O J Simpson Faces Bills In Browns Preseason Showdown
Buffalo star OJ Simpson eyes first 100 yard game of the preseason as Buffalo faces Cleveland at home. Browns coach Forrest Gregg seeks defensive cohesion and a stronger pass defense after mixed work from Joe Ferguson and Gary Marangi and a looming roster cutdown to 48 players.
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Connors and Nastase Reach U S Open Round of 16
Jimmy Connors defeated Georges Goven 6-3 6-1 to reach the U S Open last 16 at Forest Hills as Ilie Nastase beat Mark Cox 6-0 6-4. Meijer upset Roscoe Tanner 6-7 6-4 6-4 while Guillermo Vilas swept Dick Stockton 6-1 6-4. Other seeds including Orantes and Ramirez won. Navratilova reached the quarterfinals after beating Kathy May 6-3 6-0. A crowd of 15,887 watched in chilly conditions.
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Twins stall until rain stops play
In Cleveland yesterday the Indians led Minnesota 2-1 when a downpour halted the game after a 45 minute delay. Only one such game is likely to be made up as both teams are out of the pennant race. Nearly 13,000 fans rode out the washout while Dennis Eckersley and Fritz Peterson were slated to start next.
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Ridley wins U S Amateur title in Richmond upset
Fred Ridley, a first-year law student, defeated Keith Fergus 2 up to capture the U S Amateur Golf Championship in Richmond. Ridley, who had only eight birdies on the day after 117 holes, delivered late birdies and held off Fergus’s comeback as Fergus’s final shot rolled past the green and Ridley sealed with an 18 inch putt for bogey.
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Ridley Surges Past Fergus In Golf Title Showdown
Ragnoni’s erratic driving and Ridley’s birdies toppled Fergus who played 110 holes in three over par. Fergus, eight over after 36 greens in regulation, slipped after bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes in both rounds. Ridley pulled ahead with a 10-foot birdie at the seventh, clinching the lead.
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Baseball Boxscores From Yesterday E-Harper and More
Yesterday's MLB boxscores show Harper and Lindblad on DP Oakland Boston 1 1. LOB totals: Oakland 18 Boston 2B Jackson Lynn Burleson Garner Bando HR Harper 41 Washington Jackson S Lynn Martinez 2 Beniquez E Taveras Robertson Sanguillen Guinti DP Houston 1 Pittsburgh 2 LOB Houston 10 Pittsburgh 20-Mavisk Sanguillen Oliver Sosa Parker 3B Parker HR Cruz 18 Robertson i SB Andrews Kison SF Cruz Hebner E Tyson Concepcion Perez DP Cincinnati 2 LOB St Louis 8 Cincinnati 10 2B Lintz Foster HR Davis 6 88 Simmons Curtis SF Tyson Save Gish WP Sosa T 242
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Baird Holds Lead At B.C. Open After Third Round
Butch Baird, amid windy conditions, shot a par 71 to maintain his lead in the $175,000 B.C. Open. The 39-year-old veteran finished 54 holes at nine under par 204, three strokes ahead of Jim Colbert, with David Graham and Mike McCullough at 207.
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