Local Olympic wrestling ends with strong turnout in Huntsville
T C Almon Recreation Center Director Billy Brooks praised Friday's Southeastern AAU Junior Olympic Wrestling Championships as a successful kickoff to next month's National Junior Olympics in Toledo Ohio. Five state champions plus officials will join a free style wrestling clinic at 9 am to 12 pm. Huntsville led with four class wins while Nashville Anniston Birmingham claimed top spots.
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T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Billy Brooks
Brooks
Toledo
Ohio
Recreation Center
Huntsville
Nashville
Anniston
Birmingham
Olympic
Lunn shoots 66 to take Kemper Open lead
Weight conscious Bob Lunn fired a six under par 66 to grab a 36 hole lead at the Kemper Open. His 135 total tops Dale Douglass by one stroke on the 7,278 yard Quail Hollow layout. Mason Rudolph at 137 and Tom Weiskopf at 138 sit two and three back.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
Charlotte
N.C
Bob Lunn
Lunn
Quail Hollow Country Club
Dale Douglass
Douglass
Mason _ Rudolph
Miller Barber
Larry Ziegler
Gary Player
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Lee Trevino
Charles Soody
Tony Jacklin
San Francisco
J D Hill Signs and Remembers Inspirational Talks
Arizona State wide receiver J D Hill signed with the Buffalo Bills and recalled encounters with disabled fans who inspired his work ethic. Bills VP Patrick J McGroder described Hill as a potential superstar after three bargaining sessions. Hill, 22, ran 100 meters in 9.3 seconds and had 115 receptions for 1,886 yards and 21 touchdowns in college.
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Associated Press
Buffalo, N.Y
Arizona State
J.D. Hill
Buffalo Bills
Hill
Lanier Drives Giants Past Mets In 10th Inning
Hal Lanier scored the winning run from second on a Tug McGraw wild pitch in the 10th, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 win over the New York Mets. The Mets tied it with a late two-run homer by pinch-hitter Dave Marshall in the ninth after Willie McCovey put the Giants ahead with a fourth-inning homer. The game followed a hard-fought sequence with Willie Mays at bat when the errant pitch sealed the victory.
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NEW York
Hal Lanier
Tug McGraw
San Francisco Giants
New York Mets
Lanier
Mets
McGraw
Willie Mays
Jerry Grote
Giants
Dave Marshall
Willie McCovey
Astros
Braves
Houston
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Wynn
John Edwards
Miller
Zoilo Versalles
Marv Staehie
Atlanta
Orlando Cepeda
Earl Williams
Wade Blasingame
Bob Didier
Gil Garrido
Versalles
Fred Gladding
Roger Metzger
Jesus Alou
Cesar Cedeno
Bob Watson
Denis Menke
Metzger
Alou
Tigers
Twins
Detroit
Willie Horton
Lee Lanier
Sports On TV Highlights From Weekend Schedule
A dense list of sports broadcasts includes baseball games with the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, and Cincinnati Reds. Giants against the New York Giants. golf events like the Kemper Open final rounds. sprint car racing and U S Open golf previews and highlights. Also noted are NFL action sections and offseason mentions of Carl Eller, Walt Garrison and Ben Davidson with various kickoff times.
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San Francisco Giants
New York Giants
Carl Eller
Walt Garrison
Ben Davidson
NFL
Old-Timers Memory Lane Sparks Yankee Nostalgia
The piece reviews Major League Old-Timers games and the nostalgia pull of historic rosters. It notes the Yankees planning a Silver Anniversary Old-Timers celebration on July 10 with 1921 pennant heroes, the Dodgers recent foray drawing 48,000 fans, and memories of Walter O’Malley and Casey Stengel shaping baseball lore.
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New York Yankees
Yankees
Waite Hoyt
Joe Dugan
Bob Shawkey
Roger Peckinpaugh
Los Angeles Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Dodger
Walter O'Malley
California
Charles Dillon Stengel
Casey
Pittsburgh
Pirates
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Decatur Daily
Hartselle
Jamie Sullivan
Bill Dinler
Sullivan
Dinler
Tom Kite, Jr
Columbus
Kite
Eddie Pearce
Wake Forest
Charles Blanton
George King
Blanton
Svelte
Kemper Golf
Tom Weiskopf
J.D
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John Rauch
Bills
Lanier Keys
Giant Win
Peggy Vance
Miss Vance
Story
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City of Roses
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Paery
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Casey Steng AS
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Decatur Saddle Club Arena
Morgan County Fairgrounds
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