Shorter Wins Olympic Marathon Amid Bus Hazard and Blisters
Frank Shorter, the 130-pound American from Ranchos de Taos, wins the Olympic marathon in Munich as photographers’ buses pass near him. He leads from around 15 kilometers, defeats Ethiopian rivals Akami and Mamo Wolde, and accepts gold after a grueling, blistered finish in the stadium.
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Shorter
Russia
Akami
Mamo Wolde
Mexico City
Potsdamstrasse
Schwabing
Alwin Ach
Aci
Olympic Stadium
Phidipides
Marathon
Athens
Regional Baseball Standings and Schedule Summary
Baseball standings for the American and National Leagues show games from Sunday and Saturday results, with teams including Chicago Philadelphia Montreal Pittsburgh New York St Louis San Diego Atlanta Cincinnati San Francisco Los Angeles Houston and Boston Cleveland Minnesota Oakland Kansas City Texas and Baltimore. Probable pitcher matchups are listed for St Louis at Montreal and Houston at Los Angeles, with a full weekly schedule of upcoming games in the alert.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Montreal
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
San Diego
Atlanta
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Santorini
Moore
Wilson
Downing
St Louis
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Oakland
Minnesota
Kansas City
California
Texas
Oakland Blue
Horlen
Perry
Blyleven
Splittorff
Kline
Sherman
Siebert
Tidrow
Colborn
Cuellar
Newark
Ouston
Reds
Giants
Padres
Braves
UPI
National Basketball Association
Jerry Chambers
American Basketball Association
San Diego Conquistadors
Chambers
Utah
Phoenix
Buffalo
NBA
Expo hurler Torrez nails Pirates for 8-2 win
Montreal Expos pitcher Mike Torrez limited the division leading Pittsburgh Pirates to eight hits and lifted his record to 16-9 as Expo offense erupted for six runs in the third inning. Torrez now looks poised for his first 20 win season with the Expos.
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Torrez
Pittsburgh Pirates
Expos
Pirates
Lopez
Fukuyama
Mel Stottlemyre
Horace Clarke
Bobby Murcer
New York
Detroit
Jim Palmer
Terry Crowley
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Local bikers vie for motor brass at Santa Maria track
Lompoc Slow Pokes scramblers shine at Spillway Park with local riders claiming several podiums. Sue Bowen defeats Linda Hale in the powder puff, Gary Concellos finishes fourth in 100 cc, Vince Clark takes seconds after quick repairs, Larry Greer of San Luis wins the Open intermediates, while Czerwinski and Ayres place in Open Juniors and others face ignition woes and crashes.
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Lompoc
Santa Maria
Spillway Park
Sue Bowen
Linda Hale
Gary Concellos
Vince Clark
Larry Greer
San Luis
Dave
Czerwinski
Wesley Ayres
Jay Getchel
Fresno
Chure
Scott Frisby
Harvey Wynne
Chargers Obtain Fassel on Waivers from Bears
San Diego reports that Jim Fassel a quarterback and seventh round draft pick from Long Beach State was claimed off waivers from Chicago. Fassel completed 88 of 165 passes for 1 212 yards in college.
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UPI
San Diego Chargers
Jim Fassel
Chicago Bears
Fassel
Long Beach State
Red Sox win fifth straight as sweep of Indians boosts lead
The Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader from Cleveland 5-1 in 12 innings and 2-0 to stretch their winning streak to five and move 12 games ahead of Baltimore in the American League East. Luis Aparicio homered in the second game as John Curtis won his five-hit effort. Carlton Fisk hit his 20th homer in the opener.
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United Press International
Boston
Red Sox
Cleveland
Skein
Baltimore
Luis Aparicio
John Curtis
Carlton Fisk
Oakland
Texas
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
Minnesota
Souza Extends Lead With Santa Maria Speedway Thriller
Ronnie Souza seized the stocker main event on a dramatic final lap at Santa Maria Speedway, edging Cliff Vose for the trophy dash. A three car pileup on the back straight halted the race early, totaling Wayne Hammond and badly damaging Steve Thompson and Dan Simkins. Major heat wins by J.T. Simkins, Tom Atlast, Randolph and Chuck Molinari highlighted a night of multi victory performances as the season wraps with twin 50s and an all destruction derby planned for October.
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Santa Maria
Ronnie Souza
Bill Bellefleur
Santa Maria Speedway
Wayne Hammond
Steve Thompson
Dan Simkins
Hammond
Thompson
Gene Preast
Cliff Vose
Bellefleur
Souza
Vose
J.T. Simkins
Jack Ledbetter
Tom Atlast
Preast
Randolph
Stanley
Chuck Molinari
Morro Bay
Gary Lynch
Dick Elliott
Darrell Walker
Super Duece
Santa Marian
Carl Rasmussen
Vandenberg Afb
Ed Horton
Molinari
Olympic feats and incidents at Melbourne Tokyo Rome
A compilation of Olympic moments from Melbourne 1956 and Tokyo 1964. Britain misses team gold after Holmes crash and time loss, Ivanov’s missing medal sparks a IOC replacement, Konrads siblings rise for Australia, Calhoun defends hurdles title, Rudolph dominates women’s events, Tokyo’s velo drome cost and Loren’s lifetime boxing ban after a damaging punch to the referee.
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Britain
W. Holmes
Holmes
France
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Ussr
Lake Wendouree
International Olympic Committee
Ivanov
Rome
Jon Konrads
Australia
Ilsa
Konrads
Latvia
Jon
New South Wales
Lee Calhoun
USA
Calhoun
Amateur Athletic Union
Wilma Rudolph
Miss Rudolph
Tokyo
Hachioji
Toyo
Valentin Loren
Spain
Loren
Cheng Hsu
Formosa
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Hot Sox
Bob Oliver
Leroy Stanton
Bill Parker
Sal Bando
Mike Epstein
Matty Alou
Joe Rudi
John Mayberry
Minnesota Twins
Hugh Davies
Lompoc RE
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