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August 07, 1978

A Roundup Of The Week July 24-30

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BOWLING—STEVE WESTBERG of Cottage Grove, Ore., rolled a 299 in the 38th game and won the $60,000 Amarillo Open. Westberg defeated Mike Durbin of Chagrin Falls, Ohio by 325 pins.

BOXING—VILOMAR FERNANDEZ of the Dominican Republic upset WBC junior lightweight champion Alexis Arguello in a nontitle bout, taking a 10-round majority decision at Madison Square Garden (page 46).

Netronoi Vorasingh of Thailand retained his WBC flyweight title with a fifth-round technical knockout of Luis Estaba of Venezuela, in Caracas.

GOLF—ROD FUNSETH shot a final-round seven-under-par 64 for a record-tying total of 264, 20 under par, to win the $210,000 Hartford Open by four strokes.

Pat Bradley shot a final-round four-under-par 68 for a total of 206, 10 under, to win the $60,000 Hoosier Classic at Plymouth, Ind. by three strokes.

HARNESS RACING—SCARLET SKIPPER ($10.20), driven by Bill Herman, won the $481,250 Woodrow Wilson Pace at the Meadowlands. The 2-year-old, which was timed in 1:57[3/5], earned $240,625.

HORSE RACING—EASY TREASURE ($2.60), Robert Adair up, won the $400,000 Kindergarten Stakes for quarter horses at Los Alamitos by half a length over Some Romance. The 2-year-old was timed in a stakes-record 19.88 seconds for 400 yards.

MOTOR SPORTS—MARIO ANDRETTI, driving a JPS Lotus 79, averaged 129.88 mph on the 4.2-mile Hockenheimring track to win the German Grand Prix. The win put Andretti in a commanding lead for the drivers' championship.

Darrell Waltrip, driving a Chevrolet, averaged a track-record 142.540 mph on the 2�-mile Pocono International Raceway tri-oval to win the $154,175 Coca-Cola 500 at Long Pond, Pa. He beat David Pearson by half a second.

SOCCER—NASL: 19 games ago, Chicago had a 0-10 record and was in last place in the American Conference Central Division. But on June 19 the Sting acquired Forward Arno Steffenhagen from Hamburg of West Germany's First Division league and has been stinging opponents ever since. Steffenhagen has scored 12 goals in his last 11 games, including two in a 3-1 win over Memphis. Although Philadelphia got an overtime goal from Pat Fidelia to beat the Sting 3-2, Chicago is in second place in the division, 12 points ahead of fading Houston. The Hurricane lost a pair of 4-0 games, to National Conference Central leader Tulsa—with Colin Boulton picking up a league-high 10th shutout—and to Dallas. The Tornado, deadlocked with Rochester in the race for the final National Conference playoff spot, was defeated by Portland 2-1. Minnesota, which trails Tulsa by 1 point, did it again in its match against Memphis. The Rogues won 2-1 when Steve Litt kicked the ball into his own goal—a feat previously performed by teammates Alan Merrick and Ace Ntsoelengoe. Giorgio Chinaglia set a league record for points scored in a season in the Cosmos' 3-1 win over Toronto. Chinaglia had a goal to give him 71 points, breaking the mark established by John Kowalik of Chicago in 1968. New England's Mike Flanagan, who is chasing Chinaglia for the scoring title, tied the record for most goals in a season, getting his 30th in a 2-1 win over Washington. The Diplomats also lost to Rochester, 1-0, with Joszef Horvath scoring the only goal. Oakland, fighting for a wild-card berth, defeated California 2-1, and San Jose won its second straight, 2-1 over San Diego.

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