Wills backs Gomez as manager while Laguna eyes title
Maury Wills endorses Preston Gomez for Padres manager amid rival comments. Ken Buchanan defends his lightweight title at Madison Square Garden against Ismael Laguna, while Chicago Cubs star Ernie Banks faces a long World Series drought and a possible career finale. The piece weaves in gambling lore and baseball trivia from Gambler's Digest with anecdotes about Pete Rose, Phil Wrigley, Casanova, and others.
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Major League Standings and Probable Pitches Activity
Major league schedule lists Blyleven at Oakland Odom Messersmith at California Bradley at Kansas City Peters at Detroit Bosman at Baltimore Carlton at Chicago Jenkins at Pittsburgh Kison at Montreal Sutton at San Diego Wise at New York Perry at Atlanta Niekro at Atlanta Billingham at Cincinnati and other night matchups Only games scheduled include Minnesota at Oakland Boston at Detroit New York at Cleveland Milwaukee at California Chicago at Kansas City Washington at Baltimore St Louis at Chicago Phila at New York San Fran at Atlanta Houston at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at Montreal St Louis at Chicago
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The Mile Run and Golf Swing Paraellel
A writer compares the mile run to golf swing strategy noting both need pacing. Each sport rewards a late burst of speed, with power generated from the hips and a smooth downswing to maximize finishing distance.
Major League Leaders Dominate Stat Totals Across Leagues
Baseball leaders from the National and American Leagues are highlighted with top totals in batting, home runs, runs batted in and pitching. Names include Torre Stargell Aaron May Oliva Murcer Killebrew Smith and Blue Lolich Palmer among others. Pete Duranko of the Denver Broncos faces knee surgery and is likely to miss the first three NFL games.
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Evert and King Set for U S Open Semifinals Showdown
At Forest Hills Billie Jean King, 27, faces 16 year old Chris Evert in the women’s semifinal. Evert, from Fort Lauderdale, seeks to grow taller as King aims to erase the rising star’s image. The day also features Casals vs Melville and Smith vs Reissen in the men’s bracket.
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Stan Smith
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Evanston
Ill
Reissen
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Yugoslavia
Smith
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Miller leads Southern Open after first round at Green Island
John Miller shot five under par 65 to grab a two stroke lead in the Second Annual Southern Open. Mason Rudolph won last year's event and Miller and his wife celebrate two years of marriage Sept 17. Mike Reasor, Homero Blancas, and Cesar Sanudo sit two back after tough greens.
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Grass career advances to semis with straight-set win
The match saw a dominant 6-0 7-6 7-3 defeat of Frank Froehling by the opponent, propelling them into the semifinals on Thursday.
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