Connors and Borg Triumph as Open Tennis Hits Forest Hills
In Forest Hills New York Jimmy Connors defeated Harold Solomon 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-3 in a tense match ending after midnight as Eddie Dibbs toppled Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-2 6-3 and Bjorn Borg beat Rod Laver 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-2 Others advancing to quarterfinals include Virginia Wade Evonne Goolagong Katja Ebinghaus Kazuko Sawamatsu Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Overton who fell to Evert 6-0 6-1. Wendy Overton called Evert the overwhelming favorite on clay and Chris Evert remained steady on the surface. Evonne Goolagong and others pushed toward the quarterfinals at the U S Open.
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Evonne Goolagong
Cincinnati
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Harold Solomon
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Solomon
Eddie Dibbs
Miami University
Arthur Ashe
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Rod Laver
Australia
Andrew Pattison
Rhodesia
Bob Hewitt
South Africa
Kerry Melville Reid
Kazuko Sawamatsu
Katja Ebbinhaus
Virginia Wade
Reid
Boston Lobsters
Tarkenton Leads Vikings Past Dolphins In Preseason Clash
Quarterback Fran Tarkenton threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Miami Dolphins 20-7 in Bloomington. Minnesota’s feared front four stifled Griese, who managed eight yards on eight attempts. The Bills beat the Browns 34-20 elsewhere, with Ferguson tossing two TDs and Donchez scoring twice. Vikings improve to 2-2, Dolphins drop to 3-1 in the pre season.
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Associated Press
Fran Tarkenton
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota
Miami
Bob Griese
Alan Page
Carl Eller
Jim Marshall
Doug Sutherland
Greg Larsen
Tarkenton
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Cleveland Browns
Joe Ferguson
Tom Donchez
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Houston
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NFL
Steve Craig
Jim Lash
Charlie Babb
Jake Scott
Dave Osburn
Norm Bulaich
Buffalo
Lou Saban
Cleveland
Browns
Mike Phipps
Record Book Highlights Great KS 5A Scoring Streaks
EOO! for teams in Kansas 11-man football shows Shawnee Mission North leading 10-year 80-13-2, Shawnee Mission five-year 40-10, Lawrence historic 85-4 decade, 162-23-17 over 26 years under Woodard and Woolard. Other top 5A schools include Shawnee Mission South 61 wins decade, Wichita North 61, with Little River 79-13-1 and St. Joseph 75-18-1. eight-man Scandia 51-4 leads five-year list followed by Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 48-10.
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Johnson County
Kansas
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Lawrence
Chalmer Woodard
al Woolard
Shawnee Mission South
Wichita North
Shawnee Mission North
Shawnee Mission West
Wichita Southeast
Little River
Shawnee St. Joseph
Dodge City
Junction City
Scandia
Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
Moundridge
Colgan
Wellsville
Bugs Alive in 75 wins All American Futurity title
Quarter horse owner Ralph Shebester topped the 17th All American Futurity as Bugs Alive in 75 claimed the $330,000 share of a $1.03 million purse. Jockey Jerry Burgess praised the ride while Chick Called Sue finished second and Rocket's Magic third in the 440 yard race at Wynnewood Oklahoma.
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Ralph Shebester
Wynnewood
Okla
Ralph
Shebester
Chick
Sue
Rocket
Intrasquad Tilt At OU Black and Gold Scrimmage
Ottawa University hosts its annual Black and Gold intrasquad football game at Cook Field at 8 on Wednesday. No admission, public invited. OU fields 57 players split between lettermen and newcomers as midweek scrimmage marks the start of classes. The Braves open the 1975 grid season September 13 at 7:30 p.m. versus Bethany College.
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Ottawa University
Cook Field
Braves
Bethany College
Baseball Scoreboard Tuesday Games Across National League
The scoreboard lists matchups including Sutton with a 16-11 record for Los Angeles facing Halicki at San Francisco, Carrithers 2-1 for Montreal against Christenson 9-4 at Philadelphia, Spillner 5-11 for San Diego against Guillett 11-3 at Cincinnati, and Brett 7-5 for Pittsburgh versus Koosman 11-11 at New York. An additional matchup marked (a) follows.
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Sutton
San Francisco
Halicki
Montreal
Carrithers
Philadelphia
Christenson
San Diego
Spillner
Cincinnati
Guillett
Pittsburgh
Brett
New York
Koosman
St. Louis
Philphia
Chicago
West Cincinnati
Francisco
Atlanta
Houston
Ottawa High Gals Open Tennis Season at Parsons Invite
Ottawa High School girls tennis opens Friday with a trip to the Parsons Invitational featuring 12 schools across 1-A to 3-A divisions. Coach Ron Kimes plans to enter Barbara Lantis in No 1 singles, with Kramer Strehlow in No 1 doubles and Claterbos Cramer in No 2 doubles, as the team expands to a full eight-match schedule plus the regional. The dual at Eudora is Sept 11 at 3 pm, followed by a home match with Gardner Sept 16 at 3 pm.
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Ottawa
Gardner
Ron Kimes
Parsons
Cindy Kramer
Diane Strehlow
Janet Claterbos
Kelly Cramer
Kimes
OHS
Eudora
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