McCovey's Tape-Measure Homers Boost Giants Over Pirates
San Francisco slugger Willie McCovey hit two large homers at Forbes Field lifting the Giants to a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh as Juan Marichal logged his 14th victory. The offensive outburst helped Marichal tighten the NL lead while Cincinnati, Atlanta, St Louis, and New York posted varied results in other single games.
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Tracewski Homer Seals Tigers Victory in AL Roundup
Detroit defeats Cleveland 4-1 as Dick Tracewski hit a three run homer in the nightcap after Luis Tiant held them to three hits in the opener. Minnesota beat New York 6-3, Oakland 9-0 over Washington, California edged Baltimore 3-2, and Boston split with Chicago. Jim Lonborg struggled in a second game loss as Chicago homered past Boston.
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Playoff Bound After Dannie's 18 Maplewood Inn 6
Dannie's defeated Maplewood Inn 18 to 6 Sunday night to force a playoff tonight at 7 p.m. for the first round championship of the Men s Slo Pitch Softball League. Dannie s and Athens National Bank sit at 9 1 in league play.
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Athens Legion Team Ends 10-Game Slide With Twin Bill Win
The Athens American Legion squad snapped a 10 game skid by winning 13-0 over Logan and then edging Logan 9-8 in the nightcap at the fairgrounds field Sunday. Athens improves to 4-11 while Logan drops to 2-11. Levering, Hummel, and Riggle starred in the first game as Athens built a big lead, and Kincade, Richardson, and Calvin closed it out in relief for the nightcap. Logan led early, but Athens rallied with timely hits and errors to take the nightcap. Athens returns home Wednesday to host Parkersburg at 6 p.m. before traveling to McConneslville for another 6 p.m. game Thursday.
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West sweeps East in 13th Ohio All-Star baseball
West pitching and offense overwhelmed East in a Sunday doubleheader at Jet Stadium, winning 8-3 and 10-4 to complete the sweep after an opening 4-3 loss Saturday night. East’s Denny Rapp of Athens started at first base, going 1-for-3 in the first game and 1-for-4 in the second.
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Rain Halts Skyline Race at Skyline Speedway
Weather stopped Saturday evening racing at Skyline Speedway. Top supermodified drivers had attended an invitational at Ports mouth Atomic Speedway last Friday. Races resume next Saturday with late model and supermodified classes. time trials at 6 30 PM, main program at 8 PM.
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New Zealand Charles Wins Toronto Open Golf Championship
Charles Wins, New Zealand golfer Bob Charles, captured the Canadian Open title with a four-under 66 final round. He finished the tournament at six-under par 274, earning the $25,000 first prize and the championship honor.
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Daily Baseball Scores and Standings Snapshot
Saturday results show St. Louis 6 Atlanta 1 and Cincinnati 7 Chicago. Sunday results include Cincinnati 4 Chicago 8 and San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 0. Today's games list New York at Cincinnati and Chicago at Houston, with several postponements noted. Standings show Detroit leading with 26 wins and Cleveland at 8 losses among others.
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Marietta Wins SEOGA Golf Title At Cambridge
Marietta Country Club captured the Southeastern Ohio Golf Association tournament at Cambridge, finishing with a record 876 strokes to claim its 14th team title and first since 1965. Athens finished second with 908, followed by Pickaway CC, Gallipolis, Cambridge, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Hocking Hills, and Fairgreens. Wilbur Jerles of Cambridge earned medalist honors with 142, two under par, while individual runner ups included Bruce Helwagen and Frank Rake.
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Horton Lost To Indians
Cleveland reported Tony Horton will miss at least a week with a left knee injury from a Sunday collision in the second game with Detroit. Horton buckled his knee while attempting a tag on Mickey Stanley and was taken to Shaker Medical Center for X rays.
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