Jerry Pate wins United States Open in surprising amateur to pro rise
Atlanta sports column rips into the 22 year old new Open champion Jerry Pate. The piece contrasts Pate with legends Hogan Palmer and Nicklaus, noting his amateur status up to July 1975 and his unlikely ascent through golf's toughest majors. It laments a softer Open era while praising Pate's nerve on Shinnecock Hills final holes.
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James Gang
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Harvard-Yale
Butler National grips Western Open as Geiberger wins by bogey finish
Oak Brook Illinois AP report says Geiberger clinched the Western Open with a final hole bogey for a 288 total four strokes ahead of par. Bob Dickson led early but collapsed to 290 sharing third with Hale Irwin and Charles Coody. Porter faded to 289 after a late double bogey.
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Butler National Golf Club
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Butler National Beast
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Joe Porter
Scottsdale
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Ill
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Jenn Lister
Cezar Sanudo
Dick Rhyan
Tom Watton
Twitty
Womero Blancas
Jerry Heard
Rick Maseenpale
Ge Sneed Ca Oe
Jim Simons
Finley backs off ban on players amid Kuhn clash
Oakland owner Charles Finley called off a planned strike and allowed Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue to play after previously banning them. He filed damages suit against Commissioner Bowie Kuhn while maintaining opposition to the sale terms and seeking court approval.
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Boston Red Sox
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Players’ Association
Tanner
Twins
Larry Hisle
Chicago
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Neil Papiano
Reggie Jackson
Ken Holtzman
Baltimore
Andy Messersmith
Connors Set for Wimbledon Title Bid Again
Jimmy Connors enters the second week of Wimbledon aiming to reclaim the men's singles title he lost to Arthur Ashe last year. Dark horse Charles Pasarell, unseeded at 32, has stunned Panatta and Dent to reach the quarterfinals, while Bjorn Borg fights through a groin injury to reach the next round. In women's play, Chris Evert leads a boycott stance for equal pay as the seeds advance to the quarterfinals with Navratilova Barker Wade King Casals and Goolagong still in the frame. The schedule calls for women's semifinals Wednesday, men's semifinals Thursday, women's final Friday, and men's final Saturday.
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Lookout Mountain
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Women’s Tennis Association
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Soviet Union
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Czechoslovakia
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Virginia Wade
Rosie Casals
San Francisco
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Armature routs T. L. James 9-0 in Legion game
Monroe Armature improves to 13-1 after a rain shortened 9-0 win over T. L. James of Ruston. Keith Rushing pitched two hit ball through six, striking out four to move to 3-0, as Armature adds five runs in the third and three more in the sixth behind an 11-hit attack led by Lasuzzo Roark Harwood and Thompson.
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Monroe
Bastrop
Bass fishing champions crowned in Atchafalaya event
Clyde Didier Jr of Baton Rouge earned elite fisherman honors and 10000 dollars after a sixth place finish. Billy Fryou of Pierre Part captured first with a 47 pound 13 ounce total. J B Guillory Morgan City placed second and Dewey Gravois Thibodaux third as John Martin Baton Rouge caught the largest bass at 6 pounds 1 ounce.
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Atchafalaya
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Pierre
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Drag racer Marshall Wuertly dies in Pevely crash
Marshall Wuertly of East St. Louis Illinois, a five year drag racing veteran, was killed when his stock car lost control and rolled at the finish of a time trial in Pevely Missouri. He was 34.
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