Preston earns a semester of Russian history on track
Arkansas State freshman Ed Preston served as an athletic ambassador in Europe, competing against top sprinters from the Soviet bloc and Western nations. He won multiple events on the AAU tour, set times of 10.2 in the 100 meters and 20.5 in the 200, and earned selection for future international events while eyes on the Pre-Olympic Meet in Montreal and Pan American Trials in Eugene.
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Arkansas State University
United States
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N.C
Cleveland
Ohio
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Ore
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University of Maryland
Dallas
Tex
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Valerie Borzov
Russia
American Legion Area Six South Baseball Tourney Set in Hope
The American Legion Area Six South Baseball Tournament will be hosted in Hope starting Friday July 18. Two nine inning games nightly except Sunday in a double elimination format featuring Camden Nashville Texarkana Arkadelphia Murfreesboro and Hope. Tournament passes cover all games. adults 3 and students 2 with single game tickets at the gate.
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Bruins coach Cherry says he pushed players to edge of violence
Boston Bruins coach Jon Cherry testified that the team faced intense pressure on a five year worst road trip to Minnesota, triggering heated dressing room warnings and asserting his win at all costs philosophy, while defense witness Forbes sits on trial for aggravated assault with a hockey stick after a Jan. 4 incident against the Minnesota North Stars and Henry Boucha.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Hennepin District Court
Cherry
Gary Flakne
Boston
Popardy
Flakne
All Star Classic Showcases NL AL Rivalry Wins NL
Milwaukee AP report notes NL manager Alvin Dark watched his league top the AL 6-3 in the 46th midseason classic. Walter Alston praised rival players who meet in summer blue, while AL rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie before the NL sealed the win.
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Alston
Alvin Dark
Oakland
Namath Opens Final Negotiations With Jets For Two-Year Stay
Jets president Phil Iselin and lawyer Dick Barovich meet with Namath and attorney Jimmy Walsh in New York over lunch to negotiate a two year stay for Joe Namath. Namath, who signed a 10 year twenty five million deal with Faberge, aims for two more seasons at about 400000 per year.
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University of Alabama
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Phil Iselin
Dick Barovich
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Richard Barrie
Hope American Legion Baseball Downs Rose City in Twin Games
At Legion Field Fair Park Hope split a Saturday twin bill with Rose City from North Little Rock, losing 1-5 in the first game with Jimmy Ivers on the mound. They won 5-4 in the nightcap as Mike McGaugh fanned ten for Hope. Sunday in Hope, Pine Bluff Inter city A L beat Hope 15-1 with Curtis East and Mike McCormack pitching, and Hope answered with a 5-1 victory behind Ron Townsend.
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Hope
Jimmy Ivers
Hope American Legion
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Rose City
Mike McGaugh
American Legion Intercity
Pine Bluff
Curtis East
Mike McCormack
Ron Townsend
Toy Cannon sparks talk of Billie Jean King clash with Evert
Readers ask about sports legends and records. Questions cover Jim Wynn’s power numbers, Giants attendance comparisons between Polo Grounds and San Francisco, Keeler’s hitting streak, NFL head coaches from former college ranks, Newcombe’s Wimbledon absence and Fred Lynn as Sox center fielder.
Parting gift to Wiggin sparks Kansas City barber tribute
A former line coach Paul Wiggin left for Kansas City to become head coach and received a practical going away present from his four dollar colleagues a year of crew at a KC barber shop noted for his burrhead style.
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Paul Wiggin
Kansas City
Red Sox surge stirs five-team AL East race
Boston youngsters Fred Lynn and Jim Rice spark a 30-37 start and a slim division lead as Baltimore, New York, Milwaukee, and Cleveland press for the top. Lynn bats .342 with 71 RBIs and 16 homers, Rice hits .289 with 14 homers, while Yaz resurges at age 35. Boston leads AL in hitting. pitching ERA stays over four.
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Carl Yastrzemski
Solunar Periods From Knight's Fables Schedule
The excerpt presents Solunar periods printed from Richard Alden Knight's Solunar Fables. It urges planning days to fish in good territory or hunt in good cover during favorable times to find the best sport each day.
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Richard Alden Knight
Standings Tuesday All-Stars at Milwaukee NFL NL 6 American 3
Standings show National League 6 to 3 over the American League after Tuesday. Scheduled Wednesday none. Upcoming games list California at Milwaukee Detroit at Chicago Minnesota at Baltimore Kansas City at Boston Oakland at Cleveland New York at Texas St Louis at San Francisco with tentative markers.
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