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1 1 1 0 0a 27 zhe eharlotte Observer Sports on Section SwrePhone C11124 Mom A Doy Pm Sparta llosulls Sunday Sept 11 1980 i a 5714: n-: or :) i Carolina i 4 Sinks if 7t rre nks Texas Tech 93 I By LARRY TARLETON "We played Kelvin a little more player We had seen that in the ii -0 -1'S: 100 Special to The Observer in the second half because of the Furman game We were prepared 4 1 4 70-'-- 'cl' 1 LUBBOCK Tex Texas heat" said UNC coach Dick for both of them but just had a 1 4:10 Tech's defense was prepared Sat- Crum "In fact we almost started couple of breakdowns" f' urday for North Carolina's Amos him because we felt they were After Bryant scored his touch- Lawrence but let Lawrence's really geared up for Amos' down Texas Tech had plenty of susbstitute Kelvin Bryant get Lawrence was pretty well con- time to win the game But offen- 4 1 ii loose for two long plays that tamed after breaking loose for 29 sive mistakes ended three consec- of- sparked the Tar Heels' 9-3 victo- yards on his first carry He had 77 utive series 1 clri ry yards at the half but added only 9 Just before Bryant's touch- Bryant swept end for 29 yards more in five carries in the second down the Red Raiders had moved in the third quarter and set up a half Bryant finished with 61 to the UNC 20 On first down F-: IA 22-yard Jeff Hayes field goal then yards in 17 carries and added 70 quarterback Ron Reeves tried to ci- 4 took a short pass from Rod Elkins yards on three pass receptions hit freshman flanker Jamie Harris 11' 9 4-' 4 and sprinted 58 yards for the "Bryant didn't surprise us" in the end zone but North Caroli- :4: 7 0 7 c) game's only touchdown with said Red Raider coach Rex Dock- no's free safety Steve Streater -4 13:14 left' ery "We knew he was a good ball picked off the pass Three plays later Bryant took off on his score 'Ai 2nd Shutout ing play ii: The second series began after or North Carolinas Darryl Lucas 7" fumbled a Maury Buford punt and 00( Hans Bischoff pounced on the 4 Gamecocks Shock loose ball at the Tar Heels' 34 On o4 EvwRJ4(t Texas Tech's third down play -41- -nNoA1 er) Reeves was pressured and made a 0 :::4:::: bad pitch to Wes Hightower for a i Wlettita State 73-0 6-yard loss The Red Raiders got the ball $0 right back when Tate Randle in- tercepted an Elkins pass at the 40 and returned it to the UNC 18 By GLENN ROLLINS One Bites The Dust!" "-1 4 Observer Staff Writer Even on artificial turf Mr Rog- Hightower slammed through right I COLUMBIA Ninety Minutes ers and his neighborhood friends tackle for 11 yards and a first before the opening kickoff Satur- made that sound appropriate down at the 7 But on a third-and- i-: day night against South Carolina Rogers's style is power and goal from the two UNC lineback- Wichita State football coach Wil- fury and a quite special sort of er Lawrence Taylor made the de- lie Jeffries shook his head and explosiveness upon contact fensive play of the game 1: then smiled It's like at the moment most Taylor anticipated Reeves's It was a sort of wan smile the runners brace themselves to be hit pitch to Greg Tyler arriving at kind Jeffries has been smiling Rogers unleashes a surge that the same time as the ball and jar- UPI Photo since he left SC State to take simultaneously surprises and jolts ring it loose Taylor scooped up over the depleted program at defenders the fumble at the 12 thwarting Wichita State before last season In such a manner Saturday Tech's last serious scoring threat Tar Heel Running Back Kelvin Bryant Loses The Football "We want to get so we'll be -night he simply battered the "Our defense played with its I competitive with the better teams on our schedule Alabama See GAMECOCKS Pg 7D Col 1 See TAR HEEL Page 7D Col 1 officials ruled the whistle was blown before the fumble occurred Ten- 1 nessee and South Carolina" he said "Our foundation is good but I'll tell you right now most of A Flashi Soccer Team's Name Is Lightni '4 4 the players we depend on are sophomores And we're not there 4 yet" I Hardly In fact where the By DAVID SCOTT Shockers were after 60 minutes of Observer Staff Writer I football was buried under a rather 11- i Flash on this just like Mike g4 IF tiler 1 shocking 73-0 score AI i Finegan