Lakewood Swimmers Compete in Northshore YMCA Invite
Lakewood Swim team opened preliminaries at 9 30 a m Friday in the Northshore YMCA Invitational with 14 Houston area teams. The meet schedule set finals at 6 p m Friday and 9 30 a m Saturday for remaining events, across four age groups. Goose Creek Country Club swimmers planned to join Lakewood but were barred if not regular Lakewood competitors. Next local action is August 10 Baytown Championships at Lakewood, followed by August 18 Lakewood and Goose Creek at Cleveland YMCA meet.
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Major League Leaders By The Associated Press
American League batting leaders show Day, Mon day, and Ahlaender at the top with averages near .297, .295. Meduliffe leads in runs with 68, White close behind with 59. K Harrelson bats in 79 RBIs, F Howard adds 60. National League batting leaders list Alou at .238 with Rose leading in runs at 62 and Brock tied at 6% with Santo and Flood at 61. McCovey leads in RBIs with 65, R Allen at 60, Aaron at 60.
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White
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Bost
F. Howard
Wash
Pitt
Rose
Cin
Brock
St.l
Santo
Chic
Flood
Cubs Topple Astros 4-1 in Chicago Victory
Cubs defeat the Houston Astros 4-1 as Joe Niekro earns his fifth straight win though Houston tallies in the sixth on Norm Miller’s double and Hector Torres single. Randy Hundley hits his fourth Chicago homer in the second as Don Kessinger drives in three runs.
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Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Joe Niekro
Houston
Norm Miller
Hector Torres
Niekro
Phil Reagan
Randy Hundley
Cubs
Don Kessinger
Ron Santo
Major League Standings Snapshot and Thursday Results
The Associated Press standings show teams including Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Boston Oakland New York Minnesota California Chicago and Washington with records and games back. Thursday results include Minnesota over Chicago four to one and New York over Boston one to zero along with Baltimore defeating Cleveland five to one and Washington beating Detroit nine to three.
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Oakland
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Standings and results from rain delay baseball card
Box score style summary shows teams in order with records 7 36 664 for St Louis and others. Notable games include Atlanta beating New York two to four, Chicago beating Houston four to one, Pittsburgh defeating Cincinnati six to one, San Francisco two to six, and St Louis two to one. Weather rain affected innings.
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Jim Hieman
Juan Marichal
Marichal
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Los Angeles
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Dodger
Don Drysdale
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New York
Chicago
Houston
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Washington
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Minnesota
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Dizzy Dean
Dean
Denny McLain
Jim Davenport
Dick Dietz
Dietz
Cardinals
Steve Carlton
Willie Stargell
Pirates
Stargell
Jim Maloney
Matty Alou
Tommy Helms
Johnny Bench
Vada Pinson
Maloney
Cecil Upshaw
Braves
Mets
Felipe Aiou
Jim Britton
Upshaw
San Fran
Philaphia
AAU Swimming Record Bash Opens With Surprising Marks
In Lincoln Nebraska Ralph Hutton of Canada and Debbie Meyer of Sacramento dominated the opening day of the 18th National AAU Outdoor Championships setting world records in the 400 meter freestyle. Karin Muir of South Africa set a meet record in the 200 backstroke with 2 24 3 though short of her world best. Mark Spitz of Santa Clara could challenge Don Schollander tonight in the 200 freestyle as the famed rivalry renews.
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Debbie Meyer i
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Calif
Karin Muir
South Africa
Santa Clara
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Don Schollander
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