Big Eight Scrimmage Notes From Nebraska to Oklahoma
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne praised the Husker defense and Turner Gill after a Saturday scrimmage. Gill showed in his first full contact since his leg injury, with Craig Sundberg and Gill each contributing in the passing game. Runners Rozier, Smith, and Craig led the ground attack with solid yardage. Across the conference, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma reported varied injury updates, progress in practices, and notable performances from players like Marcus Dupree and Rodney Hayes.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
Osborne
Turner Gill
Mike Rozier
Jeff Smith
Roger Craig
Craig Sundberg
Gill
Kansas State
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State
Jimmy Johnson
Walker fractures thumb in scrimmage at Georgia
Herschel Walker, Georgia's All American running back, fractured his right thumb in a Saturday scrimmage and will miss three to six weeks after surgery. The injury threatens games with Clemson and Brigham Young, with possible absences through September for South Carolina and Mississippi State. Coach Vince Dooley spoke of replacing Walker with Carnie Norris Tron Jackson and Keith Montgomery.
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Fred Sims
Athens
Herschel Walker
Georgia
Bulldogs
Clemson
Walker
Carnie Norris
Tron Jackson
Keith Montgomery
Brigham Young
South Carolina
Mississippi State
William Mulherin
Andy Loy
Dooley
HFC Thrift
Runaway Groom Upsets Travers In Comeback Run
Runaway Groom, a 12-1 outsider from Canada, rallied from last to win the Travers Stakes at Saratoga, ahead of Aloma's Ruler and Conquistador Cielo. The victory, worth 132,900 dollars, ended Conquistador Cielo's seven-race win streak and marked a dramatic upset in a rare Triple Crown winners clash.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Cielo
Aloma
Groom
Saratoga Race Course
Jeffrey Fell
Canada
Conquistador Cielo
War
Secretariat
Affirmed
Saratoga
Henryk de Kwiatkowski
Fell
Drumlanging Farm
Albert Coppola
Washington, D.C
Miller refutes claim on cocaine in baseball
Sports physician Dr. Michael Stone asserted 90 percent of major league players used cocaine on NBC TV. MLB Players Association head Marvin Miller called it outrageous and baseless. Houston beat Montreal 5-3 on Game of the Week as Al Rosen defended team drug controls.
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New York
Major League Baseball Players Association
Nbc-Tv
Michael Stone
Orange
Calif
Allan Wiggins
Juan Bonilla
San Diego Padres
Stone
Marvin Miller
The
Players Association
NBC
Houston
Montreal
Astros
al Rosen
Rosen
Bill Virdon
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Manhattan
Kan
Jim Dickey
Eric Mack
Darrell Ray Dickey
Mike Cox
Tim Stone
Dickey
Iowa State
Ames
Iowa
Donnie Duncan
Cyclones
Duncan
Darren Longshore
Chris Boskey
Oklahoma
Vince Dooley
Entry
John DiMario
Runaway Groom
Kansas
HFC Thrift of
Household International
Household Finance
Tg& Y
Ben Franklin
Coast To Coast
National Car Rental Valley National Bank
Thermos
HEC Thrift
Southwest Plaza
W. 23Rd Street
Lawrence, Kansas
Plains
Home Center
Redwood
37Th Avenue
Denver. Co
Pucheler
Newbrough
Brookside
Stalin
Mastercard
Visa
Lumber & Home Center
Lawrence
Miller
Kansas Association of Realtors
KAR
Topeka
Burlingame Rd
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