Sports headlines for Friday September 1, 1972:

• Yancey's 63 Tops Trevino, Elder By Shot
• Smith, Court Easy Victors; Upsets Mark U.S. Open Play

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves activated Oscar Brown
•	Red Sox activated Doug Griffin
•	White Sox signed Hank Allen as a free agent
•	White Sox activated Vicente Romo
•	Tigers activated Joe Niekro
•	Dodgers activated Davey Lopes and Dick Dietz
•	Twins activated Tom Norton
•	Mets activated Rusty Staub
•	Phillies activated Barry Lersch and Jim Nash
•	Cardinals sold Dennis Higgins to Padres

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Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (60-64) 0 7 0 6 Boston Red Sox (65-58) 1 9 1 8 Win: Marty Pattin (14-12)   Loss: Dick Drago (10-15) T: 2:33   Att: 18,990 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (68-57) 3 8 0 10 California Angels (57-68) 2 3 1 1 Win: Dave McNally (13-13)   Loss: Clyde Wright (14-8) T: 2:17   Att: 7,586 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (58-67) 4 9 1 7 Minnesota Twins (62-60) 5 8 1 7 Win: Dave LaRoche (3-5)   Loss: Steve Mingori (0-5) T: 3:01   Att: 6,175 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (71-53) 0 4 1 4 New York Yankees (66-59) 4 11 1 9 Win: Mel Stottlemyre (13-15)   Loss: Dave Lemonds (3-5) T: 2:23   Att: 18,145 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (67-59) 1 8 2 9 Oakland A's (74-51) 4 5 0 3 Win: Ken Holtzman (15-11)   Loss: Joe Coleman (14-12)   Save: Rollie Fingers (18) T: 1:56   Att: 7,776 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (50-75) 3 8 0 7 Texas Rangers (49-77) 0 3 2 2 Win: Jim Colborn (7-4)   Loss: Bill Gogolewski (3-8) T: 2:00   Att: 6,552 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (45-79) 11 15 0 9 Atlanta Braves (57-70) 1 7 1 8 Win: Ken Reynolds (1-12)   Loss: Ron Reed (11-13) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:13 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (45-80) 5 8 1 12 Atlanta Braves (58-70) 11 12 0 10 Win: Jimmy Freeman (1-0)   Loss: Barry Lersch (2-5) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:50   Att: 3,333 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (46-79) 3 4 2 6 Chicago Cubs (68-58) 14 16 1 6 Win: Bill Hands (10-8)   Loss: Bill Greif (5-15)   Save: Bill Bonham (1) T: 2:46   Att: 7,809 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (63-59) 0 6 1 6 Houston Astros (73-54) 8 10 0 5 Win: Dave Roberts (11-6)   Loss: Tom Seaver (16-10) T: 2:12   Att: 12,253 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (56-71) 6 15 1 13 Pittsburgh Pirates (78-46) 10 12 1 7 Win: Dock Ellis (12-7)   Loss: Ron Bryant (10-6)   Save: Dave Giusti (21) T: 2:49   Att: 20,678 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (66-58) 1 4 1 6 St. Louis Cardinals (61-63) 5 6 0 5 Win: Rick Wise (13-14)   Loss: Don Sutton (14-9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:24 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (67-58) 2 5 1 7 St. Louis Cardinals (61-64) 1 4 2 4 Win: Al Downing (8-6)   Loss: Al Santorini (6-9) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:03   Att: 17,953 at Busch Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (57-66) 0 5 1 6 Cincinnati Reds (79-46) 1 9 0 13 Win: Clay Carroll (6-4)   Loss: Bill Stoneman (10-10) T: 3:00   Att: 13,500 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

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