Baseball scouting highlights from Thomasville tournament
Thomasville hosts a regional tournament drawing players from Albany Tallahassee and Lake City with pro scouts from the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies in attendance. Ed Scott notes rising talent in North Georgia Alabama and Arkansas and cites Terry Kennedy of Florida State University as a top major league prospect while urging players to stay focused and perform.
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Thomasville
Albany
Tallahassee
Lake City
Hank Aaron
Mickey Mantle
Sandy Koufax
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
Ed Scott
Red Sox
Frank Mathews
Phillies
Quincy
Scott
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Terry Kennedy
Florida State University
Kennedy
Seminoles
FSU
Norfolk Stars
Indianapolis Clowns
Louis Tiant Sr
Louie Tiant Jr
Louie
Joe Rudi
Rollie Fingers
Vida Blue
Oakland
New York
Boston
Bowie Kuhn
Charlie Finley
Yarborough Leads NASCAR Standings Midseason After Michigan Finish
Cale Yarborough holds the top spot with 2,318 points after finishing second to David Pearson at Michigan International Speedway. Benny Parsons is second with 2,267 while Pearson, despite amassing the season's most wins, stands ninth due to missed races. The 30 race schedule is split into three legs with special awards for each leg.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Cale Yarborough
Yarborough
David Pearson
Michigan International Speedway
Benny Parsons
Pearson
Richard Petty
Bobby Allison
Lennie Pond
Dave Marcis
Richard Childress
Buddy Baker
Darrell Waltrip
Night at the Office Sparks Reds and Braves Wins
In Cincinnati Ken Griffey and George Foster hit homers to back Pat Zachry as the Reds beat the Dodgers 3-1 and extend their NL West lead. In Atlanta Rowland Office collected four hits helping the Braves top the Astros 11-9 with Jimmy Wynn’s seventh inning homer.
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Cincinnati
Atlanta
Ken Griffey
George Foster
Doug Ray
Los Angeles
Reds
West
Dodgers
Rowland Office
Jimmy Wynn
Braves
Griffey
Pat Zachry
Astros
Garland Hurls O's Past Sex Garland Hurls O's Past Sex
Orioles pitcher Wayne Garland carried a no hitter into the eighth, finishing a 2-0, two-hit victory over the Boston Red Sox after a late single broke the no-hit bid. Bert Blyleven notched his 100th win with a 1-0 10 inning victory for Texas over Oakland, aided by Tom Grieve's leadoff homer.
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Ken Rappoport
Wayne Garland
Garland
Baltimore
Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Oakland A’s
Bert Blyleven
Texas Rangers
Ed Figueroa
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Dians
California Angels
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
Red Sox
Rico Petrocelli
Rick Miller
Boston
Rangers
A’s
Tom Grieve
Texas
Oakland
Ranger
Ken McMullen
Blyleven
Grieve
Paul Mitchell
Philadelphia Dominates Montreal In Monday Scoreboard Rout
World 8 Montreal 3 as Philadelphia plates a seven run surge in Monday baseball. Atlanta bests Houston 11 to 9 while Cincinnati defeats Los Angeles 3 to 7 and St Louis edges New York 2 to 7. San Diego 6 San Francisco 3 concludes Monday action.
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Houston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Montreal
San Diego
Dodgers
San Francisco
St. Louis
New York Mets
Foster
Cincinnati
Griffey
Atlanta
Los Angeles
St Louis
New York
Reuss
Chicago
Bonham
Richard
Morton
Kkirby
Llenborg
Sutton
Norman
Swan
Denny
Associated Press
Pet
Phila
Baltimore
Pitts
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Milwkee
Chicago Montreal
West Westean City
Texas
Los Ang
Oakland
Aly
Minnesota
Houston Atlanta
California
San Fran
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Ashe and Connors Triumph On Wimbledon Opening Day
Arthur Ashe defends his title with a straight set win over Ferdi Taygan 7-5 6-4 7-5 as Jimmy Connors easily beats Antonio Zugarelli 6-2 6-3 6-2. Top seeds Nastase Borg Panatta Vilas Tanner Ramirez Okker Newcombe Roche Fillol Gottfried also advance despite Stan Smith’s rain-delayed match.
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Ferdi Taygan
Framingham
Mass
Ucla
Ashe
Connors
Antonio Zugarelli
Italy
Ilie Nastase
Romania
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Adriano Panatta
Argentina
Guillermo Vilas
Roscoe Tanner
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Mexico
Raul Ramirez
Tom Okker
Netherlands
John Newcombe
Tony Roche
Australia
Jaime Fillol
Chile
Brian Gottfried
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Stan Smith
Sea Pines
S.C
Patricio Cornejo
Wimbledon
Tanner
Nastase
Allan Stone
Stone
Miami
Star
Evonne
Goolagong
Chrissie Evert
Miss Evert
Miss Goolagong
Coca-Cola Edges Exchange Club In Junior Pony League
Coca-Cola narrowly defeated Exchange Club 7 to 6 as Flower s Baking Company upset Elks 8 to 6. Coca-Cola unbeaten entering Friday, then lost to C S Bank. Flowers’ win tightens race with three Coke games left. Pistol Barkley led Coke with two singles and a double. Todd Bennett homered.
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Coca-Cola
Exchange Club
Elks Club
Flowers Baking Company
C&s Bank
Flowers
Coke
Pistol Barkley
Exchange
Todd Bennett
Donnie Vick
Mike Cogland
Joe Knapp
Flowers Baking Co
Kiwanis Club
C&s Bankay
Lewis Enterprises
Boston i
Pros And Cons U S Open Takes Blast From Stars Again
In Duluth Georgia AP coverage of the U S Open golf championship the article notes the contest is run by amateurs as the national championship though dominated by professionals. Players like Hale Irwin Arnold Palmer Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus criticize USGA course prep leadership and decision making.
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Duluth
U.S. Golf Association
Atlantic
USGA
Johnny Goodman
Tony Jacklin
England
Gary Player
South Africa
AAU
NCAA
PGA Tour
Tom Place
Jack Tuthill
Don January
Illinois
Dave Hill
Hazeltine
Chaska
Minn
Hill
Hale Irwin
Atlanta
Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Joe Dey
Nicklaus
al Geiberger
January
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George Lassiter
T-E
Thomasville High School
Lovie
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Wynn
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Garry Maddox
Bob Boone
Greg Luzinski
Padres
Giants
Johnny Grubb
Willie Davis
Grubb
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Hughes
Tanana
Brites
Bosman
Bahnsen
Pole
R. May
Waits
Hunter
Roberts
Augustine
Forster
Busby
All-England
London
Arthur Ashe
Jimmy Connors
Arnold Palmer
Hale
Irwin
Henderson
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