Bobby Allison Drives Twin 50 at Old Hickory Despite Low Turnout
Bobby Allison won the first 50 laps and nearly set a track record in time trials at Old Hickory Raceway as 950 fans watched the Twin 50 event. Promoter Joe Wertz blamed weather and lack of local interest for the 4,000-seat oval remaining mostly empty despite a $4,200 purse and 47-car field.
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Buffalo
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Pittsburgh
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Columbiana
Ohio
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Youngstown
Butler Speedway
Jim Bickerstaff
Darryl Hailstock
New Castle High
Osteen earns 37th career shutout in 5-0 Dodgers victory
Dodgers 5-0 over Braves as Claude Osteen fires a four hitter for his 37th career shutout and sixth straight win. Willie Crawford homered and Bill Buckner with Willie Davis had two hits each. Braves' Carl Morton drops to 6-6. Dodgers sweep the series. Other NL games noted.
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UPI
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Willie Crawford
Bill Buckner
Willie Davis
Frank Baker
Atlanta
Carl Morton
St. Louis Cardinals
Montreal Expos
Houston Astros
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Blyleven Tops Angels In One Run Pitchers Duel
Bert Blyleven out pitched Clyde Wright in a tense 1-0 Twins win as Joe Lis drove in the lone run with a ninth inning single after Bobby Darwin stole second. The victory moved Minnesota closer to its division goals while other AL games saw Chicago blank Oakland and New York beat Detroit.
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UPI
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Quilici
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Wright
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Felipe Alou
Mickey Lolich
Yankees
Pat Dobson
Yanks
Lolich
Stan Bahnsen
White Sox
Ed Herrmann
John Jeter
Carlos May
Paul Blair
Luis Tiant
Bob Reynolds
Jim Palmer
Buddy Bell
Brewers
George Hendrick
Indians
Gaylord Perry
Girls tourney opens tomorrow at Gaston
West Pittsburg meets Neshannock at noon to start the Lawrence County Girls 12 to 18 Slo Pitch Softball Tournament at Gaston Park. The double elimination event runs Sunday and on June 30 and July 1 with Sunday play from 1 to 8 p.m.
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Big league standings and schedule update
National and American League standings show Chicago St Louis and Los Angeles leading their divisions. Thursday results include St Louis, Houston, New York and others while the Knicks sign 7 foot Lawrence Lilly from Alabama State as a sixth round pick.
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Cleveland
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UPI
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Alabama State
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Fezler Miller deadlocked for American Classic lead
Forrest Fezler and Johnny Miller share the first round lead at the American Golf Classic in Akron. Miller scored a hole in one on the 5th, while Arnold Palmer, Tom Kite, Jim Wiechers and J C Snead are one stroke back at 68. Several players sit at 69 or 70, with Nicklaus among a group at 69.
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Wimbledon Draw Shaken as 67 Men Withdraw Over Pilic Suspension
Nearly 70 top male players quit Wimbledon over Yugoslavia's suspension of Nikki Pilic, transforming the event into a largely women's affair. ATP members filed withdrawal forms as Billie Jean King stated the women would play on, despite men's boycott and ongoing negotiator clashes.
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Former Irish grid coach Leahy dies after battle with illness
Frank Leahy, famed Notre Dame coach with seven unbeaten seasons, dies in Portland at Good Samaritan Hospital after a five year fight with leukemia and complications. He was 05 Aug. 21 and lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Survived by widow Florence and seven children.
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