did and meet the Caro- 'I III it I It was shocking because no one expeCted South Carolina to so eas- ily defeat a team that had opened lina Lightnin' That's the name of Charlotte's IIP I 3114 is a surpriseespially to 1 last week with a 31-14 victory over Southern Illinois Not that Southern Illinois is any new American Soccer League franchise And Mike' 16 of Hickory 1 chose it and i great power But to lay a 73-0 win The Ob- lump on a team that has defeated 'L'Ar-j'At complished without the aid of 1i I nvirrof Further most of this was ac- 5 Ct' 1 any other major college team by ffet4 1 ec "Name The ''i eam on- -5 0 1 long-suffering Gamecock fans iir 1: test jrNA 411 -4L4L a el Heisman Trothy candidate George IA Isttril 'a- '1 and I were just i 1 4 Oh Rogers played And con- i Rogers the Gamecocks' tailback -0-ert around" Mike -t "A said t' tributed But after punishing de- a who were close: the Carolina Brandt Bennett the Charlotte ber of the Hickory district's fenders 10 times for 108 yards and two touchdowns in the first Finegan have some- 'zm 1 Lightning entered by Char- White Lightning by Beezly and Under-19 select team this sum- thing that lotte's Sara Silverman Cary Charlotte's Margaret Bledsoe men He can't play in school half he and other first unit play- would relate to the city and the alaa Swich Daniel Marks and Ra- For his winning effort Mike though because Hickory High ers turned over a 31-0 lead to re- state" leigh's Bill Beezly the Charlotte eight season tickets or where he's a junior doesn't have They all whooped and cheered serves and retired for the evening Or better let Mike entry illb Lightning by Charlotte's Terri a cash equivalent of $800 a $100 a varsity program form letter explain: Marten Wendy Major Todd gift certificate from Charlotte's Leading cheers for the Light- as their understudies and their 64 4 4 4 Lightning (in Southern lightning" Hahn and Daniel Marks the Soccer Shop eight $25 gift cer- nin' will be Flash a cheerleader- understudies' understudies dialect) is of course that good And the lightning letter struck Charlotte Lightning Bolts by tificates to the Lightnin's 1981 mascot gleefully poured it on their out- old powerful Tar Heel product Carolina Professional Soccer Sandy Aycock and Butch Clink- soccer camps or a cash equiva- The Lightning will have a manned foe white lightning which president Bob Benson harder scales of South Mecklenburg lent of $200 an official ASL press conference Monday at the Of course the marching band jan knock you for a loop Light- than the other 6923 contest en- High and Charlotte's Bill Cook ball and a soccer-season sub- Chamber of Commerce where knew it would end that way With fling also would indicate quick- tries Mike's was the only the Carolina Lightning Bolts by scription to The Observer Mike and coach Rodney Marsh I their heros leading 14-0 early in ness speed and dazzling scoring "Lightnin' entry Matthews's Adam Duffy and Mike's a pretty fair soccer officially will be presented to the second quarter the band members began singing "Another ability They would strike like But there were several others Charlotte's Mark Matthews and player himself He was a mem- the media S' i -74A Victory 6 -N Tod Inside 00i Sometimes Taxing For 1 autl ----4--- I -4 ay 4tittAt 2 The Carolinas have a course full of native trolled drives are part of a sound all 4 141' Ziii4 -6' It:" game Daniel finds golf fun and hopes the corn- i standouts like Clayton Heafner Johnny Palm- Raymond 41Ii: George Brett sat out his er Ramond Floyd Leonard Thomson Bar plexities of high finance don complicate her life seventh straight game but t- 41-' 'l sfo'''''' 1 naway Terry Mauney and others 1 A 1-r 'km 4 tit-- p1 vie Ward Joe Inman Randy Glover Skip Du- 4 2E17 But never have the Carolinas produced a '3 there were other heroes in "I've won enough already to satisfy me" iu Bb "Beating said Daniel who played at Furman the field is what makes the adrenaline flow" baseball Saturday like Pitts- 7074144ig talent who made a golf reputation as quickly p' :) But she was thinking about money after burgh's Don Robinson and joA! as Beth Daniel '11 Quincy 4" Daniel 23 a Charleston native playing this compiling her winnings in Cleveland She en- ew or nees Yk Yak' Tommy I '''s