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A roundup of the week Aug. 10-16
Compiled by ALEXANDER WOLFF
August 24, 1981
BOATING—Great Britain's VICTORY, a 33-foot sloop skippered by Phil Crebbin, was first to finish the 605-mile Fastnet ocean race. By winning, Great Britain clinched the Admiral's Cup with 814 points, 98 more than the U.S.
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August 24, 1981

A Roundup Of The Week Aug. 10-16

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BOATING—Great Britain's VICTORY, a 33-foot sloop skippered by Phil Crebbin, was first to finish the 605-mile Fastnet ocean race. By winning, Great Britain clinched the Admiral's Cup with 814 points, 98 more than the U.S.

BOWLING—DAVE SOUTAR beat Marshall Holman 222-181 to win a $110,000 PBA event in Austin, Texas.

DIVING—At the U.S. Outdoor Championships in Mission Viejo, Calif., KELLY McCORMICK was the women's one-meter champion, MEGAN NEYER won the three-meter title and DEBBIE RUSH was victorious in the 10-meter competition. BRUCE KIMBALL prevented GREG LOUGANIS from sweeping all three men's events by winning the 10-meter title.

PRO FOOTBALL—The NFL's field-goal kickers put their best feet—or insteps—forward in preseason play. Philadelphia's Tony Franklin, erratic last season, struck from 44, 47 and 49 yards in the Eagles' 36-20 defeat of Pittsburgh, and Kansas City's Nick Lowery hit two in a 13-0 shutout of Chicago. St. Louis' Neil O'Donoghue had three field goals in a 30-21 win over Seattle, the Sea-hawks' 10th straight defeat at home. Cleveland beat Buffalo 13-10 on Dave Jacobs' 32-yard FG, and Joe Danelo's three-pointer—from 29 yards with three seconds remaining—gave the Giants a 20-17 win over Baltimore. With Tampa Bay trailing New England 17-16 and 12 seconds left, the Buccaneers' Garo Yepremian tried valiantly from 49 yards, but the ball bounced off the crossbar. Another old pro, Jan Stenerud, was more successful, connecting on a club-record 53-yarder in Green Bay's 34-14 defeat of Oakland. The Pack, win-less in the 1980 preseason but 2-0 this year, got a 5-for-5 performance and one TD from Quarterback Lynn Dickey in his only full quarter of play. Other signal-callers also made their mark in brief appearances. Jack Thompson threw 20 yards for one score, then set up another with a fourth-quarter, 60-yard bomb in Cincinnati's 30-20 defeat of the Lions, and second-string QB Don Strock threw—and connected on—all six of his passes in a decisive 78-yard TD drive during Miami's 24-14 defeat of Denver. A surprise passer, Redskins Back Joe Washington, threw for one score, and then ran for another as the Skins thumped Minnesota 27-13. Nine of Pat Haden's 11 passes in a 34-21 Los Angeles loss to New England on Monday night were caught—four by Patriot defenders. But Haden bounced back on Saturday in a 33-21 victory over Dallas, completing 17 of 25 passes with only one interception (page 20). In other games, Atlanta survived a late Jets' charge to win 21-20; Dwight Scales grabbed a tipped Ed Luther pass to complete a 73-yard scoring play in San Diego's 31-28 defeat of San Francisco; and Bum Phillips' New Orleans Saints drubbed Houston, his former team, 27-7 as rookie George Rogers scored two TDs.

GOLF—HUBERT GREEN's tournament-record-tying 20-under-par 264 gave him a one-stroke victory over Roger Maltbie, Bobby Clampett and Fred Couples in the Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, a $300,000 tournament in Wethersfield, Conn.

Juli Inkster of Los Altos, Calif., won her second straight U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, defeating Australia's Lindy Goggin one-up in Portland, Ore.

Jan Stephenson shot an LPGA-record 18-under-par 198 to defeat Sandra Haynie by 11 strokes in a $150,000 event in Dallas.

HARNESS RACING—ICARUS LOBELL ($3.20), Herve Filion in the sulky, overtook Rabbit Road at the wire in the $463,000 Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace at Yonkers Raceway. The 2-year-old colt covered the mile in 1:59.

HORSE RACING—WILLOW HOUR ($50.20), Eddie Maple aboard, beat Pleasant Colony by a head in the $226,000 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The 3-year-old ran the sloppy 1� miles in 2:03[4/5] (page 86).

Cash Asmussen rode AMBER PASS ($8.40) to a two-length victory over Joanie's Chief in the $284,300 Monmouth Handicap at Monmouth Park. The 4-year-old covered the 1? miles in 1:47[2/5].

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