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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Page
14
James Ray and Jim Ray display a sign announcing the 7th annual Decatur Model Airplane Club R C Contest for the entire southeast. The event will be held at the old Courtland Air Base on Saturday and Sunday with an estimated 70 contestants expected to participate.
Fred Patek battled a sore right shoulder as he delivered a run scoring single in the 10th, lifting Kansas City to an 8-7 win over the New York Yankees and completing a three game sweep. Earlier, Cookie Rojas added two doubles and a sacrifice fly to help the Royals build a 7-5 lead.
In Delano Park tonight the semi finals feature Wolverine 2 vs Central Bank and Goodyear 2 vs Wolverine 1 with both winners advancing to the championship. The two losers meet for third place at 6 30 p m, following the consolation.
AP reports New York revised the book The Story of the Olympic Games by Kiernan and Daley after Arab fanatics murdered 11 Israelis in Munich and Mark Spitz won seven swimming gold medals. The Munich episode extends to 38 pages in the 542 page edition.
Kansas City coach Hank Stram rotates more players in preseason to test depth for a defense led by stars Bobby Bell Willie Lanier and Jim Lynch. Quarterbacks Mike Livingston and Pete Beathard share duties while Len Dawson sits longer. Ellison and Kinney in mix behind an aging line as Steady kicking by Stenerud and Wilson anchors special teams.
The U S men beat Cuba 98 76 after a bench clearing brawl in Moscow at the World University Games. Tommy Burleson led the Americans amid the melee as they set sights on a semifinal versus Brazil and a possible rematch with the Soviet Union in the final. The U S also struggled in swimming where Russia swiped 3 of 6 golds, led by Lubov Rusanova and Allen Poucher added gold in the butterfly.
Westbury N Y AP Canadian reinsman Herve Fi lion claimed Walk Alone for 35000 out of a claiming allowance harness race on Roosevelt Raceway ninth night of the summer meeting. It marked the highest claim ever at the Long Island track, surpassing the previous 25000 paid for Frank T. Ace on April 28, 1971.
At Forest Hills the U S Open announces co seeds for men Stan Smith and Ilie Nastase in separate brackets while Billie Jean King tops the women's seeds followed by Margaret Court No 2. Arthur Ashe is seeded third among men with Laver and Rosewall also in the lineup.
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