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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1985
Page
9
In a rugged playoff day session Memphis crushed Denver 48 to 7 while Oakland held off the Bandits 30 to 27. Oakland receivers and running backs including Bentley Holloway and Reaves led the scoring drive with multiple passes and runs. Denver struggled with passing and field goal attempts as Memphis seized momentum early and never looked back.
Area golf schedule lists July 1 finals for the Northern Ohio Amateur at Ijuaw Creek and Tanglewood Country Club with NOPGA events at Ashland and Heather Dawns Country Club and the Toledo Open.
In Las Vegas Jimmy Maul won by knockout over Stopjade Rockin Robi Blake to retain his lightweight title after a 14 to 0 margin in Fort Worth Texas. In Seoul Vark Chong outpointed Vinnie Curty to defend the International Boxing Federation super middleweight crown with a 15 to 0 score.
Transactions show the Chicago White Sox signing catcher Kurt Brown and optioning Paryi Boston outfielder to Buffalo of the American Association. Also called up Joba Dangeross from Buffalo, Seattle Mariners activating catcher Salome Baros, Los Angeles Dodgers placing Steve Howe on the restricted list, San Francisco Giants purchasing pitcher Mike Jeffcoat from Phornus of the Peehne Coast League and optioning Frank Williams to Phornus.
Sunday race at East Rutherford Meadowlands lists results with car type Lola T900 Cosworth and March chassis. Top finishers include Al Unser Jr first with 100 laps and $67490 at 167 mph, followed by Emerson Fittipaldi and AJ Unser with Cosworth and prize money totals. Also notes unofficial Super Vee race winner Johnson Halt RTS with 33 laps and 81 mph average.
More than 6 300 fans attended the new 11.4 million Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts as the game celebrated its roots. Arvydas Sabonis led the Soviet team to a 74 54 win over Indiana in the Kirin World Basketball 85 championship, using size and strength to prevail. Jimmy Paul defended his lightweight crown with a late ninth round knockdown and stop at 2 14 of the 14th in Las Vegas.
The Showboat Doubles Classic in Las Vegas crowned a winner after Sunday play with match play records and 34 game team totals. Notable entries include Jeff Bellinger Tom Milton Randy Pedersen Warren Kretson Mike Aulby Steve Cook David White and Mark Haket with partners across multiple cities.
Hal Sutton won the St Jude Memphis Classic finishing 9 under with a final 65 and a 30-foot playoff putt to beat David Ogrin for $90,000. Sutton, 27, from Shreveport, broke an 11-year win drought since the 1983 PGA.
Bojovic redeemed last year’s playoff miss by drilling a 23 yard field goal as time expired to cap a 30 27 Oakland victory over the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL opening round. Oakland advances to face Memphis Showboats while Birmingham hosts the New Jersey Generals or Baltimore Stars.
Red lights lit many winners at Dragway 42 with Chris Steffee Akron Marshallville Richard Matty Carroll Shaw Jr. taking titles as opponents fouled the Christmas tree. Brett Gribble and Larry Clark battled hard for victories in Super Bike and Trophy Car respectively.
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