Nettles Sparks Twins Past Tigers With Three Run Blast
Minnesota rookie Graig Nettles delivered a three run homer the fourth in three days against Detroit to power the Twins to a 3-1 win over the AL leaders. Nettles earlier homered Friday and Saturday, driving in all three Minnesota runs as the Twins narrowed the Tigers' lead.
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Local Business Grid Names And Scores From Community Slugfest
Team No 4 includes Hendrickson and You. Team No 15 lists Meek Milk Trans and TGP sends decseves one Roaring FC S s s ove. K and K Electric and others appear among mixed entries with Dale, Jim and Hazel’s Bar, Sunnybank, and Shank Appl. High scores show Marvin Balfour 251 623 and Donna Russell 196 535 among a roster of named individuals and firms.
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ASK JOE WILMAN Bowling Courtesy Letter
Joe Wilman urges courtesy on bowling lanes noting common self centered behavior. He cites bowlers who jump the approach distract others relax wait for their turn and crowd the return rack highlighting safety and consideration for fellow players.
World Series golf title goes to Gary Player
Gary Player won the World Series of Golf after a sudden death playoff with Bob Goalby in Akron. Player earned $50,000, joining his British Open and PGA titles, while Goalby took $15,000 as runner up. Julius Boros finished third with $7,500, and Lee Trevino earned $5,000 after a late rally.
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Black Big Blacks blank Parkersburg South 33-0 in opener
Point Pleasant, now 1-0-1, opened with 19 points in the second quarter and dominated Parkersburg South 33-0. Key plays featured Clarence Clench recovering a fumble setting up the first score, McDermitt’s four yard TD run, Nibert’s two yard TD, Rice’s 15 yard fumble return, and a late 40 yard TD pass to Dirk Jackson. Big Blacks dominated on the ground with 311 rushing yards and 20 first downs to South’s seven.
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Ashe Okker Square Off For Title
Forest Hills, N Y AP Arthur Ashe a U S Army lieutenant from Highland Falls N Y and Tom Okker from The Netherlands faced off in the U S Open men's singles final with service and finesse the deciding factors The women s final saw Virginia Wade dethrone Billie Jean King 6 4 6 2 Wade s thunderbolt service and forehand dominated as the pros endured a humiliating week with 13 pro losses to amateurs.
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Toledo IL Champ By .003 Margin
Toledo's Mud Hens clinched the 1968 Inter national League pennant in a final weekend surge. They crushed Rochester 17-0 as Columbus split twice with Jacksonville to fall short by a hair. Les Cain tossed a three hitter and hit a grand slam in the clincher, while Jacksonville knocked Columbus from the race. Gov Cup playoffs open Tuesday with Jacksonville at Toledo and Rochester at Columbus.
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Meet New Bobcats Bob Bean Joins Team as Freshman Linebacker
Bob Bean a 5-11 200 pound sophomore from Beaver Pennsylvania is trying out for the Bobcats as a linebacker. He earned four letters in high school two in football and two in track. A physical education major, he plans graduate school and a teaching coaching career. He did not play freshman football.
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