Couch wins ninth Elyria City Golf title with final birdie surge
Jim Couch claimed the Elyria City Championship at Forest Hills with a four under par 66 after a tense 18-hole duel. Bob Toth finished third at 71 while Gene Henderson, who rallied from 37, ended two strokes back in second. Couch led at the turn and closed with a 25-foot birdie putt on 17 and an 8-foot birdie on 16.
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Elyria
Jim Couch
Elyria City
Forest Hills Golf Center
Couch
Bob Toth
Gene Henderson
Henderson
Toth
Heaton Shuts Down White Sox in 4-1 Indians Win
Neal Heaton, moved to the bullpen earlier, rebounds with a three-hit outing to lift Cleveland over Chicago 4-1. Heaton walks two, retires 18 of the last 19, improves to 7-9 with a 4.74 ERA as Pat Corrales weighs future role and demands consistency and longer outings.
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Steve Herrick
C-T
Cleveland
Pat Corrales
Neal Heaton
Pat
Heron
Tribe
Chicago
Heaton
Corrales
Carlton Fisk
Sox
Fisk
Scott Fletcher
Neal
Dave Stegman
Don McMahon
Mac
Greg) Luzinski
Ron) Kittle
Gene Nelson
Indians
Nelson
Pat Tabler
Browns veterans join ratings game at training camp
Browns coach Sam Rutigliano fielded 95 players in Lakeland as veterans and rookies began two-a-day practices under 90 degree heat. He highlighted rookie Terry Nugent as a prospect with a big arm while stressing evaluation of young veterans, free agents, and draft picks in scrimmages versus the Bills.
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Doug Dieken
Browns
Bill) Contz
Sam Rutigliano
Lakeland Community College
Rutigliano
Buffalo Bills
Edinboro
Terry Nugent
Colorado State
Nugent
Bills
Athletes stream into Los Angeles for Olympics
Leaders and athletes arrive ahead of the Games as 7,800 competitors converge on Los Angeles. Officials juggle needs from health foods to larger bathtubs with showers prescribed for extreme requests. Hospital staff report common injuries while village crowds swell.
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Beth Nelson
Los Angeles
Chown
Olympic Village
Ballesteros Edges Watson On Road Hole To Claim Open
Seve Ballesteros held off Tom Watson at St Andrews to win the British Open with a final 69 276 total, the lowest at the venue in 23 Opens. Watson bogeyed the Road Hole on 17 after a wayward shot, Ballesteros two-putted from 30 feet at 18 to seal the victory as his celebratory moment echoed through the hotel.
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Scotland
Harry Vardon
Tom Watson
Marquis de Sade
Spanish Heart-Throb Seve Ballesteros
Watson
Tom Terrific
Vardon
Ballesteros
St Andrews
Kei Nagle
Seve
Carmen
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