Cubs Come To Astrodome For Weekend Series
Houston fans brace for a three game set as the Cubs visit the Astrodome after the Giants edge the Astros 3 1 in ten innings. Dick Farrell and Bil Hands sit as the pitching probables for the opener while Larry Dierker and Claude Raymond perform well for Houston.
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Astrodome
Astros
Giants
Fred Hartman
Houston
Astro
San Francisco
Chicago Cubs
Leo Durocher
Dick Farrel
Bil Hands
Larry Dierker
Claude Raymond
Jim
Bear Owens
Jim Davenport
Willie McCovey
Tom Haller
Willie
Heller
Hart
McCovey
Mays
Herbel
Cash
Mantilla
Dierker
Lee Maye
John Bateman
Bob Aspromonte
Fuentes
Gabrielsen
Staub
MecCovey
Wynn
Grady Hatton
Frenchy
Owens
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered names and numbers
Readable items include several personal names such as Gabrielson Fuentes and Morgen, with multiple numeric codes and route-like strings. No clear event or action is evident from the fragment, leaving only a jumble of identifiers and partial place names.
Baseball oddities and record cash trades in baseball history
Don Faust reviews historic baseball feats and oddities. The largest cash deal was the 1934 Washington Senators paid Boston Red Sox 250000 for Joe Cronin. Dizzy Dean won 30 in 1934, Lefty Grove last 30 in 1931. Joe Bauman homered 72 with a 400 batting average and 294 RBIs in 1954 in the Longhorn League, yet never reached the majors.
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Don Faust
Boston Fed Sox
Washington Senators
Joe Cronin
Dizzy Dean
Cardinals
Lefty Grove
Joe Bauman
Bauman
Sherman Youth Leads Tourney
Sherman High School student Doug Sonnier, 16, led the Texas amateur golf tournament into its second round with a record low score, firing a 66 at the Pecan Valley Country Club Course. The railbirds talked about the remarkable under par round.
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San Antonio, Tex
Doug Sonnier
Sherman High School
Railbirds
Sonnier
Pecan Val- May Country Club
Hart and Froneberger to Attend Houston Astro-Chicago Game
Artee A Hart of 505 N Main will join The Bay Town Sun and the Houston Sports Association as a guest at Friday nights Houston Astro-Chicago game. J O Froneberger of 11 Crestway will be Saturday night guest.
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Baytown Sun
Houston Sports Association
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Froneberger
Crestway
Dodgers Blues White Sox 11 0 in Junior League rout
Dodgers run ruled the White Sox 11 to 0 in 5 innings as David Hughes fanned eight to win. Philip Holland and team hitters drove in runs while eight White Sox errors aided the victory. In the second game the Braves defeated the Cardinals 10 to 0 in five innings behind Bruce Nelson.
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White Sox
David Hughes
Ning
Philip Holland
Stenn Hubbard
Braves
Cardinals
Bruce Nelson
Oor
Cardinal
Grege Atteberry
Kyle Johnson
Atteberry
Braves Extend Streak With 10th Win in Central League
The Braves raced to a 5 0 victory as they secured their 10th straight win behind a first inning homer by David Acosta and solid support from Don Lindstrom. The White Sox edged the Phillies 2 1 in another frame of action. In the West League, the Pirates stayed atop the standings at 9 8 with a 9 8 win over the Red Sox, while the Indians topped the Cubs 8 7. In the East League, the Oilers defeated the Cardinals 4 0, and the Dodgers beat the Tigers 4 1 to even their record at 5 5.
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Houston
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Bill Henry
Don Mason
Tito Fuentes
Len Gabrielsen
Raymond
Frenchy
Fuentes
Gabrielsen
Mason
Jess Knotty
Willie Mays
Dierker
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Astros
Sonny Jackson
Jim J . Wynn
Jim Gentile
Rusty Staub
Wynn
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Giant
Empire Larry Gorman
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McCovey
San Francisco
Herbel
Jim Hart
Haller
Whiff
Ronnie Plocheck
Sun Sports
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David Acosta
Don Lindstrom
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Ronnie Ford
Joe Wotipka
Indians
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Robert Wilson
Ter Moseley
Cardinals
Oilers
Mike Vojacek
Bugs Montgomery
Vojacek
Montgomery
Cardinal
Keith Sanders
Dodgers
Tigers
Jimmy Godwin
Fred Scrivner
Major League Standings Rainy Game in Chicago at Los Angeles
Rain delays affect a major league standings confrontation between Los Angeles and Chicago. Weather halted play, forcing postponements or suspensions as teams pursue remaining games and potential shifts in the pennant race.
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Cleveland
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Wees
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