Favorites dominate as Class AA fast pitch tourney opens
The 44th annual Class AA Fast Pitch state tourney at Northwest Park opens Saturday with three favorites Scandia Merchants Hibbing and Duluth Amber-Flo. Defending champ Scandia and Hibbing head the field along with Duluth Amber-Flo as top contenders for the two day 24 team event. The winner advances to the North Central States regional meet in Yargo North Carolina Labor Day weekend.
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Twins Beat Yankees 3-1 in Fastest AL Game
Minnesota tops New York 3-1 at Metropolitan Stadium in 1 hour 42 minutes. Cesar Tovar doubled and Rich Reese drove in a run in the first inning, Rod Carew scored later, while Mickey Mantle's 534th homer tied for third on the all time list. Mantle said the next homer would place him alone in third as Jim Merritt yielded only two singles. Merritt praised by Mantle for the big hit as the game slipped by in the heat. The Twins head to Chicago for a four game weekend series with Dean Chance to pitch for Minnesota and Joel Horlen for the White Sox.
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How They Stand and Schedules
Standings show Detroit 4 Chicago 2 and Minnesota 3 New York 2, with California 1 Boston 1 Cleveland 3. Tonight California at Oakland Minnesota at Chicago Cleveland at Washington Boston at Baltimore. Saturday Cleveland at Washington Detroit at New York California at Oakland Boston at Baltimore Minnesota at Chicago.
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Couple of Changes in Vikes Opening Lineup
In Minnesota the Vikings plan a near-identical lineup for a pre season tilt with the Eagles after a win over the Broncos. Gary Cuozzo misses action with a shoulder injury while Joe Kapp starts and Bob Berry may see time.
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Carl Eller
Gary Larsen
Alan Page
Jim Marshall
Roy Winston
Lonnie Warwick
John Kirby
Earsell Macbee
Ed Sharockman
Karl Kassulke
Krause
Willie Fleming
Moose Lodge Wins Geneva Fast Pitch Tourney
The Moose Lodge softball team of Austin captured the Geneva Fast Pitch tournament after rain delays. They beat North Mankato 5-0 in the semifinals behind Gary Waitland who struck out 12, then downed Albert Lea VFW 2-0 in the final with Ken Hagen pitching a no hitter and 11 strikeouts. Moose Lodge scored both runs in the second inning.
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Rolf Syneground
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Peters shoots ace at Ramsey Golf Club
Harold Peters carded a hole in one on the par 3 100 yard 12th at Ramsey Golf Club in 90 degree heat. He finished with an 88 as Gene Smith Spike Barnett and Cliff Berthiaume watched.
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Ramsey Golf Club
Peters
Gene Smith
Spike Barnett
Cliff Berthiaume
Wisconsin Badgers Install Synthetic Field Surface at Camp Randall
A new all weather synthetic football surface will be installed at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison in time for the season. Wisconsin hosts the Minnesota Gophers on November 23 in the first test of the surface by a Big Ten school.
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University of Wisconsin
Camp Randall
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Wisconsin
University of Minnesota Gophers
Thursday Results At Glance In Baseball Schedule
Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 7 to 3 and Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 7 to 5 while San Francisco won 3 to 1 against Los Angeles. Remaining matchups include New York at Cincinnati and Chicago at Houston with many nominal games postponed.
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Local gridders prep with early season scrimmages
Austin High and Pacelli prepare for first extended contact drills Saturday. Austin High schedules a 9:50 a.m. intrasquad scrimmage at the Athletic Field while Pacelli travels to Hay Field for a 7:30 p.m. scrimmage with the Vikings under lights. Both teams work out twice daily until school starts when practice shifts to once daily.
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Tigers Rally Past White Sox In 4-2 Victory
Detroit strengthens AL lead with Kaline and Horton powering two solo homers after a first inning run. McAuliffe’s clash with John ends with John injured. Dennis Ribant replaces him as White Sox fall 4-2 to Detroit.
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Jurgensen Arm Limitation Threatens Redskins Season
Sonny Jurgensen, who set NFL pass records last season, has yet to throw in exhibition play due to a calcium deposit removal operation. The Redskins face a weak ground game and leaky defense as Otto Graham reshapes the roster around Jurgensen, Mitchell, and new targets while Jim Smith and Marlin McKeever compete at tight end and Gary Beban backs up the quarterback.
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Redskins
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Sale Approved Celtics Sold to New Jersey Firm
AP reports the National Basketball Association formalized a 4 million sale of the Boston Celtics to P. Ballantine & Sons of New Jersey. The deal cements a major franchise transition in pro basketball.
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Schleicher’s Lefty Bar Clinches Softball Crown
Lefty’s Bar wins the post season softball title by defeating Robby’s 16 to 12 at Northwest Park. Tom Schleicher doubled as lead off for four hits including two homers and scored each time he reached base. They rallied from an 11 7 deficit with a nine run 6th inning after beating Armstrong Trucking 11 1 and B J Bar 14 3 in prior rounds.
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Mann Aims for $10000 prize at Ladies World Series
Carol Mann dominates the professional circuit as she chases the $10,000 jackpot in the third annual Ladies World Series of Golf in Springfield Ohio. The 27 year old from Towson Maryland is a slight favorite over former champions Mickey Wright and Kathy Whitworth.
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Ohio
Carol Mann
Towson
Mickey Wright
Kathy Whitworth
Wollenburg Clings to Point Lead in Modified Race Fight
In Chateau Speedway standings Wollenburg leads Austin’s Ron Thomas by 235 points with three weekends left. Joe Wurst, Rex Garr, and Ron Kester follow as Ed Swenson makes a big jump to sixth after a string of strong finishes. Racing resumes Saturday night with a demolition derby Sunday September 8 and TOP 15 results listed.
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Fred Olson
Claire Harvey
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