Southern Cal sweeps 197? NCAA Outdoor Track title in Eugene
Southern California won its 27th NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Hayward Field in Eugene, scoring 59 points with wins by Clancy Edwards Billy Mullins and the 400 meter relay. USC dominated the meet led by Edwards 10.07 in the 100 and 2016 in the 200 while Mullins edged Willie Smith in the 400.
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Trojans
University of Oregon
Hayward Field
Mullins
Southern Cal
Willie Smith
Auburn
James Sanford
Rich Graybehl
James Walker
Henry Rono
Washington State
Rono
James Munyala
Texas-El Paso
Munyala
Hilary Tuwei
Richmond
Cougars
Henry Marsh
Brigham Young
Tuwei
Scott
Mike Tully
UCLA
Tully
Corvallis
Ore
Earl Bell
Arkansas State
Southern California
Kevin Williams
Billy Mullins
Clancy Edwards
Arizona State
Cornell
Ron Livers
San Jose State
Pertti Pousi
Livers
Mohinder Gill
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispop
Luther Hayes
Roggy Wins NCAA Javelin Title At Eugene
Southern Illinois University's Bob Roggy captured the NCAA javelin championship with a 283 9 throw, over 20 feet ahead of Clemson's Stuart Ralph as 14 135 fans in Eugene urged a victory lap. Roggy thanked the crowd after sharing the stage with runners up Duncan Atwood and Tom Sinclair.
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SIUC
Eugene
Ore
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Bob Roggy
Stuart Ralph
Clemson
Roggy
Oregon
Ralph
Washington
Duncan Atwood
Tom Sinclair
Evansville and Anna players duel at Carbondale Open Tennis
In Carbondale Open Tennis action on Saturday afternoon Evansville’s Marcia Huff and Anna’s Jean Jones clashed in a determined duel while Paducah’s Mark Trail paused to tend a sprained ankle. The event showcased competitive regional players at the Carbondale tournament.
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Marcia Huff
Evansville
Jean Jones
Anna
Mark Trail
Paducah
Roggy leads Salukis to NCAA feat at Hayward Field
Southern Illinois University Carbondale athletes posted strong finishes at the NCAA meet led by Roggy with a 6th individual title under coach Lew Hartzog. Kee and Roberts added points, while three others placed seventh as SIU tied for 14th with Kansas and Providence, with competition wrapping at the SIU-C courts.
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Roggy
Saluki
Lew Hartzog
SIUC
Jim Dupree
Hayward Field
Robert Green
George Woods
Terry Erickson
Phil Robins
Phil Olsen
Tennessee
Mike Kee
Andy Roberts
Siu C
Rich Rock
Ken Larraway
Tim Johnson
John Marks
Marks
Hartzog
Kee
Clancy Edwards
Harvey Glance
Frank Miller
Centralia
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Cardinals split with Astros in Houston doubleheader
In game two, Simmons hit his sixth homer of the season and Pete Vuckovich pitched a five hitter in his NL debut, lifting the Cardinals to a 2-1 win to split the doubleheader. The opener saw Art Howe drive in two on a first-inning single as Houston won 5-2 behind Bannister and Forsch. Vuckovich, 2-3, had appeared mostly in relief since joining from Toronto last December. He walked one and fanned four in the nightcap.
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Houston
Simmons
Pete Vuckovich
St. Louis Cardinals
Astros
Art Howe
Floyd Bannister
Ken Forsch
Vuckovich
St. Louis
Toronto Blue Jays
Russian golf course architect eyes Soviet project as landmark
Robert Trent Jones Sr. says the USSR’s first 18 hole course could become spectacular and help shed capitalism stigma when Russians begin to play. He and son Robert Jones Jr. toured the 200 acre site 20 miles northwest of Moscow near Nakhamino. Plans target construction with a possible opening around 1981 or 1982, aiming to finish for a 1980 Olympics, though earlier estimates may shift.
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Robert Trent Jones
Soviet Union
Jones
Robert Jones Jr
Moscow
Nakhabino
Soviet diplomat Kuznetsov aids golf course venture
Soviet diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov, who runs the office for Moscow's foreign community, accompanied Jones and his son to a site bordering a bedrock of the Soviet system, the collective farm. Kuznetsov, an avid golfer with a 15 handicap, was brought in after Soviet President Brezhnev approved in 1974 for construction of the course to American businessman Armand Hamer.
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Vladimir Kuznetsov
Moscow
Jones
Kuznetsov
Malaysia
Ones
Leonid Irezhnev
Armand Hamer
Soviet golf project linked to Hammer and Jones
U S golf course architect Robert Trent Jones plans a national links project in the Soviet Union with Occidental Petroleum head Hammer funding the hard costs and a Russian official Kuznetsov aiding approvals. Jones visited sites in 1974 and proposed a two tier enclosed driving range to teach the game in winter.
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Moscow
Hammer
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Jones
Occidental Petroleum Co
Kuznetsov
Jones Jr
Scotland
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Southern
Kansas
Providence
Jesse Forbes
Florida State
Donnie Taylor
Salukis
Ernie Branson
Cardinals
U.S
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