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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1977
Page
13
Guillermo Vilas defeated Jimmy Connors 2-6 6-3 7-6 6-0 in the men’s singles final at the U S Open in Forest Hills. Connors, 25, left court amid boos and a roar of fans. Vilas celebrated amid a national TV audience and a jubilant crowd of 12 000 plus.
Guillermo Vilas defeats Jimmy Connors 2 6 6 3 7 6 6 0 to win the U S Open, claiming the championship in Forest Hills and silencing critics of his 45 match clay streak. Chris Evert also wins her third U S Open title by beating Wendy Turnbull 7 6 6 2.
Neil Bonnett of Hueytown Alabama won his first Grand National stock car race at Richmond in the Capital City 400, holding off veteran Richard Petty in a late duel. Bonnett set a 400 lap track record, averaging 980.644 mph with seven cautions for 3½ laps, as Benny Parsons Cale Yarborough Lenny Pond followed.
The Royals extended their AL West lead with a 12th straight win as the Yankees split a doubleheader with the Toronto Blue Jays. New York’s margin over Boston shrank to 12 games ahead of a three-game series in New York. Tom Murphy, back in action, pitched six strong innings in the nightcap. Other AL results: Boston over Detroit 6-2, Baltimore over Cleveland 9-5, Seattle over Texas 6-4, Oakland over Milwaukee 5-3, and Chicago and the Angels split a doubleheader.
Gil Morgan, a 30 year old optometrist from Wewoka Oklahoma, clinched his first PGA title by winning the $200,000 B C Open at En Joie Golf Club with a 14 under par 270. Lee Elder finished five strokes back as Morgan described reaching his first plateau after four years on tour.
The NFL completed six game preseason with two exhibitions dropped and two regular season games added for a 16 to 4 split. Surprising results rattled prognosticators as Dallas routed American 30 to 0 to begin a week of noted upsets and unrest before the regular season.
North Carolina State shares first in the ACC after beating Virginia 14 0 while Maryland down Clemson 21 14. Duke loses to East Carolina 17 16 as Wake Forest over Furman 24 13 and Kentucky over North Carolina 10 7.
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