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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
4
Tom Weiskopf, 30, headlines the PGA circuit en route to Oakmont for the U S Open as a leading challenger alongside favorite Jack Nicklaus. Weiskopf has surged with recent victories and strong form ahead of America's premier golf championship.
Mary Mills, 33, captured the LPGA title at Pleasant Valley Country Club with a final 288 to win by two strokes over Betty Burfeindt. Burfeindt, 23, came within inches of forcing a playoff, finishing runner-up as Mills birdied the last five holes.
Richard Petty, four time NASCAR champion, battles Buddy Baker at Texas World Speedway. A broken battery cable slows Baker, letting Petty surge to victory in the 214th lap. Darrell Waltrip takes second, Joe Frasson third, with Petty averaging 145.114 mph. The story also notes Le Mans results where Pescarolo and Larrousse win in Matra-Simca cars.
Dawes won its five two over Scott Industries in 9-10 action as Georgia Crate leads the league at 6-1. Sunnyland improved with a strong bottom fourth inning and multiple players contributed multiple hits including Greg Cogland and Lee Powell. Georgia Crate and Dawes players also produced big run totals and wins for their teams.
The Yankees maintain sole lead in the AL East as Milwaukee wins three straight behind strong pitching from Jim Slaton and timely hitting from Bob Coluccio. Elsewhere, KC tops New York 7-4, Minnesota dominates Baltimore 11-4, Oakland shuts out Detroit 5-0, Boston trounces Texas 10-1, and Chicago-Sox split with Cleveland. Cubs win and White Sox rally fail to loosen the top spot.
The scoreboard lists NL standings with teams like Chicago Montreal Pittsburgh St Louis New York Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles Cincinnati Houston Atlanta San Diego and Montreal. It covers Saturday to Tuesday results including Cincinnati 8 Chicago 4 New York 4 Los Angeles 2 Atlanta 8 St Louis 2 and Philadelphia 11 San Diego 0. It also reports American League results like Oakland Detroit Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Minnesota and Kansas City with multiple games and upcoming schedule.
Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman laments lack of scoring as he drops a 4-0 decision to the Dodgers. He compares his trouble to Tom Seaver’s earlier drought, noting the team has produced little offense over recent games.
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