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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
12
The famous racehorse Secretariat, praised as a once in a lifetime talent, won the Belmont Stakes in record time 2 24 35 beating Sham and Pancho Martin’s Sham by a wide margin. Jockey Ron Turcotte and trainer Lucien Laurin showed calm as Secretariat surged on the backstretch and finished with 25 foot strides.
Bobby Unser of Albuquerque won the Rex Mays 150 at State Fair Park in Milwaukee driving an Eagle Offenhauser. He led most of the race with an average speed of 108.008 mph, earning 19 279 dollars from an 85 250 purse and finishing 10 seconds ahead of Roger McCluskey of Tucson. Gary Bettenhausen, Wally Dallenbach, Johnny Rutherford and Gordon John Béck also placed in the top five as Indy 500 winner Béck endured magneto failure and finished 18th. The event capped USAC’s old rules era ahead of July 1 rule changes for the Pocono 500.
Evonne Goolagong defeated Chris Evert 7 6 6 0 to win the women's singles title. Il Nastase spat at the crowd during a controversial semifinal with Paolo Bertolucci delaying play. Manuel Orantes edged Tom Okker to reach the final. Virginia Wade and Olga Morozova won the women's doubles. Newcomb and Okker defeated Gorman and Van Dillen in men's doubles.
Del Crandall jokes about math guidance as Milwaukee wins a third straight to pull within two games of the Yankees in the AL East. Sunday results include Kansas City over the Yankees 7 4 and Minnesota routing Baltimore 11 4, with Boston and Chicago posting mixed outcomes.
Major league fans can mail orders starting today for reserved seats to the 40th All Star Game set for July 24 at Royals Stadium. Tickets cost 8 dollars each with 1 dollar handling. requests up to four per applicant, postmarked by June 11 for priority.
Tom Weiskopf captured the Philadelphia Golf Classic with a 14 under 274 at Whitemarsh Valley for his third tour win in four events. He earned $30,045 to lift his 1976 season total to $151,867, edging Jim Barber by four strokes as Jack Nicklaus eyes Oakmont Open glory.
Dick Siderowf of Easton Connecticut won the British Amateur at Royal Porthcawl defeating England's Peter Moody 5 and 3 after 36 holes. He called match play cruel as only the winner advances, and earned honorary membership at Royal Porthcawl.
Herrin hosted a Jaycee jamboree determining which boys and girls advance to the regional meet at Carbondale on June 23. Event winners include Midget, Junior, and Intermediate age groups across sprints, relays, jumps, and throws, with notable performers such as Jilek Hopkins Tope Chrestman Smith Sanders and Murphy. Carbondale plays Murphysboro after a 1-2 loss in a league game at Williams Field.
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