weekend in the Portsmouth (Va) Golf Classic tered the tournament with $152042 in prize John Page 20 has made an indelible mark after less than two Her 1980 earnings after that victory were money and thought a victory would make years on the LPGA circuit iL $198542 her the first woman golfer to earn more than Cale Yarborough set a AP Photo Last week Daniel's $50000 first-place Today she could break the previously un- $200000 in a season But she forgot about "taxes" those le- NASCAR record by capturing Betli Daniel prize at the World Series of Women's Golf in touchable $200000 barrier Cleveland was the largest in an LPGA event A 5-10 130-pounder whose long con- See VICTORY Page 4D Col 2 his 12th pole this season the pole for today's race at I Dover Del Page 4D ancock Leads AI lnellutrst Sportswaves 4:00 (13) WSTP-AM (1490 Sails- College Tod ay bury)--NFL: Washington Redskins at New Auto Racing York Giants Football With 8 Others On His Heels NO011 WSOC-FM (1033) WFMXFM 110571 Mar land's WBZKAM (980 York SC) 4:00 WSOC-AM (930) iNFINC-AM (1230 Dallas Cowboys at WICMAM (1360 Lancaster SC) Denver Broncos WEGO-AM (1410 Concord)--CRC Chemi- Miscellaneous teams turned i pecialty a very special cats 500 in Dover Del 8:00 V)--Pro wrestling ctory By WHITEY KELLEY there tomorrow (today) We'll just have to wait and Baseball :00 f---Southern Sportsman vi Over Vanderbilt Observer Sports Editor see what happens" 2:00 (I)--Los Angeles Dodgers at Cinci 7 n- vA -1 World ti b) Page 60 PINEIRMST The Hall of Fame Golf Classic Conventional wisdom indicates experience Is on the nail Reds (backup game: Pittsburgh Pirates turned into a shootout Saturday side of those in close pursuit a telling advantage in the at Montreal ExPost Tennis 49 Appalachian State pulled Nonwinner Phil Hancock veterans Tom Kite and final round of any tournament The five players within 21: 00 WSOC-AM (930)--Sert Diego Padres 2:00 World Doubles bourns- Atlanta Braves (on tape delay on Saks- ment fines in Jacksonville He out a 17-14 victory over The Bi a ll Rogers and close friends Jerry Pate and Andy Bean two shots of I lancock have survived the heat of a final bury -AM 's WSAT 1280 alter Falcons' Citadel Page 7D all put on strong moves in Saturday third round at round and won tournaments game) Monday Pinehurst No 2 Hancock is in front with an 8-under- I lancock hasn't Not yet anyway Football par 205 but eight players are within four shots 10:30 cm en --North Carolina: Dick Baseball Last time he found himself in this position two Crum Show WSOCAM (9304 WSAT-AM (1280 Davidson's Wildcats I lancock 26 a former two-time college All-Ameni- years ago in the Greater I lartford (Conn) Open he Jim Carlen Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta (1 Braves mauled Springfield with the of- ca at Florida moved to the top with his second straight went into the final round tied with Twitty for the lead snow Carolina Mosetey tense rolling up 42 points Page 6h71eKite keyed by an unusual eagle-three at the 10th But Rod Funseth blitzed both with a 64 including a 12:30 30 cpcn -NFL Todav Football 1 7D Rogers fired 67s in moving into second place front nine of 29 There Isn't much you can do about 12 Carolina a shot behind the leader hi likh Bean and Pate also had 67s and are tied with I low- something that "I don't think I can go out and be over par and win Show al Minnesota Vikings NF Philadeloh Jim ECaagrlieeist 730 ))-Clemson: Danny Ford Show 8:00 (1q-Reds kin Review: host Mark 1:00 50 WRHI-AM (1310 Rock Min) 9:00 Top-ranked Ohio State t4J---NFL: Houston Oilers at Cleveland ard Twitty (69) at 207 The day's most spectacular the tournament" Hancock said In recent weeks 1:00 in WSAT-AM (1780 got a scare from Syracuse in round a 6-under 65 put Mike Sullivan into the 209 though Hancock has been playing til enough to NFL: Atlanta Falcons at New England Pa- Browns the early going but by the end slot with Lanny Wadkins (71) and second-round lead- avoid such a problem Viols 1243 11M Football 10 i of the game the Buckeyes er Ben Crenshaw who slipped to a 74 In the past six weeks Hancock a 5-11 160-pound CR 070)--NFL '80: feature on Dalt nuarterback Dan Pastorini Miscellaneous "A one-stroke lead is nothing to ttx)t your horn blond finished in third place in the