Steinbrenner plans meeting with baseball negotiators
George Steinbrenner intends to request a Monday meeting with Ray Grebey and Lee MacPhail to present proposals to settle the 24 day old baseball strike. He discussed possible movement this week and criticized current free agency rules while highlighting a need for broader, clearer compensation terms. Staub doubted the impact of a single owner’s input, and both men noted tension among negotiators.
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George Steinbrenner
Yankees
Ray Grebey
Lee MacPhail
Steinbrenner
Rusty Staub
Mets
Lee
Ray
Staub
Grebey
MacPhail
George
Eddie Chiles
Texas Rangers
Edward Bennett Williams
Baltimore Orioles
CBS Broadcast Center
Manhattan
Yarborough Edges Gant For Firecracker 400 Victory
Harry Gant led the Daytona Firecracker 400 until the final lap but Cale Yarborough slid past on the back stretch to win. Yarborough earned 24,675 for the win while Gant collected 15,350 as a bridesmaid in his 41st season without a Grand National victory.
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Harry Gant
Cale Yarborough
Gant
Yarborough
Timmonsville
S.C
Taylorsville
N.C
M.C. Anderson
Stephenson wins Peter Jackson Classic after dramatic 18th hole
Australian Jan Stephenson edged Nancy Lopez-Melton and Pat Bradley by one stroke at the Summerlea Golf Club scoring 1 over par 73 to finish 72 holes at 278. She sank a 15-foot birdie putt on 18, denying a three way playoff and earning $30,000 as Bradley pressed with an eagle bid and Lopez-Melton failed to convert from the bunker chase.
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Dorion
Quebec
Jan Stephenson
Debbie Meisterlin
Stephenson
Summerlea Golf Club
Nancy Lopez-Melton
Pat Bradley
Lopez-Melton
Bradley
Fort Worth
Texas
Peter Jackson
U S women rowers win Henley first invitation title
The 1980 Rowing Club representing the United States won the women’s coxed fours at Henley Royal Regatta, defeating Canada’s Atlanaic in the inaugural women’s event as the regatta welcomed female crews. Holly Hatton spoke of mixed crowds, while Adanac won the Women’s Invitation Double Sculls. Yale, Washington, and other U S crews claimed multiple trophies, with Oxford and Thames Tradesmen taking the Grand Challenge Cup.
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Henley-on-Thames
England
United States
Moscow
Henley Royal Regatta
U.S
Atlanaic
Henley
Holly Hatton
Melbourne
Fla
Adanac
Janice Mason
Lisa Roy
St. Catherine’s
Ontario
Julia
Charlotte Geer
Vermont
Dartmouth Rowing Club
Mason
University of Washington
Charles River Rowing Association
Holy Spirit High School of
Absecon
N.J
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Jack Kelly
Yale
Washington
Elis
Washington IV
University of California
Erickson
Oxford
Thames
Leander
Tyrian
Charles River
London Rowing Club
Congress eyes sports monopolies by antitrust move
New York Times columnist Red Smith surveys two House bills aimed at ending baseball’s antitrust exemption and restricting the Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles. Lawmakers from California to New York seek to bring baseball under Sherman and Clayton Acts, while claims of relocation safeguards target stadium leases and financial losses.
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Red Smith
New York Times
New York
House
al Davis
Oakland Raiders
Los Angeles
Fortney H. Stark Jr
Don Edwards
Alameda County
Oakland Alameda County
Stark
Oakland
Edwards
San Jose
Congress
California
Washington
Capitol Hill Eleven
Edward Bennett Williams
Baltimore Orioles
Players’ Union
John F. Seiberling
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Anthony C. Beilenson
Henry A. Waxman
Edward R. Roybal
Julian C. Dixon
Mervyn M. Dymally
George W. Crockett
Michigan
Cardisf Collins
Illinois
Parren J. Mitchell
Maryland
Robert Garcia
Supreme Court
Curt Flood
Davis
Raiders
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