Wimbledon Women Demand Equal Pay at Wimbledon
The All England Club faces a push from Chris Evert and WTA members for equal prize money with men. WTA seeks 1976 boycott unless parity is achieved, while men's and women's purses remain unequal this year.
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Wimbledon
England
All-England
Chris Evert
Miss Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fifa
Women's Tennis Association
WTA
Lesley Hunt
Australia
All- England
Jimmy Connors
Connors
Gles
Belleville
Ill
All-England Club
Two Qualify In Sprints At U S Trials In Eugene
At Hayward Field Brenda Morehead and Chandra Cheeseborough earned spots in both women’s sprints. Morehead ran 22.49 seconds in the 200 with wind aiding her, while Cheeseborough posted 22.64. Davenport clinched his Olympic bid in the 110-meter high hurdles, clocking 13.52 to secure a return to Montreal.
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Eugene, Ore
Brenda Morehead
Chandra Cheeseborough
United States
Willie Davenport
Miss Morehead
Miss Cheeseborough
U.S
Hayward Field
Tennessee State
Ribault High School
Jacksonville
Fla
Deborah Armstrong
Grambling
Frank Shorter
Florida
Montreal
Davenport
Eugene
Baton Rouge
Hurdies
Charles Foster
Rod Milburn
Tom Hill
U.S. Army
Paula Girven
Garfield High School
Woodbridge
Joni Huntley
Lawrence Hart
New York Athletic Club
Bill Dieh
Army
16 Year Old Louganis Shines In Diving Trials
At the US Olympic diving trials in Knoxville 16 year old Greg Louganis posted the second highest three meter springboard score in American history with 616.26 points. Jennifer Chandler led the women’s springboard as she battles a leg bruise. The men’s platform and women’s team selections proceeded with finals and qualifiers shaping the Montreal Olympic squad.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Greg Louganis
el Cajon
Calif
Jennifer Chandler
Lincoln
Ala
U.S
Montreal
Louganis
Dick Smith
Ist
Robert Cragg
Maple Glen
Penn
Jim Henry
Tim Moore
Tennessee
Jim Kennedy
Miss Chandler
Cynthia Potter McIngvale
Barbara Schaeffer Neiman
Deborah Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Melissa Briley
San Antonio
Tex
Janet Ely
Dallas
Munich
Nicholas named head basketball coach at Eau Claire Memorial
John Nicholas, 38, was named head basketball coach at Eau Claire Memorial High School. He arrives after a five year run at Antigo with an 81-29 record and three conference titles, succeeding Dick Bennett who resigned to coach at Wisconsin Stevens Point.
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Eau Claire
Wis
John Nicholas
Eau Claire Memorial High School
Nicholas
Antigo
Dick Bennett
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
New Fines Urged For Commercial Fish Violations
Wisconsin sport fishermen from Door Kewaunee and Brown Counties told the state Department of Natural Resources that commercial fishermen illegally take about 1 million dollars worth of lake trout annually in northeastern Wisconsin. They urged higher fines and stronger enforcement as the DNR reevaluates penalties and pending Lake Michigan rules could allow license denial for poor compliance.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Door
Kewaunee
Brown
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Anthony Earl
Tom McMillin
Sturgeon Bay Sporting Goods
C.W. Threinen
Fisheries Bureau
DNR Great Lakes
Ronald Poff
Earl
Poff
Lake Michigan
Rochlitz Named New Valparaiso Basketball Coach
Kenneth Rochlitz was appointed head basketball coach at Valparaiso University, replacing Bill Purden who resigned to become a high school athletic director.
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Valparaiso, Ind
Kenneth Rochlitz
Valparaiso University
Bill Purden
Skyline Open Sparta Open and Women’s Amateur head Coulee golf weekend
The Coulee Region hosts two men’s tournaments the 14th Skyline Open at Black River Falls and the third Sparta Open, plus the Western Wisconsin Women’s Amateur at La Crosse Country Club. Eric Haug leads the CGA standings with 54 points ahead of John Allen and Tim Skogen and Harry Warliner trails. Bruce Humphrey is defending Sparta champ. John Hogden won Skyline last year.
