Billie Jean Picks Evonne Goolagong For Wimbledon Champion
Billie Jean King speaks without a firm forecast but backs Evonne Goolagong Cawley as the player to beat at Wimbledon. She notes King won her sixth Wimbledon singles title last year and hints at Evonne’s potential to dethrone current champions while acknowledging other contenders like Chris Evert Virginia Wade Martina Navratilova and Roscoe Tanner's recent form. The piece also covers doubles results and upcoming semifinal matchups featuring Bjorn Borg Raul Ramirez and Ilie Nastase.
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Billie Jean King
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Billie Jean
Avonne
Mrs. King
Evonne
Chris’ Evert
Virginia
Wade
Martina Navratilova
Sti
Elizabeth Ryan
United States
Betty Stove
Holland
Laura du Pont
Charlotte
N.C
Wendy Turnbull
Australia
Alex Mayer
Wayne, NJ
Bob Hewitt
Greer Stevens
South Africa
Roscoe Tanner
Jimmy Connors
Tanner
Bjorn Borg
Raul Ramirez
SIU begins athletics director interviews for SIUC job
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale seeks its next director of intercollegiate athletics with five candidates across a two week interviewing period. Belknap Cahill Foster Lambert and Gale Sayers head the field as the search unfolds through July with no press conferences planned.
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Larry Odell
Southern Mindrsan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Tegan
Bill Belknap
University of Arizona
Bill Norwood
Siuc Board of Trustees
Leo Cahill
Belknap
Cahill
Dale Foster
University of Dayton
Paul Lambert
SIU
Gale Sayers
University of Kansas Athletic Department
Doug Weaver
Georgia Tech
Weaver
SIUC
Donald N. Boydson
Boydston
Rodney Dempsey
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
STU
Intercollegiate Athletic Committee
Edward ‘Shea
Charolotte West
Warren Brandt
George Mace
Mace
Foster
Sayers
Lambert
Butch Henry
Bill Brown
Brown
Henry
Arkansas
Grandpa's report on hometown sports stars and a Busch Stadium concert
Retired Herrin printer Homer Mitchell relays highlights from 1976 Evansville all city baseball, including Kirk Venegont's 1.86 ERA 70 strikeouts in 63 innings and Purdue medical engineering plans. Peoria and Davenport figures feature Otis Taylor Paul Eckert and John Venegont in football baseball careers, plus a St Louis Busch Stadium concert draw and a few major league batting and pitching notes including Mike Tyson Cardinals.
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Homer Mitchell
Herrin
Kirk
Evansville
Ind
Funkhouser Legion
Purdue
Harrison High
Ron
Herrin High
Tony Venegont
Gene
Pecoria
John Venegont
Peoria Spalding
Notre Dame
Indiana
Colorado
Dartmouth
Otis Taylor
Goodyear Tire
St. Louis
Baltimore
Davenport
Iowa
Paul Eckert
Citizens Federal Savings and Loan
Eckert
Eugene Eckert
Centralia
Illiuis
Citizens
Equality gap and golf earnings rival sports talk
The text notes female tennis players threaten a Wimbledon boycott over purses and reports on U S women golfers, led by Judy Rankin with a season earnings record of 96 830 and near 100 000, while Al Geiberger tops men with 152 046 and Nicklaus surpassed 300 000 last year.
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U.S
Judy Rankin
al Geiberger
Jack Nicklaus
College star admits receiving cash from recruiters
Karlton Hilton of Norfolk, a South Carolina signee and former Anderson Junior College standout, admits a total of 1700 dollars in cash was slipped under doors during campus visits over five years. He says the payments were given by unknown fans or alumni, not coaches, and he criticizes the system while noting NCAA rules forbid such cash. Hilton, 24, plans to enroll as a junior psychology major and would not name any schools involved.
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Mike Tyson
Cardinal
Bake McBride
Willie Crawford
al Oliver
Pirates
Lou Brock
Cesar Cedenio
Houston
Norfolk
Karlton- Hilton
Hilton
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Anderson
D.C
NCAA
Virginia
Milwaukee Open golf field backs up without top stars
The ninth annual Greater Milwaukee Open at Tackaway Country Club runs Thursday to Sunday. Though big names skip it for British Open prep, the field features Lee Trevino and 23 of last year’s top 60 money winners. Art Wall Jr. leads defending with 271, 17 under par, beating Gary McCord by one stroke. Nicklaus Miller and Pate absent as par bombs expected from immaculate fairways.
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Milwaukee
Art Wail Jr
Wall
Gary McCord
Jack Nicklaus
Johnny Miller
U.S
Jerry Pate
Moose Wammock
Cawse
S. Gallery
Lee Trevino
Connors Ex-Manager Blames Women For Wimbledon Loss
Bill Riordan, Connors' former manager, accused his two prominent women, mother Gloria and girlfriend Marjorie Wallace, of distracting the player after Roscoe Tanner upset Connors in the quarter finals 6-4 6-2 3-6. Riordan also sues Connors over dismissal last year and urged Marjie to stay away during competition.
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Jimmy Connors
Belleville
Roscoe Tanner
Wimbledon
Bill Riordan
Riordan
Connors
Marjorie Wallace
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Til
Marjie
Walt Frazier Returns to Court With National Spotlight
Former SIU basketball standout Walt Frazier resumes his career under a national spotlight, transitioning from college stardom to a role that places him at the center of major basketball coverage and competition.
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Walt Frazier
SIU
Hilton early recruit draws interest from major programs
Hilton, a Maury High School standout, drew college recruiters as a freshman and earned All-Eastern Regional honors for four seasons. He was recruited by ACC and many top independents and Midwestern schools, acknowledging belief in widespread cash payments as common practice.
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Hilton
Norfolk
Maury High School
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