Oakland Tops Red Sox as A's Gain Playoff Edge
The Oakland A’s completed their season series with Boston by an 84 win, giving them a 65 game advantage in the standings. Reggie Jackson drove in five runs, including a decisive two-run ninth inning single, while Rollie Fingers looms as the likely difference maker for the playoffs.
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Oakland A’s
Boston Red Sox
A’s
Red Sox
Reggie Jackson
Rollie Fingers
Fingers
Jackson
Boston
Diego Segui
Phil Garner
Claudell Washington
Ray Fosse
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers
Texas Rangers
California
Detroit
Chicago
Baltimore
Minnesota
Cleveland
Richest horse race draws quarterhorses
In New Mexico at Ruidoso Downs Randy Romero rides Rocket's Magic in the All American Futurity a 1 million dollar event for two year old quarter horses. Rocket's Magic seeks a sixth straight win as Bugs Alive In75 and Chick Called Sue are among top rivals. The race sees a 330000 winner purse and 40 yard dash timing under 22 seconds.
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Ruidoso Downs
N.M
Randy Romero
Romero
West Indies
Canada
Bugs
Chick
Sue
Mr. Breakthru
Rocket
Bugs Alive
Chick Called
Kansas
Ashe and Connors Launch Labor Day Open Matches
Forest Hills reports Labor Day action at the U S Open with Arthur Ashe and Eddie Dibbs opening the day. Jimmy Connors meets Harold Solomon under lights, after a string of dominant wins including 6-3 6-1 over Georges Goven.
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Forest Hills
N.Y
Labor Day
Arther Ashe
Eddie Dibbs
Jimmy Connors
Harold Solomon
Connors
Georges Goven
Giants stun Steelers in preseason upset at Princeton
New York Giants improve to 4-0 in exhibition play with a 24-7 win over the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers at Princeton New Jersey. Craig Morton connected with Ray Rhodes for a 33 yard TD and Ron Johnson and Carl Summerell added rushing scores.
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Joe Carnicelli
UPI
National Football League
New York Giants
Giants
Bill Arnsparger
New York
Pittsburgh Steelers
Princeton
N.J
Craig Morton
Ray Rhodes
Ron Johnson
Carl Summerell
John Mendenhall
Steelers
Mendenhall
Arnsparger
Franco Harris
Pittsburgh
Morton
Rhodes
Johnson
George Hunt
Summerell
Oakland
San Francisco
New York Jets
Atlanta
St. Louis
San Diego
Los Angeles
Kansas City
New Orleans
Major League Standings and Saturday results recap
National and American League standings and Saturday results listed with teams, records, and games. Includes scheduled and completed games, rain delays, and upcoming matchups across both leagues. Major names include Pittsburgh Philadelphia St Louis New York Chicago Montreal Cincinnati Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Atlanta Houston and more.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Montreal
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Atlanta
Houston
Pitt
Chi
Bonham
Forsch
Candelaria
Seaver
Jones
Darcy
Rogers
Simpson
Hooton
Bart
Easterly
Komecany
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Detroit
Oakland
Kansas City
Texas
Minnesota
California
Calif
Minn
Busby
Briles
Wood
Kravec
Eckersley
Bibby
Cuellar
Alexander
Blue
Hassler
Medich
Moret
Travers
Coleman
Blyleven
Jenkins
Ridley Wins U S Amateur as College Star Chooses Law
Fred Ridley, a 23 year old law student at Stetson and former Florida key player, won the U S Amateur title at the Country Club of Virginia. He defeated Keith Fergus 2 up after 36 holes and indicated he plans to stay amateur while pursuing a legal career. Only Vinny Giles and Gary Cowan won the Amateur as non pros in the past decade.
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Jimmy
Solomon
Sally
Rice
UCLA
Connors
Ashe
Dibbs
Arthur
Eddie
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver
Ashe-Dibbs
Laver
Borg
France
Bob Hewitt
Andrew Pattison
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Valerie Ziegenfuss
Chris Evert
Wendy Overton
Virginia Wade
Beth Norton
Fairfield
Conn
Martina Navratilova
Cathy May
Miss Navratilova
Margaret Court
Richmond
UPI
Fred Ridley
U.S
Ridley
Stetson University
University of Florida
Keith Fergus
University of Houston
Fergus
Country Club of
Virginia
James River
Lawson Little
Vinny Giles
Gary Cowan
Old hospital ship Hope reborn as sawdust fueled plant power
Milton Smith of Economy Furniture Co uses the former hospital ship Hope to power his plant with 10 tons of sawdust daily. He bought the boiler and three 500 kilowatt generators for 300000 dollars, cutting future electric bills from 3500 to an estimated 10000 monthly, with full system completion in six months.
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Andrew A. Yemma
Austin
Tex
UPI
Hope
Mercy
Economy Furniture Co
Milton Smith
Smith
Brownsville
Economy
Zwanziger Lanphier win at Eldon Raceway double feature
Bill Zwanziger of Waterloo won the late model feature at Eldon Raceway on Saturday night with Roger Dolan second and Bob Helm third. Paul Lanphier of Oskaloosa captured the main sportsman event with Jerry Pilcher second and Randy McClure third.
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Bill Zwanziger
Waterloo
Eldon Raceway
Roger Dolan
Bob Helm
Andalusia
Ill
Paul Lanphier
Oskaloosa
Jerry Pilcher
Ottumwa
Randy McClure
Floris
Larry Jenkins
Zwanziger
Don White
Keokuk
Dan Beaver
Tracy
Don Widmer
Jim Brown
Martinsburg
Russ Derr
Tom Stewart
Washington
Gary Thomas
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Freddown
Fred McMane
Ron Cey
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodgers
Mets
Pirates
Penguin
Steve Yeager
Charlie Hough
N.Y. Giants
Denver
Dallas
New England
Green Bay
Miami
Buffalo
Ken Stabler
Dave Caspar
Cliff Branch
David Hamm
Kent Gaydos
Steve Spurrier
49Ers
J.J. Jones
al Woodall
Jerome Barkum
Pat Leahy
Jets
Steve Bartkowski
NFL
Alfred Jenkins
Jim Otis
Culen Bryant
Jim Bertelsen
Mike Strachan
Steve Rogers
Archie Manning
Joe Parker
Steve Ramsey
Billy van Heusen
Calvin Jones
Roger Staubach
Drew Pearson
Jean Fugett
Dan Pastorini
Oilers
John Smith
Wensincup
Hols
Wayne's Washington Co
Alert Co
Wash
Abst
River Products
The
Cove
Wen Smith
Marge Macrander
Ines Lomen
Harrison
Sihachan & Sonant and
Oor
Ember
United Press International
National League East
Ford
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
White House
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Eldon
Gray's Plumbing
Carsoning
Golden Touch
Southwest Corner Square
Washington, Ia
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