Westchester Clas- 2:00 CA (10) Colts --NFL: Pittsburgh Steeters at 9 were in control about on this course" age 8D explained I lancock in his fourth Baltimore 43 wsocAM Tom Miller host Open-phone call-in show (be- year on the PGA Tour "Arnithing could happen out See IIANCOCK Page 4D Col 1 gin at conclusion ot Braves game) 41 IL- l' eo ki Zite eltarlotte Observer Sunday Sept 11 1980 I North Carolina Sub Sinks Texas Tech 93 By LARRY TARLETON Special to The Observer LUBBOCK Tex Texas Tech's defense was prepared Saturday for North Carolina's Amos Lawrence but let Lawrence's susbstitute Kelvin Bryant get loose for two long plays that sparked the Tar Heels' 9-3 victory Bryant swept end for 29 yards in the third quarter and set up a 22-yard Jeff Hayes field goal then took a short pass from Rod Elkins and sprinted 58 yards for the game's only touchdown with 13:14 left 2nd Shutout Gamecocks Shock Wichita State 7 3-0 By GLENN ROLLINS Observer Staff Writer COLUMBIA Ninety minutes before the opening kickoff Saturday night against South Carolina Wichita State football coach Willie Jeffries shook his head and then smiled It was a sort of wan smile the kind Jeffries has been smiling since he left SC State to take over the depleted program at Wichita State before last season "We want to get so we'll be competitive with the better teams on our schedule Alabama Tennessee and South Carolina" he said "Our foundation is good but I'll tell you right now most of the players we depend on are sophomores And we're not there yet" Hardly In fact where the Shockers were after 60 minutes of football was buried under a rather shocking 73-0 score 'It was shocking because no one exp'etted South Carolina to so easily defeat a team that had opened last week with a 31-14 victory over Southern Illinois Not that Southern Illinois is any great power But to lay a 73-0 lump on a team that has defeated any other major college team by 31-14 is a surprise especially to long-suffering Gamecock fans Further most of this was accomplished without the aid of Heisman Trothy candidate George Rogers the Gamecocks' tailback Oh Rogers played And contributed But after punishing defenders 10 times for 108 yards and two touchdowns in the first half he and other first unit players turned over a 31-0 lead to reserves and retired for the evening They all whooped and cheered as their understudies and their understudies' understudies gleefully poured it on their out- manned foe Of course The marching band knew it would end that way With their heros leading 14-0 early in the second quarter the band members began singing "Another Inside Today George Brett sat out his seventh straight game but there were other heroes in baseball Saturday like Pittsburgh's Don Robinson and New York Yankees' Tommy John Page 20 Cale Yarborough set a NASCAR record by capturing his 12th pole this season the pole for today's race at Dover Del Page 4D College Football Maryland's specialty teams turned in a very special victory Over Vanderbilt Page 60 Appalachian State pulled out a 17-14 victory over The Citadel Page 7D Davidson's Wildcats mauled Springfield with the offense rolling up 42 points Page 7D Top-ranked Ohio State got a scare from Syracuse in the early going but by the end of the game the Buckeyes were in control Page 8D "We played Kelvin a little more in the second half because of the heat" said UNC coach Dick Crum "In fact we almost started him because we felt they were really geared up for Amos" Lawrence was pretty well contained after breaking loose for 29 yards on his first carry He had 77 yards at the half but added only 9 more in five carries in the second half Bryant finished with 61 yards in 17 carries and added 70 yards on three pass receptions "Bryant didn't surprise us" said Red Raider coach Rex Dockery "We knew he was a good ball One Bites The Dust!" Even on artificial turf Mr Rogers and his neighborhood friends made that sound appropriate Rogers's style is power and fury and a quite special sort of explosiveness upon contact It's like at the moment most runners brace themselves to be hit Rogers unleashes a surge that simultaneously surprises and jolts defenders In such a manner Saturday night he simply battered the See GAMECOCKS Pg 7D Col I A Flash: Soccer