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BILL HARTACK TODAY BECAME THE FIFTH AMERICAN JOCKEY IN HISTORY TO RIDE 4,OOQ
CAREER WINNERS AS HE BROUGHT HOME A HORSE BY THE NAME OF "ROART" AT MIAMI'S
TROPICAL PARK. THE 38-YEAR OLD HARTACK THUS JOINS WILLIE SHOEMAKER, JOHNNY LONG..
DEN, EDDIE ARCARO, AND STEVE BROOKS AS A MEMBER OF THE ELITE 4,000 CLUB.
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THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASS'N TODAY ANNOUNCED A $200,000 NATIONAL MATCH PLAY
CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN LINED UP FOR PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA, IN AUGUST. THE
5-DAY MEET IS THE FIRST MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED BY THE PGA SINCE 1967
AND IT WILL REPLACE THE DEFUNCT $300,000 DOW JONES OPEN.
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IN BASEBALL, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING CHAMPION RICO CARTY OF THE BRAVES UNDERWENT
90 MINUTES OF SURGERY ON HIS FRACTURED LEFT KNEE TODAY AND DOCTORS SAID THERE IS
EVERY INDICATION THAT THE OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL. CARTY BROKE THE BONE IN A
COLLISION LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN A DOMINICAN LEAGUE GAME. HE WILL BE IN A CAST FOR
ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE HE CAN PLAY AGAIN.
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IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY IN AMARILLO THAT 3 NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE
PANHANDLE SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND THEY'LL BE HONORED WITH AWARDS NEXT MONTH.
THE NEW MEMBERS INCLUDED FORMER TCU CENTER KEITH FLOWERS, BASKETBALL STAR LOMETA
ODOM OF WAYLAND COLLEGE, AND BILL CROSS, A FORMER ALL-CONFERENCE FULLBACK AT WEST
TEXAS STATE.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: 6PM Sports update], script, December 14, 1970, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1267285/m1/2/?q=%22Sports+and+Recreation+-+Golf%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.