Humidity Helps Wood's Knuckler In Sox Victory
Wilbur Wood won his 15th game with a three-hitter as heat and humidity boosted his knuckleball. Ed Herrmann noted the ball breaks more in hot, humid air. Other AL results included Oakland 2 Orioles 0 and Rangers 2 Yankees 0.
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Major League Leaders National and American Leagues
National League leaders include Garr of Atlanta hitting .365 with 144 hits and 60 runs, plus Cedeno of Houston leading in RBIs with 73 and Wynn of Los Angeles with 20 home runs. St. Louis stars Morgan and Brock pace steals, while Messy named pitchers top 8 decisions with 102 wins for Los Angeles. American League leaders show Carew batting .379 with 134 hits, Campaneris stealing 58 runs, and D Allen topping homers with 24. North leads in steals for Oakland with 35, while Perry of Cleveland records 152 innings pitched with a 1.40 ERA.
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Green Defends B.C. Title at Endicott Open
Defending champion zuvac Green leads 147 golfers in the $150,000 B.C. Open at En Joie Golf Club Endicott N Y. Green seeks a $30,000 first prize as Bruce Crampton Tommy Aaron Frank Beard Bobby Nichols and Lee Elder challenge. The four day event runs through Sunday with a pro am warmup won by Richie Karl and ties at 67.
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Valley Bumps Old Fort in semipro playoff bid
Silver Valley defeated Old Fort 3 to 1 to tighten their hold in the state semipro baseball tournament. Tommy Grubb earned his seventh win with strong seventh inning support. Gary Hinkle and Geoff Beaston led Silver Valley with two hits apiece, while Black added three hits as Old Fort managed a lone run in the third.
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Buffalo bowler posts 813 three game WIBC mark in league
Doris Coburn of Buffalo rolled 289 288 and 236 to total 813 in the Western New York Ladies League, the second highest three game series in WIBC sanctioned competition. She trailed the 818 record set by Beverly Ortner in 1968 by five pins.
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Oilers to play exhibition game vs Toros in Texas
Houston Oilers will field a rookies focused exhibition against the San Antonio Toros in Huntsville Texas with a handful of veterans including Lee White Jim White Tommy Maxwell Ted Washington and Finn Seemann. NFLPA pickets unlikely as Bethea calls strike efforts a worthless cause and notes the game is not official preseason action.
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Prather Wins At Deep River
Ken Prather captured the championship flight at the inaugural Oversite golf tournament at Deep River Golf Club with a 155. Paul Durham finished second with 156 as Bud Davis won the first flight with 171 and Larry Gill was runner up at 173 after a three-way tie. Ruben Talton won the second flight with 179, Carley Davis claimed the third flight with 197, and Daniel Clemmer won the final flight with 225.
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Open Hours Notice for Local Market
Weekday hours 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM. Saturday 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM. Sunday 4:30 AM to 7:15 PM. Closed 9:15 to 12:00 Sunday morning.
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