Ohio leads in high school sports participation says survey
The Ohio High School Athletic Association highlights Ohio as top overall in 6 of 10 boys sports categories in the 1972 National Sports Participation Survey. Ohio reports 7,721 teams across 10 sports, with baseball, basketball, cross country, football, track and field, and wrestling leading. limits noted for girls’ teams and other sports.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Buckeye
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New Jersey
Stargell belts 300th career homer in Pirates 6 0 win
Willie Stargell hit his 23rd homer of the season and 300th career homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 6 0 behind a five hitter by Dock Ellis. The win lifts Pittsburgh to fifth place while the Mets fall to last after losing 11 4 to Philadelphia. The Pirates sit 10 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the NL East with potential as the league leader’s challenger.
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New York
UPI
Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Dock Ellis
Pirates
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Palmer shares first round lead
Arnold Palmer and Bruce Crampton tied for the Western Open lead after a windy first round at Midlothian Country Club with five under par 66s. Rik Massengale also shot 66 as the trio led a crowded field, while Jack Nicklaus and Hale Irwin posted solid rounds in pursuit.
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Midlothian
Arnold Palmer
Fuk Massengale
Bruce Crampton Abed
Hale Irwin
JU. Snead
Billy Casper
George Johnson
Larry Hinson
Bob Lewis
Jim Barber
Bruce Devlin
Haber Green
Lionel Hebert
Ken Salt
Indians win opener before Red Sox romp
The Boston Red Sox exploded for 16 runs on 19 hits in the second game of a doubleheader against Cleveland after a 4-2 opening loss. Bob Montgomery sparked the offense with a bases loaded triple and a single, Reggie Smith added four hits including a two run homer, and Dan ny Cater collected two runs via two hits and a sacrifice fly as Boston finally broke through, while Ray Culp pitched well in relief of an early stumble.
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Rick Monday
Milt Pappas
Dave LaRoche
Cubs
Darrell Evans
Braves
Jim Panther
Los Angeles
Pete Richert
Dave Lopes
Tommy John
Clarence Gaston
Nate Colbert
Clay Kirby
Boston
UPI
Red Sox
Cleveland
Sox
Bob Montgomery
Carlton Fisk
Reggie Smith
Danny Cater
Eddie Kasko
Dick Tidrow
Her
John Lowenstein
Culp
George Hendrick
John Ells
Mario Guerrero
Lowenstein
Dave Duncan
Rico Petrocelli
John Kennedy
Tommy Harper
RBI
Aparicio
Smith
Petrocelli
Cater
Mowery Wins Final To Claim Mansfield Golf Title
Lorain County hopes faded as Den nis Mowery of Mansfield captured the 36 hole final in the Mid-America Junior Open at Possum Run. Mowery, 18, overcame opponents including Radigan and Baumann to clinch the championship, while rival Ross Hiller and others exited in semifinals.
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Mansfield
Lorain County
North Ridgeville
Tom Thompson
Greg Nye
Wooster
Thompson
Possum Run
Nye
Dennis Mowery
Mowery
Avon
Ross Hiller
Dave Williams
Columbus
Kent Houser
Xenia
Houser
Buck Baumann
Fremont
Piqua
Bob Bedinghaus
Marty Radigan
Brecksville
Radigan
Tom Hall
Kent
Dave Britton
Art Nash
Craig Vandick
Findlay
Melvin Strine
Cardington
John Tignor
Coshocton
Bernie Jablonski
Parma
Jim Goodwin
Boardman
Rodney Loesch
Jeff Myers
Toledo
Secretariat Big Favorite Heads to Arlington Test
Secretariat, the defending Horse of the Year, will work the Arlington Park dirt today, his only surface test before a $125,000 invitational tomorrow. Trainer Lucien Laurin arrives with the chestnut by cargo from Belmont, eyeing a potential fourth win and a $75,000 first prize, as betting could top $3 million.
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Chicago
UPI
Secretariat
Arlington Park
Lucien Laurin
Belmont Park
Laurin
Belmont
Arlington
Qur Native
Blue Chip Dan
My Gallant
Ron Turcotte
Dave
Tennis hero asks fans to stop squealing at Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg, 17, the teen idol of Wimbledon, asks young fans to quiet down during his matches. The Swedish teenager, seeded sixth, nearly dropped a five setter to Karl Meiler before overcoming 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3. Other seeds, including Nastase, Taylor, Kodes, Connors, Fassben der, Metreveli, Cooper and Davidson, progressed to the last 16 as all eight seeds in both sexes advanced past the early rounds.
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Wimbledon
England
Bjorn Borg
Borg
Karl Meiler
Toshiro Saki
Japan
Roger Taylor
Britain
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Jimmy Connors
Belleville
Ill
Bob Simpson
New Zealand
Juergen Fassbender
Germany
Ray Keldie
Australia
Alex Metreveli
Russia
Digest of sports notes including Allen injury and golf lead
Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox suffered a hairline fracture in his left leg last night and will miss about a month after colliding with Mike Epstein of the California Angels at first base. Bowling Green named Larry Coyer as an assistant coach to Don Nehlen. Arnold Palmer and Bruce Crampton shot 66s to share the first round lead at the Western Open. Mac Wilkins posted a 200-11 1/2 winning discus mark and Mary Decker won the women's 800 meters in 2:05.1 at the 1973 Pacific Conference Games. Bjorn Borg advanced in Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 win. Rosemary Casals beat Sue Mappin 6-3 6-4 in doubles. The Orioles announced Karl Wallenda will walk a cable between light standards at Memorial Stadium during the Oakland doubleheader next Friday.
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Palmer
Crampton
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Muller
Dick Allen
Chicago White Sox
Allen
Mike Epstein
California Angels
Bowling Green
Don Nehlen
Larry Coyer
Arnold Palmer
Bruce Crampton
Mac Wilkins
Univers
Ity
Oregon
Mary Decker
Garden Grove
Calif
Bjorn Borg
Kurt Meiler
Rosemary Casals
Sue Mappin
Baltimore Orioles
Karl Wallenda
Memorial Stadium
Oakland
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Mets
Tommy Hutton
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Jim McAndrew
Bob Bailey
Bill Stoneman
Expos
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Murphy Bros
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the Nastase
E. Main St
Oberlin
ACME
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Lee-Rider
Farnam Horse Care Products
Avon Hardware
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