Harris Opens Open Lead With 67 At Merion
Harris, 29, leads the 71st Open by one stroke after a 67. Notables Wadkins and Sanders share two under, while Nicklaus and Colvard chase at 69. Palmer and Casper struggle, and Player endures heckling over apartheid.
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Labron Harris
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Tony Jacklin
England
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Bob Murphy
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Bob Goalby
Jim Colbert
Jack
Nicklaus
Bobby Nichols
Charles Coody
Tom Weiskopf
Dale Douglass
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Arnold Palmer
Billy Casper
Gary Player
Arthur Ashe
South Africa
Larry Hinson
North Carolinian
Hinson
Goalby
Palmer
Wadkins
Mays Tops NL Outfield Voting As All-Star Balloting Opens
Willie Mays leads National League outfield voting with 284,800 votes, ahead of Hank Aaron and Willie Stargell as Johnny Bench dominates the overall ballot. Bud Harrelson and Maury Wills contest the shortstop race while voting closes June 30 for the July 13 All-Star game in Detroit.
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Willie Mays
San Francisco Giant
Hank Aaron
Atlanta
Bowie Kuhn
Mays
Aaron
Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati
Shortstop
Bud Harrelson
New York Mets
Maury Wills
Los Angeles
Don Kessinger
Chicago Cubs
Willie McCovey
San Francisco
Glen Beckett
Chicago
Joe Torre
St. Louis
Detroit
Halas names Walston as new Bears assistant
Bobby Walston long time director of player personnel for the Chicago Bears was named assistant to George Halas Jr. president. Walston retains his title and will lead an expanded three man personnel department joining Ed Cody and Ed Rory with a third director to be named. The expansion began May 21.
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Bobby Walston
Chicago Bears
George Halas Jr
National Football League
Walston
Ed Cody
Ed Rory
Trojan toe beats Ivory in heat at finals race
Ivory placed third in his heat behind a Trojan toe at the tape. Four from each heat advanced to the semi finals. Hill of Ohio State finished fifth and John Pettus of San Francisco State fourth in their heats.
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Southern Illinois University
Ivory Crockett
Kessinger six hits pace Cubs past Cardinals in 10 innings
Don Kessinger stitched six straight hits in a 7-6 Cubs win over the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings. Santo drove in the tying and winning runs as Hooton debut and Bonham earned the victory amid a wild eight inning.
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Associated Press
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Santo
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Joe Pepitone
Cub
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St. Louis
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Cubs
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University of Texas
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Alou
Simmons
Torre
Cardenal
Hague
Sizemore
Maxvill
Javier
Carlton
Drlwsky
Shaw
Ctaylor
Arroyo
Zachary
Total
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Bwilliams
Pepitone
Hickman Cannizzio
Torres
Major League Standings and Friday Night Matchups
Major League standings and Friday schedule with night games listed for each division. Highlights include St Louis at Chicago and Philadelphia at New York with several night games across the circuit. standings show East and West leaders and recent results through Thursday.
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Pappas
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Reynolds
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Renko
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Perry
Los Angeles
Houston
NCAA track opens with fast qualifying times in Seattle
In Seattle NCAA track hopefuls face stiff qualifying speeds as the championships begin. Marty Liquori of Villanova laments the fast pace after just edging Nebraska’s Greg Carlberg 4 00.7. Defending champ Eddie Hart of California runs 9.3 for a 100 yard dash, calling it a do or die race. Kentucky’s Jim Breen needed 9.5 to reach semifinals and hoped for a gentler effort.
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Seattle
Marty Liquori
Villanova
Greg Carlberg
Nebraska
U.S
Eddie Hart
California
Jim Breen
Kentucky
Villanova awaits NCAA cage ruling on Porter case
Villanova University awaits a ruling by the NCAA on the Howard Porter case that could erase last season from the record book. Officials said the school would forfeit its basketball season including a second place NCAA finish if Porter was found to have signed a professional contract and become ineligible.
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Villanova University
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Howard Porter
Star Center
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