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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1977

Page

6

Royals Pull Ahead In AL Race As Yankees Slump

The Royals extended their winning streak to 12 with a 4-1 victory over the Twins, building an 8 2 game lead in the West. The Yankees split a doubleheader with the Blue Jays, dropping to 12 games behind Boston, while Boston swept Detroit 6-2 as Jim Rice hit a grand slam. Orioles swept Cleveland, Mariners topped Texas, and Oakland beat Milwaukee as the pennant chase tightens across the league.

Associated Press Kansas City Royals New York Yankees Royals Minnesota Twins Chicago Yankees Toronto Blue Jays Boston New York Blue Jays Toronto Tom Murphy Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Seattle Texas Oakland Milwaukee Angels Red Sox Tigers Jim Rice Orioles Indians Ken Singleton Doug DeCinces Ross Grimsley Mariners Rangers Jimmy Sexton Dan Meyer Jim Sundberg Mike Hargrove

Reds rookie Parker powers Pirates to win and 200-hit mark

Dave Parker led Pittsburgh to a 10-4 win over Montreal with a homer, triple and double, becoming the first NL player to reach 200 hits this season. He joined Roberto Clemente by hitting 20 homers and 200 hits in a season as Cincinnati and others won their NL games.

Associated Press Pittsburgh Pirates Dave Parker Pirates Philadelphia Phillies Parker Montreal Expos Roberto Clemente Clemente Reds Dodgers Johnny Bench Cincinnati Los Angeles Bench Tony Perez Tom Hume Jack Billingham Hume Mets Cubs Bruce _ Boisclair New York Chicago Bill Buckner Steve Ontiveros Manny Trillo John Milner Boisclair RBI Joel Youngblood Youngblood Rick Reuschel Braves Padres Pat Rockett Atlanta San Diego Garry Matthews Biff Pocoroba Randy Jones Rockett Matthews Jones Eddie Solomon Giants Astros Rob Andrews San Francisco Houston Ed Halicki Gary Lavelle Halicki Enos Cabell

Vilas Wins Open Opener to Silence Critics at Forest Hills

Guillermo Vilas, world No 1, defeated Jim Connors 24 63 74 60 in the US Open at Forest Hills. Vilas credited his confidence to breaking Connors at 5 3 in the fourth set and outlasting his rival in a close match. Miss Chris Evert won the women's final over Wendy Turnbull 74 62 with prize money of 33000 for each of the women's and men's champions.

Forest Hills N.Y Guillermo Vilas Bjorn Borg Jimmy Connors Connors Borg Vilas West Side Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull Australia Miss Evert Virginia Wade Miss Turnbull Vilas Love Ian Tiriac Miss Turnbull Ms. Wade Martina Navratilova

Hay and Corn Feed Classified Note

A brief classified item references hay and corn under feed and fertilizer classification 75. It notes a quick cok (sic) will provide the needed information and signals a general feed inquiry.

Major League Monday Games Preview

In New York Zachry faces Montreal Bahnsen while Pittsburgh Reuss visits Philadelphia Christensen. Chicago Burris plays St Louis Underwood and Houston Richard meets Cincinnati am bn. 2-5. San Diego Freisleben visits Los Angeles Hooten, Atlanta Niekro travels to San Francisco Williams.

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