By DAVID SCOTT Observer Staff Writer Flash on this just like Mike Finegan did and meet the Carolina Lightnin' That's the name of Charlotte's new American Soccer League franchise And Mike 16 of Hickory chose it and 14 wins The Ob- nerv 1 server's "Name The Akk Team Con- '''1f 4 test "My dad I ka -1 and I were just ft sitting around" Mike said And we wanted to Finegan have something that would relate to the city and the state" Or better let Mike's entry form letter explain: 6 4 4 4 4 Lightnin' (in Southern dialect) is of course that good old powerful Tar Heel product white lightning which can knock you for a loop Lightning also would indicate quickness speed and dazzling scoring ability They would strike like AP Photo Beth Daniel Hancock Leads At 1 inehurst With 8 Others On His Heels By WHITEY KELLEY Obsomer Sports EdItor PINEIRIRST The Hall of Fame Golf Classic turned into a shootout Saturday Nonwinner Phil 1 lancock veterans Tom Kite and Bill Rogers and close friends Jerry Pate and Andy Bean all put on strong moves in Saturday's third round at Pinehurst No 2 Hancock is in front with an 8-underpar 205 but eight players are within four shots I lancock 26 a former two-time college All-America at Florida moved to the top with his second straight 67 Kite keyed by an unusual eagle-three at the 10th hole and Rogers fired 67s In moving into second place a shot behind the leader Bean and Pate also had 67s and are tied with loward Twitty (69) at 207 The day's most spectacular round a 6-under 65 put Mike Sullivan into the 209 slot with Lanny Wadkins (71) and second-round leader Ben Crenshaw who slipped to a 74 "A one-stroke lead is nothing to toot your horn about on this course" explained I lancock In his fourth year on the PGA Tour "Anyhing could happen out ot player We had seen that in the Furman game We were prepared for both of them but just had a couple of breakdowns" After Bryant scored his touchdown Texas Tech had plenty of time to win the game But offensive mistakes ended three consecutive series Just before Bryant's touchdown the Red Raiders had moved to the UNC 20 On first down quarterback Ron Reeves tried to hit freshman flanker Jamie Harris in the end zone but North Carolina's free safety Steve Streater picked off the pass Three plays later Bryant took off on his scoring play The second series began after North Carolina's Darryl Lucas fumbled a Maury Buford punt and Hans Bischoff pounced on the loose ball at the Tar Heels' 34 On Texas Tech's third down play Reeves was pressured and made a bad pitch to Wes Hightower for a 6-yard loss The Red Raiders got the ball right back when Tate Randle intercepted an Elkins pass at the 40 and returned it to the UNC 18 Hightower slammed through right tackle for 11 yards and a first down at the 7 But on a third-andgoal from the two UNC linebacker Lawrence Taylor made the defensive play of the game Taylor anticipated Reeves's pitch to Greg Tyler arriving at the same time as the ball and jarring it loose Taylor scooped up the fumble at the 12 thwarting Tech's last serious scoring threat "Our defense played with its See TAR HEEL Page 7D Col lightning" And the lightning letter struck Carolina Professional Soccer president Bob Benson harder than the other 6923 contest entries Mike's was the only "Lightnin' entry But there were several others Victory Sometimes The Carolinas have a course full of native standouts like Clayton Heafner Johnny Palmer Raymond Floyd Leonard Thompson Bar-vie Ward Joe Inman Randy Glover Skip Dunaway Terry Mauney and others But never have the Carolinas produced a talent who made a golf reputation as quickly as Beth Daniel Daniel 23 a Charleston native playing this weekend in the Portsmouth (Va) Golf Classic has made an indelible mark after less than two years on the LPGA circuit Last week Daniel's $50000 first-place prize at the World Series of Women's Golf in Cleveland was the largest in an LPGA event Sports Tar Heel Running Back Kelvin Bryant Loses The Football officials ruled the whistle was blown before the fumble occurred Team's Name Is Lightnin' who were close: the Carolina Lightning entered by Charlotte's Sara Silverman Cary Swich Daniel Marks and Raleigh's Bill Beezly the Charlotte Lightning by Charlotte's Terri Marten Wendy Major