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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1973
Page
7
Washington City Swim Team opened its summer season with an intra squad meet. Coach Randy Martin noted overall good swims and hoped for continued improvement. Event winners included R Maggert, P Robertson, R Shalla, R Gibson, and M Gray across multiple age groups and distances.
At Wimbledon England over 75 000 spectators attend the tournament as 70 ATP players boycott. Nastase leads men with early wins while Evert Court and Goolagong boost box office. Women’s event remains strong with Britons favoring female players and all seats sold.
Robert L. Greene the Chester White breeder from Columbus Junction Iowa shows three boars at the second annual National Chester White Summer Spotlight to be held July 12 13 and 14 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis Indiana Larry L Rus executive secretary of Chester White Swine Record Association Rochester Indiana sponsor says the event will be strong A total of 97 top Chester White breeders from 18 states entered over 370 breeding animals and 130 market dogs exhibitors from Pennsylvania Idaho and beyond have shown strong interest in the show and sale
18 year old David Clyde, the No 1 pick and $125000 bonus, made his major league debut for the Texas Rangers with a five inning win over the Minnesota Twins 4 to 3. He walked seven and yielded one hit a two run homer by rookie Mike Adams, in contrast to seven strikeouts. Clyde threw 112 pitches as manager Whitey Herzog planned to pull him early. Bill Gogolewski secured the win with four innings of relief. Other AL games saw Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland and California win, while NL action included New York, San Francisco, St Louis and Chicago victories. Blair homered for Baltimore in a separate win.
The United States won 10 of 15 golds on night one of the Pacific Conference Games at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium. Canadian Grant McLaren stunned in the 5000m, timing 13 3 84 to set a games record as Dick Quax faded. Francie Larrieu captured the women’s 1500m, edging Glenda Reiser and setting a record, to excite the 6,000 spectators.
Highland Huskies beat Morning Sun 2-1 as Jeff Schott pitched a two hitter with 12 strikeouts and a fifth inning homer to tie the game. Tom Carson scored on a fielder’s choice via a late error to seal the win in the Southeast Iowa Conference showdown. Morning Sun led 1-0 after three. Highland improved to within one game of first place and next face Wapello.
Robert C. Bork was sworn in as the new U.S. Solicitor General at the Justice Department, taking the oath of office from Attorney General Elliot Richardson. The ceremony occurred Wednesday.
National League standings show Chicago Montreal St Louis Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh LA San Francisco Houston Cincinnati Avanta San Diego. Wednesday results include Chicago 6 Montreal 1 and 6 1/2 inning partials. San Francisco 6 Atlanta 5. New York 7 Philadelphia 6. St Louis 15 Pittsburgh 4. Houston 10 Cincinnati 2.
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