U S Athletes Earn Multiple Golds in Munich Olympics
Three U S golds in swimming top the day as Steve Genter overcomes a collapsed lung to anchor a relay. Frank Shorter sets American 10 000 m record. wrestling brings three golds including Dan Gable. Boxing water polo and soccer results follow with Yugoslavia upended in water polo and the U S soccer team finishing last in Group 1.
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Lakekwood
Calif
Genter
Spitz
West Germany
Steve
U.S
Frank Shorter
Ray Seales
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Wash
East Germany
Ulrich Beyer
Tim’ Dement
Bossier City
Ali Gharbi
Tunisia
Yugoslavia
America
Malaysia
Coxwain
Tough Challenge Facing Gibron
Chicago Bears new head coach Abe Gibron faces the task of restoring the team’s feared reputation after a 6-8 season. He aims for a physical, hard-nosed squad while juggling injury doubts and young players on offense and defense.
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Abe Gibron
Chicago Bears
Gibron
Jim Dooley
Knight's FG Pushes Skins Past Dolphins
Washington's Curt Knight kicked a 24 yard field goal with 36 seconds left to lift the Redskins to a 27 24 exhibition win over the Miami Dolphins. Knight also added a 51 yard boot to lead in scoring while Charley Harraway and Larry Brown scored on one yard runs and a Sonny Jurgensen to Larry Brown pass accounted for another. The Dolphins were led by Mercury Morris and Larry Csonka with a 10 yard run and a one yard plunge respectively. The game, held before 53039 in Washington, featured Yepremian misfiring from 33 yards and Jan Stenerud missing an earlier attempt. The Lions Colts game was previewed for Tampa later tonight with seven more exhibition games scheduled over Labor Day weekend.
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Little Booter
Knight
Washington Redskins
Dolphins
Redskins
Washington
Charley Harraway
Sonny Jurgensen
Larry Brown
Mercury Morris
Larry Csonka
Charley Leigh
Yankees Stay Close in pennant race with 7-0 win over Rangers
Fritz Peterson matched his five-hitter as the Yankees routed the Texas Rangers 7-0 to pull within 1 1/2 games of first in the AL standings. Horace Clarke opened the scoring with a first inning homer, and Bobby Murcer later homered for his 100th career long ball. The victory keeps New York in the chase as September unfolds with six games left against fellow contenders in the AL East.
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Red Sox
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Los Angeles
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