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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1978

Page

7

Rice drives 300 yarders as Red Sox slugger tees off

Sutton Massachusetts Jim Rice one of baseballs feared sluggers shows power on the golf course. In the Pleasant Valley Golf Classic Pro Am he shoots 79 with late birdies while teamed with Lou Graham. He credits mentors Harrelson and Montgomery and says he would love tour play but will not quit baseball for golf.

Sutton, Mass Jim Rice Boston Red Sox Rice Lou Graham Graham Ken Harrelson Bob Montgomery Kenny Monty

Nipp nearly no-hits El Paso in 1-0 Midland win

Texas League action keeps Midland rolling with a 13-4 victory over Amarillo as Eric Grandy drives in five. Midland’s Mort Nipp carries a no-hitter into the ninth, allowing a single by Terry Staty off his leg for the lone El Paso hit. Staty’s ball deflects near third as the threat ends. Steve Eddy absorbs the loss for El Paso.

Associated Press Mort Nipp San Antonio el Paso Midland Amarillo Arkansas Tulsa Shreveport Jackson Nipp Terry Staty Staty

Unbeatable records across sports a timeless lure

AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley surveys legendary marks in baseball, basketball, football, tennis, golf and horse racing. He notes DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak, Gehrig's 14, a day for all time, Ruth's peak power and other towering feats. Some records seem unbreakable, others may fall with new stars.

Will Grimsley Pete Rose Joe DiMaggio Babe Ruth Roger Maris Hank Aaron Diamond Buffs Charles “Ole Hoss Radbourne Cincinnati Red Stockings DiMag Lou Gehrig Yankee Rose DiMaggio Wilt Chamberlain NBA Don Wqeiss Pete Rozelle National Football League Johnny Unitas Weiss Daryl Lamonica Bart Starr Packers Milt Plum George Blanda Blanda Jim Brown Q. J. Simpson Charles Morey Rushaway Aurora Kentucky Morey Johnny Vander Meer Cincinnati Chris Evert

McEnroe vows change as Clay Courts Open continues

Nineteen year old John McEnroe, seeded sixth, advances to the third round at the U S Open Clay Courts while pledging a new attitude to win fans over. He admits past taunts and temperamental outbursts distracted from his game and says he will focus on tennis.

Indianapolis John McEnroe McEnroe Douglaston N.Y Victor Amaya Jimmy Connors Guillermo Vilas Argentina Manuel Orantes Spain Corrado Barazzutti Italy Caroline Stoll Val Ziegenfuss Dana Gilbert Gilbert Women’s Tennis Association Virginia Ruzici Romania Yrimorange Ilie Nastase Association of Tennis Professionals Nastase

Major league linescores mixed results across leagues

Compact recap of Wednesday linescores across the American and National Leagues. Highlights include Cleveland beating Boston 16 to 5 with Thornton hitting his 22nd homer, Detroit routing Texas 6 to 5, and Seattle losing 4 to 16 to Minnesota. Also noted are Milwaukee and New York scoring big, plus several NL games featuring Houston San Francisco and Atlanta with multiple runs and homers.

Pittsburgh Chicago Rooker Whitson G. Jackson Sanguillen Roberts Blackwell W—Roberts L—Whitson Houston San Francisco Lemongello K. Forsch Bochy Barr Minton Curtis Williams Hill Louis Kaat Reed Boone B. Forsch Littell Simmons W—Kaat L B Forsch Associated Press All Times Boston New York Milwaukee Detroit Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Montreal Toronto New Pittsburgh Kansas York St. Louis California West Oakland Texas Cincinnati Minnesota Los Angeles San Diego Seattle Atlanta Kansas City Onto Garvindelphia Carlton LaCoss Jones Bird Blue Los Ange Palmer Les Welch Augustine New Guidry Tanana Oakland Keough San San Francisco Diego

Baseball Standings and Game Times Listed

Western standings show Texas at Cleveland at 7 30 p m Detroit at Chicago at 8 30 p m Oakland at Minnesota at 8 30 p m California at Seattle at 10 35 p m.

Texas Cleveland Detroit Chicago Oakland Minnesota California Seattle

Ruidoso racing card features multiple maiden and allowance events

A crowded program lists horses and riders across nine races at Ruidoso. Notable entries include Exabon and Spartan Racer in early maidens, Ms Lightning Three and Made In Okla in middle divisions, and Grecian Jeannie plus Misty WN in the feature mile race. several NB, NB and TB runners across QH and TB classes with purses around 2100 to 3300.

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