All-America game returns to Lubbock in 1974
AFCA confirms the 1974 Coaches All-America football game will be played again in Lubbock after a record crowd for the 1973 season opener. West defeats East 7-6, with Terry Metcalf named outstanding player. Dan Fouts suffers a broken left collarbone early.
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Tex
UPI
American Football Coaches Association
John McKay
West
Afca Board of Trustees
McKay
AFCA
Guy
Steve
Metcalf
Dan Fouts
Oregon
Paine
Giants Fall Behind as bullpen collapses in doubleheader
The San Francisco Giants lost the doubleheader to the Houston Astros 7-6 and 8-3, dropping five games behind the Dodgers and barely ahead of Houston. Manager Charlie Fox blamed overworked relievers and admitted to a pitching-change miscue that helped cost the first game.
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Houston Astros
Giants
Juan Marichal
Los Angeles Dodgers
Astros
Charlie Fox
Elias Sosa
Randy Moffitt
Cesar Cedeno
Fox
Athletics Williams Faces Mixed Feelings Before Rangers Clash
Oakland manager Dick Williams carried mixed emotions as his A's prepared to face the Texas Rangers in Arlington. Vida Blue fired a 7-0 shutout over Chicago in the opener, while John Odom struggled again in a 11-1 loss as 34,841 witnessed a split. Deron Johnson and Gene Tenace drove early runs, Joe Rudi homered, and Ed Herrmann powered the White Sox to a 18-year-high seven RBIs in the nightcap. Reggie Jackson added a homer for Oakland.
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Tex
UPI
Oakland Athletics
Dick Williams
Texas Rangers
Vida Blue
John Odom
Chicago
Blue
A’s
Odom
Steve Stone
San Francisco Giant
Deron Johnson
Gene Tenace
Joe Rudi
Ed Herrmann
Pale Hose
Sox
Reggie Jackson
Bart Johnson
Cy Acosta
Baseball Standings and Sunday's Results Summary
The standings show Houston 7 San Fran 6, first place Houston 8 San Fran 3, second. Sunday results list Philadelphia 5 Montreal 4, New York 5 Pitts 2, Chicago 2 St Louis 0, Atlanta 6 San Diego 1, Los Angeles 5 Cinci 2. Probable pitchers include Briles Johnson McAnally Strohmayer Reuschel Matlack Foster Twitchell Billingham Forsch Osteen Grief.
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Minnesota
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Stottlemyre
G. Perry
Wright
Ryan
Holtzman
Siebert
Blyleven
Bahnsen
Cuellar
Bell
J. Perry
Lee
Minn
Miln
N.Y
Cleve
American Golf Classic Winners Revealed in Akron
Final scores and prize money from the $160,000 American Golf Classic led by Bruce Crampton with $32,000 and a four round total of 273. Notables include Gay Brewer, Bob Murphy, Lanny Wadkins, and Tom Weiskopf among top finishers with mid 270s.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
Bruce Crampton
Gay Brewer
Bob Murphy
Lanny Wadkins
College Stars Beat Japan In Baseball
In Los Angeles the U S college stars defeated Japan 11 6 to take a 2 0 lead in the seven game series. Roy Smalley Jr driven in five with four hits including a two run single in the 11th. Rich Dauer and Creighton Tevlin added three hits each for a U S squad largely USC players with Richard Wortham on the mound.
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UPI
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Japan
Roy Smalley Jr
Rich Dauer
Creighton
Texas
Smalley
Roy Smalley
Fred Lynn
Kazuhisa Hino
USC
George Milke
Jeff Reinke
Masao Tamura
Santa Clara meet disqualifies Tokyo champ for illegal kick
Ed Olson, a longtime referee, disqualified Nobutaka Taguchi for an illegal dolphin kick in the Santa Clara International meet. Officials reversed the ruling. Taguchi was not awarded the win while John Hencken was named winner with a 1:06.77 in the 100-meter breaststroke. Harshbarger set an American 1500-meter freestyle record of 17:15.67.
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Calif
UPI
Ed Olson
Taguchi
Olson
AAU
Mexico City
Munich
Here
Kazuomi Tokuda
John Hencken
Harshbarger
Seattle
Wash
Officials Agree To No More Conflicting Boxing Rankings
In Seattle delegates from the WBA and WBC reached compromises at NABF gatherings to issue joint ratings and reduce dual champions. They set 90 day windows for champions to fight top challengers and outline plans for future eliminations across divisions. WBA meets in Puerto Rico in August and WBC in Brazil in September.
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UPS
World Boxing Association
World Boxing Council
North American Boxing Federation
NABF
Jimmy Rondeau
WBA
WBC
Chartor Chinoi
Thailand
Venice Borkorsor
Betulio Gonzales
Venezuela
Borkorso- Gonzalez
Romero Anaya
Mexico
Rafael Herrera
Wimbledon opens with new faces as seeds vanish
Wimbledon begins with Ilie Nastase as top seed but the field is reshuffled after the ATP pulled 73 top players over the Nikki Pilic dispute. Only three of the original 16 seeds remain in the re drawn lineup as organizers hope for strong crowds in the women’s matches to follow.
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London
UPI
Wimbledon
Romania
Ilie Nastase
Association of Tennis Professionals
ATP
Nikki Pilic
Yugoslavia
Crenshaw Wins Third NCAA Golf Title in Stillwater
Ben Crenshaw captures a third consecutive National Collegiate title at Stillwater Country Club. He finishes two over par for the tournament, three shots ahead of Gary Koch, while weighing whether to turn pro or wait for Walker Cup and PGA school deadlines.
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Okla
UPI
Ben Crenshaw
University of Texas Star
Crenshaw
Stillwater Country Club
Florida
Gary Koch
Four checking plans and multiple savings options offered
The bank promotes four checking plans and several savings plans including Investors Passbooks with 5% annual yield for two years, 54% for one year, and 5% for 90 days. A $500 minimum deposit applies with expanded statewide offices.
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