Golf greats fall short as no hit bids elude pair
Ken Holtzman and Jim Palmer, each a no hitter past, fall one strike short in key games. Holtzman nearly joins the three thirty remains with the A’s 4-0 win over Detroit after Veryzer’s ninth inning double. Palmer edges Royals 1-0 for his career third one hitter, while Orioles’ Brooks Robinson drives in the lone tally. Other scores roll in from the majors with Yankees, Twins, Rangers, Brewers and more.
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Fred Down
UPI
Ken Holtzman
Jim Palmer
Holtzman
Chicago Cubs
Tom Veryzer
Oakland A
Detroit Tigers
Bill North
A’s
Veryzer
Claudell Washington
Brooks Robinson
Orioles
Steve Busby
Royals
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Texas Rangers
Cleveland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
California Angels
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Montreal
San Diego
New York
Atlanta
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Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Yankees
White Sox
George Medich
Sparky Lyle
Twins
Red Sox
Boston
Skein
Tom Burgmeier
Dave Goltz
Dick Pole
Rangers
Indians
John Ellis
Cleveland
Eric Raich
Lenny Randle
Jeff Burroughs
Ellis
Randle
Burroughs
George Hendrick
Jim Fregosi
Brewers
Angels
Darrell Porter
Milwaukee
Jim Colborn
Tom Murphy
Ed Figueroa
California
Aldredge Eddens face fast pace at California state meet
At the California State Track and Field Championships in San Diego Dan Aldredge of Petaluma and Leanetta Eddens of Ukiah faced a swift pace. Aldredge finished second in the 80 yard trials and 1:51.5 in the finals, losing to Conrad Suhr of Leigh high school. Leanetta, a ninth grader, placed sixth in her heat in the girls 440 and aims to improve. New records emerged including two girls standards and Laguna Beach’s Eric Hurst setting a two mile mark of 8:44.9.
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California
San Diego
Ukiahi
Leanetta Eddens
Redwood Empire
Dan Aldredge
Petaluma
Leanetta
Jody Anderson
Aldredge
Southern California
Conrad Suhr
San Jose
Leigh
Suhr
Sacramento
Chicago
Pleasant Hill
Eric Hurst
Laguna Beach
Rich Kimball
de LaSalle
Concord
Bench Perez power Reds sweep Cubs to surge in NL West
Johnny Bench and Tony Perez pace a Reds doubleheader sweep of the Cubs 2-1 and 8-5 at Riverfront, lifting Cincinnati a game and a half ahead of Los Angeles. Bench hit a two-run homer in game one. Perez, back after a thumb injury, had three RBIs and two hits including a homer in game two.
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UPI
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Cincinnati Reds
Arsenal
Reds
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles
Beach
Gary Nolan
Perez
Riverfront Stadium
Tony
Cub
Manny Trillo
Texas
Phillies
Dodgers
Dave Cash
Jim Lonborg
Don Sutton
Padrés
Expos
Dave Winfield
Dick Sharon
Padres
Joe McIntosh
Dave McNally
Montreal
Pat Scanron
Steve Rogers
Standings from Tuesday night games across major matchups
Detroit visits Kansas City Milwaukee plays Chicago Minnesota hosts Cleveland Oakland travels to Baltimore California arrives at New York Texas faces Boston Tuesday night schedule and results noted for the night games across teams and leagues
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Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minnesota
Cleveland
Oakland
Baltimore
California
New York
Texas
Boston
East
G.b
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Montreal
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Atlanta
Houston
Pet. G
Quarrie Sets 220-Yard World Mark At Prefontaine Classic
Jamaican Don Quarrie ran 220 yards in 19.9 at the Steve Prefontaine Classic in Eugene to break Tommie Smith’s 1966 record of 20.0. Steve Williams also clocked 19.9, matching Quarrie’s time in a wind aided race earlier the same day. Quarrie noted he is improving with more races and expects a faster time at the AAU championships in two weeks.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
Don Quarrie
Quarrie
Tommie Smith
United States
Steve Williams
USC
Williams
Steve
Eugene
UTEP Dominates NCAA Indoor Track Title Run
Texas El Paso captured the NCAA indoor track and field crown at Provo, scoring 55 points to outpace UCLA and USC. Kenyan runner John Ngeno led a late surge with a dual distance titles, Hans Hoglund tossed 70 feet in the shot put, Earl Bell set a pole vault record, and Greg Joy faltered on a final clearance.
