Yanks Shine as East German Doping Controversy Surges
At Concord CA, Tim Shaw and Shirley Babashoff set world records in the AAU long course meet opening. John Naber Deena Deardorff and others posted American and meet marks while East German officials denied steroid use amid doping allegations and LEN protests.
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Concord
Calif
UPI
East Germany
Concord Community Pool
Tim Shaw
Long Beach
Shirley Babashoff
Mission Viejo
Shaw
Woodrow Wilson High School
Rick Demont
San Rafael
Miss Babashoff
Heather Greenwood
Fresno
Jenny Turrall
Australia
Miss Greenwood
John Naber
Menlo Park
Deena Deardorff
Cincinnati
John Hencken
Santa Clara
Marcia Morey
Decanter
Lompoc Yearling All Stars head to SCMAF tourney
The Lompoc Yearling All-Star team travels Monday to Costa Mesa for the SCMAF softball tournament at Tewinkle Park. The seven to nine grade squad enters with a 15-3 record and opens Monday at 8:30 p.m. versus Cypress All-Stars.
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Connie Steinbach
Lompoc
Costa Mesa
Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation
SCMAF
Cypress All-Stars
Ponytail
Orcutt
Tewinkle Park
Cypress
Downey
San Diego
Tammy Dodson
All Stars
Unheralded foreigners upset top seeds in US Pro Tennis in Brookline
At Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline Mass unheralded players from Japan Czechoslovakia Chile and Australia toppled seeds in the US Pro Championships. Milan Holecek 31 defeated Harold Solomon 4 6 6 3 7 5 after a tense final set while Stan Smith and other seeded players advanced or fell to determined rivals.
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Brookline
Mass
UPI
Longwood Cricket Club
Stan Smith
Jun Kamiwazumi
Japan
Milan Holecek
Harold Solomon
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Tom Okker
Bjorn Borg
Marty Riessen
Amelia Island
Jan Kodes
Eddie Dibbs
Miami Beach
Holecek
Solomon
Wheels off field intrigue shadows 0-7 Wheels
Detroit Wheels struggle in the World Football League with no money and no players as 0-7 record deepens. Rumors of fresh funds and a possible sale swirl among the 33 current owners while onfield the Wheels fall 35-23 to the Chicago Fire behind Bruce Shaw’s rally and a 90-yard kickoff return by Walter Rhone.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
UPI
Detroit Wheels
Detroit
Chicago Fire
Louis Lee
The
Wheels
Sonny Grandelius
Dan Boisture
Chicago
Bruce Shaw
Cyril Pinder
Hurling in Cleveland Park Like Pitching in a Matchbox
Paul Splittorff describes pitching in Municipal Stadium Cleveland as a matchbox like experience with short fences and a hitter's paradise. He notes the 320 foot foul lines and 385 foot power zones where balls fly out. Splittorff, 27, pitched the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Indians narrowing the gap to within 4½ games of Oakland in the AL West.
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Cleveland
United Press International
Paul Splittorff
Municipal Stadium
Boston
Fenway Park
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Paradise
Kansas City Royals
Indians
Oakland A’s
Reading Phillies Righty Thomas Tosses No-Hitter
Roy Thomas, a Lompoc Valley pitching specialist, fired a 2-0 no-hitter for the Reading Phillies in the Eastern League at Westhaven Yankees. The right-hander, 13th win of the season, walked two and struck out three while needing 77 pitches. After a rocky first inning, Thomas settled in throwing fast balls and breaking balls.
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Roy Thomas
Lompoc Valley
Reading Phillies
Thomas
Westhaven Yankees
Philadelphia
Lompoc Braves
B.b.s
Taiwan and Red Bluff reach Little League World Series final
Kao Hsiung of Taiwan and Red Bluff California won Thursday to advance to the final game in Williamsport. Taiwan routed Tallmadge Ohio 11 to 0 in the semifinal while Red Bluff narrowly defeated Maracaibo Venezuela 43 to not decided final score.
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Williamsport
UPI
Kao Hsiung
Taiwan
Red Bluff
Calif
Tallmadge
Ohio
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Namath to Start at QB Tonight Against Cardinals
Jets coach Charley Winner returns to St. Louis with concerns about pass protection for Namath as he makes his first start behind a veteran line after two weeks of camp. Al Woodall absorbed heavy pressure in last week's 21 13 loss to the Giants.
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Namath
Cardinals
United Press International
Charley Winner
St. Louis
Winner
New York Jets
Joe Namath
St. Louis Cardinals
al Woodall
Jets
New York Giants
John Jones
Bill Demery
Weeb Ewbank
Aaron climbs from slump at Westchester Classic lead
Tommy Aaron, long out of major-winning form, opened with a five-under 67 to join a four-way tie for first at the Westchester Classic. He spoke of a post-Masters letdown and the struggle to regain consistency after his Augusta win.
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Harrison
N.Y
UPI
Tommy Aaron
Aaron
Augusta
Milwaukee
Miller Barber
Dale Douglass
Larry Ziegler
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Tom Watson
Bruce Crampton
Bob Murphy
Dan Sikes
John Lister
Jim Wiechers
Rod Funseth
Larry Hinson
Jerry McGee
Mason Rudolph
Johnny Miller
Bobby Nichols
Tom Weiskopf
Hale Irwin
Gary Player
Top seed Evert battles pressure at Newport
Chris Evert, rider to 50 straight wins, struggles with Forest Hills seeding as she defeats Janet Newberry 7 2 7 5 to reach the Virginia Slims Grass Court Championship semifinals. Julie Heldman also advances by beating Lesley Charles 6 3 6 3.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Chris Evert
Newport Casino
Forest Hills
Miss Evert
Janet Newberry
Julie Heldman
Lesley Charles
England
El Segundo Reaches Ruth Series Final Narrowly
El Segundo California pitcher Chris Durkakis delivered a two run double in the bottom of the final inning to lift El Segundo to a 6-5 victory over Monterrey Mexico and reach the Babe Ruth World Series title contention. Carlos Arroyo of Puerto Rico drove in a run with a third inning single as Ito Rico beat an unbeaten foe 5-1 to set up a semifinal winner against Puerto Rico for the championship.
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Abbeville
UPI
Chris Durkakis
el Segundo
Calif
Carlos Arroyo
Puerto Rico
Durkakis
Monterrey
Mexico
Arroyo
Ito Rico
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Colt
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Okker
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