Wanamaker Wins Pan Am Decathlon Title in Cali
Rick Wanamaker, the 23 year old Des Moines Des Moines native, clinched the Pan American Games decathlon with 7648 points. The United States led in medals with 33 overall including 13 golds as Cuba and Canada trailed. Wanamaker won five events and posted top marks across the trials before a final 1500 meter dash.
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Rick
Drake University
Russ Hodge
Los Angeles
Jesus Mirabal
Mexico
Roberto Carmona
Oregon
Steve Prefontaine
Steve Stageberg
Prefontaine
USA
van Arthur Nelson
Coos Bay
Allan Feuerbach
Karl Salb
Lawrence
Kan
Debbie Brill
Winnipeg
Eleanor Montgomery
Miss Brill
Haney
British Columbia
Iris Davis
Pompano Beach
Fla
Barbara Jones
Edith McGuire
Barbara Ferris
Linda Jo Metheny
Tuscola
Ill
Roxanne Pierce
Kensington
Miss Metheny
Kimberly Chace
Palm Beach Gardens
Rick Wanamaker
Iowa
Columbia
Nestor Villegas
Venezuela
Angel Montezuma
Boston Wins Crucial Game Over Orioles in Tight Tilt
Boston Red Sox rally from 4-0 down to beat Baltimore 7-4 in a key East Division clash. Reggie Smith and Carl Yastrzemski hit decisive homers after Bill Lee’s strong relief to trim Baltimore’s lead and keep Boston within striking distance of the Orioles.
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Luis Tiant
Boog Powell
Dave Johnson
Orioles
Bill Lee
Lee
Rog Montgomery
Sox
Baltimore
Doug Griffin
Smith
Yastrzemski
Yaz
Kansas City
Oakland
Wishbone-T Offense to Lead South Stars in Albuquerque Showdown
South All-Star coach Fred Byrd plans to run the Wishbone-T against the North in Albuquerque Saturday to defeat the Yanks for the 11th straight year. Byrd cites two quarterbacks, Jono Anderson and Damon Richards, as key to the high risk offense, while North coach Martin Wade says his team is advancing faster than expected.
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Albuquerque
Fred Byrd
Bayard
Byrd
University of Texas
University of New Mexico
UNM
Texas
Reds
Jono Anderson
Silver City
Damon Richards
Roswell
Anderson
Richards
Major League Standings and Tuesday Night Games
Baseball standings and schedules list Tuesday night matchups for six divisions. Teams include Milwaukee California Oakland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Washington Detroit New York Cleveland Boston Baltimore and others with pitchers and records noted. Multiple games and twi nights are listed with some suspended or completed actions indicated.
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Lopez
California
Murphy
Oakland
Blue
Kansas City
Wright
Minnesota
Kaat
Chicago
Horlen
Washington
McLain
Detroit
Niekro
New York
Kekich
Cleveland
Foster
Boston
Siebert
Baltimore
Palmer
Cincinnati
Merritt
Simpson
Ryan
Williams
Atlanta
Reed
Philadelphia
Short
San Diego
Artin
St Louis
Gibson
Hands
Houston
Dierker
Los Angeles
Sutton
San Francisco
Bryant
Pittsburgh
Blass
Montreal
Morton
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Dodgers erupt with three homers to down Giants
Dodgers rally from down two in the ninth as Steve Garvey hits a two out three run homer. The win follows a 5-4 victory over the Giants after an earlier 5-4 win over Cincinnati, signaling a powerful August start.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Dodgers
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Giants
Charlie Fox
Steve Garvey
Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres
San Francisco
Fox
Jerry Johnson
Steve Hamilton
Willie Crawford
Crawford
Garvey
Dick Dietz
Alan Gallagher
Richie Allen
Claude Osteen
Jim Brewer
Joe Ferguson
Los Angeles
Don Wilson
Ferguson Jenkins
Houston
Chicago
Wilson
Paul Popovich
Jim Hickman
Astros
Cubs
Denis Menke
Jesus Alou
Johnny Bench
Lee May
New York
Bench
Reds
Mets
Tommie Agee
Cleon Jones
May
Dave Roberts
St. Louis
Carlton
Padres
Clarence Gaston
Joe Torre
Ted Simmons
Cardinals
Matty Alou
Simmons
Roberts
Dolphins two backs holdouts
Miami Dolphins holdouts running backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick return to camp after missing practices and fines seek about twenty thousand dollar raises apiece. They say they will negotiate together and may carry team disputes into discussions with the NFL club.
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Bruce Lowitt
Associated Press
Larry Csonka
Jim Kiick
Miami Dolphins
Dolphins
Cincinnati
Kiick
Csonka
Green Bay
Bart Starr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Green
Prep All-Stars Week Sets Stage for South Esteemed Camp
The South All-Stars prepare for a Saturday night clash with key players Damon Richards Jono Anderson and Alan Graham with support from Bill Martin. Richards targets Lubbock Christian while Graham heads to New Mexico State and Martin to Western New Mexico as August five day pads-less drills begin.
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Damon Richards
Larry Hunnicutt
Roswell Coyotes
Richards
Jono Anderson
Silver City
Alan Graham
RHS
Bill Martin
Goddard Rocket Five
Graham
New Mexico State
Martin
Western New Mexico
Lubbock Christian
Hunnicutt
UTEP
Protesters rile crowd at U S Pro Tennis in Brookline
In the $50 000 U S Pro Tennis Championship at Longwood John Newcombe and Frew McMillan faced NAACP demonstrators who chanted and held signs against apartheid but both top players stayed focused. McMillan lost to Newcombe 6 3 6 2 as Ashe Gimeno Alexander Lutz and El Shafei won their matches.
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Mass
U.S
Frew McMillan
John Newcombe
McMillan
Longwood
Newcombe
Australia
Boston
NAACP
South Africa
Arthur Ashe
Miami
Nikki Pilic
Yugoslavia
Andres Gimeno
Spain
Torbin Ulrich
Denmark
Mrs Court Announces Retirement From Tennis
New York AP Marga Court of Australia who won the grand slam last year won’t defend her U S Open title next month as she is pregnant and plans to retire temporarily. She said she will return to tennis after the baby arrives in early March.
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New York
Margaret Court
Australia
Forest Hills
Court
Maureen Conolly
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Fred Stolle
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Roy Barth
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