Shorter and Hart win gold as Moscow tops Games
Frank Shorter wins the marathon in Munich while Eddie Hart adds a second United States gold in the final day. Russia leads the Games with 50 golds to 33 for the U.S. as a somber closing ceremony follows tragedy in Israel. Shorter, born in Munich, leads after nine miles and wins by almost two minutes.
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N.M
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Soviet Union
Yuri Tarmak
Fina Melnik
Lasse Viren
Helsinki
Sayers Retires from Football After Illustrious Career
Gale Sayers announces retirement ending a storied NFL career with the Bears. He cited leg soreness and the need to quit after Saturday’s exhibition showing despite strong past performances. The NFL prepares to trim rosters as teams finalize for the 1972 season.
Exhibition Scores And Track Stars Highlight Weekend Games
Baltimore beat Denver 20-13 and New England upset Detroit 34-30 as Giants edged Cleveland 28-21 and Houston tied New Orleans 14-14. Dallas led 6-1 in exhibition play with Washington San Diego and Pittsburgh at 4-1-1. Mercury Morris starred for Miami scoring twice and New England’s Jim Plunkett threw three TD passes against Detroit. Johnny Unitas directed Baltimore for a 20-point first half win over Denver. Hart disqualified in 100m heats as world fastest title goes to Valeri Borzov. US archery boxing and track successes noted with multiple medals and records set.
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Jim Kiick
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Patriots
Lions
Johnny Unitas
Colts
Floyd Little
Charlie Evans
Giants
Frank Pitts
Mike Phipps
Bill Nelson
Nastase Captures U S Open Title In Five Sets
Ilie Nastase of Romania defeated Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3 at Forest Hills to win the U S Open, broadening his status as a top player and hinting at Davis Cup potential against the United States in Bucharest. Ashe struggled with first serve while Nastase stayed focused through a tense final set.
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Ilie Nastase
Romania
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Stan Smith
Ilie
United States
Bucharest
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Ike
Arthur
Free US Power Squadron boating safety courses listed
Small boat skippers are invited to enroll in Learn piloting and seamanship courses offered by the United States Power Squadron. Classes form in Santa Maria at the Naval Reserve Training Facility starting Monday Sept 11 at 7 pm and in Lompoc at South C Street and Ocean Ave next to the Municipal Pool starting Tuesday Sept 12 at 7 pm.
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Lompoc Parks and Recreation Department
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Lompoc Valley Girls Track Club Sets AAU Tryouts
The Lompoc Valley Girls Track Club announces AAU cross country team tryouts Monday to Friday at Lompoc Junior High track from 4 to 6 p.m. daily. The squad will run an eight meet schedule this fall with contact Maury Sipes at 3 1309 for details.
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Lompoc
Maury Sipes
UCLA Upsets No 1 Nebraska In Shock Week One Win
UCLA under Pepper Rodgers shocked top ranked Nebraska 20 17 ending a 23 game win streak with a late Efren Herrera field goal. Mark Harmon, son of Tom Harmon, starred as UCLA debuted a potent wishbone offense to lift the program from a 2 7 1 record last season.
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Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Pepper Rodgers
Rodgers
Bruins
Mark Harmon
Mark
Michigan
Tom Harmon
Harmon
Player wins World Series of Golf in Akron
Gary Player, a 17 year PGA tour veteran, won the 11th World Series of Golf in Akron for 50 000 dollars with a 71 71 final round total 142 two strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino. Player praised his scrambling putting including a 30 foot birdie on No 11 and seven first round holes converted for par.
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Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Genter silver in 200 free after Munich hospital ordeal
Steve Genter, the Southern Californian, battled a collapsed right lung and stitches in Munich to win silver in the 200 meter freestyle. He swam the 800 free relay with a world record performance and finished third in the 400 free, trailing rival Mark Spitz who won gold.
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Steve Genter
Munich
Mark Spitz
Genter
Robert Genter
Lompoc
Lakewood Aquatic Club
University of Munich
Steve
Spitz
Rick Mont
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