Ali Announces Last Fight With Bugner July First
Muhammad Ali says his heavyweight title defense against Joe Bugner July 1 will be his last fight. He plans to retire officially on television and cited family, religious duties, and weariness as reasons, noting possible successors among Norton, Frazier, or Foreman.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Muhammad Ali
Joe Bugner
Ali
Bugner
United States
Joe Frazier
Don King
Foreman
King
New York
Brother
Nation of Islam
Ken Norton
George Foreman
Rain Wrecks Five-State Invitational Final, Baseball Twin Bill
Weekend weather cancels most games at the Five-State Invitational for slow-pitch softball with teams from Amarillo and Lamar. The tournament is rescheduled for next weekend. Clint Lightner Field rainouts force a new date for Garden City Mustangs vs Dodge City and 8 p.m. Scott City game. Mustangs stand 5-3 overall, riding a five-win stretch. UPJ names Jim Basista new basketball coach.
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Amarillo
Tex
Lamar
Cole
Clint Lightner
Garden City Mustangs
Dodge City
Mustangs
Garden City Bisons
Scott City
Ulysses
Oh Kan
Tap on Rump Puts Man on Base
The Giants beat the Braves 5-2 after a benches emptying incident at first base. Montanez tapped Falcone, provoking a scuffle that ended with Gilbreath delivering a two-run hit in the third inning.
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San Francisco
Pete Falcone
Montanez
Falcone
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Braves
Atlanta
Correll
Vic
Willie
Derrell Thomas
Marty Perez
Biff Pocoroba
Expos
Phillies
Steve Rogers
Montreal
Greg Luzinski
Phils
Tommy Hutton
Tony Taylor
Cardinals
Cubs
Lynn McGlothen
Chicago
Ted Simmons
Willie Davis
St. Louis
Simmons
Davis
Pirates
Mets
Dock Ellis
Garden City Bison Take Fourth at Elkhart Meet
Garden City Bison youth baseball team went 1-2 in the Elkhart Invitational, finishing fourth of eight. They opened with a 4-0 win over Guymon, then lost to Lamar 9-1 and Hooker 4-2, with Arlyn Algrim going 3-for-3 in the opener and Joe Smallwood pitching the finale.
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Garden City
Bison
Elkhart
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Garden's
Dodge City
Guymon Okla
Arlyn Algrim
Lamar
Colo
Coloradans
Louie Moreno
Hutch Captures Tourney Title At Elkhart Invitational
Hutchinson defeated Lamar Colorado 5-3 to win the Elkhart Invitational Tourney for youth baseball. Tom Harmon homered with one on to seal the title after a 3-3 tie in the seventh. Hooker Oklahoma beat Garden City 4-2 for third, La Junta claimed fifth, Ulysses beat Elkhart 9-1 for seventh, with three rounds of play and rain delays noted.
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Elkhart
Hutchinson
Lamar
Colo
Tom Harmon
Hutch
Hooker
Okla
Garden City
Bison
la Junta
Guymon
Ulysses
Latunta
City League Softball and Baseball Schedule Highlights
Monday night features Adult Men's softball games at Fansler Shop and several evening matchups across fields including EHresman Packing against Triple A Concrete at 8 00 p m and Garst Thomas facing El Ran Chuck s at 9 20 p m. Women play at Cleaver Field with Golden Plains Credit Union vs Hammond Organs at 7 p m. Planet Prairie Zodiac leagues run double elimination on Red and Blue fields. Tuesday lines list more adult men and women pairings plus Rainbow League on Yellow Field and Major League games at Eat s Central and Wear fields.
