Green Wins Open as Threats Loom on Final Holes
Hubert Green captured his first major by one stroke over Lou Graham despite a reported death threat from a caller to the FBI. Green surged with a birdie on the 16th, saved par at 14, and finished 278 to earn $45,000 and Ryder Cup and World Series qualifications.
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Graham
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Frank D. Tatum
Southern Hills’ Security
Charles Jones
FBI
Oklahoma City
Tatum
Tom Weiskopf
Tom Purtzer
Great Britain
Hubie
Lou Graham
Berra to Take Yankee Manager Role After Martin's Exit
New York reports Billy Martin out as manager of the Yankees. Yogi Berra expected to be named the new skipper after a season marred by conflicts with owner George Steinbrenner and president Gabe Paul. A Fenway Park dugout incident, three straight losses to Boston, and a 11-1 defeat sealed the move.
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UPI
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Yankees
Yogi Berra
Yanks
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George Steinbrenner
Gabe Paul
Paul
Boston
Reggie Jackson
Fenway Park
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Jackson
Berra
Elston Howard
Steinbrenner
Red Sox
Indians Sweep Tigers Move Up To Fourth Place
Cleveland beats Detroit in a doubleheader to rise to fourth in the AL East as Jeff Torborg begins his managerial tenure with a 2-0 and 4-0 pair. Wayne Garland won the opener and Jim Bibby pitched a shutout in the nightcap while Andre Thornton and Larvell Blanks provided the offense.
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Tigers
Cleveland
UPI
Jeff Torborg
Frank Robinson
Frank
Torborg
Cleveland Indians
Robinson
Tribe
Detroit Tigers
Wayne Garland
Jim Bibby
Bibby
Andre Thornton
Larvell Blanks
Ray Fosse
Thornton
Blanks
John Hiller
Bible Realty Clinches Norwalk Invitational Slow Pitch Title
Bible Realty cruises to the championship at the Norwalk Furniture Invitational, defeating Couch Concrete 6-4 in the final. The Realtors opened with a 15-14 win over Karen's Drive Inn and 5-4 over New London Merchants, then beat Area Merchants 9-4 in the winners bracket final before their late Sunday victory. Billy Conant fueled the final with a bases clearing triple, Curt Horn homered, and Horn, Schifer, Gliatta and Gerald produced key hits. Dauch Concrete,, Maitland and Strimpfel led the losers with multi hit games and three hitters.
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Realtors
Karen's Drive Inn
New London Merchants
Area Merchants
Dauch Concrete Club
Bibb
Curt Horn
Mike Schifer
Bob Gliatta
Pat Gerald
Bill Conant
Horn
Dauch
Jim Maitland
Mark Strimpfel
Ken Gilbert
Bill Dauch Sr
Barney Yaussey
Maitland
Strimpfel
Bellevue Union Bank
Gilbert
Merchants
Bill Toole
Gatta
Ken Woolever
Bob Roe
Pro Standings and Tonight's MLB Schedule Spread Across Cities
The page lists standings with San Francisco and Pittsburgh outcomes, follows with a dense slate of tonight's MLB matchups including Houston at Montreal and Atlanta at New York. Probable pitchers are named for Cleveland Toronto New York Detroit Seattle Kansas City Texas Minnesota Oakland Chicago and Seattle games.
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Kaat
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Byrd
Ton
Wise
York
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Fidrych
Sattie
Whitelock
Leonard
Marshall
Thurmadagard
Longford
Knapp
Uesday
West Cincinnati
Bats Boom In Double Win Merchants Sweep Fremont
Norwalk Merchants sweep a doubleheader from Fremont Grace Lutheran in fast pitch softball. Game one ends 4-1 with Bob Carbaugh pitching a four hitter. game two 12-3 as Dan Brooks earns the win. Scott Hunter homers. multiple players collect two hits as Norwalk improves to 4-5 and heads to Fremont for Ohio Liquid Disposal.
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Norwalk
Fremont Grace Lutheran
Bob Carbaugh
Merchants
Fremont
Mark Meyers
Carbaugh
Jim Szalay
Dan Brooks
Scott Hunter
Jeff Brandts
Don Helton
Tom Rit
Ease Your Life with Want Ads
Classic local notice urges readers to use Want Ads to rent, sell, or hire help. Call 668 3771 to reach an ad writer and place an advertisement today.
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Norwalk Legion Team Wins Two In Buckeye League
Norwalk swept weekend Buckeye League games 18 4 against Willard and 17 2 over Bucyrus as pitching and offense clicked. Jeff Orwick led a big hit parade with multi hit games, while Greg Russell and others contributed. Norwalk improves to 5 4 overall and 5 1 in the league and hosts Sandusky next Tuesday at 6 30 p.m.
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American Legion
Willard
RBI
Greg Russell
Bucyrus
Orwick, Stoll
Jeff Malcolm
McCoy
Todd Brown
Orwick
Buckeye
Sandusky
Old Soldiers and Sailors
Fremont
McGuan Park
Silver Series wins Ohio Derby at Thistledown in record day
Silver Series, ridden by Larry Snyder, clinched the 43rd Ohio Derby by four and a half lengths over Cormorant and Pruneplum. The $150,000 race drew 17,120 fans, set attendance and handle records, and yielded $90,000 to the winner in the 1 mile 1 furlong event run in 1 49 1 5.
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Cormorant
Pruneplum
Larry Snyder
Dishman
Ohio
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