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FACES IN THE CROWD

TED LONG
ALLENTOWN, PA.
Long, 23, broke two national amateur bowling records by rolling his ninth 300 game and seventh 800-or-better series of the season at Blue Valley Lanes in Wind Gap, Pa. The seven 800 series are a career record for amateur lefthanders.

UTAMI KINARD
PASADENA
Kinard, 29, three times an Indonesian badminton champion, beat Cheryl Carton of San Diego 11-3, 11-5 for the women's title at the U.S. Open. Her husband, Chris, a June 14, 1976 Face in the Crowd, won his sixth men's crown.

MAURICE CRUMBY
SAN FRANCISCO
Maurice, a 6'4" sophomore at Balboa High, tied the national 15-and-under high-jump record of 7'0" at a meet in Pittsburg, Calif. His 6'11¾" jump at San Francisco's Cow Palace in February established a U.S. 15-and-under indoor mark.

AMY PETERSEN
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
Amy, 15, has been on 12 city championship teams, won three city gymnastics titles and gone unbeaten in two tennis seasons at Longfellow Junior High. She's a 97% server in volleyball, a 30.2 scorer in basketball and a .513 hitter in softball.

JESSE BENAVIDES
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Jesse, a 106-pound high school junior who has won two straight state Golden Gloves titles, decisioned Jose Rosario of Elizabeth, N.J. in the light-flyweight finals of the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Toledo.

ADAM SCALES
RUSSELLVILLE, KY.
Adam, a freshman first baseman at Adairville High, hit two grand-slam home runs in a 10-5 victory over Todd Central to tie a national high school record. His total of 10 RBIs in that game has been surpassed by only one other high schooler.

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