Southeast, Papillion in finals
Southeast Knighted by three untapped hitters to beat Omaha Grass 5 3 and reach the Class A state final against Papillion. Papillion crushed Millard 11 0 as the Monarchs race toward the championship Tuesday night with Duke Vair pitching a two hitter and Tom Walsh driving two hits and three runs.
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Ken Hambleton
Ralston
Lincoln Southeast Knights
Knights
Omaha
Orval Smith Field
New Southeast
Papillion
Millard
Mark McManaman
Gross
McManaman
LSE
Mark Hoebler
Dave Craft
Southeast
Craft
Gordon
Charlie
Matt Macaits
Tom Brazeal
The
Doug Kaltenberger
Cougars
Jim Alexander
Kaltenberger
Alexander
Jim Thomas
Thomas
Tom Walsh
Greg Willett
Local Open qualifying sends trio toward sectional
Mike Hughett Jim White and Ben Lantz earned open sectional spots at Lincoln after 36 holes with totals of 145 138 and 147 respectively. White and Hughett head to Memphis and Kansas City while Lantz moves toward Atlanta and Tulsa awaits White’s final tour fate.
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Mike Hughett
Jim White
Country Club of
Lincoln
White
Hughett
Omahan
Ben Lantz
Southern Hills Country Club
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oral Roberts University
Lincoln East High School
Kansas City
Southern Hills
Jim
Atlanta
Omaha
Fisher
Dave Walker
Lantz
Millard
Tom Sieckmann
Tim Nelson
Nelson
Mahoney Park
Hastings
Sports Briefs Highlights and Offbeat Events
The FCC may launch an inquiry into CBS Heavyweight Championship of Tennis series with alleged guaranteed fees to entrants. Dan Pastorini's speed boat crash in Liberty Texas kills a 10 year old girl. he remains uninjured after third mishap this year. Billy Martin plans to reprimand Reggie Jackson for avoiding interviews and teammates after a home run. Jockey Steve Cauthen, leading rider, suffers a fractured right arm and rib after a three horse spill at Belmont Park opening day.
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Federal Communications Commission
CBS
Houston
Dan Pastorini
Liberty
Tex
Pastorini
New York Yankee
Billy Martin
Reggie Jackson
Jackson
Boston
Steve Cauthen
Belmont Park
Erving Leads Sixers In Opening Playoff Win Over Blazers
Julius Erving delivered a 33 point, five rebound, four assist, three steal performance to spark the Philadelphia 76ers to a 107 101 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in game one of the NBA championship series. He stressed playoff focus and team driven play while Portland guard Bob Gross and Larry Steele acknowledged his dominance and the challenge of slowing his drives to the basket.
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Philadelphia
Julius Erving
Dr. J
Philadelphia 76Ers
Erving
Sixers
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland
Blazers
Bob Gross
Larry Steele
Gross
American Basketball Association
New York Nets
Gene Shue
Walther buys entry into Indy 500 by car transfer
Salt Walther’s father bought the car qualified for the 500 after time trials, enabling Salt to replace Bill Puterbaugh. The sale, valued at about 60000 dollars, drew calls for protest though officials and the chief steward found no rule violation. Walther would substitute and test carburetion before the race, impacting starting positions.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Salt Walther
Indy
Speedway Motel
Bill Puterbaugh
Walther
George Walther
Walmotor, Inc
Puterbaugh
Lee Elkins Enterprises
Elkins
Tom Binford
Speedway
New York
Cole
Peterbaugh
Binford
U.S. Auto Club
the Speedway
John Mahler
Dick Simon
Simon
Mahler
al Unser
Nicklaus tops memorial in rain delayed win at Dublin
Jack Nicklaus wins the Memorial by two strokes after a rain delay, lifting his career earnings over 3 million and tying Ben Hogan for second with 63 tour victories. Hubert Green finishes second, Tom Watson third, Lou Graham fourth in a 104-player field.
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Dublin
Ohio
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Sam Snead
Ben Hogan
Arnold Palmer
Hubert Green
Green
Tom Watson
Lou Graham
Carstens Wins Lincoln High Dobbins Award
Lincoln High senior Dean Carstens was named the 1977 Harry Sidney Dobbins Award winner at Senior Awards Convocation. The trophy honors a student with strong athletic, citizenship, and scholastic records. Carstens lettered in football, baseball, and basketball, earned all-city honors, and is NHS member ranked 26th in a class of 446. He plans to attend Kearney State on an athletic scholarship.
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Lincoln High
Dean Carstens
Harry Sidney Dobbins
Lincoln Journal
Harry T. Dobbins
Carstens
Kearney State
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Dave Maurstad
Sioux Falls
Lincoln Country Club
Harald Dreimanis
Maurstad
Memphis
Gerry Fisher
Dobbins Award
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