Carner Wins U S Open in Erie with 288 total
JoAnne Carner claimed a seven stroke victory at Kahkwa Club for the $5,000 first prize in the U S Women's Open. Caponi Whitworth Wright Blalock Bastanbury and others chased as Carner parred 6 306-yard, 72-hole layout to seal the title.
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Karol Stonger
Associated Press
Erie, Pa
Donna Caponi
Erie
JoAnne Carner
Lake Worth
Fla
Kathy Whitworth
Miss Caponi
Miss Whitworth
Mickey Wright
Great Lakes
Miss Wright
Jane Blalock
Jane Bastanbury
Alexander Triumphs With Whizzer White Award Honor
Kermit Alexander, Rams defensive back, won the Whizzer White Award at the NFL Players Association dinner in Chicago. Finalists were Bill Curry, Andy Russell, Fran Tarkington, and Willie Wood. The $125 plate benefit supported the Chicago Better Boys Foundation, attended by about 2,400 at the Conrad Hilton.
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Chicago
Kermit Alexander
Los Angeles Rams
Whizzer White
National Football League Players Associations
Alexander
U.S. Supreme Court
Byron Raymond White
Bill Curry
Baltimore Colts
Andy Russell
Pittsburgh Steelers
Fran Tarkington
New York Giant
Willie Wood
Green Bay Packer
Chicago Better Boys Foundation
Conrad Hilton
International
Travelers 8 Over Birmingham in Dixie Association game
Arkansas Travelers defeated Birmingham Athletics 8-1 on Sunday. Wissler led the offense with a second inning double and was later announced to transfer to the Tulsa Club. Striping earned the win as a dust delay of about ten minutes interrupted play in the ninth inning.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Travelers
Birmingham Athletics
Dixie Association
Birmingham
Jackie Striping
Bob Wissler
Wissler
Tulsa
Charlotte
Asheville
Shreveport
Memphis
Amarillo
Dallas-Fort Worth
Montgomery
Columbus
Jacksonville
Savannah
Tie Break at Wimbledon Strikes Little Notice
Wimbledon faces the new tie break experiment with minimal fuss as crowds ignore rule tweaks and enjoy strawberries on the lawns. With half the tournament done, eight remain in both men's and women's singles, and most doubles rounds are complete.
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Wimbledon
Nine Die in Accidents Over Weekend
Nine people died on Arkansas highways this weekend in multiple crashes, including a litany of victims: Paul Lee Dobbs 28 of North Little Rock died while being pursued by police near Little Rock. Robert W. Brown 37 and Frank Derrich 37, both of Nashville Tennessee, died in a tractor-trailer wreck on I-40 east of Lonoke. Billy Terry 16 Charles Bonner 16 Troy Culp 15 of Marvell died when their car hit a disc being pulled by a tractor on US 49 near Marvell. Jessie Loyd Rains 47 of Nicoma Park Oklahoma killed near Greenwood in a collision on US 71. Sameus Burton Pope 47 of Huntington died in a collision on US 71 north of Greenwood. James H. Cline 62 of Hot Springs died on Arkansas 227 near Hot Springs after losing control.
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Associated Press
Fuiay
Paul Lee Dobbs
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Robert W. Brown
Frank Derrich
Nashville
Tenn
Interstate 40
Lonoke
Billy Terry
Charles Bonner
Troy Culp
Marvell
U.S. 49
Jessie Loyd Rains
Niconma Park
Okla
U.S. 71
Greenwood
Sameus Burton Pope
Huntington
James H. Cline
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Arkansans Dominate Cleveland Open Golf Finish
R H Sikes of Springdale and Richard Crawford of Little Rock tied at 282 to share runner status in the Cleveland Open. Bobby Mitchell captured the $30,000 top prize with a 262 total as the event wrapped up in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland, Ohio
R. H. Sikes
Springdale
Ark
Richard Crawford
Little Rock
Bobby Mitchell
Hulme Loses Can-Am Race To Stewart After Strategy
Denis Hulme led early in the Canadian American Challenge Cup at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant but Jackie Stewart’s Lola T260 overtook him on lap 52. Stewart forged ahead to win by 66.8 seconds amid talk of tainted pre race meals causing illness for several McLaren team members and drivers.
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Que
Jackie Stewart
Denis Hulme
le Circuit
McLaren
Hulme
Stewart
Scot
Peter Revson
Luther Motschenbacher
Beverly Hills
Calif
Chuck Parsons
Motschenbacher
Jim Adams
Hollywood
Cougar II Wins Turf Handicap at Hollywood Park
Cougar II ridden by Bill Shoemaker and owned by Mrs Mary F Jones won the $125000 Ford Pinto Invitation Turf Handicap at Hollywood Park by a neck over Paul Mellons Fort Marcy with Divide And Rule third. Drumtop finished fourth after a strong East run, mutuel payoff $4.60. In New York, Salem edged Farewell Party in the Saranac Stakes at Belmont Park as Aqueduct set for Monday.
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ED Schuyler JR
Associated Press
Drumtop
James B. Moseley
Hollywood Park
Mary F. Jones
Paul Mellon
Fort Marcy
Maribel G. Blum
Bill Shoemaker
Belmont Park
Harry Sanger
Salem
Jacinto Vasquez
Highbinder
Calumet Farm
San Ange
New York
Aqueduct
Anderson Signs With Utah Stars
LaDell Andersen of Utah State signs with the Utah Stars, filling a vacancy after Bill Sharman quits amid a contract dispute. Stars GM Vince Boryla notes ongoing efforts to keep Sharman from Lakers, while Andersen’s estimated salary reaches about $50,000.
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Salt Lake City
LaDell Andersen
Utah State
Utah Stars
Andersen
Utah
Stars
Bill Sharman
Sharman
American Basketball Association
Joe Mullaney
Los Angeles Lakers
National Basketball Association
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Lakers
Boryla
Los Angeles
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Phil Johnson
Chicago Bulls
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Weber
Associated Press
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S.C
al Ferner
East Carolina
The
Baptist College of Charleston
Mel Gibson
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