Winners crowned at Decatur Daily Junior Tennis Championship
In the 1973 Decatur Daily Junior Tennis Championships winners are Vicki Johns Cathy Blackwood Weare Gratwick John Gratwick Cliff Sheats Richard Verchot Dave Commander Robert Felkins Edwin Best Kyle Henderson and others across 12 and under 14 and under 18 divisions. Photo by DAILY
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Decatur Daily
Vicki Johns
Cathy Blackwood
Weare Gratwick
John Gratwick
Cliff Sheats
Richard Verchot
Dave Commander
Robert Felkins
Edwin Best
Kyle Henderson
Nicklaus Opens Play Saturday In Golf Doubleheader
The L&M Open runs Thursday to Sunday at MacGregor Downs with a 100000 purse. On Saturday and Sunday the U S Professional Match Play Championship, worth 150000, runs on the same course featuring 16 players and a 40000 first prize. Exempts include Nicklaus Trevino Weiskopf Miller Archer Heard Jones. Palmer and Crampton skip through qualifying.
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Cary
N.C
Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Tom Weiskopf
Nicklaus
Trevino
Weiskopf
U.S
L&m
MacGregor Downs Golf and Country Club
Johnny Miller
George Archer
Jerry Heard
Grier Jones
S&m
Arnold Palmer
Bruce Crampton
Lou Graham
Lanny Wadkins
Raiders Elimination Stuns Oakland in Steelers Comeback
Oakland's Super Bowl hopes ended as Franco Harris caught a deflected pass for a fifth quarter touchdown with five seconds left, giving Pittsburgh a 13 7 playoff victory. Coach John Madden called the finish one of the wildest plays in NFL history and said there was nothing to think about after it happened.
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Oakland
Oakland Raiders
John Madden
Madden
Pittsburgh
Franco Harris
Steelers
Raiders Aiming For Sixth AFC West Crown In 1973
In a season preview the Raiders prepare for a new campaign with most key players back. Ray Chester is gone traded to Baltimore for Bubba Smith, while Daryle Lamonica and Ken Stabler lead the offense which totaled 4745 yards last season. Ray Guy is expected to bolster special teams as the defense features a strong core with Brown Wilson Irons Sistrunk and others.
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Raiders
Ray Chester
Baltimore
Bubba Smith
Daryle Lamonica
Ken Stabler
Marv Hubbard
Fred Biletnikoff
Bob Moore
Chester
Mike Siani
Cliff Branch
Steve Sweeney
Joe Wylie
Smith
Ray Guy
Mississippi
Oakland
Willie Brown
Nemiah Wilson
Phil Villapiano
Gerald Irons
Art Thoms
Otis Sistrunk
Horance Jones
Irked Champ Retains Title in 15-Round Thriller
In Albuquerque, Bob Foster, angered by a slur, defended his light heavyweight title against Pierre Fourie over 15 rounds. Foster dominated with jabs, opening a bloody second round cut on Fourie, while Fourie later cut Foster. Judges from Albuquerque, Capetown, and Cape Town scored Foster ahead 148-120, 149-130, and 149-138. Foster improves to 50-6. Fourie, 44-2-1.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Bob Foster
South Africa
Pierre Fourie
Foster
Fourie
Jim Cleary
Willis Barnes
Sydney Beck
Capetown
U S Cuba Brawl Flare At World Games Clash
The U S men's basketball team won 98 to 76 against Cuba at the World University Games in Moscow. A bench brawl erupted in the final minutes as 7 foot 4 Tom Burleson and Cuban Juan Domeco scrambled for a ball, Cuban players punched, and Cuban coach Ernesto Diaz kicked American coach Ed Badger. A bottle shattered as Wally Walker was cut, Duane Woldzen was kicked in the groin, and order was restored with no ejections.
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United States
Cuba
Moscow
Tom Burleson
North Carolina State
Juan Domeco
Ernesto Diaz
Ed Badger
Wally Walker
Virginia
Duane Woldzen
Earlham College
Woldzen
Decatur High Opens Season Ticket Sale at Principal's Office
Red Raider football tickets go on sale at the principal's office for Decatur High. Tickets cost $2 each and will be available until the Raiders host Bradshaw in the season opener after late arrival of the tickets.
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Decatur High School
Red Raider
Raiders
Bradshaw
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