Mets Shell Gibson as Blue Wins Five for AL
Bob Gibson struggles with a knee and a 12-2 Mets victory over St Louis after Vida Blue earns his fifth win of the season with four hits allowed in Baltimore. Ed Kranepool hits four singles as Tom Seaver improves, while Willie Montanez provides a late homer for Philadelphia and Rudy May blanks Cleveland in a separate games. The A's beat Baltimore 1-0 on Reggie Jackson's sixth inning RBI single as Blue carries the win.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Bob Gibson
Vida Blue
Oakland A’s
Reggie Jackson
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Philadelphia
Houston
Willie Montanez
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Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Minnesota
Washington
Milwaukee
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New York-St. Louis
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Tom Seaver
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Tommie Agee
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Brooks
Bert Campaneris
Orioles
Joe Rudi
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Rick Wise
Tom Griffin
Rudy May
Indians
Jim Spencer
Angels
Ken Berry
al Kaline
Joe Keough
Willie Horton
Bill Freehan
Harmon Killebrew
Tony Oliva
Jim Perry
Killebrew
Perry
Senators
Frank Howard
Tom McCraw
Calumet May Get Eighth Victory at Derby
Eastern Fleet, Bold and Able could deliver Calumet Farm an eighth Kentucky Derby win. Reggie Cornell said Eastern Fleet must run like in the Florida Derby and Wood Memorial, while Jim French looms as main challenger for Frank Caldwell.
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Calumet Farm
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Calumet
Bold and Able
Cornell
Bold Lad
Jim French
John Campo
Frank J. Caldwell
New York
Campo
Churchill Downs
Belmont Park
Reigh
Gallipolis Wins Triangular Golf Meet
Gallipolis led by Mike Noe with 37 edged Waverly and Ironton St. Joe in a Friday triangular. Team scores: Gallipolis 153, Waverly 169, Ironton St. Joe 198. Bruce Smith led Waverly with 39. Steve Guthrie led Ironton St. Joe with 46.
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Ironton
Dan Guinther
Butch Workman
K. Workman
Ironton ST. Joe
Steve Guithrie
Greg Isaacs
Randy Klein
Gary Gandell
Art van Masters
McDaniels Reaches Settlement With Cougars and Stars
The Carolina Cougars agreed to pay Utah Stars a six figure sum to drop their claim to Jim McDaniels. Utah will receive two high draft choices and McDaniels from the Cougars, plus other Cougar players except Joe Caldwell. The settlement was announced by Ted Munchak in Greensboro and Daryla in Salt Lake City after a New York meeting.
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N.C
Carolina Cougars
Jim McDaniels
American Basketball Association
Utah Stars
Vince Boryla
The
Stars
Cougars
Joe Caldwell
McDaniels
Western Kentucky
Carolina
Utah
Munchak
Daryla
Salt Lake City
New York
Volleyball Tourney Set in Athens for Nine-Game Schedule
A nine game schedule announced for a Wednesday tournament in the Athens Middle School gym. Top teams include Peoples Life Insurance 29 1 Lawhead Press 25 7 McNabb 23 7 with action from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring eight preliminary games and a 9 p.m. final.
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Lawhead Press
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Gillettes
Medical Center Pharmacy
Whites Construction
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Tere Eens
Whites Coast
Pee Eee Ee Eco
Dayton Ohio University Set for Wednesday Baseball Clash
Dayton and Ohio University will play a midweek baseball game on Wednesday correcting a prior report that Dayton faced Marshall. The Bobcats begin a three game weekend series, opening Friday in Huntington against Marshall Thundering Herd.
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Ohio University Bobcats
University of Dayton Flyers
Marshall Thundering Herd
Messenger
Bobcats
Huntington
Thundering Herd
AAA Tournament Pairings Set for Southeast District Baseball
Pairings announced for Class AAA sectionals in the Southeastern District with eight teams split into two divisions. Winners advance to district at Ohio University, then regional at Columbus and state in Columbus. Western bracket hosts Athens vs Logan and Lancaster vs Marietta, May 4. Eastern bracket Chillicothe hosts Jackson and Meigs hosts Portsmouth with finals May 8. Drawings by Ralph McCormick.
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Columbus
Athens
Logan
Lancaster
Marietta
Chillicothe
Jackson
Meigs
Portsmouth
Chillicothe-Jackson
Ralph McCormick
Ex Bulldogs Headed to Marietta College from Athens High
Two Athens High School basketball graduates Mark Swart and Alex Couladis will enroll at Marietta College as freshmen next fall. Dan Wickerham, a 1969 AHS graduate, will join Marietta as a junior after completing Beckley Junior College. Coach Phil Roach called the trio’s arrival a sign of solid preparation.
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Marietta College
Phil Roach
The
Pioneers
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Alex Couladis
Athens High
Dan Wickerham
Athens High School
Beckley
W. Va
Marietta
Roach
Swart
Associated Press
Gallipolis Blue Devils win quadrangular golf meet at Ironton
Gallipolis wins the four team golf meet at Ironton Country Club with a 203 total over Ironton 206 Logan 214 and Wellston 219. Medalist honors tied between Ironton’s Eddie Skogstad and Logan’s Chet Helber with 39.
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Gallipolis Blue Devils
Mike Noe
Logan
Wellston
Ironton Country Club
Gallipolis
Eddie Skogstad
Chet Helber
Gardner
Schaver
Cunningham
Saunders
Eagle Attack Tops Gallians in 10-3 Victory
Eastern exploded for five runs in the third and five more in the fourth to beat Southwestern of Gallia County 10-3. Dennis Eichinger slugged two home runs and Randy Young added a double and two singles in four at bats. Rick Blake earned the win in relief, as Eastern improves to 4-4 and heads to Kegger Creek tonight.
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Eastern
Dennis Eichinger
Southwestern
Gallia County
Eichinger
Randy Young
Eagles
Rick Blake
Steve Goebel
Kgger Creek
Baker
Bush
Shriver Goegel
Blake
Young
Major League Baseball Standings and Daily Results
American League East leads show Baltimore and Boston tied at 10 6 with .625 marks while Washington 10 8 and Detroit 8 9 trail. West sees Oakland 15 6 .714 California 10 9 .526 Minnesota 9 9 .500 Kansas City 9 10 .455 Milwaukee 7 9 .438 Chicago 6 12 .333. Monday results include Milwaukee at Boston rained out and several scorelines. Tuesday schedules list Chicago at New York Minnesota at Detroit Baltimore at Cleveland and other night games pending.
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Baseball Scores From Mutual Night Matches
Partial scores list shows Perry 3-1 over Houston and 2-2 tie, Morton 2-2 at 3 l, Koosman 0-1 with Carlton 4-0, and Reed hands St. Louis a result.
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San Francisco
Perry
Montreal
Morton
New York
Koosman
Carlton
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