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Provo
Utah
UPI
Texas-El Paso
Miners
Southern California
UCLA
Ted Banks
Banks
UTEP
Bruins
Trojans
USC
San Jose State
Kansas
Tennessee
Oregon
Brigham Young
Hans Hoglund
Sweden
James Munyala
Greg Joy
John Ngeno
Ngeno
Paul Geis
Hoglund
Randy Matson
Texas A&m
Matson
Byu Stadium
Earl Bell
Arkansas
Floyd edges Player to win Kemper Open on Mother's Day
Ray Floyd captured his first pro tour victory in six years by beating Gary Player by three strokes at the Kemper Open in Charlotte. Floyd credited the win as a birthday gift to his mother, finishing after an eagle on the ninth hole aided by a 100-foot chip in. He earned $50,000, ending a six-year drought dating back to the 1969 PGA Championship.
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Gary Player
Floyd
John Mahaffey
Eberwein and Dockins Top Mendocino College Athletes
Eberwein and Dockins were named the most valuable players for Mendocino College basketball and baseball for the 1974-75 athletic year. Dale Eberwein will attend the University of Alaska at Anchorage on an athletic scholarship, while Rod Dockins pursued a professional baseball opportunity with an eastern Phillies farm team.
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Dale Eberwein
Ramona
Nice
Calif
Rod Dockins
Willits
Mendocino
Eberwein
Harold Eberwein
Mendocino College
Paul Alcantra
University of Alaska At
Anchorage
Dockins
Philadelphia Phillies
MNC
Tom Walker
Potter Valley
Phillies
Skip Hunter
Hunter
Jerry Ward
Ron Pearson
Ukiahis
Ed Boyle
Block M
Wayne Watkins
Petaluma
Dan Pacheco
Boyle
Jose Oropeza
Point Arena
Bob Croft
Willows
Eagles
Golden Valley
Camino Norte
Giles wins British Amateur in 36 holes at Royal Liverpool
Vinnie Giles of Richmond Virginia defeated Monk James 8 and 7 to win the British Amateur at Royal Liverpool. A wife inspired late changes and a key 20-foot birdie on the first green set the tone for a decisive victory on a windswept course. Giles became the 19th American to win the title and the 12th Yankee to claim both British and American Amateur championships.
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Hoylake
England
UPI
Vinnie Giles
Giles
Richmond
Monk James
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Royal Liverpool
Key
U.S
Weinert Opens Defense of Moto Crown in Muddy Motocross
In ALDWIN Kansas 6000 spectators saw sina Weinert of Mission Viejo California win both 40 minute motos in a heavy downpour to begin the American Motorcycle Association 500 cc National Motocross Championship. Gary Semics of Lisbon Ohio finished second with Kent Howerton of San Antonio Texas third and Bill Grossi of Santa Cruz California fourth while Rex Staten of Fontana California was fifth.
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Aldwin
Kan
UPI
Sina Weinert
Mission Viejo
Calif
American Motorcycle Association
Weinert
Gary Semics
Lisbon
Ohio
Kent Howerton
San Antonio
Tex
Bill Grossi
Santa Cruz
Rex Staten
Fontana
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Marc Hill
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Ted Simmons
Reggie Smith
Ron Reed
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Felix Millan
Clarence Gaston
Joe Torre
Elias Sosa
Torre
Rod Gilbreath
United Press International National League
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Enyeart
Coghlan
Ireland
Mark Schilling
Wilson Waigwa
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