Todd Hahn and Daniel Marks the Charlotte Lightning Bolts by Sandy Aycock and Butch Clink-scales of South Mecklenburg High and Charlotte's Bill Cook the Carolina Lightning Bolts by Matthews's Adam Duffy and Charlotte's Mark Matthews and her 1980 earnings after that victory were $198542 Today she could break the previously untouchable $200000 barrier A 5-10 130-pounder whose long con there tomorrow (today) We'll just have to wait and see what happens" Conventional wisdom indicates experience is on the side of those in close pursuit a telling advantage in the final round of any tournament The five players within two shots of I lancock have survived the heat of a final round and won tournaments I lancock hasn't Not yet anyway Last time he found himself In this position two years ago In the Greater I lartford (Conn) Open he went into the final round tied with Twitty for the lead But Rod Funseth blitzed both with a 64 including a front nine of 29 There Isn't much you can do about something like that "I don't think I can go out and be over par and win the tournament" Hancock said In recent weeks though Hancock has been playing well enough to avoid such a problem In the past six weeks Hancock a 5-11 160-pound blond finished In third place in the Westchester ails See HANCOCK Page 4D Col 1 0) Section i Brandt Bennett the Charlotte White Lightning by Beezly and Charlotte's Margaret Bledsoe For his winning effort Mike receives: eight season tickets or a cash equivalent of $800 a $100 gift certificate from Charlotte's Soccer Shop eight $25 gift certificates to the Lightnin's 1981 soccer camps or a cash equivalent of $200 an official ASL ball and a soccer-season subscription to The Observer Mike's a pretty fair soccer player himself He was a mem 'Taxing' For Sportswaves Today Auto Racing Noon WSOC-FM (1033) WFMXFM (1057) WBZKAM (980 York SC) WICMAM (1360 Lancaster SC) WEGO-AM (1410 Chemicals 500 in Dover Del Baseball 2:00 Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds (backup game: Pittsburgh Pirates at Montreal Expos) 2:00 WSOC-AM Diego Padres al Atlanta Braves (on tape delay on Salisbury's WSAT-AM 1200 after Falcons' game) Football 10:30 am on km Carolina: Dick Crum Show Noon a)---South Carolina: Jim Caren Show 12:30 CP CD 11--NFL Today 12:30 Carolina: Jim Carlon Show 1:00 Philadelohia Eagles al Minnesota Vikings 1:00 WSAT-AM (t280 Satisburv)-- WI: Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots 1:30 CR WWI- '80: feature on Oahe land Raider quarterback Dan Pastorini 2:00 1 Itsburgh Steeters at Islk Baltimore Colts SorePhone elk St Sown A Doy $parta awoke UPI Photo ber of the Hickory district's Under-19 select team this summer He can't play in school though because Hickory High where he's a junior doesn't have a varsity program Leading cheers for the Light-fin' will be Flash a cheerleader-mascot The Lightnin' will have a press conference Monday at the Chamber of Commerce where Mike and coach Rodney Marsh officially will be presented to the media trolled drives are part of a sound all-around game Daniel finds golf fun and hopes the complexities of high finance don't complicate her life "I've won enough already to satisfy me" said Daniel who played at Furman "Beating the field is what makes the adrenaline flow" But she was thinking about money after compiling her winnings in Cleveland She entered the tournament with $152042 in prize money and thought a victory would make her the first woman golfer to earn more than $200000 in a season But she forgot about "taxes" those le-See VICTORY Page 4D Col 2 4:00 (T WSTP-AM (1490 Sails Washington Redskins at New York Giants 4:00 gD WSOC-AM (930) WNNC-AM (1230 Newton)--NFL: Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Miscellaneous 8:00 wrestling 7:00 Sportsman 7:30 a 0) World Tennis 2:00 World Doubles Tournament finals in Jacksonville Ha Monday Baseball 7:20 WSOC-AM (9304 WSAT-AM (1210o Angeles Dodgers at At lanla Braves Football 7:30 Danny Ford Show 8:00 Review: host Mark Moseley 50 WRHI-AM (1310 Rock Hi 1) 9:00 Houston Oilers at Cleveland Browns 1243 CM Football Miscellaneous 9:43 wsocAM (930)--Soorlsline: Tom Miner host Onen-phone call-in show (begins at conclusion 01 Braves' game) I.

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