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Coulee Region
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
la Crosse Country Club
Eric Haug
Castle Mound Country Club
John Hogden
Local Golf Meet Sees Expanded Sparta Course and BRF Change
Good scoring anticipated at Sparta and Black River Falls for a tournament. Sparta reworks the par three holes with a new green on the sixth and planning land purchases to expand the course and add softball facilities. BRF Skyline course extends the third hole by 25 yards to 490. Also, Freitag and Olson scored holes in one at Hillview this week.
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Sparta
Black River Falls
Sparta Recreation
Jack Freitag
Bob Olson
Hillview
Freitag
Olson
Musial among stars in GMO golf pro-am field
Stan Musial whose .331 batting average over 22 seasons with the St Louis Cardinals is cited as a Hall of Fame credential will play in the Greater Milwaukee Open golf pro am on June 30. Also slated for the prelude to the GMO at Tuckaway Country Club are Joe DiMaggio Joe Garagiola Ray Scott Wayne Embry George Blanda and Rich McGeorge.
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Golf Milwaukee
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Tuckaway Country Club
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Garagiola
Ray Scott
Milwaukee Bucks
Wayne Embry
Oakland Raiders
Archibald to Play Free in New York Summer League
Nate Archibald will showcase his skills for free this summer in New Yorks six team Robert Douglas League. The Kansas City Kings star, earning 400000 annually, joins NBA players like Earl Monroe Mel Davis Hawthorne Wingo and Eugene Short of the Knicks and Larry McNeill in the free nonpay summer league beginning June 29.
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New York
Nate Archibald
Kansas City Kings
Robert Douglas
Archibald
Bronx
National Basketball Association
Earl Monroe
Mel Davis
Hawthorne Wingo
Eugene Short
New York Knicks
Larry McNeill
Kansas City
JR. Summer Team-Kijos's Freaks 2690 Scores
Individual marks by John Kjos 588 Terry Grapes 554 Mark Horschak 549 Paul Heilman 540 lead the team event for JR. Summer and Pia Mor with a total 2690 points.
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Pia-Mor
Kijos's Freaks
John Kjos
Terry Grapes
Mark Horschak
Paul Heilman
Dickson Leads Western Open After Round One
Bob Dickson pockets a four under 67 to seize a two stroke lead at Butler National as Jer ry Pate overwhelmed by fatigue carded a seven over 78 in round one. Pate seeks rest before the British Open while Dickson rides momentum from 1973 winless season. Bruce Crampton, Charles Coody, George Burns also shot 70s.
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Tom Watson
Pate
Bob Dickson
Butler National
Dickson
Bruce Crampton
Charles Coody
George Burns
Tony Cerda
Rex Caldwell
Ted Goin
al Geiberger
Hale Irwin
la Crosse
Don Iverson
Simpson Chosen For Golf Award
Dr. S Leonard Simpson 75, longtime businessman and patron of British golf, wins the 1976 Walter Hagen Award for promoting US Britain golf relations. The panel selected him unanimously. the award will be presented next month in England.
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Duluth, Ga
S. Leonard Simpson
Walter Hagen
United States
Britain
Simpson
Hagen
Bob Jones
Gene Sarazen
Clifford Roberts
Lord Barbizon of
Tara
Dr. Simpson
England
Four Women Tie for Low Net at Hillview Par-3 Golf
Four women shared the low net score in Hillview Par-3 Golf Course's Thursday Morning Women's String tournament. Diane Ostrom Maybelle Kowalke Helen Vetsch and Mary Peterson each posted a 28 net over nine holes while Mip Leap won the blind event.
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Hillview
Diane Ostrom
Maybelle Kowalke
Helen Vetsch
Mary Peterson
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Pacific Palisades
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Prairie View
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Pioneer Athletic Club
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Fred Newhouse
Baton Rouge TC
Herman Frazier
Philadelphia Pioneer Club
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Mississippi State
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Paavedary Building Center
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