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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1979
Page
9
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley laments fading sportsmanship across sports. He cites Wimbledon redress by Jimmy Connors, Gerulaitis fleeing after a loss, Yankee taunts, Pan Am dominance, and Bobby Knight’s tirades. The piece questions American values in 1979 sports culture.
Seve Ballesteros, weighing 170 pounds, outplayed the top U S golfers to claim the British Open with a one under par 283 for 72 holes. He finished three strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw, savoring a victory he said was fun and aimed to win for Europe.
In Moscow at the Spartacade Games, coach Jimmy Carnes lamented a lack of dominant sprinters as he eyed a breakthrough by 1980. Cuba’s Silvio Leonard won the 100 meters in 10.30, beating Houston McTear who ran 10.39, with Osvaldo Lara third and Rich Edwards fourth for the University of Houston. Leonard’s speed prompted Carnes to praise him as perhaps the world’s fastest, while McTear fought muscle injuries and a late rush.
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