Lee Loses at Drake Relays for SIU at Race without Triple Crown
SIU Carbondale coach Lew Hartzog praised Olympian David Lee despite a 49.88 loss to Nate Lundy at Drake Relays as Lee pursued a Triple Crown bid in the 400 meter hurdles. Salukis excelled elsewhere with two school records including a 16:22.3 four mile relay and a 72% high jump by Steven Wray.
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Nick Sortal
Southern Iindisan
David
Goliath
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lew Hartzog
David Lee
Lee
Texas
Kansas
Nate Lundy
Indiana
Lundy
Leen
Hartzog
Saluki
Chris Mares
Drake
Mares
Karsten
Tony Adams
Javell Heggs
Lance Peeler
SIUC
Adams
Heggs
Siu-C
John Sayre
Brad Pursley
Abilene Christian
Jerron Wright
Memphis State
Champaign
Illini
Hearns Tames Shields In Watched Phoenix Bout
Thomas Hearns battered Randy Shields in Phoenix sending the welterweight title fight to a 12th round stoppage by the ring doctor. Hearns improved to 31-0, signaling a looming unification clash with Sugar Ray Leonard while using his reach to control the bout.
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Hearns
Detroit
Sugar Ray Leonard
C.D. Lake
Shields
Tenace Becomes Key Spark In Cardinals Seven-Game Win
St Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 1 to stretch their streak to seven behind a three run homer by Gene Tenace in the seventh. Bob Shirley and Bruce Sutter limited Pirates to four hits. Tenace, acquired in off season trades by Herzog, says he is ready when called and acknowledges Porter as the starter.
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Pittsburgh
Gant Herzog
St. Louis Cardinals
Gene Tenace
Bob Shirley
Bruce Sutter
Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tenace
Shirley
Sutter
Herzog
Oakland A’s
Darrell Porter
Pirates
John Candelaria
Candelaria
St. Louis
George Hendrick
Sixto Lezcano
Garry Templeton
Keith Hernandez
Hendrick
Templeton
Lezcano
Hernandez
Steve Nicosia
Tim Foli
Aguirre and Thomas Choose Pro Careers in NBA Draft
Isiah Thomas and Mark Aguirre declared for the 1981 NBA draft while Ralph Sampson chose to stay at Virginia for another year. Dominique Wilkins opted to remain in school. The Mavericks and Pistons seek Sampson, with a coin flip for draft order looming.
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Associated Press
Ralph Sampson
Dallas Mavericks
Detroit Pistons
Isiah Thomas
Dominique Wilkins
Georgia
Detroit
Mark Aguirre
DePaul
Chicago Sun-Times
Aguirre
Chicago
George Anderews
Ray Meyter
Meyer
Thomas
Indiana
Hoosiers
NBA
Bobby Knight
Sampson
Virginia
Mavericks
Pistons
Los Angeles Lakers
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mavs
Charlottesville
Swinburne to lead SIUC intercollegiate athletics
Bruce Swinburne, new SIUC vice president for student affairs, will assume control of the intercollegiate athletic program this week. He aims to limit direct athletic department meddling, study the IAC role, push merger of men’s and women’s programs, and build an endowment while engaging students, alumni, and the community in a long range plan for a competitive, well run program.
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Mike Chamness
Southern Illinoisan
Bruce Swinburne
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Board of Trustees
Gale Sayers
SIUC
Swinburne
IAC
NCAA
Charlotte West
Albert Somit
George Mace
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Mike Chaffin
Bill Moran
Tom Ross
Karsten Schulz
Steven Wray
Wray
Ron Jones
Sasuki Karsten Schulz
Anthony Hall
Mike Chammers
SIU Sports
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