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Eddie Mathews elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Eddie Mathews, slugging third baseman and one of baseball's great home run hitters, is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America with 301 of 379 votes. Enos Slaughter finishes second in the balloting. Also in sports brief: Davis Cup action in Tokyo and New Delhi, Martina Navratilova advances in a Houston women's pro tennis event, Pardee resigns as Chicago Bears coach, Oklahoma State on two-year NCAA football probation, and Johnny Petraglia leads in a $125,000 PBA tournament in Las Vegas with match play looming.
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Associated Press Baseball
New York
Eddie Mathews
Hall of Fame
Mathews
Tennis
Tokyo
Australia
Japan
Geoff Masters
Jun Kuki
Phil Dent
Kenichi Hirai
Houston
Martina Navratilova
Navratilova
Marise Kruger
Virginia Wade
Francoise Durr
Betty Steve
Lea Antonoplis
Wendy Turnbull
Greer Stevens
Chicago
Jack Pardee
Chicago Bears
National Football League
Washington Redskins
Pardee
Bears
Jim Finks
George Allen
Redskins
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Oklahoma State University
Las Vegas
Nev
Johnny Petraglia
Petraglia
Warren Nelson
Downey
Calif