Opening day brings Nixon berth and Reds reshuffle in spotlight
Major league action starts with Master Sergeant Pitzer representing Nixon in Washington as the Athletics meet the Senators in the presidential opener. Cincinnati hosts Atlanta with Lee May Bob Tolan and Dave Concepcion sidelined, Tony Perez moved to first, and Frank Duffy starting at short. Dodgers visit Houston while Vida Blue faces Dick Bosman in a 42 000 plus Washington crowd.
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Curt Flood
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Phil Niekro
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Hal McRae
Tolan
Frank Duffy
Concepcion
Woody Woodward
Riverfront Stadium
Bill Singer
Dodgers
Larry Dierker
Bulls Even Series With 113-99 Win Over Lakers
The Bulls beat the Lakers 113-99 to knot their NBA playoff series at three games each. Chicago starters led with Bob Weiss 25 Jerry Sloan 23 and Bob Love 21 while Gail Goodrich topped LA with 25. The Lakers trailed early but Chicago surged 21-4 in a third period run to seize momentum.
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Warriors
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Ron Williams
Bullets
76Ers
Earl Monroe
Fred Carter
Jack Marin
Marin
Archie Clark
Billy Cunningham
Guardsmen Use Weekend Labor for City Projects
Ohio National Guard Engineers Company trains on weekends while moving over 100 loads of dirt from the city landfill to the old Gallup dump site and McGuan Park diamond areas. The old dump becomes a pistol range with a 20 foot high abutment 150 feet long.
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Ohio National Guard
Norwalk
Park and Recreation
Gallup
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McGuan Park
Foyt Edges Petty in Atlanta 500 Victory
A.J. Foyt won the Atlanta 500 at Hampton Georgia by 1.8 seconds over Richard Petty. The U.S. Auto Club visitor earned 19200 dollars, boosting season Nascar winnings to 86350. Foyt praised his Woods Brothers prepared Mercury while noting Petty’s strong pit crew.
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UPI
A.J. Foyt
Indianapolis
Foyt
U.S. Auto Club
Richard Petty
Woods Brothers
Stuart
Hargan Solich Open In Detroit In Opening Tigers Indians Tilt
The Detroit Tigers host the Cleveland Indians in the first regular season AL game at Tiger Stadium before about 40 000 fans. Cleveland’s Alvin Dark leads a lineup including Nettles Foster Fosse Harrelson with Steve Hargan facing Detroit’s Mickey Lolich in the season opener.
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Ariz
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Indians
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Hargan
Palm Springs
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Larry Brown
Graig Nettles
Roy Foster
Ray Fosse
Ken Harrelson
Eddie Leon
Ted Ford
Buddy Bradford
Boston
WR Adds Panthers To Football Sked
COLLINS The 1971 Western Reserve High School football schedule adds Sandusky St. Marys as an opponent. The Panthers play the Riders on Sept. 17 at Western Reserve after opening Sept. 10 at South Amherst.
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Mapleton
Moody Wins Hong Kong Open With 14 Under Par
Orville Moody of Harker Heights Texas shot a two under par 66 to win the Hong Kong Open by two strokes over Haruo Yasuda of Japan finishing the 72 hole event at 266 14 under par despite Yasuda firing a final round 63.
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UPI
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Harker Heights
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Yasuda
Soviet canoe team members and coach die in unknown incident
Moscow reports the deaths of two Soviet canoe and kayak athletes Alexei Gorbachev and Viktor Sustretov and their coach Vladimir Lukoyanov on March 31. No cause or details were disclosed by Sovietsky Sports Newspaper.
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Moscow
UPI
Sovietsky Sports
Alexei Gorbachev
Viktor Sustretov
Vladimir Lukoyanov
Edison Track Sets Sights on New Records this Season
Edison high school track aims to reset over half the school records after Berlin Heights Milan consolidation. Coach John Feyedelem builds sprint and hurdle strength withReturnees Ross Puder and others pacing the lineup. Key marks from 1969 1970 dot the roster while early meets list dates and opponents including Huron Western Reserve and Firelands.
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Len Puder
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Letterman
Larry Cochran
Puder
Ross
Dave Spoen
George Kinnard
Ed Buck
Tom Bibb
al Burris
Cevert Takes Lead With Jim Clark Memorial F2 Win
Francois Cevert of France led the European Formula Two standings after winning the Jim Clark Memorial at Hockenheim. He clocked 43 29.0 in the Tecno first heat and placed third in heat two, while Graham Hill of England took heat two and finished third in heat one. Cevert won the overall title by faster times over the 20 laps on the 4.2 mile track.
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Hockenheim
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UPI
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France
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