U.S. dominates third cross‑country track meet in China
The United States swept 16 of 17 events in Peking at Worker's Stadium, led by Dick Buerkle winning the 10,000 meters in 28:41.4, with six Americans scoring triple wins. Fred Newhouse, Don Merrick, Tommy Haynes, Dick Drescher, and Francie Larrieu also triumphed, while Kao Yu Kuei gave China a single win in women's discus. Chinese hope growth will make them competitive, though they trail the U.S. in overall performance.
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Peking Worker's Stadium
Canton
Shanghai
Dick Buerkle
Rochester
N.Y
Buerkle
Yul Brynner
Fred Newhouse
Baton Rouge, la
Don Merrick
Deland, Fla
Tommy
Haynes
Nashville
Tenn
Dick Drescher
Greenbelt
Francie Larrieu
Los Angeles
Newhouse
Merrick
Drescher
Larrieu
Kao Yu-Kuei
United States
China
Flyers claim second straight Stanley Cup 2 0 win
Flyers beat Sabres 2 0 to win series four games to two in Buffalo. Bernie Parent earned Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP for second year. Bob Kelly opened scoring 11 seconds into third. Bill Clement sealed victory late. coaches praised teamwork and Sabres accepted defeat.
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N.Y
UPI
Bernie Parent
Parent
Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers
Buffalo Sabres
Bob Kelly
Kelly
Roger Crozier
Bill Clement
Orest Kindrachuk
Crozier
Bobby Clarke
Clarke
Sabres
Floyd Smith
Shero
Tourney of Champions wins PGA reprieve and return
The PGA Tour reinstates the Tournament of Champions after pressure from sponsors and pros. Deane Beman announces the board will reschedule the winners-only event to 1976 to align with the World Series of Golf and avoid ongoing litigation.
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UPI
Pro Golf
Deane Beman
Beman
la Costa
Calif
TPD
Dozen Best Jocks Compete Sunday at Hollywood Park
In Inglewood California twelve top jockeys with combined 27 000 wins will race in the second annual All Star Jockey Race. Bill Shoemaker leads a field including Chris McCarron Sandy Hawley Laffit Pincay Braulio Baeza Angel Cordero Jr Jorge Velasquez Angel Santiago Jacinto Vasquez Darrell McHargue Fernando Toro and Don Pierce. McCarron makes first California appearance riding at Delaware Park prior to Sunday race.
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Calif
UPI
Hollywood Park
McCarron
Delaware Park
California
Laffit Pincay
Braulio Baeza
Angel Cordero Jr
Jorge Velasquez
Angel Santiago
Jacinto Vasquez
Darrell McHargue
Fernando Toro
Don Pierce
Lompoc Coach Spruill Honored at Farewell Dinner
Jim Spruill was honored at a Lompoc High cafeteria dinner for ten years of coaching the football program and will remain athletic director. The event featured speeches from former players and coaches, a plaque from the 1974 Braves, and gifts including fishing gear.
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Cabrillo High
Cabrillo
Ralph Barkey
UCSB
Cabrillo Activities
Jim Spruill
Lompoc High
Spruill
Sylvia
Bob Paisola
Gus Knickrehm
74 Braves
Lompoc
Braves
Sut Puaiola
San Marcos
Tom Hawkins
Santa Maria
Bob Coe
Knickrehm
Paisola
Mike Warren
Thorpe's gold medals important to Indians
Grace Thorpe, daughter of Jim Thorpe, advocates restoring his 1912 Olympic gold medals and amateur status. Sen. Abourezk supports a Senate resolution urging the IOC to reinstate Thorpe's amateur status. Thorpe, who died in 1953, would have turned 87 today.
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UPI
Grace Thorpe
Jim
Jim Thorpe
United States
Thorpe
Carlisle Indian School
Carlisle
Ms. Thorpe
James Abourezk
S.D
Abourezk
Senate
Quentin Burdick
International Olympic Committee
Ezzard Charles Dies at 54 in Chicago VA Hospital
Former world heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles, Hall of Fame boxer and 122 fight veteran with 96 wins, died in Chicago at age 54 after a battle with ALS. He defeated Jersey Joe Walcott to win the title in 1949 and later lost to Walcott and Rocky Marciano, with a comeback attempt in 1958. He later worked for the Illinois motor vehicle bureau and Mayor Daley's Youth Foundation. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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UPI
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Hall of Fame
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Charles
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Joe Louis
Walcott
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Illinois Motor Vehicle Bureau
Richard J. Daley
Rocky
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