Driessen\'s three run homer seals Reds win over Padres
In Cincinnati, Dan Driessen hit a game deciding three run homer after an intentional walk to him in the 11th inning. Sparky Anderson trusted Driessen to swing and he delivered as Cincinnati widened its NL West lead. Other results: Giants over Dodgers 10-5, Mets beat Phillies 4-2, Braves over Astros 4-. Pirates sweep Cubs, Cards beat Expos.
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Matlack
Astros
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Dock Ellis
Richie Hebner
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Richie Zisk
Cards
Expos
Ted Sizemore
RBI
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Reggie Smith
Mike Jorgensen
Pepe Mangual
Betmobile bus brings offtrack betting to upstate farms
Western Regional Offtrack Betting in Batavia plans a mobile parlor using a repurposed 1968 school bus to teach and entice rural residents about horseracing betting. The bus will tour fairs and towns offering demonstrations, with two hostesses and a driver, linking Finger Lakes Belmont Park and Buffalo Raceway to communities.
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New York
Upstate
Batavia
N. Y
Western Regional
Fred A. Herman
Rochester
Herman
Finger Lakes
Belmont Park
Buffalo Raceway
Belsmobile
Niagara Falls
New York City
OTB
Paul Screvane
City Otb
Bet” Miniparlor
Betmobile
Board of Directors
Ali Bugner Title Fight Weigh-in Sets Heavy Mark
British challenger Joe Bugner weighed 230 pounds for the Merdeka Stadium title bout with Muhammad Ali, five pounds more than Ali who weighed 225. The ceremony included Malay pageantry and security scuffles as both camps prepared for the July 1 fight.
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Kuala Lumpur
Joe Bugner
Muhammad Ali
Merdeka Stadium
Ali
Bugner
Andy Smith
Drew “Bandini
Brown
Rahman
United States
Muhammed Ali
Merdeka
Real
NFL Owners Approve 43 Man Active Rosters For 1975
The NFL owners voted to set 43 players on active rosters for 1975 with no taxi squads. This marked a decrease from last year's emergency 47 player limit but higher than the 40-man rosters used from 1964 to 1973. The change affects all 26 clubs and will impact negotiations with the players association.
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NFL
Players Association
Unser Aims for Change in Pocono 500 Finish
Bobby Unser seeks a better finish in the Pocono 500 after last year’s fuel shortage cost him the title. Gordon Johncock leads the field with Unser and Johnny Rutherford among contenders in the $400 000 race, the event’s fifth running at Long Pond.
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Bobby Unser
Unser
Pocono International Raceway
Gordon Johncock
Ontario
Calif
Indianapolis
Johnny Rutherford
Rutherford
Johncock
AAU announces United States Russia track meet in Kiev
Pat Rice head of the women's AAU track committee said the United States Russia meet will be held July 4-5 in Kiev after resolving a television rights dispute. She announced after the senior women’s nationals, with Dr Leary Walker and Ollan Cassell confirming.
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White Plains
N.Y
Amateur Athletic Union
United States-Russia
Pat Rice
Kiev
Jané Frederick
U.S
Soviet Union
Prague
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Los Angeles
Russia
Frederick
Patty van Wolvelaere
Connors and Evert Boost Wimbledon Crowd Records
Record Wimbledon crowds pack the All England Club as Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert lead into the quarter finals. Connors defeats Phil Dent 6 1 6 2 6 2 while Bjorn Borg and Roscoe Tanner win to reach the last eight. Wilful attention follows with Ashe Mayer Roche and Rosewall set for today. Billie Jean King also wins as she maps her final major singles run.
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England
Jimmy Connors
Chris Evert
Connors
Sweden
Bjorn Borg
Roscoe Tanner
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Arthur Ashe
Britain
Graham Stilwell
Sandy Mayer
Wayne, N.J
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Tex
Raul Ramirez
Mexico
Tom Okker
Netherlands
Alex Metreveli
Soviet Union
Tony Roche
Ken Rosewall
Miss Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Trevino and Heard Among Golfers Struck by Lightning
Two time US Open champion Lee Trevino and Jerry Heard suffered burns after a lightning storm stopped the Western Open at Butler National. Other players including Bobby Nichols Tony Jacklin and Jim Ahern were jolted. Play was halted with half the field home and second round scores erased. final rounds to be played Sunday. Trevino and Heard remained hospitalized overnight for observation. Palmer Graham Watson and Fetchick were among those affected or witnessing the scare.
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Oak Brook, Ill
Lee Trevino
Jerry Heard
Trevino
Butler National
Heard
Mike Fetchick
Fetchick
Tom Watson
Medinah Country Club
God
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Ahern
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