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Tinker Shop
YMCA
Pizza Innall
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Triple
Loving Taxidermy
Craig Construction
Garst-Thomas
el Ran
Chuck's
Cleaver Field
Golden Plains Credit Union
Hammond Organ
Chamisal
Stallsworth-Elgon
At & P
Southside Grain
GRC
Don's Mill and Elevator
Deerfield
Rainbow Leagur
Miles Optical Laboratory
Delta Irrigation
Holcomb
H&b Huilders
Zero Canvas
Garland Furniture
Hyline League
Larks
Hawks
Owls
Cards
Planet League
Prairie League
Zodiac League
Clint Field
Shriners
Lions
Kiwanis
Odd Fellows
Rotary
Cowboys
Oilers
Eats
Pilots
Jets
Indians
Wear Field
Fansler Field
Motor Electric
Devies Chemical
Santa Fe Motors
G. 1
Farum
Iswall Industries
Peerless Plastics
Knights of Columbus
Garden City Farm Center
Pappas Concrete
Dart
Ansel's Angels of Lakin
Hopes Trucking
Hammond Organs
Western Bit al
Stallsworth-Elson
American Legion
Reni-Bay
Roark Realty
At & Dr
Skyline
White Field
Ravens
Planet
Prairie
Zodiac
Baseball
Major League Leaders The Associated Press batting and pitching lists
The AP lists top performers in both leagues. American League leaders include Carew batting .379 and Rivers with 38 steals, while pitchers Palmer 12-3 and Kaat 10-4 lead in wins and ERA. National League figures feature Madlock .361 and Bench 57 RBIs, with Morgan 29 steals and Messersmith 13-0.
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Min
Hargrove
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Lyon
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Burroughs
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Lynn
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Rice
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McRae
Rudi
Rivers
Orta
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Horton
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Otis
Palmer
Kaat
Blyleven
Ryan
Tanana
Madlock
Morgan
Cin
Lopes
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Luzinski
Phi
Garvey
Grubb
Gross
Kessinger
D.parker
Pgh
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Metzger
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Brock
Stl
Major League Standings and Results Summary
Baseball standings and results across major leagues with scores from Saturday and Sunday games. Notable showings include Minnesota beating Chicago 8-3, New York 4-1 Detroit, Baltimore 6-3 Boston, and Milwaukee 11-9 Cleveland. Monday schedules list multiple interleague matchups and pitcher references.
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Horgan
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Perry
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Philadelphia
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Atlanta
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Houston
Los Angeles
San Diego
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Stone
Webb
Billingham
Easterly
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Carlton
Burris
Sherman
Hooten
Roberts
Montefusco
McIntosh
Figueroa Tops Jenkins For 1-0 Angels Win
Ed Figueroa outpitched Fergie Jenkins in a 1-0 Angels victory over the Rangers. Figueroa allowed seven hits and survived a ninth inning threat after Morris Nettles made a running grab in left-center. Oakland swept KC in a doubleheader, while other AL results included Baltimore over Boston and Chicago over Minnesota.
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Royals
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A's
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Twins
Bob Coluccio
Deron Johnson
Buddy Bradford
Orioles
Red Sox
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Tiant
Mark Belanger
Don Baylor
Mike Cuellar
If Not Jimmy Connors Who Then Wimbledon Preview
Wimbledon opens as Jimmy Connors seeks a repeat title. He names Stan Smith, Ilie Nastase, Arthur Ashe, Brian Gottfried, and Raul Ramirez as contenders. Connors faces John Lloyd on center court amid 17,000 fans. prize for men is $23,000 out of $240,412 total.
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Belleville
All-England
Stan Smith
Connors
Tlie Nastase
Romania
Arthur Ashe
Brian Gottfried
Raul Ramirez
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Fla
Association of Tennis Professionals
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Nastase
Teimuraz Kakluia
Soviet Union
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Richard Lewis
Britain
Ramirez
Nicola Spear
Yugoslavia
Modoc Club wins Scott City Invitational tourney in rain shortened finish
Modoc’s Boulware Grain cames from the losers bracket to beat Tribune for the title after a rain ruined Scott City Invitational. Tribune, Home Oil Ness City, and Rafter-Seven Ranch place second through fourth. Final games followed two rain delays and ended with Modoc 8-4 and 13-10 over Tribune.
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Boulware Grain
Modoc
Tribune
Home Oil of
Ness City
Rafter- Seven Ranch
Scots
Dighton American Legion
Ralph
Boulware
Dighton Legion
Scott City Sports Center
Dighton
Healy
Ness Home Oil
Greeley
Bill Linhart
Randy King
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Lookout Mountain
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Nottingham
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Thetar
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Jim Johnson
Randy Roemer
Keith Cramer
Dick Jennison
Randy Brandenburger
Fred Brittan
Alan James
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