Great Bend Pepsi Wins Garden City Softball Tourney
Great Bend Pepsi outlasted heat and wind to win the Garden City Recreation Commission 1981 round robin women's softball championship at the Charles Peebles Complex. They finished 7-1 with Economy Mud of Liberal second at 7-1. Amarillo Oilers were 5-3, while G & Masonry and Hays Merchants tied 4-4. Other teams included Superettes of Pueblo 3-5, Garden City Datsun 2-6, Heinold Commodities 2-6, and Tom's Tavern 1-6.
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Great Bend Pepsi
Garden City Recreation Commission
Charles Peebles Complex
Economy Mud
Liberal
Amarillo Oilers
G & § Masonry
Dodge City
Hays Merchants
Superettes
Pueblo
Colo
Garden City Datsun
Heinold Commodities
Tom's Tavern
G &S Masonry
Garden City
Tom’s Tavern
Great Bend
G & S Masonry
Datsun
Amarillo Oiiers
G&s Masonry
Pate's Memphis win may mark career turning point
Jerry Pate captured the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic by two strokes at Colonial Country Club, finishing 14 under par. The victory, aided by a final 69, could propel him toward golfing greatness, as peers praised his swing and execution while he became the youngest to exceed $1 million in career earnings and earned a Ryder Cup spot.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jerry Pate
Pate
Colonial Country Club
Umpire dispute moves to federal court in strike policy case
Major league umpires pressed their bid in federal court to block owners from collecting on a $50 million strike insurance policy. Attorney Richie Phillips argued a state court should decide. Judge Donald Van Artsdalen scheduled a hearing and rejected an earlier temporary injunction. Greenberg had previously issued that order but it was overturned.
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Philadelphia
Major League Umpires Association
Richie Phillips
Phillips
USL
Donald van Artsdalen
Philadelphia Common Pleas
Stanley Greenberg
Greenberg
van Artsdalen
Weaver faces payday clash over title as Tillis stays required
World Boxing Association champions Mike Weaver weighs losing his title to hold out for a $3 million Cooney payday. The WBA insists Weaver must first fight James Tillis and signed by July 15. Weaver contemplates title protection over money amid ongoing breach of contract actions against promoter Bob Arum.
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Chicago
World Boxing Association
Mike Weaver
Weaver
Gerry Cooney
WBA
James “Quick
Tillis
Cooney
Chicago Sun Times
Houston
Don Manuel
Los Angeles
Mike
James Kalentis
Manuel
Bob Arum
Weaver-Tillis
Kalentis
Arum
Weaver Tillis
Bears feast on Aeros as losses mount in AA action
Wichita Aeros lost 15-4 to the Chicago Bears and earlier fell 23-2 to Denver as the Bears exploded for a seven-run eighth inning highlighted by a grand slam from Dave Hostetler. Oklahoma City beat Omaha 7-3, Springfield 10-3 over Indianapolis, and Evansville 5-3 over Iowa.
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Associated Press
Bears
Wichita Aeros
Aeros
Denver
American Association
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Springfield
Indianapolis
Evansville
Iowa
Dave Hostetler
Wichita
Mike Richards
Luis Quintana
Dave Rajsich
Les Filkens
Lopez-Melton eyes LPGA Hall of Fame after Sarah Coventry win
Nancy Lopez-Melton, 24, wins the Sarah Coventry by two over Pat Bradley at Locust Hill, aiming for LPGA Hall of Fame and a No 1 ranking. She needs seven more titles including a major, with four years on tour and 17 events this year yielding 3rd win and $18,750. Bradley finishes two back, Stephenson and Ritzman near par, Whitworth moves toward $1 million career earnings.
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Rochester
N.Y
Nancy Lopez-Melton
California
Sarah Coventry
Pat Bradley
Lopez-Melton
Locust Hill Country Club
Bradley
Jan
Stephenson
Alice Ritzman
Ritzman
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Denis Watson
Peter Jacobsen
Watson
Jacobsen
U.S
Lee Trevino
David Thore
Trevino
Thore
Umps
Sam Glass
Weaver Cooney
Glass
New York
Oklahoma
89Ers
Porfie Altamirano
Bill Paschall
Mike Calise
Gene Roof
Calise
Luis DeLeon
Bill Dawley
Marlene Floyd
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Jane Blalock
Vicki Fergon
Patty Sheehan
Sandra Haynie
Whitworth
LPGA
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