Vandenberg AFB all stars sweep Arroyo Grande in district baseball
The Vandenberg AFB team beat Arroyo Grande 10-7 in a three-hour game as Charley Shannon hit a three run homer and led a late comeback. Lompoc Travelers lost to San Luis 5-4 in eight innings as Scott Righetti blasted a decisive homer and Rob Barba stole home after a wild sequence.
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Arroyo
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VAFB
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Shannon
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Charley
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Haupt
Junior Golson
Buchanan
Billy Gile
Billy McWhorters
Rbi
Valley
Travelers
San Luis
Traveler
San Luisans
Rob Barba
Gerry White
Poloni
Barba
Lompoc
Steve Sousa
Carlton Roberts
Sousa
Roberts
Tom Hawk
Dave Beattie
John Gonger
Hawk
Bill Waters
White
Gonger
Bill Reese
Scott Righetti
Righetti
Babe Ruth
Trials for metric mile start tonite at Eugene
UPI reports top U.S. track names in Eugene Oregon begin 1500 meter trials after a day off. Ryun Winzenried and Von Ruden seek comeback, facing Wottle Swenson Prefontaine Milburn Evans Smith Collett and Mathews as 36 Olympic berths already decided and 32 more spots remain across events.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
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Mark Winzenried
Tom von Ruden
Ryun
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Winzenhief
von Ruden
Milburn
Lee Evans
John Smith
Wayne Collett
Vince Mathews
Terry Williams
Jim Warrick
Lompoc
Eugene
Oregon
Warrick
Williams
Jim
Terry
Dodgers snap slump with 7 3 win over Expos in Montreal
Claude Osteen pitched five hitters to end Los Angeles five game skid as the Dodgers defeated the Montreal Expos 7-3. Clyde Mashore delivered a three run homer and Willie Davis added a bases loaded double in the second inning to pace the Dodgers. Expos rookie Balor Moore took the loss.
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Don Hudson
Bob Murphy
Gile
Skip Bromley
McWhorters
VAFB
Montreal
UPI
Los Angeles Dodgers
Montreal Expos
Claude Osteen
Osteen
Clyde Mashore
Expos
Dodgers
Willie Davis
Baler Moore
Barefoot Kicker Sets Millionth Place Kick Record
Gordon Tovani, 46, known as the world’s greatest barefoot place-kicker, lofted his 1 000 000th place kick 58 yards at St Anselmo School. The Oakland Raiders alumnus, author and longtime coach, aims to keep kicking for about 30 more years as he leads a Marin County kickathon to celebrate the milestone.
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SAN Anselmo
UPI
Gordon Toveni
Tovani
St. Anselmo
Oakland Raiders
Reno
Nev
Mike Mercer
Marin County
Smith and Kodes duel in Wimbledon semis
Stan Smith faces Jan Kodes in a grass court semifinal with the winner set to end a long all continent final drought since 1929. Ilie Nastase meets Manuel Orantes in the other semi as Billie Jean King and Evonne Goolagong advance to the final rounds.
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Wimbledon
England
Stan Smith
Jan Kodes
Sea Pines
S.C
Ilie Nastase
Romania
Manuel Orantes
Nastase
Tourney schedule reads like a double elimination bracket
The list shows travel matchups and results for teams Travelers Paso Robles San Luis Atascadero Nipomo Arroyo Grande VAFB Hosts with games across days Th Sat including winners and losers brackets and possible final.
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Travelers
Paso Robles
San Luis
Atascadero
Nipomo
VAFB
Arroyo Grande
Inn
Quarrys Mother Escapes Fire in Flaming Motor Home
On the Artesia Freeway in California a propane line ruptured as a motor home burned. Amanda Quarry and four others leaped from the vehicle moments before the blaze destroyed the van and sports equipment from Jerry and Mike Quarry’s Las Vegas bouts.
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Riverside
UPI
Jerry
Mike Quarry
California Highway Patrol
Graybeard First in Trans-Pacific Yacht Race Finish
Vancouver's Graybeard finished first in the Trans-Pacific Yacht Race to Tahiti with a 20 day 11 minute 43 second elapsed time from Los Angeles. The scratch boat may finish as low as fourth in handicap standings as Ticonderoga’s 1964 record of 17 days 7 hours 57 minutes 55 seconds remains unchallenged. Adverse winds in the final days followed earlier becalming, ending any attempt to beat the record.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Portland
Ore
Graybeard
Ticonderoga
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