Fairfield Girls Edge Washington 72 71 In Final Meet
Fairfield improves dual record to 3-1 as the Demons rally from defeat. Sue Hennigan stars with two wins in events and anchors two winning relays setting school records as eight marks fall and one tied. Washington duels tough despite the loss in a season finale showdown.
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Elaine Martin
Patsy Porter
Cary Reschly
Kingman Drives Giants Past Dodgers with Grand Slam
Dave Kingman, 66-6, 210, slugger from USC, hits a grand slam and another homer to lift the San Francisco Giants 9-8 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He drives in five runs, tops the majors with 10 homers and 32 RBIs. Dierker shuts out Padres. Expos beat Phillies. Oakland tops California. Chicago edges Texas in 10 innings.
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Padres
Bob Watson
Lee May
Ron Fairly
Expos
Fairly
Reggie Jackson
White Sox Win Thriller Over Rangers In 10th Inning
Oakland breaks open a five run seventh to beat California 7 2 as Nolan Ryan allows two A s hits Jim Hunter and Joe Rudi start the rally with singles Jackson hits his sixth homer Ryan’s seventh walk and two more passes set the stage for two more runs A throw a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly cap the rally Tom Egan drives in the winning run in the 10th as the White Sox top Texas and snap the Rangers five game streak Mincher out at bat out of turn ends bottom 10th rally miscue
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Egan
Hal King
Don Mincher
Mincher
Sees controls for pro sports move to Congress
New York congressman Jack Kemp says eight to ten bills in Congress seek to regulate professional sports. He warns if disputes between players and owners are not settled on the field, legislation will rise, with a push in the House to take over pro sports.
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UPI
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San Diego
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Kemp
Pro Football Writers Association of America
Congress
Perdock Reigns in Eldon Main Event Thriller
Ron Perdock wins the late model main at Eldon by leading early and holding off Bill McDonough and Roger Dolan across 25 laps. heat and Australian pursuit winners highlighted a night of fast driving and strong showings from Beckman Moss Newman Fraise and others.
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Perdock
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Roger Dolan
Bill Beckman
John Moss
Bill Newman
Steve Fraise
McDonough
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Iowa City
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Fraise
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Lewis
Weeks
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Cal Swanson
Ramo Stott
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Fred Horn
Bill Zwanziger
Ron Hemsted
Ed Sagner
Maynor
Karl Sanger
Blackie Lyons
Don Hoffman
Harold O’deen
Ross Hughes
Larry Catlett
John Brumley
Joe Rance
Steve Fraise Jr
Reese Keith Kropf
Highland girl track star Nancy Waldschmidt tops state meet
Nancy Waldschmidt of Highland Community won the state track meet high jump at Drake on May 20 with a height of 5 feet 3 inches tying the meet record. She becomes the second Highland girl in six years to win state high jump and has set school and conference records and earned Homecoming Queen honors this senior year. She already holds basketball scoring records and is a National Honor Society member.
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Highland Community
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Highland
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Miss Waldschmidt
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Local golf tourney sponsored for under 18 amateurs
Robert Koehler of Sellers Insurance announces sponsorship of a Tuesday June 6 local golf tournament for male amateurs under 18 at Washington Golf and Country Club. Winners advance to the July 19 state meet at Echo Valley and may reach the national August 4 to 8 in Wichita.
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Sellers Insurance Agency
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WHS
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Robert Koehler
Sellers Insurance Company
Washington Golf and Country Club
Echo Valley Country Club
Des Moines
Wichita
Kan
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Washington
Frazier relaxes as title bout approaches
Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier eases up on training as he prepares for his seventh title defense against Ron Stander of Council Bluffs Iowa. Both fighters report peak condition with lighter weights, road work, and scheduled drills. Stander weighs about 212 pounds and hopes to peak at fight time.
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Dick Noland
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Dunne
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