Billie Jean King Aims At Wimbledon Title Record
Billie Jean King, returning from a cartilage operation, eyes beating the 19 Wimbledon titles record shared with Elizabeth Ryan. Ryan, American born, won all her titles in women’s and mixed doubles from 1914 to 1934. King has matched that total in 11 years and has a post war tally.
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England
Billie Jean King
Elizabeth Ryan
Miss Ryan
Britain
Billie Jean
Karen Susman
Chris Evert
Phil Dent
Ray Ruffels
Virginia Wade
Miss Evert
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Jean
Big Ten lands record 12 top prep players in AP survey
Roanoke based AP survey shows the Big Ten signed 12 of the nation's top 40 high school basketball players, the largest conference sweep in nine years. Eight schools recruited top talents while Minnesota and Northwestern missed the list. Duke and Maryland secured major commits. Jeff Ruland touted as a top prospect chose Iowa.
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World News
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New York
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Maryland
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N.Y
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Earvin Johnson
King
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Eldon Miller
Columbus
Herb Williams
Kenny Page
Wisconsin
Bill Cofield
West Matthews
Bridgeport
Conn. Matthews
UCLA
Bruins
U.S
Tate Armstrong
Carew Aims for .400 Hitting Mark and Fielding Praise
Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins first baseman, praises his fielding while he leads the American League with a .408 batting average. He goes 3-for-4 in a 10-3 win over Milwaukee, steals home for the first time this season, and cites his new comfort at first base as boosting his hitting. Manager Gene Mauch lauds Carew as a standout and predicts a long peak, potentially adding another batting title to his six.
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Boston
Ted Williams
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George Brett
Gene Mauch
Mauch
Stan Musial
Melrose-Mindoro and C-FC win Coulee baseball games
Mel-Min edged Holmen 5-4 with a fourth inning run scored on a Randy Stuhr single. C-FC rallied for four runs in the seventh to beat Onalaska 5-4 as Brook Baumann pitched the win. Onalaska drops to 7-3 in league play. C-FC sits at 2-7.
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Mel-Min
Randy Stuhr
Nip Holmen
C-Fc
Nudge Onalaska
Pirates
Brook Baumann
Onalaska
Watson finds sunshine behind six month success
Tom Watson discusses his sunny disposition after winning the Western Open for a second time and earning 269115 in six months. He says fans want stories and that he aims to improve in wind and ball control while staying honest with press exposure. The item also notes La Crosse junior cycling results and Ona laska Booster Club planning for July 4 events.
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Ill
Tom Watson
Watson
Spain
Johnny Miller
Baseball Players Dominate Weekly Honors Across Leagues
Rod Carew of the Twins and Steve Garvey of the Dodgers were named American and National League Players of the Week for late June. Carew hit .607 to lift his average to .403, while Garvey drove in 13 runs and hit four homers. Wimbledon plans a six team European division in 1978, locations undisclosed. Ivy Steenburgh, 48, was killed by a rushing wheel at a stock car race in Roseville California. John Berry, 74, former NL pitcher, died after a long illness in Houston.
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Rod Carew
Minnesota Twins
Steve Garvey
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Roseville
Calif
Ivy Steenburgh
Houston
John Berry
Baseball Leaders From AL and NL Include Carew and Parker
American League leaders show Rod Carew Minnesota in batting with a .408 mark among 165 at bats and 59 runs. Harmon Killebrew not listed. In the National League, Parker of Pittsburgh leads batting at .348 with 97 hits, and Winfield of San Diego has 62 runs.
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Midwest League Scores and Youth Baseball Results
Quad Cities 6 Waterloo 5 in 10 innings and Burlington 17 Appleton 0 lead the pro scores. Clinton 4 Wausau 1. Cedar Rapids 4 Wisconsin Rapids 14. In 12U action Viroqua Boys Club 7 beat VIROQUA 7 0 1 5 3 4 Notes show detailed box scores and leading hitters Kevin Johnston Randy Schra beck Knutson Ekern Carroll Hanson Seubert.
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Ekern
Baseball Player Moves and Injury Talk at YMCA
California Angels send Mickey Scott to Columbus in the International League. Chicago White Sox recall Jack Kucek from Iowa and send Larry Anderson to Iowa. Pittsburgh Pirates send Miguel Dilone to Columbus in the International League. A talk on leg injuries by Dr. Kirmit Newcomer at the YMCA July 5 at 7 p.m. is sponsored by the River City Striders track club.
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Jack Kucek
Iowa
Larry Anderson
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Migule Dilone
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