Wigger Wins 300 Meter Free Rifle Title At Championship
Army Maj. Lones Wigger of Carter Montana edged Capt. Jack Winter of Clarendon Hills Illinois by one point to take the 300 meter free rifle title at the U S International Shooting Championships at Black Canyon Range. Wigger previously won the 300 meter gold at the 1972 Olympics while Winter held three position smallbore gold. Terry Anderson of Australia led rapid fire pistol before scores were final.
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Holmes placed on probation for assault on patrolman
Ernie Holmes 24 of Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle was given five years probation in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Holmes had been undergoing psychiatric treatment in Pittsburgh following his March 16 arrest for wounding an Ohio Highway Patrolman and firing at vehicles on I-80 near Youngstown.
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Leahy, Notre Dame Star Coach, Dies After Leukemia Battle
Frank Leahy, famed Notre Dame coach with seven unbeaten seasons, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland after a five year struggle with leukemia and multiple ailments. He succumbed to heart failure amid spinal arthritis infected bladder and diabetes.
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Ore
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Klein Phillips Share Lead In Continental Open
Klein of Albuquerque and Phillips of Sun City led after 36 holes at the Continental Open. Klein shot 69 to 138 total, while Phillips fired 68 to pair with a 70 for 139. Boutell of Papago GC stood second at 139, Turner of Mesa CC at 140.
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Don Klein
Albuquerque
Bob Phillips
Sun City
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Phillips
George Boutell
Papago Golf Club
Dick Turner
Mesa Country Club
Pima C Team Dominates Arcadia In Pitcher's No-Hitter
Murray threw a no hitter and hit a homer and a single to power Pima C to a 13-0 win over Arcadia in the Phoenix Girls Softball League. The 13-14 year old squad improves to 6-0, tallying 13 runs in the third inning. Teresa Betterbush and Karin Kilpatrick had two hits each in Pima's 11-hit attack.
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Pima
Arcadia
Phoenix
Teresa Betterbush
Karin Kilpatrick
Toros Dominate Phoenix In 14-3 Opening Win
Tucson Toros explode for six runs in the third inning to defeat the Phoenix Giants 14-3 in the Pacific Coast League opener. Phil Harner hits two triples and two singles while Charlie Chant adds four singles. Lew Krausse finishes the game, and Gil Marcano faces Phoenix’s Steve Simpson next.
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Lew Krausse
Best Bet Stormy Jerry Tops Apache Greyhound Cards
Scottsdale Daily Progress lists dog selections for tonight's Apache Greyhound Park races with post positions. Best bet highlighted is (5) Stormy Jerry in race 10, with quinella noted as 2-5 for race 10.
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Schreiber Suffers First Loss in Valley Legion Tilt
Terry Schreiber failed to match his record as Bob’s Sporting Goods fell 10-2 to Bobby Ball. Russ Miller led Bobby Ball with a double and a single, while Jim Donnelly drove in a run. Rol Tek defeated Comer 6-0 as Larry Heckathorn took his third loss with 12 strikeouts. Comer’s Steve Letson hit a three-run homer in the sixth.
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Keith Brown
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Gene Lounsberry
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Wimbledon boycott reshapes key tennis event abroad
Nearly 70 top male players pulled out of Wimbledon led by 67 ATP members. The protest follows Yugoslavia suspending Nikki Pilic for skipping the Davis Cup match. Women players will still compete as officials scramble to reseed the men's bracket.
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Romania
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Alex Metreveli
Russia
Jimmy Connors
Belleville
Pilic
New Zealand
Blyleven Grinds Out 1-0 Triumph Over Angels
Bert Blyleven pitched superbly as the Minnesota Twins edged the California Angels 1-0 on Joe Lis’s pinch single in the ninth. Lis drove in the decisive run after Bobby Darwin stole second, with Blyleven improving to 9-7 and posting a string of shutouts in his recent wins.
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New York
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Felipe Alou
Mickey Lolich
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Pat Dobson
Yanks
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Stan Bahnsen
Ridenour and Roberts win state junior golf titles
Jerry Ridenour of Golden Hills defeats Larry Hancock 4 and 2 at Encanto to claim the state junior title while Jeff Roberts of Maryvale beats Tim Gray 1 up, advancing in a separate bracket.
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UPI
Jerry Ridenour
Golden Hills Country Club
Jeff Roberts
Maryvale
Encanto Golf Course
Ridenour
Larry Hancock
Encanto
Roberts
Tim Gray
Prescott
Sullivan tops Danny Moyer in Northwest middleweight title bout
John L. Sullivan defeated veteran Denny Moyer in a 10 round split decision to claim the Northwest middleweight championship in Eugene Oregon.
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Osteen Shuts Out Braves As Dodgers Sweep Series
Claude Osteen pitched his 37th major league shutout a four hitter to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-0. Willie Crawford homered and Buckner and Willie Davis had two hits apiece for Los Angeles as they extended a six game win streak and completed a four game sweep. Carl Morton took the loss for Atlanta. In other NL games St Louis, Houston, San Francisco and Pittsburgh won.
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Houston
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Gary Mathews
San Francisco
Tom Bradley
Giants
Jack Billingham
Local baseball and league games schedule tonight and tomorrow
Tonight at Eldorado Park and Arcadia HS eight matches including Midas Mufflers against Kerr Sporting Goods at 8 p.m and D A V facing Corner Construction at 5 45 p.m Glen dale meets Bobby Ball at East HS and Mesa Southern plays PN Indians at Eldorado Park Also San derson Ford faces Phoenix Suns at Phoenix College Saturday features Mufflers versus Merritt Electric and Sun Valley Electric versus Bobby Ball plus Sunnyslope against Agua Fria and East Scottsdale versus Southwest Mesa at Eldorado Park Sunday includes Mufflers versus Merritt Electric at Eldorado Park and Bobby Ball against Sun Valley Electric at Phoenix College all times shown local venues listed and teams varied across Legion and Big League divisions.
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Glendale
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Phoenix Suns
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Agua Fria
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L.L. Smith
East Scottsdale
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National
South Scottsdale
Sun Valley Electric
Trio hurls Cards win over Red Sox in Pony League
Dave Weeks Tim Lusic and Mark Jones combined to pace the Arcadia Cardinals to a 12 7 win over the Red Sox on Thursday night. The Cardinals jumped to a 4 0 lead in the first inning and never trailed as they collected 11 hits and benefited from nine Red Sox errors. Donn Koch had the Cardinals best hit with a triple.
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Tim Lusic
Mark Jones
Arcadia Pony League
Cardinals
Red Sox
Donn Koch
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