Pitching Aces Spark Big MLB Sunday Action Across Leagues
In AL play Mickey Lolich and Les Cain pace Detroit as Lolich hurls a four hit 5-0 win over ex teammate Denny McLain. Vida Blue improves to 10-0 in Oakland 3-1 over Minnesota. Boston’s Sonny Siebert wins 2-1 in a split with Baltimore. In NL action San Francisco tops Houston 7-4 and the Mets beat Atlanta 4-0. McLain’s Detroit return draws a large crowd.
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Mickey Lolich
Les Cain
Jim Palmer
Sonny Siebert
Vida Blue
Sam McDowell
Fritz Peterson
Bill Parsons
Lolich
Detroit
Denny McLain
Washington
Kansas City
California
Chicago White Sox
San Francisco
Houston
New York Mets
Atlanta
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
San Diego
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
McLain
Tigers
al Kaline
Norm Cash
Cash
Dalton Jones
Willie Horton
Giants Hope For Pennant With Marichal And Mays Leading
Giants manager Charlie Fox touts the team’s talent led by Juan Marichal and Willie Mays as key to winning a pennant in 1971. The article notes Mays’s career stats, Speier’s upstart promise, and Fox’s plan to keep Mays active and productive.
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Alvin Dark
Charlie Fox
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Horace Stoneham
Stoneham
San Francisco
Mr. Fox
Giants
Juan Marichal
Marichal
Dominican Republic
Gaylord Perry
Willie McCovey
Ken Henderson
Bobby Bonds
Dick Dietz
Mays
Chris Speier
Steve Stone
Speier
Amarillo
Fox
Willie Howard Mays Jr
Minneapolis
Babe Ruth
Willie
Old Dirt Dauber Takes Atlanta Road Course Victory
DeWayne Lund known as an old dirt dauber won the Lanier 250 Grand American race at Road Atlanta. He swept two 125 mile heats with speeds of 82.95 and 87.12 mph, spun once but recovered to lead 95 of 100 laps. Lund credited dirt-track instincts and wore safety harnesses to ease a back injury.
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Gainesville
DeWayne
Tiny’’ Lund
Road Atlanta
Cross
S.C
Lund
Bob Tullius
Falls Church
Gene Felton
Atlanta
Parnelli Jones
West Memphis
Ark
Felton
Tullius
Buck Baker
Shuvee edges Cathy Honey to win Top Flight Handicap
Aqueduct wraps spring meeting with Shuvee securing the Top Flight Handicap by a short margin over Cathy Honey. The race night featured bold performances at Pimlico Garden State Park and Hollywood Park with multiple stakes dashes and notable purses.
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Associated Press
New York
Shuvee
Cathy Honey
Aqueduct
Baltimore
Bold __Statement
Royal J. D
Pimlico
Cherry Hill
N. J
Joan
Paris
Rosemount Bow
Walter Blum
Garden State Park
Boston
Big Swinger
Captain Nash
Inglewood
Calif
Cougar II
Master Hand
Hollywood Park
Chicago
No No Billy
Royal Surrender
Arlington Park
Strange Colors Win East Lansing
Michigan State basketball uniforms were stolen from the Ohio State locker room before the Columbus game. The Spartans wore the Buckeyes scarlet and gray road uniforms and defeated Ohio State 82 to 70.
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East Lansing. Mich
Michigan State
Ohio State
Spartans
Buckeyes
Columbus
State
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Twins
Reggie Jackson
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Dick Smothers
John Greenwood
Troy
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IBM
IBM Computer Programming
PPL
Mock
Strange Colors
Jackson Drag Strip
Jackson, S.C
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Jessica Pickett
Columbia
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