Canadiens Crush Bruins 8-3 To Force Cup Decider
Montreal drilled Boston 8-3 as Ken Dryden starred in goal and added an assist. Pete Mahovlich scored twice, Henry Richard and J C Tremblay also contributed, while Boston’s forecheck faltered. Game 7 set for Sunday in Boston for a shot at Minnesota.
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Montreal
UPI
Ken Dryden
Boston Bruins
Boston
Dryden
Nets
Habs
Bruins
Minnesota North Stars
Pete Mahovlich
Mahovlich
Henri Richard
Canadiens
J. C. Tremblay
Jean Beliveau
Bobby Orr
Mike Walton
Walton
Gerry
Cheevers
Jacques Lemaire
Frank Mahovlich
Tremblay
Marc Tardif
Jacques Laperrie
Phil Esposito
Fred Stanfield
Derek Sanderson
Tom Johnson
Table tennis thawed cold war ties in Paris talks
Miltion Richman recalls how a simple 5 by 6 foot table and a net helped ease relations between the United States and Communist China. He notes sports as a bridge in global diplomacy, citing Olympic history and famous figures from Abebe Bikila to Sadaharu Oh, and ends with Spiro Agnew declining to play in Peking.
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Chou En-Lai
China
United States
Ethiopia
Abebe Bikila
Abbe Bikila
Luba Skoblikova
Soviet Union
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Charlie Conacher
Canada
Pete
Brazil
Manuel Santana
Spain
Bobby Avila
Mexico
Sadaharu Oh
Japan
Arnold Palmer
America
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Peking
Shue on the other foot as Bullets seize control in Knicks series
The Bullets surge to momentum in New York aiming for a 3-2 series lead over the Knicks as Willis Reed nurses a shoulder injury. With Reed limited, Kevin Loughery and Gus Johnson anchor Baltimore in a control game approach and look for a sixth game victory.
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NEW York
UPI
Gus Johnson
Kevin Loughery
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Willis Reed
Reed
Knicks
Los Angeles
Andrew Patterson
Loughery
Downing's arm alive as Dodgers top Cardinals 2-1
Dodgers debutant Al Downing, 30, wins in his first National League start against St Louis 2-1, scattering nine hits over nine innings. He arrived from Milwaukee for Andy Kosco in spring trade, after a 52 1 3 inning relief debut April 9. Maury Wills drove in Bill Russell for the decisive ninth inning run. San Francisco beat Houston 4-3 and Chicago edged San Diego 4-3 in other NL games.
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al Downing
Downing
Milwaukee Brewers
Andy Kosco
St. Louis
Dodgers
Cardinals
Oakland
Milwaukee
Alston
al Campanis
Jeanne Dixon
Powell Keeps Hit Weight As Orioles Win Five Of Seven
Slugger Boog Powell, 1970 AL MVP, hits .250 while leading the league with 11 RBIs and three homers as Baltimore tops Cleveland 6-4 in 10. Palmer gets win with relief from Watt. League notes: Angels beat Royals in 11 innings, Athletics top Twins, Tigers edge Yankees, Brewers beat White Sox.
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Fred Down
UPI
Slugger Boog Powell
Baltimore Orioles
Powell
Sophia Loren
Orioles
Boog
Brooks Robinson
Power
Cleveland Indians
B. Robinson
Paul Blair
Chuck Machemehl
Steve Mingori
Jim Palmer
Indians
Eddie Watt
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Oakland Athletics
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago White Sox
Sandy Alomar
Jim Fregosi
Angels
Royals
Tom Murphy
Dennis Paepke
Mel Queen
Alomar
Alex Johnson
Reggie Jackson
Athletics
Ron Klimkowski
Stan Williams
Minnesota
Jackson
Ron Perranoski
Don Mincher
Harmon Killebrew
Twins
Eddie Brinkman
Tigers
New York
Lindy McDaniel
Jim Hannan
Dean Chance
Felipe Alou
Yankees
Brewers
White Sox
Skip Lockwood
Mike Hegan
Dave May
Bart Johnson
Red Sox bullpen under pressure early in season
Detroit via UPI reports the Red Sox bullpen struggles continue with an 0-3 record and 8.25 ERA as manager Eddie Kasko and coach Harvey Haddix defend their relievers. Despite praise for starters Quip Siebert Peters Nagy, inconsistency persists with Bolin Lyle Tatum and planned long relief by Ken Brett and Bill Lee.
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UPI
Boston Red Sox
Ray Quip
Sonny Siebert
Gary Peters
Mike Nagy
Nagy
Senators
Sox
Eddie Kasko
Boston
Peters
Tigers
Joe Niekro
Kasko
Harvey Haddix
Bob Bolin
Cleveland
Sparky Lyle
Washington
Ken Tatum
Haddix
Ken Brett
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