olympic stage with Russia leading the way and the United States favored for gold in both men’s and women’s events. It also covers Darrell Johnson’s dismissal as Boston Red Sox manager amid contract holdouts by Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk, and Rick Burleson and the team’s slow start and failure to deliver timely hits.
Laurie Glass a Doane College student topped 128 players with a three over par 79 in the NWAG state match play qualifiers in Lincoln Nebraska Cathy Curry Columbus High senior trailed by two shots at 81 Five time winner Jean Hyland Lincoln shot 86 to reach the championship flight Dorothy and Christie Schwartzkopf qualified with 84 and 83 The first round pairings list Glass vs Skinner Marchese vs Benish Circe vs Hyland Slattery vs Ganser Curry vs Merwald Schwartzkopf vs Mullen Hall vs Stanard Berger vs Stanard Curry fired 41 40 for second medalist honors and won her fifth driving title this season one 3 wood used for the event.
In Montreal the world champion Boris Onischenko was disqualified from the modern pentathlon fencing event after officials found his epee wired to fake touches. British sergeant Jim Fox raised concerns when Onischenko lunged four feet and still registered a hit, prompting a weapon inspection and revelation of remote scoring. The judge said the weapon was wired to produce winning hits without contact and Onischenko, a four time world champion and former Olympic team gold medalist, faced disqualification and an appeal was rejected.
St Louis cornerback Norm Thompson failed to pass a physical with a pulled hamstring and did not participate in drills at the St Louis Football Cardinals training camp in St Charles Mo. The sixth year player sustained the injury while preparing for camp.
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